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#2621 Sir Thursday

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Posted 16 February 2008 - 12:03 PM

Though the Dexter books are alright, in my opinion they are one of the few instances in which the TV/Movie version is superior to the book on which they are based. Just a heads up.

My current read is Ian McDonald's River of Gods. Really loving it thus far.

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Posted 16 February 2008 - 07:29 PM

I was trying to reread Memories of Ice. Got about 800 pages in, then the pages started falling out! I lost two in a row. I was too scared to carry on reading so I had to put it away. I didn't realise I mistreated my books so badly.

Luckily, it's only 2 weeks to my birthday, so I can expect a new copy then.

Recently finished Brian Ruckley's Winterbirth. I don't know why it got as many great reviews as it did. I thought the characters (especially Orisian) were just walking cliché machines and the plot was utterly predictable. I'm not sure whether to bother buying the second book.

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Posted 17 February 2008 - 04:09 AM

Just started _The Overlook_ by Michael Connelly. What can I say? I'm not a slave to fantasy!!! I likey my Bosch books.

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Posted 17 February 2008 - 06:31 AM

Finished "Warrior of Great darkness"
interesting story, thugh not quite as epic as the first. Different setting, going back to the time of Rakot's rebellion was an original (if somewhat nonsensical) move,and I still love the numerous questions Perumov asks about the nature of belief, but those themes seemed better explored in Godsdoom.
Anyways, onto "Land without Joy", the third volume tomorrow!

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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 17 February 2008 - 10:44 AM

i just finished Iain Banks' new Culture novel 'Matter'. It's pretty damn great, especially towards the end.
Before that i finally got around to reading Abercrombies new series. Glokta is the most sympathetic bad guy i've read in quite a long time.

i'm a little stumped at what to read next though :-/ nothing has caught my interest.

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Posted 18 February 2008 - 12:18 AM

Just finished Mistborn. Now reading my Aliens and Predator comics collections.

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Posted 18 February 2008 - 07:48 AM

Finished "The land without Joy"
very well-written,the standalone is just as complex as "Godsdoom", although it's a totally diff. book. one thing that Perumov wrote really well was the atmosphere. also, the introducton of the New Gods and some of the concepts explored in lated books was very well done. Had a bunch of nice ties to "The ring of darkness", too

Next up--"Charnel Prince" by Keyes..

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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 19 February 2008 - 04:08 AM

Just finished Lord of the Silent Kingdom. Now I'm going to bang out all my reading for school and probably move on to the next 'Darkness' books by Harry Turtledove.

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Posted 19 February 2008 - 04:19 AM

I'm just waiting for book two of The First Law by Abercrombie. Too poor right now to order from UK

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Posted 19 February 2008 - 04:38 AM

Earlier, I was reading Penthouse Forum...What? It's fantasy!!!

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Posted 19 February 2008 - 06:31 AM

finished The blade itself last week and now i am reading

Mistborn, (i think, book one by Brandon S.)

enjoyable...so far

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Posted 22 February 2008 - 03:03 PM

I'm reading Gaiman's _The Sandman: Endless Nights_ for the first time. I just discovered my library has a buttload of graphic novels!

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Posted 25 February 2008 - 09:33 PM

Just finished Raymond E. Feist's Wrath of a Mad God. . .

Has Feist lost his touch? I get the feeling that -- like Eddings, Salvatore, Brooks, Weis and Hickman, etc -- Raymond E. Feist's best years might be behind him. Which is a shame if that's the case, because at his best Feist could compete with virtually any SFF authors out there.

Check the blog for the full review.

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Posted 25 February 2008 - 09:35 PM

pat5150;263356 said:

Patrick

I enjoyed his first series, but after that, wasn't it all just regurgitated plots and characters Pat? I mean, every series Pug saves the day. It gets to be a little tedious.

I'd love to see Feist tackle an entire new story, just to see if he still has the ability to draw me in.

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Posted 25 February 2008 - 10:04 PM

Xander;263359 said:

The series he Co-Wrote with Wurts was a pretty enjoyable romp.

Some of his more recent works have no PUG in it at all, although he appears to be going back to it.

His first series was pretty good, Magician was great. Then he wrote The Merchent Prince crap which was bleh. It goes up and down and up and down from there regarding how good his books were.

His good books were very good. His not so good books were very bad.

Anyway, I am reading The Blade Itself by Abecrombie (The signed one I won from Pat - thanks!) before deciding if I have the money to order the second book or not since its not in any local stores.

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Posted 25 February 2008 - 10:06 PM

I'm going out later today to try and find Before They are Hanged. I'm praying it is in store, but not holding out hope.

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Posted 25 February 2008 - 10:13 PM

Xander;263379 said:

I'm going out later today to try and find Before They are Hanged. I'm praying it is in store, but not holding out hope.

From what I can tell, the copy of THe Blade Itself is somehow a reprint, and Before They Are Hanged came out about 4-5 years ago, and is not being reprinted int he US as of yet....

I would look in a smaller trade-in bookshop if you know what I mean... I was thinking about going to my local library.

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Posted 25 February 2008 - 10:14 PM

I had heard that despite what Amazon says, the book has already been released in the US......anybody can confirm that?

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Posted 25 February 2008 - 10:25 PM

Xander;263389 said:

I had heard that despite what Amazon says, the book has already been released in the US......anybody can confirm that?

Yes, It has. The second book hasn't been re-released....

I don't understand it, but thats what the guy at Borders said, and I was searching a bit on the net too.

Ok, I'm insane. Its not released int he Us till March 8th.

I don't know what site I was looking at that had Before They are Hanged at 5 years old...

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