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#26381 Abyss

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Posted 09 July 2020 - 02:51 AM

Andorion, on 09 July 2020 - 02:45 AM, said:

Abyss, on 09 July 2020 - 02:35 AM, said:

Just Finished book 5 of Campbell's LOST FLEET: BEYOND THE FRONTIER and thus, the series.
Very satisfying series... min one awesome space battle per book, usually two or more. The last two books' engagements were ridiculously rivetting.
Campbell worked in way more worldbuilding and character dev this time and it utterly paid off. If you read and enjoyed LOST FLEET, i reco this.

Now a chapter into Shannen Chakarabortay's Daevabad trilo bk 3, EMPIRE OF GOLD, earbook.
It's SO. DAMN. GOOD.

I loved Beyond the Frontier as well. Great continuation, well imagined aliens
How would you rate the Daevabad series as a whole? been meaning to take a look at it

Daevabad is brilliant. Nicely original Arabic-based setting, interesting magic, fantastic well written characters, and while relatively low on action, when swords and spells start flying things get pretty nuts.
The author is very very good at ratcheting up the stakes in one storyline while lulling the reader into a sense of stability in anther and then bringing it all together.
The advance reviews and coments on bk 3 are glowing.I recommend.

Re Campbell, he also did a 4 book series LOST STARS, about the Syndic characters from early in BEYOND, and a prequel series GENESIS, and i just discovered a spin off five issue comic as well. Have you read those, any good?

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#26382 Andorion

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Posted 09 July 2020 - 03:13 AM

Abyss, on 09 July 2020 - 02:51 AM, said:

Andorion, on 09 July 2020 - 02:45 AM, said:

Abyss, on 09 July 2020 - 02:35 AM, said:

I loved Beyond the Frontier as well. Great continuation, well imagined aliens
How would you rate the Daevabad series as a whole? been meaning to take a look at it

No, though the Syndic series is on my radar.

BTW if you like Tchaikovsky, we got more books coming from him.

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Posted 09 July 2020 - 06:40 PM

About half way through Michelle Obama's Becoming.

Thoroughly enjoying it so far - insightful and gently humorous.

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Posted 13 July 2020 - 01:41 PM

Finished Magic's Price, third and final book of the Last Herald Mage series.

Damn that was dark. So very dark.

Currently reading City We Became

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Posted 13 July 2020 - 01:47 PM

Andorion, on 13 July 2020 - 01:41 PM, said:

Finished Magic's Price, third and final book of the Last Herald Mage series.

Damn that was dark. So very dark.

Cool! I'm taking a bit of a FORGOTTEN RELAMS detour right now, but after that I'll finish ARROW'S FALL and keep going with this series.

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Posted 13 July 2020 - 02:26 PM

20 Days of Sheep, on 13 July 2020 - 02:03 PM, said:

My FR collection went in trash in the divorce pile and years later I regretted it(when I got back into DL), and damn I had a ton of those omnibuses 7 maybe 8. I only finished 2/3s of the 1st omni, Crystal Shard, maybe Homeland or Exile? Been a minute since then so the individual titles are escaping my meats.

I want all the Drizzt books (they look so fresh and clean on the shelf next to one another), and I want the Erin Evans stuff too, and possibly Kemp.

I'm a LONG way from having a lot of them....

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Posted 13 July 2020 - 04:44 PM

Sonofa....

So Books 5, 6, 7, and 8 just came for Drizzt now...

And the cover art is mostly fine, but the spines of 5, 6, and 7 are in Roman numerals...but they switched at book 8 to Arabic "Book 8" instead of "Book VIII"...and the D&D logo is slightly different too..

My OCD is going into overdrive....Fucks sake...

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Posted 14 July 2020 - 12:31 AM

QuickTidal, on 13 July 2020 - 04:44 PM, said:

Also, they're 2.3mm longer than the old books.

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#26389 Tsundoku

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Posted 14 July 2020 - 07:06 AM

I'll just leave this here ...

Not in order, starts top right. Some titles hard to read, sorry. Blame the phone camera.

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#26390 Cyphon

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Posted 14 July 2020 - 08:32 AM

Peace Talks...

Para todos todo, para nosotros nada.

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Posted 14 July 2020 - 11:49 AM

Trying to decided whether to dive into PEACE TALKS, or finish up STREAMS OF SILVER...

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Posted 14 July 2020 - 12:05 PM

I am 60% into City We Became and making pretty good progress.

I think I will finish this and read Peace Talks

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Posted 14 July 2020 - 01:39 PM

Continuing on Dark Age now that Peace Talks is done.

QuickTidal, on 14 July 2020 - 11:49 AM, said:

Trying to decided whether to dive into PEACE TALKS, or finish up STREAMS OF SILVER...

Peace Talks only takes a few hours.

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Posted 14 July 2020 - 05:34 PM

Have PEACE TALKS....
Am halfway through EMPIRE OF GOLD w 15ish hrs to go.

THIS IS HARD.

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Posted 15 July 2020 - 05:37 AM

Abyss, on 14 July 2020 - 05:34 PM, said:

Have PEACE TALKS....
Am halfway through EMPIRE OF GOLD w 15ish hrs to go.

THIS IS HARD.

Couldn't do it...
BRING ME MY DRESDENCRACK NOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW

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#26396 Macros

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Posted 15 July 2020 - 07:20 AM

Started RG early on the reread, and also lifted Fall of Gondolin off the shelf.

Going to dual read.

I suppose it technically a triple read, I still have court of broken knives as my bedside book too

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#26397 Tsundoku

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Posted 15 July 2020 - 11:46 AM

I heard you didn't have any problems handling three at once ...

#26398 Andorion

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Posted 15 July 2020 - 01:56 PM

Started and finished Peace Talks...
I really really really need Battle Ground

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Posted 15 July 2020 - 02:21 PM

Andorion, on 15 July 2020 - 01:56 PM, said:

Started and finished Peace Talks...
I really really really need Battle Ground

Further confirming for me that I should wait to read both once BATTLE GROUNDS is out.

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