[QuickTidal]

Briar King, on 31 December 2016 - 05:05 AM, said:

A novella? I thought a new bk was around the corner?

Novella in Jan, first full book in June (date moved from April).

[Andorion]

Abyss, on 31 December 2016 - 04:33 AM, said:

Apt, on 30 December 2016 - 02:40 PM, said:

I'm about 4/5ths through Charles Stross' the Nightmare Stacks. I am sort of grinding to a halt, I really like the scenario he is describing but I just don't give a shit about the characters or the fate of Britain. Also from the get go the ramifications and fallout of the story is predictable. I have been waiting for the author to throw a fast ball but so far it's just rolling down hill.

I have no idea where the series will go after this but I REALLY, REALLY WOULD LIKE a book with Bob again. Maybe Bob has grown to be a character that doesn't fit into the series formula any longer, but god damn I want a competent in the know computer necromancer.

The end is really, REALLY good.

And it got me really excited about the series again. Can't wait for the Delirium Brief!

[Andorion]

Briar King, on 31 December 2016 - 04:16 AM, said:

Ughhhh. I've dug out DBC.. it's been in a box 5 ft away from my bed for yrs and I caught a scent. A good one, like an old used bookstore! It smell so good I wanna eat it. Just cracked it open and I forgot how small the font was. This will take forever to read if I choose to start!

Briar King, on 31 December 2016 - 04:39 AM, said:

I've read 7 pgs. Williams simple eloquent writing style is refreshing.

Briar King, on 31 December 2016 - 05:41 AM, said:

Oh. Nice treat then.

Safehold 6. In getting bogged down in geography round pg 60. He's going on for pgs and pgs how to move troops from pt A to B and these pts aren't even on the named secs of map. I was just reminded of the part in bk 1 where Erak and company pov in Zion got the massive world geography info dump. Boring

You know BK, you could finsh Safehold and then go into MS&T... then you could get the novella too

As for Safehold 6, significan parts of the mountain geography were over-described. So I coasted over the details

[Abyss]

Neil Gaiman blows my mind.

Hadn't loaded the next MISTBORN into my phone and needed something to listen to, so I started TRIGGER WARNINGS, figuring a short story collection would be easy to start and interrupt.

The foreword, by Gaiman as is the narration, runs about 25 minutes. Barely halfway thru and there was no way I was not finishing this book before even thinking of anything else. Gods, the man can WRITE. Even when he's 'just' writing about writing.

Anyhow, 30% in and the stories are brilliant.

[Andorion]

Phewww

Finished Tad Williams The Dragonbone Chair!

This is a very long, very complicated, very serious, very dark book. Not at all your typical first book of a trilogy.

Its very bleak. It has some familiar Tolkienesque elements but also a whole load of new unique stuff. Its also an extremely compelling read as I picked it up this afternoon at about one third done and basically marathoned the rest.

Simon as a character has potential. I wonder if Williams will have more diverse PoVs in the next books.

[Andorion]

Briar King, on 31 December 2016 - 05:37 PM, said:

Fuck you!

Keep going!

No BK, this was a trial read.

Now the series goes on my to-buy list which I hope to make significant inroads into by March.

Now my next read is going to be Bakker's Thousandfold Thought, then onto Janny Wurts Wars of Light and Shadow.

On the sci-fi front, I will sample a few Cherryhs, then read Alastair Reynolds' Poseidon's Children trilogy. And reread House of Suns

Oh and my classics challenge starts from tomorrow (shudders)

[QuickTidal]

Andorion, on 31 December 2016 - 05:42 PM, said:

Briar King, on 31 December 2016 - 05:37 PM, said:

Fuck you!

Keep going!

No BK, this was a trial read.

Now the series goes on my to-buy list which I hope to make significant inroads into by March.

Now my next read is going to be Bakker's Thousandfold Thought, then onto Janny Wurts Wars of Light and Shadow.

