[Ukjent]

Read Baptism of Fire a couple of days ago, not as good as Time of Contempt or the Last Wish, but still enjoyable.

[Baco Xtath]

Almost halfway through the Crimson Campaign; really liking this one. Taniel's storyline is kickass and the book is, over all, really good.

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

Halfway through Daniel Abraham's The Dragon's Path. It's enjoyable, especially the Cithrin and Wester POVs, but I'm not seeing why he gets such high praise from people like GRRM. From what I see online, it seems like his previous series, The Long Price Quartet, is critically acclaimed. Is that series a lot better than his more recent one?

Pig Iron, on 07 May 2014 - 09:02 PM, said:

Finished the incredible webserial Worm (recommended upthread). The convergences rival Erikson at his best. Those fights .... Pacing was a bit uneven at times, which is not strange considering that the author had no way of going back and edit. Some plot elements that I was sceptical about initially turned out to be central and planted way ahead.

I've really been wanting to read Worm, but the lack of a quality ebook has been a halting factor for me. Anyone have a link to a good ebook of it? I wasn't able to find one when I looked previously.

This post has been edited by Whisperzzzzzzz: 11 May 2014 - 12:51 AM

[Ukjent]

Nah, The dragons path is way better then the first book of the long prince...

[Macros]

Reading The Black Guard by A.J.Smith.
pushing half way through, relatively easy to read, and its laid out pretty clearly (by this stage) what the overall arc is going to circle. Which I like, and there's a few good characters as well. As per usual, nothing earth shattering but entertaining enogh yo have ne held till the finish now

[polishgenius]

Whisperzzzzzzz, on 11 May 2014 - 12:47 AM, said:

Halfway through Daniel Abraham's The Dragon's Path. It's enjoyable, especially the Cithrin and Wester POVs, but I'm not seeing why he gets such high praise from people like GRRM. From what I see online, it seems like his previous series, The Long Price Quartet, is critically acclaimed. Is that series a lot better than his more recent one?

Dragon's Path is a slow burner anyway, and does get better, but yeah, Long Price is better. It's almost perfect.





Currently reading Anathem by Neal Stephenson. Holy shit this book is awesome.

[Imperial Historian]

Abraham is definitely an author whose books are slow burning. The dragons path series is more traditional (at least initially), and starts off pretty slowly. Its not as critically praised as the long path.

The long path is a good book, and what he gets the most praise for, its also a slow burner and a bit of an aquired taste, everyone I've given it to hated it (all two of them, though neither got very far) and I think a few on these forums didn't like it either.

Its worth persevering through the slow start of both series though.

Currently alternating a reread of Dresden and malazan in preparation for skin game and assail

[Morgoth]

I never could grasp why Abraham's fantasy is regarded so highly. I enjoyed the trilogy for sure, but it is not a story that returns to me, if that makes sense.

[Macros]

I disliked the one book of his I read. The dragons something? Several storylines, one involved a girl fleeing with a banks assets.
read somewhere (here?) that it was better than his previous works. So never bothered with anymore

[McLovin]

Set aside GHOST STORY for the moment, switched to RAZOR'S EDGE by Martha Wells.

[Serenity]

Finished the first Wild Cards book and overall I thoroughly enjoyed it. A couple of the stories fell below par, which I suppose is to be expected in most anthologies, but I thought the rest were good to great (especially the first four stories, and 'Shell Games', and 'Ghost Girl Takes Manhattan').

Then I read Patrick O'Brian's The Fortune of War, which was bloody marvellous!

Now reading The King's Gambit (SPQR I) by John Maddox Roberts.

[firvulag]

Today I finished reading The Oracle's Queen, which is the last book of the Tamir Triad, and I have to say I was totally blown away by this series. I've never ready any books by Lynn Flewelling before and I absolutely recommend her to everyone. For me this was one of the best fantasy series I've ready in the last few years. She has another book series called the Nighrunner set in the same world but set much later, which I'm eager to read, the seventh and final book has just been released so overall it's complete meaning no waiting between books

On the other hand I might try some sci fi instead !

[Mentalist]

This weekend finished "War Master's Gate", book 9 of the Shadows of the Apt It was goood.

not much to write here (I'll save it for dedicated thread). Suffice it to say, the book nad pacing was great, all storylines were very interesting, though I'm not sure how I feel about the conclusion.

next i'll probably read "Caliban's War"

[Baco Xtath]

Just finished the Crimson Campaign by Brian McClellan and I have to say that it was freak'n great. If you read and even remotely liked Promise of Blood then you'll love this one. Just hate that I have to wait for the next in the series. Fantastic stuff. Now on to Who Fears Death on audio and Stories of Your Life and Others on Kindle.

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

Macros, on 12 May 2014 - 07:49 AM, said:

I disliked the one book of his I read. The dragons something? Several storylines, one involved a girl fleeing with a banks assets.
read somewhere (here?) that it was better than his previous works. So never bothered with anymore

Yup, The Dragon's Path, the one I'm reading.

[Macros]

Just finished the black guard.
really picked up in quality towards the end, along with the pace definitely did enough to get me along for book number two.
several very good characters along with a surprising death or two.

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

Finished The Dragon's Path. While I still don't see the reason for such acclaim, I did enjoy it a good amount. The interplay between certain pairs — Yardem/Marcus, Cithrin/Marcus, Geder/Jorey, Kit/Marcus — was pretty fun to read. I'll definitely be reading the rest of the series.

[End of Disc One]

I just started The Tyrant's Law (of the Dagger and Coin series) and I am loving this series. Though I can't say precisely why. I just like the feel of it. I enjoy it more than the Long Price Quartet, personally.

Last night I finished Sullivan's The Emerald Storm--possibly my favorite book in the series so far. I loved the way everything ended up.

I'm also about 100 pages into American Gods. This book isn't doing much for me. Maybe it's because I'm reading the "author's preferred text" but it's just slow and not very interesting so far. Is this how the whole book is?

[QuickTidal]

Sussex Months, on 14 May 2014 - 01:36 PM, said:

I'm also about 100 pages into American Gods. This book isn't doing much for me. Maybe it's because I'm reading the "author's preferred text" but it's just slow and not very interesting so far. Is this how the whole book is?

It's basically a ponderous examination of faith and belief and how those things used to mean one thing, and now they mean another (Once there was a god of thunder, and now we have a god of the internet/technology)...all seen through the eyes of an ex-con and machinated by various forgotten gods. It's never action-packed. It's interesting because it's an example of dying gods flailing for one last prayer at their alter...and those that have tricked themselves into humanity and America especially to live lives.

It pretty much maintains that tone and prose for the entirety.

[End of Disc One]

QuickTidal, on 14 May 2014 - 04:41 PM, said:

Sussex Months, on 14 May 2014 - 01:36 PM, said:

I'm also about 100 pages into American Gods. This book isn't doing much for me. Maybe it's because I'm reading the "author's preferred text" but it's just slow and not very interesting so far. Is this how the whole book is?

It's basically a ponderous examination of faith and belief and how those things used to mean one thing, and now they mean another (Once there was a god of thunder, and now we have a god of the internet/technology)...all seen through the eyes of an ex-con and machinated by various forgotten gods. It's never action-packed. It's interesting because it's an example of dying gods flailing for one last prayer at their alter...and those that have tricked themselves into humanity and America especially to live lives.

It pretty much maintains that tone and prose for the entirety.

Thanks for the input. I'll probably read the first third of it and then decide if I want to continue.