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Posted 07 March 2016 - 07:41 PM
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Posted 07 March 2016 - 09:27 PM
I finished Dancers Lament today! So freaking good - easily ICE's best work, and I'm one of the ones who likes ICE anyway! Great to have fresh work in the Malazan world too...
A Haunting Poem
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
For I Scream.
I Scream
You Scream
We all Scream
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Posted 07 March 2016 - 11:35 PM
Starting DANCER'S LAMENT today!
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
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Posted 08 March 2016 - 08:10 AM
QuickTidal, on 07 March 2016 - 11:35 PM, said:
Starting DANCER'S LAMENT today!
It has inspired me to read ROTCG again, as I think it will make a lot more sense now! Hope you thoroughly enjoy it as much as I did...
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 08 March 2016 - 11:22 AM
Started The Spider's War today!
Glad, but sad, that Dagger and Coin is done. Wonder what Abraham's next project (apart from The Expanse) will be.
Glad, but sad, that Dagger and Coin is done. Wonder what Abraham's next project (apart from The Expanse) will be.
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Posted 08 March 2016 - 02:50 PM
Tiste Simeon, on 07 March 2016 - 09:27 PM, said:
I finished Dancers Lament today! So freaking good - easily ICE's best work, and I'm one of the ones who likes ICE anyway! Great to have fresh work in the Malazan world too...
Tiste Simeon, on 08 March 2016 - 08:10 AM, said:
Finished DL yesterday, agreed on all points.
THIS IS YOUR REMINDER THAT THERE IS A
'VIEW NEW CONTENT' BUTTON THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW NEW CONTENT
'VIEW NEW CONTENT' BUTTON THAT
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Posted 08 March 2016 - 02:53 PM
Abyss, on 08 March 2016 - 02:50 PM, said:
Tiste Simeon, on 07 March 2016 - 09:27 PM, said:
I finished Dancers Lament today! So freaking good - easily ICE's best work, and I'm one of the ones who likes ICE anyway! Great to have fresh work in the Malazan world too...
Tiste Simeon, on 08 March 2016 - 08:10 AM, said:
Finished DL yesterday, agreed on all points.
Query, is Li Heng supposed to be real-world-Asian-influenced like Itko Kan, or does its architecture and style come from the melting pot of what appears to be its varied inhabitants? Just trying to visualize it in my head.
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
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Posted 09 March 2016 - 01:34 PM
Rounded Page 130 in DANCER'S LAMENT and I'm utterly loving it so far. Love all the characters and the pace is really relentless. No filler.
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
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Posted 09 March 2016 - 01:59 PM
QuickTidal, on 08 March 2016 - 02:53 PM, said:
Abyss, on 08 March 2016 - 02:50 PM, said:
Tiste Simeon, on 07 March 2016 - 09:27 PM, said:
I finished Dancers Lament today! So freaking good - easily ICE's best work, and I'm one of the ones who likes ICE anyway! Great to have fresh work in the Malazan world too...
Tiste Simeon, on 08 March 2016 - 08:10 AM, said:
Finished DL yesterday, agreed on all points.
Query, is Li Heng supposed to be real-world-Asian-influenced like Itko Kan, or does its architecture and style come from the melting pot of what appears to be its varied inhabitants? Just trying to visualize it in my head.
I imagined it as quite the mixture, full of diversity. The Protectress seems to be welcoming to all.
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 09 March 2016 - 02:13 PM
Tiste Simeon, on 09 March 2016 - 01:59 PM, said:
QuickTidal, on 08 March 2016 - 02:53 PM, said:
Abyss, on 08 March 2016 - 02:50 PM, said:
Tiste Simeon, on 07 March 2016 - 09:27 PM, said:
I finished Dancers Lament today! So freaking good - easily ICE's best work, and I'm one of the ones who likes ICE anyway! Great to have fresh work in the Malazan world too...
Tiste Simeon, on 08 March 2016 - 08:10 AM, said:
Finished DL yesterday, agreed on all points.
Query, is Li Heng supposed to be real-world-Asian-influenced like Itko Kan, or does its architecture and style come from the melting pot of what appears to be its varied inhabitants? Just trying to visualize it in my head.
I imagined it as quite the mixture, full of diversity. The Protectress seems to be welcoming to all.
That's how I see it, and the architecture described seems to support that theory.
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
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Posted 09 March 2016 - 04:29 PM
Well, Dancer's Lament arrived yesterday, so I read the prelude last night. So far, so good.
"Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more, not less. Without occupying space, it fills the universe. It nourishes everything, yet itself feeds upon destruction. We claim to control it, but does it not perhaps cultivate us as a source of food? May it not be that all wood grows so that it can be set ablaze, and that men and women are born to kindle fires?"
