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Andorion, on 14 August 2015 - 01:23 AM, said:
Also finished Curse of Chalion. Good book, but thought the ending was too pat.
I felt the same way. Still haven't read the sequel.
Reading at t'moment?
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Posted 14 August 2015 - 12:07 PM
I felt the same way. Still haven't read the sequel.
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Posted 14 August 2015 - 02:31 PM
Chance, on 14 August 2015 - 02:22 PM, said:
Been going through the Night Watch and its sequels and must say I'm impressed, it is a lot more ambitious and unique then most urban fantasy out there.
Who is the author for this series?
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Posted 14 August 2015 - 04:48 PM
Chance, on 14 August 2015 - 02:22 PM, said:
Been going through the Night Watch and its sequels and must say I'm impressed, it is a lot more ambitious and unique then most urban fantasy out there.
If you choose to watch the movies, just make sure to distance them in your head from the books...as they are pretty different.
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Posted 14 August 2015 - 04:59 PM
QuickTidal, on 14 August 2015 - 04:48 PM, said:
If you choose to watch the movies, just make sure to distance them in your head from the books...as they are pretty different.
Get the original Russian movies with English subtitles. The Fox Searchlight version of Night Watch edited it very badly because "translation problems*".
The movies are actually very good - but as QuickTidal says, they are different.
*There is a particular storyline in Night Watch that is hacked to bits in the edited Fox Searchlight version because it was possibly objectionable to "middle America". As a result, the movie loses momentum, sense, and meaning.
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Posted 14 August 2015 - 05:06 PM
Oh yeah, original Russian versions for sure. I don't think I've ever watched the dubbed/cut versions.
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Posted 15 August 2015 - 03:25 AM
QuickTidal, on 14 August 2015 - 04:48 PM, said:
If you choose to watch the movies, just make sure to distance them in your head from the books...as they are pretty different.
Pretty sure I've seen the first one some time long ago, might give it a try after I've completed the series got the New Watch and the last story of Twilight Watch to go.
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Posted 15 August 2015 - 04:18 PM
I just finished Towers of Midnight. Very good book all in all, and the cliffhanger involving the letter at the end was fantastic. Next up is Finch (only 3 weeks later than originally planned).
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Posted 16 August 2015 - 07:31 AM
Closing in on the end of Robin Hobb's new one Fool's Quest. I love Hobb, but this has been at the same time wonderful and difficult to read. There are some punch-the-air happy moments but mostly (about three quarters of the way through) it's a book of almost wall to wall despair. I have a feeling a twist is nigh though!
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Posted 16 August 2015 - 07:55 AM
TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 16 August 2015 - 07:31 AM, said:
Closing in on the end of Robin Hobb's new one Fool's Quest. I love Hobb, but this has been at the same time wonderful and difficult to read. There are some punch-the-air happy moments but mostly (about three quarters of the way through) it's a book of almost wall to wall despair. I have a feeling a twist is nigh though!
I haven't read it yet, but knowing Hobb, the twist will be 'more despair'.
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Posted 16 August 2015 - 08:30 AM
TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 16 August 2015 - 07:31 AM, said:
Closing in on the end of Robin Hobb's new one Fool's Quest. I love Hobb, but this has been at the same time wonderful and difficult to read. There are some punch-the-air happy moments but mostly (about three quarters of the way through) it's a book of almost wall to wall despair. I have a feeling a twist is nigh though!
This is basically why I couldn't finish the first trilogy. I felt suffocated.
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Posted 16 August 2015 - 09:13 AM
polishgenius, on 16 August 2015 - 07:55 AM, said:
TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 16 August 2015 - 07:31 AM, said:
Closing in on the end of Robin Hobb's new one Fool's Quest. I love Hobb, but this has been at the same time wonderful and difficult to read. There are some punch-the-air happy moments but mostly (about three quarters of the way through) it's a book of almost wall to wall despair. I have a feeling a twist is nigh though!
I haven't read it yet, but knowing Hobb, the twist will be 'more despair'.
It wasn't. It was wonderful.
She does do wall to wall despair well, but it's more visceral in Fool's Quest than ever before. However, there were some wonderful moments of balance too. And Fitz is still an idiot, but somehow I have to like him for it.
Also, the third one is very clearly the last one, she's starting to set the stage to tie in Liveship and Rainwilds as well as the two previous trilogies.
