[Salt-Man Z]

Obdigore, on 12 April 2019 - 12:21 PM, said:

Really? I thought I read this on amazon pre-release, and its One Word Kill thats being published at the end of May?

Acccording to Amazon, One Word Kill hardcover was available April 1 (with other formats due May 1), and Limited Wish is May 28.

This post has been edited by Salt-Man Z: 12 April 2019 - 03:21 PM

[QuickTidal]

Salt-Man Z, on 12 April 2019 - 03:19 PM, said:

Obdigore, on 12 April 2019 - 12:21 PM, said:

Really? I thought I read this on amazon pre-release, and its One Word Kill thats being published at the end of May?

Acccording to Amazon, One Word Kill hardcover was available April 1 (with other formats due May 1), and Limited Wish is May 28.

Lawrence has been talking about all three volumes on social media for the last few months scattered amongst his Holy Sister posts.

[polishgenius]

Whisperzzzzzzz, on 11 April 2019 - 11:04 PM, said:

polishgenius, on 11 April 2019 - 05:01 PM, said:

I started reading A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine, a recent SF/Space Opera debut. It is ridiculously entertaining. A politically focused one- a new ambassador arriving at the capital of the space empire, lots of twists and turns- but played with a wink and a smile too.

This sounds awesome! Purchased.

I finished it now, really enjoyed. It's got a touch of Ann Leckie about it, though the military side is a lot less direct (it'd probably be more accurate to describe it as a story that takes place within a space opera than as a space opera itself), also a touch of Guy Gavriel Kay (not in the writing style, but in the way things happen and somewhat in the characters). It is the first in a series, but that just means I'm looking forward to see where it goes next...

After somewhat of a lull for a few years, there's been so much great new SF recently. When Leckie first broke out in 2013 she really stood out (and don't get me wrong she deserves to) coz there hadn't been all that many hot SF debuts around then, but in the last three years or so we've had Ada Palmer, Yoon Ha Lee, Becky Chambers...

[Andorion]

Just finished Adrian Tchaikovsky's Echoes of the Fall series. Pretty good, especially if read between the lines bit. Also he really is obsessed with bugs isn't he?

[QuickTidal]

Briar King, on 14 April 2019 - 12:32 AM, said:

The Licanus bks were most certainly an unexpected purchase today but I saw them and they were $16 each and doing flips to get my attention so I grabbed them.

You will not be disappointed, that first book was excellent!

[End of Disc One]

I just finished the first Licanius book about and hour ago. It was pretty dang good.

[Aptorian]

I'm up to book 6 of the belgarion saga (book 3 of the Belgariad). I've come to really love these books. They're of course antiquated in many ways, having come out nearly 40 years ago but there's really solid world building and a great cast of characters in these books.


I think the books age are their biggest charm. This is fantasy from before everything had to be grim dark, minimalistic and one upping older books. It's just vanilla fantasy.

These characters are so universal that it feels like reading about a dnd group role-playing as a rogue, a knight, a farm boy, etc. But Eddings writes them with great chemistry.

Can't wait for the next books to arrive and see if they save the world.

I'm also well into book 3 of the Cormoran Strike books, Career of Evil.

I'm on the fence about Rowling's writing in these books. They're good enough, the characters are great and the who dun it is well crafted, but there's something about the pace or the prose that makes reading these books feel like a slog. It doesn't help that they're 500 pages long either.

Anyway, I don't recommend reading these books back to back. Though I am hooked.

[Mentalist]

Finished "Lost Symbol". Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeh.

It's not terrible per se. but the thriller aspect of it was just so.... bland.

The big "twist" was telegraphed at least half-way into the book; the fact that CIA was involved made no sense; And things just kinda fell apart from there.

Anyways, it's done, sot hat's that.

I'll start my next home read once I'm back from my trip. It'll either be "Shantaram", "Shogun", or "Blood Meridian". Any suggestions?

[Andorion]

Briar King, on 15 April 2019 - 04:17 AM, said:

Going with Wizards First Rule.

Wut?

[Macros]

Started Holy Sister at the weekend. Hoping to get it read this week but work will be crazy

[Cyphon]

Finished Europe in winter which was a very enjoyable spy thriller. Set up nicely for the final confrontation in the last book.

Also read the Labrinyth Index. Satisfied the L-F parasites nicely andn upped the ante.

Not sure what I'll read next, maybe the new sun again given today's news.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Briar King, on 15 April 2019 - 06:22 PM, said:

Briar King, on 15 April 2019 - 04:45 AM, said:

Have New Sun in my lap now. I wonder if I still have the smarts to fully get Wolfe these days?

Man I hope so.

Will grab another book in 40 seconds.

I was bullshitting about WFR

OMFG!!!

Heartbroken! SHIT!!!

When I saw a photo of him with a hat on for a moment I thought GRRM had died.

[Zetubal]

Finished Kellanved's Reach yesterday. It wasn't what I was expecting but I cannot tell whether that's good or bad. As many others have already pointed out, the novel feels very busy at times. Because of that, events that I imagined to be more epic turned out to be rather quick one-note events which the novels only mentions in passing. I also felt that this novel suffered from a lack of tension/suspense. 300 something pages aren't enough to endear me to this onslaught of side characters, so why would I care much if any get hurt, fail, die etc.? The main characters on the other hand seem established to the point where Kellanved's Reach doesn't tell me anything I didn't already knew while filling in blanks that, for the most part, I'd never thought much about prior to reading this book.
On the plus side, I like the main characters, the individual stories are at least entertaining, and Ian's prose is as good as it's ever been imo. The book manages to evoke the feeling of once again being in the Malazan world, and that alone is enjoyable. But compared to its literary peers, this is an average entry.
Still, I was happy to hear that Ian will give us more prequels.



Already started Library at Mount Char this afternoon, and while it certainly is weird, it's also fairly intriguing.

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

Started Esslemont's Kellanved's Reach.

[worry]

Me too!

[Abyss]

Briar King, on 16 April 2019 - 10:02 PM, said:

All you motherfuckers reading KR can suck it. My BAM doesn't carry ICE and me going through Amazon is much harder now with my smaller mailbox.

Still have to get those 3. Very likely to take me to well into 2021 to get to them anyway.

Or, oh, I dunno... get a bigger mailbox.

[Mentalist]

Started reading "Ecko Rising" on my trip read a coupla hundred pages, got to part 3 (so roughly halfway-ish)

Decent premise: A cyberpunk protagonist finds himself in a fantasy world, one that he suspects is a simulation to help his work through his psych traumas.

The overall vibe feels similar to The Land from Donaldson's Thomas Covenant books, but the writing's grittier. The antagonist seems more interesting as well.

Not an insanely absorbing book, but i"ll carry on with it for my commute.

[Abyss]

Briar King, on 17 April 2019 - 03:12 AM, said:

Ha I would if I could. I honestly don't know if I'd catch shit for it.

Seriously? In the age of amazon everything you’re not allowed a box big enough for three hardbacks?What if you needed, I dunno, diapers, dog food, anonymously shipped sealed dry ice packed boxes roughly the size of a grown man’s skull, delivered?

[acesn8s]

Briar King, on 16 April 2019 - 10:02 PM, said:

All you motherfuckers reading KR can suck it. My BAM doesn’t carry ICE and me going through Amazon is much harder now with my smaller mailbox.

Still have to get those 3. Very likely to take me to well into 2021 to get to them anyway.

Your B&M won't special order a copy for you?

[T77]

Speaking of KR, just finished it. It was good, but I agree with what others have said that it should have been longer. I hope they don't trim down The God is Not Willing.