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
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Posted 10 March 2016 - 09:47 PM
Finishing up "Moorcock's Multiverse" on the commute. The second novel, "The winds of limbo" (formerly known as "The Fireclown") was a pretty good of dystopian sci-fi writing and an at the same time a commentary on incredibly current-relevance topics, like societal ennui, terrorist/war scares, populism, etc.
The third novel is written much in the same vein, but takes things up to 11. I'm still not really sure how these books are supposed to "frame" the multiverse, but it's good, and relevant, sci-fi on its own.
EDIT:... aaaand, done the last novel, "the Shores of Death". Turned into a philosophical parable there in the end, but a nice ending nevertheless. It seems that "The Shores of Death" may be an indirect sequel to "The Winds of Limbo".
Regarding the first novel, "The Sundered Worlds", there's some influences of Banks' "Player of Games" in there (although Moorcock's novel was probably written earlier, so it's the other way around, really. Elements of space opera in there, too.
Overall, yet more proof that Moorcock's sci-fi is so much better than his fantasy stuff. /EDIT.
At home, on the final stretch of volume 3 of "10 years later". It's much better than what I remembered, glad I took the time to re-read it.
The third novel is written much in the same vein, but takes things up to 11. I'm still not really sure how these books are supposed to "frame" the multiverse, but it's good, and relevant, sci-fi on its own.
EDIT:... aaaand, done the last novel, "the Shores of Death". Turned into a philosophical parable there in the end, but a nice ending nevertheless. It seems that "The Shores of Death" may be an indirect sequel to "The Winds of Limbo".
Regarding the first novel, "The Sundered Worlds", there's some influences of Banks' "Player of Games" in there (although Moorcock's novel was probably written earlier, so it's the other way around, really. Elements of space opera in there, too.
Overall, yet more proof that Moorcock's sci-fi is so much better than his fantasy stuff. /EDIT.
At home, on the final stretch of volume 3 of "10 years later". It's much better than what I remembered, glad I took the time to re-read it.
This post has been edited by Mentalist: 02 May 2016 - 04:51 PM
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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.
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Posted 11 March 2016 - 12:43 AM
The US version of the ETERNAL CHAMPION omnibus sticks "The Sundered Worlds" between two Erekose stories. I honestly couldn't stand it, and just wanted to get back to the fantasy. (Also, I think 60s fantasy probably ages a lot better than 60s sci-fi.)
This post has been edited by Salt-Man Z: 11 March 2016 - 12:45 AM
"Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more, not less. Without occupying space, it fills the universe. It nourishes everything, yet itself feeds upon destruction. We claim to control it, but does it not perhaps cultivate us as a source of food? May it not be that all wood grows so that it can be set ablaze, and that men and women are born to kindle fires?"
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
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Posted 11 March 2016 - 03:32 AM
Salt-Man Z, on 11 March 2016 - 12:43 AM, said:
The US version of the ETERNAL CHAMPION omnibus sticks "The Sundered Worlds" between two Erekose stories. I honestly couldn't stand it, and just wanted to get back to the fantasy. (Also, I think 60s fantasy probably ages a lot better than 60s sci-fi.)
Yeah, I saw that. The US version has "The Wrecks of Time" in Moorcock's Multiverse", and "The Distant Suns" as the 3rd novel in "Sailing to Utopia"
And although overall I'd agree that a lot of 60s sci-fi is very dated now, so far Moorcock's stuff hasn't really annoyed me with any anachronisms. Could be because (so far) all his sci-fi trappings are just a mechanism for telling what's basically a social commentary op-ed pieces, and they tend to be very spot-on and timely with today's society.
except the Cornelius stuff. But that's just crazy fun in its own psychedelic way.
The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard
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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.
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Posted 11 March 2016 - 03:54 AM
Full review of "Moorcock's Multiverse" up in ded thread.
I was considering taking a break in my commute read and read smth else, but the next book in the reading list is a collection of Jerry Cornelius short stories. Jerry Cornelius: His Lives and Times" , so I gotta read that.
I was considering taking a break in my commute read and read smth else, but the next book in the reading list is a collection of Jerry Cornelius short stories. Jerry Cornelius: His Lives and Times" , so I gotta read that.
The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard
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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.
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Posted 11 March 2016 - 01:00 PM
Double post:
Finished "10 Years Later" one night ahead of schedule. I got to the end of my alotted nightly 50 pages, and the sads started happening. Since I pretty much remembered the ending, I decided to soldier through and get it all done in one go.