On the sci-fi front, I will sample a few Cherryhs, then read Alastair Reynolds' Poseidon's Children trilogy. And reread House of Suns

Oh and my classics challenge starts from tomorrow (shudders)

So glad you liked it. Yes, you get much more character insight in later books, and diversity of POVs.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 31 December 2016 - 05:48 PM

[Andorion]

QuickTidal, on 31 December 2016 - 05:47 PM, said:

Andorion, on 31 December 2016 - 05:42 PM, said:

Briar King, on 31 December 2016 - 05:37 PM, said:

Fuck you!

Keep going!

No BK, this was a trial read.

Now the series goes on my to-buy list which I hope to make significant inroads into by March.

Now my next read is going to be Bakker's Thousandfold Thought, then onto Janny Wurts Wars of Light and Shadow.

On the sci-fi front, I will sample a few Cherryhs, then read Alastair Reynolds' Poseidon's Children trilogy. And reread House of Suns

Oh and my classics challenge starts from tomorrow (shudders)

So glad you liked it. Yes, you get much more character insight in later books, and diversity of POVs.

There is an early scene where Simon is jumping on castle roofs that made me think of GRRM, Game of Thrones and Bran.....

[QuickTidal]

You will find that GRRM pretty blatantly cribbed A LOT of things from MS&T.

[polishgenius]

Abyss, on 31 December 2016 - 05:15 PM, said:

Gods, the man can WRITE. Even when he's 'just' writing about writing.

Yeah, he's almost as good as Catherynne Valente.



(Hi, QT. )

[QuickTidal]

polishgenius, on 31 December 2016 - 11:56 PM, said:

Abyss, on 31 December 2016 - 05:15 PM, said:

Gods, the man can WRITE. Even when he's 'just' writing about writing.

Yeah, he's almost as good as Catherynne Valente.



(Hi, QT. )

*sideshow bob getting hit with rakes sound*

[Andorion]

QuickTidal, on 01 January 2017 - 02:03 AM, said:

polishgenius, on 31 December 2016 - 11:56 PM, said:

Abyss, on 31 December 2016 - 05:15 PM, said:

Gods, the man can WRITE. Even when he's 'just' writing about writing.

Yeah, he's almost as good as Catherynne Valente.



(Hi, QT. )

*sideshow bob getting hit with rakes sound*

Don't like Valente?

[QuickTidal]

Can't stand her due to multiple online persona faux pas she displayed back when I was a book reviewer. PG is ribbing me cause he knows I dislike her.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 01 January 2017 - 08:57 AM

[Andorion]

QuickTidal, on 01 January 2017 - 08:56 AM, said:

Can't stand her due to multiple online persona faux pas she displayed back when I was a book reviewer. PG is ribbing me cause he knows I dislike her.

Oh. I have to give credit to you for actually keeping up with and remembering stuff like this.

I am trying to get into Twitter and its utterly exhausting.

Anyway starting off 2017 in style.

Reading Ships of Merior from Wars of Light and Shadow, The Thousandfold Thought from Prince of Nothing and Gone with the Wind from my Classics challenge.

Also started rereading House of Suns. I love Reynolds. So epic, so elegant.

[polishgenius]

Andorion, on 01 January 2017 - 09:30 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 01 January 2017 - 08:56 AM, said:

Can't stand her due to multiple online persona faux pas she displayed back when I was a book reviewer. PG is ribbing me cause he knows I dislike her.

Oh. I have to give credit to you for actually keeping up with and remembering stuff like this.

I am trying to get into Twitter and its utterly exhausting.

To be fair apart from the odd longer-running forum joke I only remember the stuff I've more-or-less been involved with discussions on. Me and QT have been disagreeing over more or less everything for as long as I've been a member here.

Technically I have a twitter but it doesn't do very much. Every so often I make a renewed effort, but it just seems like it'd take up way too much of my time to use it 'properly'.


Eta: I also want to point out that, although QT has perfectly valid reasons for not liking Valente, as a man apparently fond of the combination of dragon and book, you should know that one of the main characters of her Fairyland series is a Wyverary (the child of a Wyvern and a Library).

