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@ Astra_Lestat
indeed, by the very same man.
Reading at t'moment?
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Posted 10 May 2006 - 08:55 AM
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@ Astra_Lestat
indeed, by the very same man.
indeed, by the very same man.
WOW!
I had to read it some 17 years ago in High School as a must ...hated it so much. Well, most of us hated it back then. I guess they wanted us to read it at too young age. So instead of understanding it we hated it along with War and Peace by Tolstoy, etc.
It always amazes me when non-Russians read this book.
Only Two Things Are Infinite, The Universe and Human Stupidity, and I'm Not Sure About The Former.
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Posted 14 May 2006 - 05:27 PM
Re-reading Altered Carbon, by Richard Morgan. Forgotten how class this book actually is, Woken Furies and the other one were slightly disappointing after this one.
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Posted 17 May 2006 - 11:39 AM
The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
A great adventure story, back when men were men, and women were there to be despoiled. Fight at the least provocation and then twirl your moustache after you have run your opponent through
A great adventure story, back when men were men, and women were there to be despoiled. Fight at the least provocation and then twirl your moustache after you have run your opponent through
Burn rubber =/= warp speed
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Posted 17 May 2006 - 11:43 AM
Mezla PigDog said:
The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
A great adventure story, back when men were men, and women were there to be despoiled. Fight at the least provocation and then twirl your moustache after you have run your opponent through
A great adventure story, back when men were men, and women were there to be despoiled. Fight at the least provocation and then twirl your moustache after you have run your opponent through
Wonderful book!
As well as many others written by A. Dumas. I have read him a lot when I was 15-17. 20 years later, then 10 years later if I translate it correctly are sequences of the Tree Musketeers.
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Posted 17 May 2006 - 11:58 AM
Gai-Jin, by James Clavell.
I read Shogun a long time ago. Although I didn't really like it, and I'm not really enjoying this either, I am determined to see it through.
I read Shogun a long time ago. Although I didn't really like it, and I'm not really enjoying this either, I am determined to see it through.
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Posted 19 May 2006 - 09:05 AM
I am reading a preview of an upcoming urban fantasy by Alan Campbell called Scar Night, which is damn good stuff so far. This is due out in July and is volume one of the Deepgate Codex.
I also read a damn g Star Wars novel (coming out at the end of the month) called Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Betrayal by Aaron Allston. You heard me right - really enjoyed it.
I'm also going to be doing some comic book reviews for a couple of sites in coming months (more comc book related sites), but I did my first one for FBS today, of Wolverine Origins#1
I also read a damn g Star Wars novel (coming out at the end of the month) called Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Betrayal by Aaron Allston. You heard me right - really enjoyed it.
I'm also going to be doing some comic book reviews for a couple of sites in coming months (more comc book related sites), but I did my first one for FBS today, of Wolverine Origins#1
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Posted 19 May 2006 - 04:45 PM
Finally got my hands on Eternity, by Greg Bear, the sequel to Eon. Looking forward to reading this one (mwahaha).
Hello, soldiers, look at your mage, now back to me, now back at your mage, now back to me. Sadly, he isn’t me, but if he stopped being an unascended mortal and switched to Sole Spice, he could smell like he’s me. Look down, back up, where are you? You’re in a warren with the High Mage your cadre mage could smell like. What’s in your hand, back at me. I have it, it’s an acorn with two gates to that realm you love. Look again, the acorn is now otataral. Anything is possible when your mage smells like Sole Spice and not a Bole brother. I’m on a quorl.
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Posted 19 May 2006 - 10:31 PM
Rereading Bonehunters. Loving it more than the first time.
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You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
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Posted 20 May 2006 - 03:40 AM
I tend to read a lot of stuff at once . . . no wonder I sound so confused.
Jack Kerouac: Book Of Sketches
Laura Anne Gilman: Staying Dead
Edmund Burke: Reflections On The French Revolution (a great scatter-shot revolutionary pamphlet, very much like the Marx/Engels Communist Manifesto)
F.D. Maurice: The Kingdom Of Christ
Liner notes to the complete RCA sessions of Louis Armstrong
Oh yeah, and assorted newspapers and Malazan forums . . .
Jack Kerouac: Book Of Sketches
Laura Anne Gilman: Staying Dead
Edmund Burke: Reflections On The French Revolution (a great scatter-shot revolutionary pamphlet, very much like the Marx/Engels Communist Manifesto)
F.D. Maurice: The Kingdom Of Christ
Liner notes to the complete RCA sessions of Louis Armstrong
Oh yeah, and assorted newspapers and Malazan forums . . .
