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#3581 QuickTidal

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Posted 29 January 2009 - 05:01 PM

cerveza_fiesta, on Jan 29 2009, 08:58 AM, said:

Just finished GRRM's A Clash of Kings

Pretty fucking badass. Nuff said.

looking very much forward to reading book 3 in that series to see what becomes of Bran, Jon and the Lannisters. I've read some minor spoilers of book 3 and it sounds like some pretty rad shit goes down.

Now reading Engineer trilogy book 1 and liking it.

Book 3 (A Storm Of Swords) is the best of the 4 that are out so far IMHO. It's rocks so hard!

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Posted 29 January 2009 - 05:40 PM

Working on DEATH MASKS- Jim Butcher.

The Dresden novels are great if anyone hasn't tried them yet.

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Posted 29 January 2009 - 07:15 PM

QuickTidal, on Jan 29 2009, 01:01 PM, said:

cerveza_fiesta, on Jan 29 2009, 08:58 AM, said:

Book 3 (A Storm Of Swords) is the best of the 4 that are out so far IMHO. It's rocks so hard!

Oh fuck yeah. I'm stoked to get it.

I'm going to order a storm of Swords really soon with a few other books from Amazon.

You guys know how if you click on the sponsor links from here to buy SE's books off amazon.co.uk, then malazanempire.com gets a small bit of cash?

Is there a similar thing for GRRM's books? I'd like to support that community too rather than just getting it off some random link.

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Posted 29 January 2009 - 09:08 PM

@ CF:

Westeros is their main site. dunno if they have the links same as us though

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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 29 January 2009 - 10:35 PM

Stalker, on Jan 29 2009, 01:40 PM, said:

Working on DEATH MASKS- Jim Butcher.

The Dresden novels are great if anyone hasn't tried them yet.

They are better than great, they are effing brilliant!

Death Masks is one of my faves.....wait till you get to Proven Guilty and Dead Beat...man those are awesome!

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 04:32 PM

Just finished Gav Thorpe's 'Malekith' (elvish civil war in the world of Warhammer) in time for the weekend. It's a bit longwinded in places but very enjoyable once it gets going, my full review is over Here. I'm now well into Kate Griffin's 'A Madness of Angels'...

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 07:02 PM

I'm currently about 150 pages into Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong. Not fantasy, but still really enjoyable. A book dedicated to wolfs in which you can read a whole chapter about how a pack of wolfs hunt a herd of war horses and it's still unputdownable.

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Posted 30 January 2009 - 08:40 PM

The Amazon Fairy has bought me The Rise of the Iron Moon by Stephen Hunt, so that's about to get a reading it'll never forget. I'm also looking at The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, which is one of those books I've been meaning to get around to for years...

If only they'd arrived earlier in the week whilst I was confined to my sickbed, they'd have been far more appreciated.

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Posted 31 January 2009 - 10:11 AM

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Posted 31 January 2009 - 12:43 PM

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I'm liking the first person viewpoint.

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Posted 01 February 2009 - 05:01 AM

I'm late to the game, but I finally read Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie (full review). He ended this series very well and I'm really looking forward to Best Served Cold - which Abercrombie just announced has ARCs printed.

Now I'm reading Lamentation by Ken Scholes and I'm really enjoying it.

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Posted 01 February 2009 - 05:09 AM

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The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I'm liking the first person viewpoint.

The Name of the Wind is freaking brilliant. I was so glad to have randomly picked that up last year.

I'm currently reading Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb. I don't know what to think about it yet. I'm starting to grow tired of reading stories where the main character starts as a young kid and then grows up, so we'll see how my opinion of this thing goes.

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Posted 01 February 2009 - 06:51 AM

I am now reading The Skinner by Neil Asher.

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Posted 01 February 2009 - 01:37 PM

stone monkey, on Jan 30 2009, 08:40 PM, said:

I'm also looking at The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, which is one of those books I've been meaning to get around to for years...

Funny. I just randomnly bought The Master and Margarita today, It looks pretty interesting. But it will be a while before I get round to it since I just started reading Alastair Reynolds' The Prefect. 40 pages in and it looks like its going to be a fun ride....

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Posted 02 February 2009 - 11:28 AM

I read a horror anthology, "Voices", edited by Mark S. Deniz and Amanda Pillar. "Voices" deals with the supernatural and paranormal aspects of horror genre and it's a rather small anthology (only 180 pages). Although I would have liked some of the stories to be longer I could find a few interesting ones and also I discovered a few authors who captured my interest. (My full review)

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Posted 02 February 2009 - 01:50 PM

Currently reading The Stepsister Scheme b y Jim C. Hines. So far it's a fun little read.

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Posted 02 February 2009 - 10:36 PM

I finally finished that bio of Julius Caesar (ooof...it was a tome) and now I've started Children of Hurin. I figure even if it stinks I can't complain too much because I got the hardcover version on sale for $7.99.

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Posted 03 February 2009 - 03:41 AM

Tif the Barber Boy, on Feb 1 2009, 08:37 AM, said:

stone monkey, on Jan 30 2009, 08:40 PM, said:

I'm also looking at The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, which is one of those books I've been meaning to get around to for years...

Bulgakov is amazing.
all I can say, really

i have finally finished "Stormcaller" by Tom Lloyd.
I fail to see why people disliked it so much
It wasn't fantastic, but it had a few nifty ideas.
Wouldn't call it "spectacular" or the next big thing in fantasy, but it had its merits.
guess I just didn't have any real expectations getting into it.

Not sure what I'll read next, but it's likely that there is a Chapters run in my near future.....

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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 03 February 2009 - 06:21 AM

Am still on The Wizard by Gene Wolfe

But have also started Overworld: The Life of a Reluctant Spy by Larry Kolb and also What Went Wrong by Bernard Lewis.

Overworld has been okay so far. What went wrong is fairly decent though.

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Posted 03 February 2009 - 07:55 AM

Mentalist, on Feb 3 2009, 04:41 AM, said:

i have finally finished "Stormcaller" by Tom Lloyd.
I fail to see why people disliked it so much
It wasn't fantastic, but it had a few nifty ideas.
Wouldn't call it "spectacular" or the next big thing in fantasy, but it had its merits.
guess I just didn't have any real expectations getting into it.

Not sure what I'll read next, but it's likely that there is a Chapters run in my near future.....

Some people are too picky...its good entertainment