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#13081 Ukjent

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Posted 01 May 2014 - 12:51 PM

Nearly done with Path of Anger, not bad.

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Posted 01 May 2014 - 02:24 PM

Macros, on 30 April 2014 - 08:52 PM, said:

Finished The World Enough, and Time, by James Kahn last week. Sent it by Stormcat in the WEE

A fucking weird book, well outside my usual scipe, good, a few wtf moments pulled me out as being a bit left field even for me, but I'm glad I read it....
its good, not what I was expecting, and wierd as hell in places.

This has been sitting in my TRPFH for years. May have to consider reading it finally.

firvulag, on 01 May 2014 - 06:26 AM, said:

Just finished Zone One by Coulson Whitehead. Have to say it's pretty unique as a zombie novel. There's very little actual zombie action in it. The book is mostly about the aftermath, as people are clearing stragglers from Manhattan in order to make it livable again. Pretty much everyone in the book is suffering from what they call PASD, Post Apocalypse Stress Disorder. I actually found it very sad to read as a result, but definitely recommended if you want an alternative take on zombies....

Interesting... i couldn't make it halfway thru that book. The endless reminiscing about life pre-apocalypse became tedious for me to the point i was actively hoping zombies would eat most of the characters immediately. Neat post zompocalypse setting, but i found the writing dragged.

Finished Pullman's GOLDEN COMPASS. Leaving aside a lot of the 'oh isn't that conveeeeeenient' elements and the at times too facile child-pov, i did like this. The world is interesting and the pace moves along nicely. Have started bk 2 THE SUBTLE KNIFE.

Also finally got into Tidhar's THE GREAT GAME. Only 2 chapters in but liking more than the earlier books in the trilogy/triad/trinity/three book thingy damn you worry now you've got me doing it...

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#13083 QuickTidal

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Posted 01 May 2014 - 03:51 PM

Finihsed Aaronivitch's WHISPERS UNDER GROUND and found my feelings about it align with everyone else. Another SOLID entry in the series, and it really is my second fave UF series next to Butcher, but the ending just kind of happens with no climax. And while that's fine, it's not the kind of thing that made me gush about it. I've got BROKEN HOMES in the pile I'm taking with me on the honeymoon (along with SKIN GAME)! EDIT: I want Dresden to come to England, meet Felix Castor and Peter Grant, and solve a big mystery together!

Tried out Mclellan's PROMISE OF BLOOD, and gave up at around the 100page mark. Cool ideas and world and magic...but cardboard cutout characters, and the sort of short choppy sentences (ex. Lee Child) that I absolutely LOATHE in my fiction. Also, this guy needs to look up how to use pronouns and get on that, because if I had to read one more paragraph with the subject of the paragraph's name mentioned 5 times, I was gonna scream. Not for me.

So I started MIDNIGHT FALCON by Gemmell, and of course, it's great!

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Posted 01 May 2014 - 04:20 PM

QuickTidal, on 01 May 2014 - 03:51 PM, said:

...I want Dresden to come to England, meet Felix Castor and Peter Grant, and solve a big mystery together!...

Dresden: This looks bad. This looks very bad. Everyone ready? The plan is we blow shit up and run like hell...
Castor: Oh fucking bloody fuck, i'm not even supposed to BE here today...
Grant: Can i just mention this is the coolest way to die, ever!

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#13085 QuickTidal

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Posted 01 May 2014 - 05:09 PM

Abyss, on 01 May 2014 - 04:20 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 01 May 2014 - 03:51 PM, said:

...I want Dresden to come to England, meet Felix Castor and Peter Grant, and solve a big mystery together!...

Make this happen. Here's my money.

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#13086 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 01 May 2014 - 06:21 PM

QuickTidal, on 01 May 2014 - 05:09 PM, said:

Abyss, on 01 May 2014 - 04:20 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 01 May 2014 - 03:51 PM, said:

...I want Dresden to come to England, meet Felix Castor and Peter Grant, and solve a big mystery together!...

Make this happen. Here's my money.

I don't know who 2/3 of those people are but I would read that.

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#13087 QuickTidal

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Posted 01 May 2014 - 06:29 PM

Tisteon Simeonus, on 01 May 2014 - 06:21 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 01 May 2014 - 05:09 PM, said:

Abyss, on 01 May 2014 - 04:20 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 01 May 2014 - 03:51 PM, said:

...I want Dresden to come to England, meet Felix Castor and Peter Grant, and solve a big mystery together!...

Make this happen. Here's my money.

I don't know who 2/3 of those people are but I would read that.

Felix Castor

Peter Grant

...not that you need more books to read Tiste.

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#13088 Mentalist

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Posted 01 May 2014 - 07:10 PM

Finally finished Cryptonomicon . That was a slooooow read, for many reasons.

It really DID take forever to pick up though. I don't know why, but WW2 just never struck me as a particularly interesting historic period. Weird, I know.

