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#21461 User is offline   Chance 

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Posted 01 January 2018 - 08:32 PM

View PostAbyss, on 01 January 2018 - 07:49 PM, said:

On to OATHBRINGER.


I feel for you, no one really should have to suffer through it.

Currently going through the Tyrant's Throne and while I still think the author is a bit of a one trick pony where the only thing that advances the plot is misery and torture, for which he seems to have an unhealty fascination. The Tyrant's Throne so far seems the best of the series so far while I found Knight's Shadow and Saint's Blood a bit too depressing to be really enjoyable.
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Posted 01 January 2018 - 08:45 PM

I finished Hamilton's Fallen Dragon yesterday. Looks I've got Scalzi's Fuzzy Nation to read on the train home.
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Posted 02 January 2018 - 12:24 AM

View PostBriar King, on 01 January 2018 - 08:56 PM, said:

View PostChance, on 01 January 2018 - 08:32 PM, said:

View PostAbyss, on 01 January 2018 - 07:49 PM, said:


On to OATHBRINGER.


I feel for you, no one really should have to suffer through it.


Horrible book.


Agreed. A few hundred pages might be worthy in it...but damn Soooooooo much bloat!
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Posted 02 January 2018 - 01:31 AM

I'm starting Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb. I have several friends that swear by her works and I plan to make her main universe books my primary focus this year.
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Posted 02 January 2018 - 01:38 AM

Very doable, though you might want to line up some lighter fare to break it up some. She's great, one of the best in the biz, but she's never been one for comic relief.
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Posted 02 January 2018 - 04:27 AM

View PostQuickTidal, on 02 January 2018 - 12:24 AM, said:

View PostBriar King, on 01 January 2018 - 08:56 PM, said:

View PostChance, on 01 January 2018 - 08:32 PM, said:

View PostAbyss, on 01 January 2018 - 07:49 PM, said:


On to OATHBRINGER.


I feel for you, no one really should have to suffer through it.


Horrible book.


Agreed. A few hundred pages might be worthy in it...but damn Soooooooo much bloat!


I feel like you’re all trying to tell me something...
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Posted 02 January 2018 - 11:07 AM

im only 1/4 way in.

basic premise, theres a library somewhere that wants to gather all literature from the universe, like a copy of every book, in alternate realities as well, using them as comparisons to see how much divergence has occurred etc.
naturally some books are hard to get copies of, so send forth the librarians.
Not great so far, if this is the standard I can't see me going back for any more by Genevieve Cogman
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Posted 02 January 2018 - 01:47 PM

View PostAbyss, on 02 January 2018 - 04:27 AM, said:

View PostQuickTidal, on 02 January 2018 - 12:24 AM, said:

View PostBriar King, on 01 January 2018 - 08:56 PM, said:

View PostChance, on 01 January 2018 - 08:32 PM, said:

View PostAbyss, on 01 January 2018 - 07:49 PM, said:


On to OATHBRINGER.


I feel for you, no one really should have to suffer through it.


Horrible book.


Agreed. A few hundred pages might be worthy in it...but damn Soooooooo much bloat!


I feel like you're all trying to tell me something...


After TWOK was 900 pages of bloat and 150 of actual story progression, I'm astonished that people didn't expect more bloat to be frank.
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Posted 02 January 2018 - 02:06 PM

View PostMaark Abbott, on 02 January 2018 - 01:47 PM, said:

View PostAbyss, on 02 January 2018 - 04:27 AM, said:

View PostQuickTidal, on 02 January 2018 - 12:24 AM, said:

View PostBriar King, on 01 January 2018 - 08:56 PM, said:

View PostChance, on 01 January 2018 - 08:32 PM, said:

View PostAbyss, on 01 January 2018 - 07:49 PM, said:


On to OATHBRINGER.


I feel for you, no one really should have to suffer through it.


Horrible book.


Agreed. A few hundred pages might be worthy in it...but damn Soooooooo much bloat!


I feel like you're all trying to tell me something...


After TWOK was 900 pages of bloat and 150 of actual story progression, I'm astonished that people didn't expect more bloat to be frank.


Well book 2 didn't have much bloat. It was long but there was always some plot developing in interesting ways.

