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#4381 Use Of Weapons

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Posted 15 October 2009 - 10:15 AM

Bought and started reading _Unseen Academicals_, the latest Discworld. Hadn't realised it was going to be about Football! Woo-hoo!

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#4382 Deornoth

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Posted 15 October 2009 - 03:24 PM

Finished reading Conrad Williams' 'Decay Inevitable'. It took a while to get going, and jumped forward several weeks along it's timeline, without any warning, but once it hit it's stride was a compelling read. My full review is just over Here. I'm now taking a little break from 'The Sad Tale of the Brother's Grossbart' to give Robert J. Sawyer's 'Flash Forward' a go...

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Posted 15 October 2009 - 03:52 PM

The Magicians, with Lamentation on deck. The Magicians is okay so far, not great but good. Half way through, we'll see where it takes me.

Trouble arrives when the opponents to such a system institute its extreme opposite, where individualism becomes godlike and sacrosanct, and no greater service to any other ideal (including community) is possible. In such a system rapacious greed thrives behind the guise of freedom, and the worst aspects of human nature come to the fore....

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Posted 15 October 2009 - 04:24 PM

River of Gods, and it is very, very good.

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Posted 15 October 2009 - 04:36 PM

Started in on Red Seas Under Red Skies last night, and whipped through the first 100 pages. I'm hooked again.

"Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more, not less. Without occupying space, it fills the universe. It nourishes everything, yet itself feeds upon destruction. We claim to control it, but does it not perhaps cultivate us as a source of food? May it not be that all wood grows so that it can be set ablaze, and that men and women are born to kindle fires?"
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#4386 stone monkey

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Posted 15 October 2009 - 07:56 PM

Leviathan or, the Whale by Philip Hoare - a meditation on whales in general and Melville's Moby Dick in particular. It's almost enough to make me want to read it again... But not quite...

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Posted 15 October 2009 - 11:30 PM

Just started Warbreaker by Sanderson. Pretty interesting so far.

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Posted 16 October 2009 - 02:58 AM

2/3's the way through The Brain that Changes itself

Quite and an interesting book. Too.

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Posted 16 October 2009 - 05:37 AM

Dust of Dreams.

I want me some Segulah!

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Posted 16 October 2009 - 02:41 PM

Finished reading Robert J. Sawyer's 'FlashForward'. I loved the concept but the incessant info-dumping made the execution very clunky indeed... My full review is over Here. I'm now back into 'The Sad Tale of the Brother's Grossbart' and a couple of others as well.

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Posted 17 October 2009 - 10:07 PM

Finished The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. The book is one big repository of powerful emotions. Telling the story by Death is a brilliant idea. Probably one the best books I read in the last 20 years. A good demonstration of how WWII looked to ordinary Germans.
Cannot decide what to read next because I am still with Liesel Meminger...

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#4392 smurfy

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Posted 17 October 2009 - 11:22 PM

Just finished Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell, was a pretty good read maybe 6-7/10 never read historical fiction before. It never appealed to me as you know the ending a lot of the time. However, this was still a good page turner and im sure would appeal to someone whos a fan of historical fiction.

reading at "t'moment" just started The warrior prophet (Prince of nothing book 2) only 20 pages in so i cant say anything other than im looking forward to it

after that i'll probably cave and resort back to Malazan and Midnight tides (im trying to pace myself somewhat so im not waiting to long for The crippled god)

#4393 teholbeddict

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Posted 19 October 2009 - 01:52 PM

Recently finished Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran. It was good, but not great, cretainly nowhere near the quality of work of Nefertiti or even the Heretic Queen. I was a little disappointed as I had been looking forward to this one for a while. It just seemed to be lacking something, I'm not quite sure what, but it definitely wasn't excepetional. Still a decent read despite all of that.

I've started Conn Iggulden's Genghis Kahn series. I'm about three hundred pages into the first book, and I have to say this seems to be much better than his Emperor series so far. Most people I've talked to have said this is the case, it's started off well, so lets hope that keeps up. It's still a little too much like lite historical fiction for me, but an entertaining read so far.

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Posted 19 October 2009 - 02:30 PM

After getting over The Book Thief, I decided to read some Sci-Fi.

A Fire Upon The Deep by Vernor Vinge

Haven't read any Sci-fi for almost 2 years.

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#4395 Use Of Weapons

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Posted 20 October 2009 - 09:59 AM

Excellent book -- and (IMO) _A Deepness In The Sky_ is even better.

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true.
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#4396 Astra

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Posted 20 October 2009 - 10:03 AM

jitsukerr, on 20 October 2009 - 09:59 AM, said:

Excellent book -- and (IMO) _A Deepness In The Sky_ is even better.

Hmm. I read quite bad reviews about the second book. We will see.

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Posted 20 October 2009 - 10:19 AM

I must say i enjoyed A DEEPNESS IN THE SKY when i read it.

I don't remember there being negative reviews when it came out??

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Posted 20 October 2009 - 12:20 PM

I'm currently reading Christopher Moore's "Bloodsucking Fiends". I'm only about a quarter of the way in but so far, so good. I love his work, this is the fourth Moore book that I'm taking on..."Lamb" was my favorite. If anyone wants to read humourous (and very original) stories, I recommend Moore completely and totally.

And Tehol, I'm kinda sorry to hear that Cleopatra's Daughter was just so-so. I really enjoyed "Nefertiti" and was debating whether or not to go and buy CD but I guess I won't.

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Posted 20 October 2009 - 03:34 PM

Binder of Demons, on 20 October 2009 - 10:19 AM, said:

I must say i enjoyed A DEEPNESS IN THE SKY when i read it.

I don't remember there being negative reviews when it came out??

Frankly speaking, I don't remember where I read it. It have done the research probably 3-4 months ago. On amazon.com reviews are very positive, so I might be wrong

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Posted 20 October 2009 - 04:35 PM

@ Astra - I read it when it came out originally, so that's a long time ago. The only criticism I remember at the time was from people who were expecting it to be more in the style of A FIRE UPON THE DEEP. It is set in the same universe, but has a very different pace and feel if memory serves.

Anyway, hope you enjoy his books.