Overall, yeah, the book is much better than I remembered. Volume 2 basically killed the enjoyment for the young, 12-y.o. me, but this time around I was able to, if not enjoy the love storyline, then at least tolerate it much better.
Now i've got a serious problem. FoL should be in my hands on April 19th. Before that I gotta re-read FoD. But I got over a month to go still. Need smth to read before FoD still.
Oscillating b/w reading some non-fiction book, or giving Adrian Tchaikovsky's new musketpunk (is that a word? It is now!) book a try.
Finished "10 Years Later" one night ahead of schedule. I got to the end of my alotted nightly 50 pages, and the sads started happening. Since I pretty much remembered the ending, I decided to soldier through and get it all done in one go.
Overall, yeah, the book is much better than I remembered. Volume 2 basically killed the enjoyment for the young, 12-y.o. me, but this time around I was able to, if not enjoy the love storyline, then at least tolerate it much better.
Now i've got a serious problem. FoL should be in my hands on April 19th. Before that I gotta re-read FoD. But I got over a month to go still. Need smth to read before FoD still.
Oscillating b/w reading some non-fiction book, or giving Adrian Tchaikovsky's new musketpunk (is that a word? It is now!) book a try.
The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard
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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.
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Posted 11 March 2016 - 01:03 PM
Mentalist, on 11 March 2016 - 01:00 PM, said:
Double post:
Finished "10 Years Later" one night ahead of schedule. I got to the end of my alotted nightly 50 pages, and the sads started happening. Since I pretty much remembered the ending, I decided to soldier through and get it all done in one go.
Overall, yeah, the book is much better than I remembered. Volume 2 basically killed the enjoyment for the young, 12-y.o. me, but this time around I was able to, if not enjoy the love storyline, then at least tolerate it much better.
Now i've got a serious problem. FoL should be in my hands on April 19th. Before that I gotta re-read FoD. But I got over a month to go still. Need smth to read before FoD still.
Oscillating b/w reading some non-fiction book, or giving Adrian Tchaikovsky's new musketpunk (is that a word? It is now!) book a try.
Finished "10 Years Later" one night ahead of schedule. I got to the end of my alotted nightly 50 pages, and the sads started happening. Since I pretty much remembered the ending, I decided to soldier through and get it all done in one go.
Overall, yeah, the book is much better than I remembered. Volume 2 basically killed the enjoyment for the young, 12-y.o. me, but this time around I was able to, if not enjoy the love storyline, then at least tolerate it much better.
Now i've got a serious problem. FoL should be in my hands on April 19th. Before that I gotta re-read FoD. But I got over a month to go still. Need smth to read before FoD still.
Oscillating b/w reading some non-fiction book, or giving Adrian Tchaikovsky's new musketpunk (is that a word? It is now!) book a try.
From everything I've heard the actual release date for FoL is 24th May, amazon and co just haven't been updated to reflect that
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Posted 11 March 2016 - 01:57 PM
Imperial Historian, on 11 March 2016 - 01:03 PM, said:
Mentalist, on 11 March 2016 - 01:00 PM, said:
Double post:
Finished "10 Years Later" one night ahead of schedule. I got to the end of my alotted nightly 50 pages, and the sads started happening. Since I pretty much remembered the ending, I decided to soldier through and get it all done in one go.
Overall, yeah, the book is much better than I remembered. Volume 2 basically killed the enjoyment for the young, 12-y.o. me, but this time around I was able to, if not enjoy the love storyline, then at least tolerate it much better.
Now i've got a serious problem. FoL should be in my hands on April 19th. Before that I gotta re-read FoD. But I got over a month to go still. Need smth to read before FoD still.
Oscillating b/w reading some non-fiction book, or giving Adrian Tchaikovsky's new musketpunk (is that a word? It is now!) book a try.
Finished "10 Years Later" one night ahead of schedule. I got to the end of my alotted nightly 50 pages, and the sads started happening. Since I pretty much remembered the ending, I decided to soldier through and get it all done in one go.
Overall, yeah, the book is much better than I remembered. Volume 2 basically killed the enjoyment for the young, 12-y.o. me, but this time around I was able to, if not enjoy the love storyline, then at least tolerate it much better.
Now i've got a serious problem. FoL should be in my hands on April 19th. Before that I gotta re-read FoD. But I got over a month to go still. Need smth to read before FoD still.
Oscillating b/w reading some non-fiction book, or giving Adrian Tchaikovsky's new musketpunk (is that a word? It is now!) book a try.
From everything I've heard the actual release date for FoL is 24th May, amazon and co just haven't been updated to reflect that
Chapters changed some editions' release date, but not all.
Mine is pre-ordered, guess I'll have to check its status when I get home.
The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard
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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.