I honestly think book 3 is on par with 1 when it comes to bloat, and I'm surprised so many people liked the first book and hated the third. But I really like both books and am okay with some bloat. I prefer Oathbringer to TWoK, though WoR is the clear best in the series.
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Posted 02 January 2018 - 03:56 PM

View PostMacros, on 29 December 2017 - 06:48 PM, said:

I'm fairly sure De Castell should feel insulted if he hears that "praise"


Nahh, Edding's is one of the best at banter.
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Posted 02 January 2018 - 03:58 PM

I finished TIGANA and loved it. Now I'm trying to hustle through Joe Abercrombie's Sharp Ends. In eBooks I finished Daniel Potter's Off Leash and started Josiah Bancroft's Senlin Ascends. It's delightfully readable, but different from a lot of what I typically read.

I got Deadhouse Landing and Blackwing for myself, too:
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Posted 02 January 2018 - 04:00 PM

View PostAbyss, on 02 January 2018 - 04:27 AM, said:

View PostQuickTidal, on 02 January 2018 - 12:24 AM, said:

View PostBriar King, on 01 January 2018 - 08:56 PM, said:

View PostChance, on 01 January 2018 - 08:32 PM, said:

View PostAbyss, on 01 January 2018 - 07:49 PM, said:


On to OATHBRINGER.


I feel for you, no one really should have to suffer through it.


Horrible book.


Agreed. A few hundred pages might be worthy in it...but damn Soooooooo much bloat!


I feel like you’re all trying to tell me something...


Only that if they tried to read Erikson today they'd whine about bloat.
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Posted 02 January 2018 - 04:42 PM

View PostObdigore, on 02 January 2018 - 04:00 PM, said:

View PostAbyss, on 02 January 2018 - 04:27 AM, said:

View PostQuickTidal, on 02 January 2018 - 12:24 AM, said:

View PostBriar King, on 01 January 2018 - 08:56 PM, said:

View PostChance, on 01 January 2018 - 08:32 PM, said:

View PostAbyss, on 01 January 2018 - 07:49 PM, said:


On to OATHBRINGER.


I feel for you, no one really should have to suffer through it.


Horrible book.


Agreed. A few hundred pages might be worthy in it...but damn Soooooooo much bloat!


I feel like you’re all trying to tell me something...


Only that if they tried to read Erikson today they'd whine about bloat.


Yeah, that's not a condescending POV on subjectivity or anything.
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#21474 User is offline   Macros 

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Posted 02 January 2018 - 06:28 PM

View Postacesn8s, on 02 January 2018 - 03:56 PM, said:

View PostMacros, on 29 December 2017 - 06:48 PM, said:

I'm fairly sure De Castell should feel insulted if he hears that "praise"


Nahh, Edding's is one of the best at banter.



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Posted 02 January 2018 - 06:36 PM

View PostMacros, on 02 January 2018 - 11:07 AM, said:

im only 1/4 way in.

basic premise, theres a library somewhere that wants to gather all literature from the universe, like a copy of every book, in alternate realities as well, using them as comparisons to see how much divergence has occurred etc.
naturally some books are hard to get copies of, so send forth the librarians.
Not great so far, if this is the standard I can't see me going back for any more by Genevieve Cogman


Maybe i'm wrong, but i have this general sense that any time the key characters in a fantasy story are commando librarians, the story will fail to impress.
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Posted 02 January 2018 - 06:37 PM

View PostAbyss, on 02 January 2018 - 06:36 PM, said:

View PostMacros, on 02 January 2018 - 11:07 AM, said:

im only 1/4 way in.

basic premise, theres a library somewhere that wants to gather all literature from the universe, like a copy of every book, in alternate realities as well, using them as comparisons to see how much divergence has occurred etc.
naturally some books are hard to get copies of, so send forth the librarians.
Not great so far, if this is the standard I can't see me going back for any more by Genevieve Cogman


Maybe i'm wrong, but i have this general sense that any time the key characters in a fantasy story are commando librarians, the story will fail to impress.


Wait, aren't YOU a commando librarian though?
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Posted 02 January 2018 - 06:42 PM

View PostMacros, on 02 January 2018 - 11:07 AM, said:

im only 1/4 way in.

basic premise, theres a library somewhere that wants to gather all literature from the universe, like a copy of every book, in alternate realities as well, using them as comparisons to see how much divergence has occurred etc.
naturally some books are hard to get copies of, so send forth the librarians.
Not great so far, if this is the standard I can't see me going back for any more by Genevieve Cogman


Maybe i'm wrong, but i have this general sense that any time the key characters in a fantasy story are commando librarians, the story will fail to impress.