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Posted 20 May 2006 - 08:02 AM
Currenlty have six books on the go:
1. The War with Hannibal - Livy
2. The Histories - Herodotus
3. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
4. Contest - Matthew Reily
5. Ice Station - Mathew Reilly
6. Gardens of the Moon - Steven Erikson....17th reading I believe, or is it 18th?
1. The War with Hannibal - Livy
2. The Histories - Herodotus
3. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
4. Contest - Matthew Reily
5. Ice Station - Mathew Reilly
6. Gardens of the Moon - Steven Erikson....17th reading I believe, or is it 18th?
Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:
And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.
~TQB~
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Posted 20 May 2006 - 11:06 AM
Just started Neal Asher's "Brass Man". The man is an awesome writer, I'm hooked just from the short prologue. Trying to read it slowly though, so I don't have to buy any more books on this trip!!
O xein', angellein Lakedaimoniois hoti têde; keimetha tois keinon rhémasi peithomenoi.
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Posted 22 May 2006 - 02:40 AM
Just finished reading Steven Erikson's Midnight Tides.
Well, what else can I say? Another Malazan epic, and another novel standing on a far higher plane than most "good" fantasy books/series out there.
Unlike Terry Goodkind, who wrote novels that had very little to do with the main plotlines and were just milking his popularity, Steven Erikson stepped away from his principal story arcs to focus on a distant war whose events will have dramatic repercussions on the rest of the world and beyond. Baffling me, as always, is how easy Erikson somehow makes it all look.
Hard to put down. . . For the full book review, check out the blog!
Patrick
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Well, what else can I say? Another Malazan epic, and another novel standing on a far higher plane than most "good" fantasy books/series out there.
Unlike Terry Goodkind, who wrote novels that had very little to do with the main plotlines and were just milking his popularity, Steven Erikson stepped away from his principal story arcs to focus on a distant war whose events will have dramatic repercussions on the rest of the world and beyond. Baffling me, as always, is how easy Erikson somehow makes it all look.
Hard to put down. . . For the full book review, check out the blog!
Patrick
www.fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com
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Posted 22 May 2006 - 06:47 AM
Pretty good review:)
I'm already half way through "Brass Man" - it really is an outstanding book, I'd recommend to anyone, though you;d have to have read at least "Line of Polity" and "Gridlinked" first, if not all his others too.
I'm already half way through "Brass Man" - it really is an outstanding book, I'd recommend to anyone, though you;d have to have read at least "Line of Polity" and "Gridlinked" first, if not all his others too.
O xein', angellein Lakedaimoniois hoti têde; keimetha tois keinon rhémasi peithomenoi.
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Posted 22 May 2006 - 09:52 AM
I'm reading David Gemmell's "Lord Of The Silver Bow".
It's the basic Gemmell story. I enjoy his rough and tumble action.
And on the way to work in the morning's I am also read Midnight Tides. This is my second favorite book in the series.
I just got to the bit where Trull see's "The Betrayer" ;)among the tree's in the forest. That part always gets me, The Betrayer is a fantastic character.
It's the basic Gemmell story. I enjoy his rough and tumble action.
And on the way to work in the morning's I am also read Midnight Tides. This is my second favorite book in the series.
I just got to the bit where Trull see's "The Betrayer" ;)among the tree's in the forest. That part always gets me, The Betrayer is a fantastic character.
- both as a side dish to OSC's Children of the Mind.
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Posted 22 May 2006 - 02:12 PM
Started Hidden Empire (Saga of Seven Suns, book 1) by Kevin Anderson last night. OK so far, but his choice of names is wince-worthy. Basil Wenceslas??? Makes me want to start singing that Christmas carol - Good King Wenceslas looked out upon the feast of Stephen...
OK, I think I got it, but just in case, can you say the whole thing over again? I wasn't really listening.
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Posted 22 May 2006 - 04:45 PM
Started reading A Way of Life by Reggie Kray! It's interesting to say the least.
Also reading Monty Python's Flying Circus - The Complete Scripts and still on The Bonehunters.
Both very good, but the Bonehunters has it all the way...
It's interesting to say the least. Also reading Monty Python's Flying Circus - The Complete Scripts and still on The Bonehunters.
Both very good, but the Bonehunters has it all the way...
A Haunting Poem
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
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Posted 22 May 2006 - 06:38 PM
Still reading Blade trinity
