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#22941 JPK

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Posted 09 August 2018 - 03:17 PM

I finished the Tawny Man trilogy this morning around 1am. I'm letting it sink in a bit but I'll post thoughts in the ded-thread either today or tomorrow.

Next up I've decided (due to Macros' fervour about the author) to start Legend by Gemmell.

#22942 Andorion

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Posted 09 August 2018 - 05:17 PM

Started reading Necessary Evil by Tregillis. That prologue is so utterly chilling
I don't remember who recommended Milkweed - it was probably QT or Polish, but it is awesome!

#22943 Macros

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Posted 09 August 2018 - 06:04 PM

JPK, on 09 August 2018 - 03:17 PM, said:

About time

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#22944 QuickTidal

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Posted 09 August 2018 - 06:07 PM

Andorion, on 09 August 2018 - 05:17 PM, said:

I don't remember who recommended Milkweed - it was probably QT or Polish, but it is awesome!

I could be wrong but it's LIKELY both of us who recommended it...which means it has the PG/QT Double Stamp of Approval...which is the highest honour we offer since we disagree about the quality of about 80% of the stuff we read...so if we both like it...it's truly GREAT! Hope you enjoy the rest of the series.

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#22945 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 09 August 2018 - 06:16 PM

Macros, on 09 August 2018 - 06:04 PM, said:

JPK, on 09 August 2018 - 03:17 PM, said:

About time

Indeed.
Once you've caught your breath from that one, read the Troy series!

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#22946 JPK

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Posted 09 August 2018 - 09:02 PM

PARADISE is here bitches, on 09 August 2018 - 06:38 PM, said:

Tried to get my son off his phone(WiFi only) to go to BAM and GameStop yesterday so I could look at those books or WH40K but he wasn't budging.

One day

Don't forget to look for the Liveship Traders books while you're there.

#22947 QuickTidal

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Posted 10 August 2018 - 03:44 PM

Finished up JHEREG. Still a great read.

Now I'm back into Bradley P. Beaulieu's Lays of Anuskaya with THE STRAITS OF GALAHESH. Nice to be back with Nikandr and company!

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#22948 Tsundoku

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Posted 10 August 2018 - 04:23 PM

Finished The Prophecy Con, now a few chapters into The Paladin Caper.

Highly recommended series. Nothing really groundbreaking, but great fun I'm only reading in smaller bite sizes because I'm usually quite wrecked at the end of the work day.

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#22949 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 10 August 2018 - 05:06 PM

PARADISE is here bitches, on 10 August 2018 - 03:40 PM, said:

Well 3rd time was the charm. Finished up RotCG just a few minutes past midnight today. It was great. Total read time 155 days.

Glad you managed it. ICE isn't quite the writer SE is but he's got some great stories, well worth sticking with...

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#22950 polishgenius

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Posted 10 August 2018 - 05:57 PM

Started The Tower of Living and Dying, the second book of Anna Smith Spark's Empires of Dust trilogy. I really liked the first one's slow slide off the cliffs of sanity, and this one starts where that left off. It's certainly not a series for everyone- the writing style is quite strange, and if you like to have someone you can root for in your books you might find that a struggle- but I think it's excellent and not like anything else I've read.

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#22951 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 11 August 2018 - 07:42 AM

TTH is the best and gets better every time I read it. There's some sloggy bits but it is so worth it.

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#22952 Aptorian

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Posted 11 August 2018 - 09:09 AM

Toll the Hounds was a boring book and you should feel bored for having read it. Except the last 100 pages. They were dope.

#22953 Macros

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Posted 11 August 2018 - 10:51 AM

Alternative Goose, on 11 August 2018 - 09:09 AM, said:

Toll the Hounds was a boring book and you should feel bored for having read it.

Fixed that for you

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#22954 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 11 August 2018 - 03:32 PM

Alternative Goose, on 11 August 2018 - 09:09 AM, said:

I am a boring person and you should feel bored for having read this reply in the thread. Tiste is dope.

Fixed that for you.

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#22955 Coco with marshmallows

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Posted 11 August 2018 - 06:28 PM

Alternative Goose, on 11 August 2018 - 09:09 AM, said:

This is a boring commen and you should feel bored for having read it. This may repeat ad infinitum.

That'd be dope

Fixed that for you

meh. Link was dead :(

#22956 Abyss

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Posted 12 August 2018 - 04:25 AM

Alternative Goose, on 11 August 2018 - 09:09 AM, said:

Toll the Hounds was a boring book and you should feel bored for having read it. Except the last 100 pages. They were dope.

Macros, on 11 August 2018 - 10:51 AM, said:

Alternative Goose, on 11 August 2018 - 09:09 AM, said:

Toll the Hounds was a boring book and you should feel bored for having read it.

Fixed that for you

Heretics.
Move closer to your windows and stop moving your heads for a minute. No reason.

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#22957 Zeto Demerzel

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Posted 13 August 2018 - 07:30 AM

QuickTidal, on 10 August 2018 - 03:44 PM, said:

Finished up JHEREG. Still a great read.

Halfway through Jhereg in what's a first time foray into Taltos for moi. Enjoying the heck out of the book.

#22958 Maark Abbott

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Posted 13 August 2018 - 07:32 AM

Abyss, on 12 August 2018 - 04:25 AM, said:

Alternative Goose, on 11 August 2018 - 09:09 AM, said:

Toll the Hounds was a boring book and you should feel bored for having read it. Except the last 100 pages. They were dope.

Macros, on 11 August 2018 - 10:51 AM, said:

Alternative Goose, on 11 August 2018 - 09:09 AM, said:

Toll the Hounds was a boring book and you should feel bored for having read it.

Fixed that for you

The Way of Kings is bad.

I agree.

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#22959 Andorion

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Posted 13 August 2018 - 01:29 PM

Ok, so the Felix Castor audiobooks are really bad. The narrator is an American trying to do a British accent while also trying to talk like a hardboiled noir detective. Utter trainwreck.

I just finished the Martian. I had no idea that jargon could be so entertaining. This is a book written by engineers as great PR for engineers.