[HiddenOne]

Just finished the classic "Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde" by R.L. Stephenson. I enjoyed it, read it quickly as it's really a short story. It had been many years since I last read it and I had forgotten a lot of the details. It's always strange to me when I read something of the classic literature variety, that I have read before as a child, and see the details with a more mature eye.

[QuickTidal]

Started into the SHARDS OF HONOR portion of CORDELIA'S HONOR by Lois McMaster Bujold.

So far I'm impressed by an easy prose that is immersive without being full out hard SF. More Space Opera-y. And that's cool. My only complaint so far is that Aral and Cordelia seem to fall in love a tad quickly. Otherwise the pacing (which seems to shudder and go at intervals, though not distractingly) is pretty decent. I've heard tell things only get better after this omnibus when Miles shows up. I'm happy to start at the very beginning though.

[Baco Xtath]

Audio: Just finished Who Fears Death by not-gonna-even-try; Very original, great prose (though too much teeth sucking) but I didn't like the amount of sexual content involved. It's not that it bothers me, it just bores me. Still, good read/listen. Not sure if I'll try the sequel or not. Starting Ancillary Justice and hoping to drag it till the release of Skin Game..

Reading: I've put down The Story of Your Life and Others. I really enjoyed the stories I've read but it feels a little forced on the intelligence factor: look how smart I am. I'm sure I'll come back to it at some point but for now it is brain overload. So I've started its antithesis in the Serpent of Venice by Christopher Moore.

This post has been edited by Baco Xtath: 16 May 2014 - 08:19 PM

[polishgenius]

Baco Xtath, on 16 May 2014 - 08:18 PM, said:

Audio: Just finished Who Fears Death by not-gonna-even-try; Very original, great prose (though too much teeth sucking) but I didn't like the amount of sexual content involved. It's not that it bothers me, it just bores me. Still, good read/listen.

There is no sequel - if you're thinking of Lagoon, that's not related at all and in fact almost totally different in about every way imaginable. Good book, though I did like Who Fears Death more on balance. It's one that's really stayed with me.

[Baco Xtath]

polishgenius, on 16 May 2014 - 08:26 PM, said:

Baco Xtath, on 16 May 2014 - 08:18 PM, said:

Audio: Just finished Who Fears Death by not-gonna-even-try; Very original, great prose (though too much teeth sucking) but I didn't like the amount of sexual content involved. It's not that it bothers me, it just bores me. Still, good read/listen.

There is no sequel - if you're thinking of Lagoon, that's not related at all and in fact almost totally different in about every way imaginable. Good book, though I did like Who Fears Death more on balance. It's one that's really stayed with me.

Ha. I was wondering how in the hell they could have a sequel with that ending. I'll probably give Lagoon a try one of these days cause the ideas and prose were fantastic.

[Serenity]

QuickTidal, on 16 May 2014 - 07:07 PM, said:

Started into the SHARDS OF HONOR portion of CORDELIA'S HONOR by Lois McMaster Bujold.

So far I'm impressed by an easy prose that is immersive without being full out hard SF. More Space Opera-y. And that's cool. My only complaint so far is that Aral and Cordelia seem to fall in love a tad quickly. Otherwise the pacing (which seems to shudder and go at intervals, though not distractingly) is pretty decent. I've heard tell things only get better after this omnibus when Miles shows up. I'm happy to start at the very beginning though.

Same here, on all counts - I just mentioned this over in another thread, but I thought the second book in that omnibus, Barrayar, was very good indeed, so hopefully you'll see the improvement straight away. I'm currently reading The Vor Game and should finish it today.

After that I'm planning on starting Byzantium by Stephen R. Lawhead.

[Baco Xtath]

Had to quit Ancillary Justice one hour in; narrator was horrible. Re-reading/listening to Before They Are Hanged. Going to hop on the Revolutions by Felix Gilman (couldn't take the wait for the new credits).

[Ukjent]

Finished The Crimson Campaign last night, good stuff, but

Spoiler

There ought be a law against heavy cliffhanger endings

[Ukjent]

Since the weather is to nice to write bachelor thesis in, I started on Working Gods mischief.

[McLovin]

Finished RAZOR'S EDGE. I got it on Kindle, which made a bit of a confusing reading experience. The book came with like a dozen excerpts of other Star Wars books tacked on the end, which I didn't realize. So as I was reading, I was like, man this is really ramped up and I'm only two-thirds through! Then suddenly, at two-thirds through, it was over. It was pretty jarring.