View PostBriar King, on 02 January 2018 - 05:04 PM, said:

View PostQuickTidal, on 02 January 2018 - 04:42 PM, said:

View PostObdigore, on 02 January 2018 - 04:00 PM, said:

View PostAbyss, on 02 January 2018 - 04:27 AM, said:

View PostQuickTidal, on 02 January 2018 - 12:24 AM, said:

View PostBriar King, on 01 January 2018 - 08:56 PM, said:

View PostChance, on 01 January 2018 - 08:32 PM, said:

View PostAbyss, on 01 January 2018 - 07:49 PM, said:


On to OATHBRINGER.


I feel for you, no one really should have to suffer through it.


Horrible book.


Agreed. A few hundred pages might be worthy in it...but damn Soooooooo much bloat!


I feel like you're all trying to tell me something...


Only that if they tried to read Erikson today they'd whine about bloat.


Yeah, that's not a condescending POV on subjectivity or anything.


Reading BoneHunters now and loving it. Oathbringer is just a boring ass book till part 5.


I enjoyed WoK and WoR, so i really need to make up my own mind about it before i have the nanites reprogram everyone who disagrees with me.


View PostMacros, on 02 January 2018 - 06:28 PM, said:

View Postacesn8s, on 02 January 2018 - 03:56 PM, said:

View PostMacros, on 29 December 2017 - 06:48 PM, said:

I'm fairly sure De Castell should feel insulted if he hears that "praise"


Nahh, Edding's is one of the best at banter.



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Oh c'mon Mac, this is subjective as hell.
I agree with aces... Eddings' dialogue is glorious fun.
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View PostBriar King, on 02 January 2018 - 05:10 PM, said:

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I finished TIGANA and loved it.


YAS!


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Posted 02 January 2018 - 06:46 PM

View PostQuickTidal, on 02 January 2018 - 06:37 PM, said:

View PostAbyss, on 02 January 2018 - 06:36 PM, said:

View PostMacros, on 02 January 2018 - 11:07 AM, said:

im only 1/4 way in.

basic premise, theres a library somewhere that wants to gather all literature from the universe, like a copy of every book, in alternate realities as well, using them as comparisons to see how much divergence has occurred etc.
naturally some books are hard to get copies of, so send forth the librarians.
Not great so far, if this is the standard I can't see me going back for any more by Genevieve Cogman


Maybe i'm wrong, but i have this general sense that any time the key characters in a fantasy story are commando librarians, the story will fail to impress.


Wait, aren't YOU a commando librarian though?


No. I'm a commando meatatarian.


To be clear, I'm not sating commando librarians are a bad concept, just that every sf/f book i see about them seems to be weak.
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Posted 02 January 2018 - 08:28 PM

View PostQuickTidal, on 02 January 2018 - 04:42 PM, said:

View PostObdigore, on 02 January 2018 - 04:00 PM, said:

View PostAbyss, on 02 January 2018 - 04:27 AM, said:

View PostQuickTidal, on 02 January 2018 - 12:24 AM, said:

View PostBriar King, on 01 January 2018 - 08:56 PM, said:

View PostChance, on 01 January 2018 - 08:32 PM, said:

View PostAbyss, on 01 January 2018 - 07:49 PM, said:


On to OATHBRINGER.


I feel for you, no one really should have to suffer through it.


Horrible book.


Agreed. A few hundred pages might be worthy in it...but damn Soooooooo much bloat!


I feel like you’re all trying to tell me something...


Only that if they tried to read Erikson today they'd whine about bloat.


Yeah, that's not a condescending POV on subjectivity or anything.


So... its a counterpoint to all the other obviously non-condescending non-subjective non-opinions?
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Posted 02 January 2018 - 09:08 PM

View PostObdigore, on 02 January 2018 - 08:28 PM, said:

View PostQuickTidal, on 02 January 2018 - 04:42 PM, said:

...

Yeah, that's not a condescending POV on subjectivity or anything.


So... its a counterpoint to all the other obviously non-condescending non-subjective non-opinions?


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