This post has been edited by polishgenius: 01 January 2017 - 10:36 AM

[QuickTidal]

polishgenius, on 01 January 2017 - 10:20 AM, said:

Andorion, on 01 January 2017 - 09:30 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 01 January 2017 - 08:56 AM, said:

Can't stand her due to multiple online persona faux pas she displayed back when I was a book reviewer. PG is ribbing me cause he knows I dislike her.

Oh. I have to give credit to you for actually keeping up with and remembering stuff like this.

I am trying to get into Twitter and its utterly exhausting.

To be fair apart from the odd longer-running forum joke I only remember the stuff I've more-or-less been involved with discussions on. Me and QT have been disagreeing over more or less everything for as long as I've been a member here.

Technically I have a twitter but it doesn't do very much. Every so often I make a renewed effort, but it just seems like it'd take up way too much of my time to use it 'properly'.


Eta: I also want to point out that, although QT has perfectly valid reasons for not liking Valente, as a man apparently fond of the combination of dragon and book, you should know that one of the main characters of her Fairyland series is a Wyverary (the child of a Wyvern and a Library).

And though we often disagree, we do it towards an actual end...that of finding the rare gems of books (movies, or tv) that we DO agree on...which is a forum wide guarantee of excellence! We still need someone to make us the stamp image.

[Andorion]

QuickTidal, on 01 January 2017 - 10:51 AM, said:

polishgenius, on 01 January 2017 - 10:20 AM, said:

Andorion, on 01 January 2017 - 09:30 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 01 January 2017 - 08:56 AM, said:

Can't stand her due to multiple online persona faux pas she displayed back when I was a book reviewer. PG is ribbing me cause he knows I dislike her.

Oh. I have to give credit to you for actually keeping up with and remembering stuff like this.

I am trying to get into Twitter and its utterly exhausting.

To be fair apart from the odd longer-running forum joke I only remember the stuff I've more-or-less been involved with discussions on. Me and QT have been disagreeing over more or less everything for as long as I've been a member here.

Technically I have a twitter but it doesn't do very much. Every so often I make a renewed effort, but it just seems like it'd take up way too much of my time to use it 'properly'.


Eta: I also want to point out that, although QT has perfectly valid reasons for not liking Valente, as a man apparently fond of the combination of dragon and book, you should know that one of the main characters of her Fairyland series is a Wyverary (the child of a Wyvern and a Library).

And though we often disagree, we do it towards an actual end...that of finding the rare gems of books (movies, or tv) that we DO agree on...which is a forum wide guarantee of excellence! We still need someone to make us the stamp image.

You two should totally compile a list of books that both of you recommend. And get a mod to sticky it in the other lit subforum

[Andorion]

polishgenius, on 01 January 2017 - 10:20 AM, said:

Andorion, on 01 January 2017 - 09:30 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 01 January 2017 - 08:56 AM, said:

Can't stand her due to multiple online persona faux pas she displayed back when I was a book reviewer. PG is ribbing me cause he knows I dislike her.

Oh. I have to give credit to you for actually keeping up with and remembering stuff like this.

I am trying to get into Twitter and its utterly exhausting.

To be fair apart from the odd longer-running forum joke I only remember the stuff I've more-or-less been involved with discussions on. Me and QT have been disagreeing over more or less everything for as long as I've been a member here.

Technically I have a twitter but it doesn't do very much. Every so often I make a renewed effort, but it just seems like it'd take up way too much of my time to use it 'properly'.


Eta: I also want to point out that, although QT has perfectly valid reasons for not liking Valente, as a man apparently fond of the combination of dragon and book, you should know that one of the main characters of her Fairyland series is a Wyverary (the child of a Wyvern and a Library).

Hang on, Wyvern+Library girl in those books with ridiculously long names? I should probably check them out then

[polishgenius]

Andorion, on 01 January 2017 - 10:57 AM, said:

Hang on, Wyvern+Library girl in those books with ridiculously long names? I should probably check them out then

The Wyverary is separate from the girl, but yeah, you should.




We keep talking about making a double-stamp list of excellence, but somehow it's never yet come about.

[Cause]

I have decided to tackle the 21 Reacher Novels. I think it will become stale at some point so if you have a suggestion of a another series I can mix things up with that would be much appreciated.