But I do recommend it for Star Wars fans not bitter about the Great EU Dump. Leia has always been a great character and this book lets her shine as the lead.

[Serenity]

Currently 420 pages into Byzantium by Stephen R. Lawhead. So far I'm absolutely loving it.

[HiddenOne]

I'm down to the last 20% of the Blade Itself, which I am enjoying, but I hate to see it end, because then I'll be back to looking for my next acquisition.

[Macros]

Surely after the blade itself, you read the sequel.
then the trilogy finale
then best served cold
the hjs best work, The Heroes
then red country

then look for new stuff.

[Baco Xtath]

Once you run out of Abercrombie and you want something in the same vein, give the Grim Company a shot.

This post has been edited by Baco Xtath: 20 May 2014 - 04:11 PM

[Abyss]

HiddenOne, on 20 May 2014 - 12:21 PM, said:

I'm down to the last 20% of the Blade Itself, which I am enjoying, but I hate to see it end, because then I'll be back to looking for my next acquisition.

Macros, on 20 May 2014 - 02:56 PM, said:

Surely after the blade itself, you read the sequel.
then the trilogy finale
then best served cold
the hjs best work, The Heroes
then red country

then look for new stuff.

Seconded... if you liked TBI even a little, i recommend jumping straight into bk 2... it gets better and better and i found reading them back-to-back was ideal.

And while i think BEST SERVED was his best work, HEROES and RED are also solid great.

[polishgenius]

Rageun Cajun, on 20 May 2014 - 05:33 PM, said:

I'm bummed finding out his new book coming isn't in the series. I hope Red wasn't the last...

It most definitely isn't. He's just taking a break from Adua to make sure the final trilogy isn't hurt by burning out on the subject.

[QuickTidal]

Finsished SHARDS OF HONOR by Bujold. Decent stuff, if not mind-blowing.

Then I finshed the 3rd WH40K GG omnibus THE LOST (books 8-11) by Abnett, the 2nd last book ARMOUR OF CONTEMPT was only okay, but the last one ONLY IN DEATH was excellent, and was the first military SF HORROR book I've ever read. Creepy stuff!

Have decided to go full-out eBook for my trip next week, so I've chewed into BROKEN HOMES mmpb by Aaronovitch already. About 50 pages in, no complaints. Mucho enjoying!

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 21 May 2014 - 10:40 AM

[JPK]

So i realized today that I hadn't posted since before my vacation. Got a short list cause it was a nice relaxing vacation.

MONSTER HUNTER VENDETTA by Larry Coreia: I felt this was a much stronger book than the first in the series. It still had it's fantastic tongue in cheek vibe, but dropped a lot of the more annoying bits (like the gratuitous gun-porn) of the first book. It also had a lot of great character building for several support characters that I really enjoyed. I'll eventually read the third book (mostly cause it was gifted by a friend).

THE DEVIL DELIVERED & OTHER STORIES by Steven Erikson: The last of his work that I hadn't read yet. I loved it as always and thought that the first two were strong stories but I must say that FISHIN' WITH GRANDMA MATCHIE was BRILLIANT!

BLOODSTONE by David Gemmell: I'm sad that this is the end of Jon Shannow. I suspect I'll jump into LEGEND soon.

EVEN HAND and BIGFOOT TRILOGY by Jim Butcher: Oooo a Marcone pov? Yes, please. These were enough to hold me over for SKIN GAME.

THE CRIMSON CAMPAIGN by Brian McClellan: This is my current focus, and I'm about 100 pages from the end. It's good, I like it. I'm in for the third book. Really, I feel that I'm just chiming in with a lot of other voices on here saying the same things about this series.

DREAMS OF STEEL by Glen Cook: I just started this one yesterday when I realized it'd been about 2 years since I've read the previous book. Thank the interwebs for wiki summaries or I'd be so lost right now.

Spoiler

Lady dragging herself out from under the pile of corpses near the beginning was some pretty freaking sweet imagery though. I really enjoyed that scene.

A quick follow up on something from my last post: WILDWOOD by Colin Meloy was brilliant. For me it had that childlike joy that I remember having the first time I read a redwall or narnia book. I absolutely recommend this with no reservation at all.

[Tiste Simeon]

I have a problem. I'm going to finish The Myriad a bit too soon before Skin Game comes out...

[QuickTidal]

Tisteon Simeonus, on 21 May 2014 - 10:11 PM, said:

I have a problem. I'm going to finish The Myriad a bit too soon before Skin Game comes out...

Thankfully, I have a SOLUTION to your problem.

You're welcome.