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Posted 16 August 2015 - 05:51 PM
Halfway through the second volume of Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle, named "The Confusion". It's a great read, so far, as in between all the fiction, he's giving some nice history lessons as well. (History was never a great interest of mine, but these books actually triggered some in me.)
'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.'
'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.'
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master — that's all.'
'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.'
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master — that's all.'
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Posted 16 August 2015 - 06:31 PM
Finished The Dark Forest; absolutely fucking brilliant. So for people that like absolutely fucking brilliant stuff, check it out. Definitely one of the best sci-fi books I've ever read/listened to.
Not sure what's up next. Probably going to continue The Never Hero and Library at Mount Char but I'm thinking of starting the Fifth Season by Jemisin instead. Can't go wrong with a Polish recco.
Not sure what's up next. Probably going to continue The Never Hero and Library at Mount Char but I'm thinking of starting the Fifth Season by Jemisin instead. Can't go wrong with a Polish recco.
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Posted 16 August 2015 - 08:05 PM
Baco Xtath, on 16 August 2015 - 06:31 PM, said:
Not sure what's up next. Probably going to continue The Never Hero and Library at Mount Char but I'm thinking of starting the Fifth Season by Jemisin instead. Can't go wrong with a Polish recco.
I'm starting to think I should be charging your book vendors commission. fwiw, Fifth Season is still going around in my head a few days later. Three Body Problem is on my list, so good to hear a great reco for it and the sequel.
Me, I've started Undertow, the latest in my Elizabeth-Bear-back-catalogue-catchup-project. Bayou-set quantum-cyberpunk. Fun so far.
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Posted 17 August 2015 - 02:20 PM
Currently reading The Chanur Saga omnibus by C.J. Cherryh. I had a false start with this book a few months ago, finding it hard to get into. But I gave it another try this month and was immediately hooked. It's a bit confusing at times, especially when trying to parse what some of the aliens are saying — sometimes the hani make as little sense to me as the t'ca. Overall though, I'm really enjoying it.
So, thanks to whoever recommended it long ago (I think it was either Apt or Abyss, but not sure).
So, thanks to whoever recommended it long ago (I think it was either Apt or Abyss, but not sure).
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Posted 17 August 2015 - 09:33 PM
Whisperzzzzzzz, on 17 August 2015 - 02:20 PM, said:
Currently reading The Chanur Saga omnibus by C.J. Cherryh. I had a false start with this book a few months ago, finding it hard to get into. But I gave it another try this month and was immediately hooked. It's a bit confusing at times, especially when trying to parse what some of the aliens are saying — sometimes the hani make as little sense to me as the t'ca. Overall though, I'm really enjoying it.
So, thanks to whoever recommended it long ago (I think it was either Apt or Abyss, but not sure).
So, thanks to whoever recommended it long ago (I think it was either Apt or Abyss, but not sure).
Might have been me. I know when I got deep into the series I caught myself talking like a mahe more than once.
Be aware that the series goes standalone-trilogy-standalone, and the omnibus bizarrely includes only the first three books, so you'll want to track down the fourth book (Chanur's Homecoming) to finish the trilogy/story. (The fifth book is a true sequel that isn't directly related to the first four.)
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Posted 17 August 2015 - 09:36 PM
Salt-Man Z, on 17 August 2015 - 09:33 PM, said:
Whisperzzzzzzz, on 17 August 2015 - 02:20 PM, said:
Currently reading The Chanur Saga omnibus by C.J. Cherryh. I had a false start with this book a few months ago, finding it hard to get into. But I gave it another try this month and was immediately hooked. It's a bit confusing at times, especially when trying to parse what some of the aliens are saying — sometimes the hani make as little sense to me as the t'ca. Overall though, I'm really enjoying it.
So, thanks to whoever recommended it long ago (I think it was either Apt or Abyss, but not sure).
So, thanks to whoever recommended it long ago (I think it was either Apt or Abyss, but not sure).
Might have been me. I know when I got deep into the series I caught myself talking like a mahe more than once.
Be aware that the series goes standalone-trilogy-standalone, and the omnibus bizarrely includes only the first three books, so you'll want to track down the fourth book (Chanur's Homecoming) to finish the trilogy/story. (The fifth book is a true sequel that isn't directly related to the first four.)Weird. Why doesn't the omnibus contain all the books? That's not number one good idea.