Once it gets going, Stephenson is great, as always. But my, does it take for freaking ever.

The evolution of the modern day plot line, once it got more action-y was great. but towards the end i was reading the WWII bits just to see how they'll slot into the main story.

Next will be reading "War Master's Gate", Bk 9 of Tchaikovsky's "Shadows of the Apt"

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Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.

#13089 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 01 May 2014 - 10:08 PM

QuickTidal, on 01 May 2014 - 06:29 PM, said:

Tisteon Simeonus, on 01 May 2014 - 06:21 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 01 May 2014 - 05:09 PM, said:

Abyss, on 01 May 2014 - 04:20 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 01 May 2014 - 03:51 PM, said:

...I want Dresden to come to England, meet Felix Castor and Peter Grant, and solve a big mystery together!...

Make this happen. Here's my money.

I don't know who 2/3 of those people are but I would read that.

Felix Castor

Peter Grant

...not that you need more books to read Tiste.

I totally ~~hate~~ ~~love~~ ~~want to slap~~ ~~feel oddly attracted to~~ something you right now...

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#13090 Serenity

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Posted 02 May 2014 - 06:40 AM

I've given up on Mary Gentle's Ash: A Secret History. I got 650 pages into it and realised that I just didn't care about the characters or what was going on. I thought it started really well, but it got so slow and bogged down. It's the second of her books I've given up on - and I hate giving up on books (but life's too short etc etc and I've already wasted the best part of a week on it) - so I guess her writing is just not for me.

Haven't decided what to read next.

#13091 polishgenius

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Posted 02 May 2014 - 07:44 AM

Abyss, on 01 May 2014 - 04:20 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 01 May 2014 - 03:51 PM, said:

...I want Dresden to come to England, meet Felix Castor and Peter Grant, and solve a big mystery together!...

Matthew Swift: Oh, my bad. Sorry guys.

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Posted 02 May 2014 - 01:23 PM

polishgenius, on 02 May 2014 - 07:44 AM, said:

Abyss, on 01 May 2014 - 04:20 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 01 May 2014 - 03:51 PM, said:

...I want Dresden to come to England, meet Felix Castor and Peter Grant, and solve a big mystery together!...

Matthew Swift: Oh, my mad. Sorry guys.

I still need to read those. Sidenote: It was just revealed that the pen name author (Claire North) who wrote the current-buzz book THE 15 LIVES OF HARRY AUGUST (in my ToREad pile) is actually none other than Catherine Webb (AKA Kate Griffin)!

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Posted 02 May 2014 - 03:11 PM

Sweet, I did not know that. I will now be reading it very soon.

I'm currently reading The Quick by Lauren Owen. Mostly very good so far, despite being not a book I'd have picked up if I'd known what the big twist is going in (I was initially disappointed by what was revealed after the first section, but it's working). I do suspect that the big mystery about what it is is precisely to draw readers like me in, since it really isn't all that revelatory, but I'll keep it anyway.

That makes it sound like I'm a bit down on the book, but I'm really not - it's drawn me in despite misgivings.

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Posted 02 May 2014 - 04:08 PM

Serenity, on 02 May 2014 - 06:40 AM, said:

I have no idea how you got that far into it and didn't like it. The book is brilliant from start to end.

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Posted 02 May 2014 - 04:51 PM

Reading Dust of Dreams and listening to Happy Hour in Hell by Tad Williams. Finished Neverwhere by Gaiman and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Posted 03 May 2014 - 09:33 AM

amphibian, on 02 May 2014 - 04:08 PM, said:

Serenity, on 02 May 2014 - 06:40 AM, said:

I have no idea how you got that far into it and didn't like it. The book is brilliant from start to end.

I have no idea why I persevered with it for so long, either - I should have chucked it in much sooner.

Started on the first Wild Cards book now.

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Posted 03 May 2014 - 11:02 AM

Serenity, on 03 May 2014 - 09:33 AM, said:

Started on the first Wild Cards book now.

enjoy! That's a great read. 20th century Alt-history with superheroes, WWII and cold wars stuff. Just really solid!

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Posted 03 May 2014 - 04:03 PM

QuickTidal, on 03 May 2014 - 11:02 AM, said:

Serenity, on 03 May 2014 - 09:33 AM, said:

Started on the first Wild Cards book now.

enjoy! That's a great read. 20th century Alt-history with superheroes, WWII and cold wars stuff. Just really solid!

Cheers QT! I certainly enjoyed the first story

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Posted 04 May 2014 - 12:52 PM

Took a brief side trip into more Star Wars GNs, now back to the dresdencrack: GHOST STORY.

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Posted 05 May 2014 - 08:55 PM

Finished Influx by Daniel Suarez this morning. Enjoyable enough though nothing groundbreaking. Finished the day with a little of Shadow of the Torturer and Caine Black Knife (a couple hours of each); didn't want to start anything new cause I'll be starting Authority tomorrow. And after that, the Crimson Campaign.

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