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Oh well then you definitely need to read Time and Chance, and Devil's Brood. You transition out of Stephen/Maude with Time and Chance. It deals with Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. With Devil's Brood you get the crumbling of the marriage between Henry and Eleanor, as well as his downfall and betrayal by his own sons. Both books make for fantastic reading. The TPB versions are available on bookdepository for a decent price atm.
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Posted 09 February 2010 - 06:52 PM
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Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.
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Muffins are just ugly cupcakes!
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Posted 10 February 2010 - 05:58 AM
jitsukerr, on 09 February 2010 - 10:23 AM, said:
I loved SKP -- she's the only author of historical fiction I've read though. Any recommendations in this area peeps? May make a new thread for this.
Have you read Tim Willocks' The Religion. Very good story about the battle of Malta.
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Posted 10 February 2010 - 12:08 PM
Perdido Street Station. Oh what a fine book, I had forgotten so much about it!!
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Posted 10 February 2010 - 04:38 PM
Finished reading Guy Adams' 'The World House', a dimension spanning mystery in a house that I loved visiting. I wouldn't want to live there though...
'The World House' suffers from choppy pacing at the start but overcomes this to present its readers with a compelling mystery set against a deliciously surreal and dark background. You may have seen it all before but Adams really makes it his own. I loved this book and can't wait for the sequel. My full review is over Here. I'm now finishing off N.K. Jemisin's 'The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms'...
'The World House' suffers from choppy pacing at the start but overcomes this to present its readers with a compelling mystery set against a deliciously surreal and dark background. You may have seen it all before but Adams really makes it his own. I loved this book and can't wait for the sequel. My full review is over Here. I'm now finishing off N.K. Jemisin's 'The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms'...
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Posted 10 February 2010 - 04:44 PM
caladanbrood, on 10 February 2010 - 12:08 PM, said:
Perdido Street Station. Oh what a fine book, I had forgotten so much about it!!
Every so often I crack it open and read the Mayors meetings with the Weaver and the Ambassador of Hell again. So cool.
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Posted 10 February 2010 - 05:02 PM
Finally finished the Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy last night. The final book, Titus Alone moved a lot quicker than I expected! The prose isn't as exquisite as in the first two books, but there's a little more action to the plot.
Overall, I enjoyed them. 4/5 stars. Certainly not for everyone, and it can move really sloooowly at times; but I'm glad I read them.
Overall, I enjoyed them. 4/5 stars. Certainly not for everyone, and it can move really sloooowly at times; but I'm glad I read them.
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"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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Posted 11 February 2010 - 11:46 AM
the high lord - trudi canavan, im actually enjoying this series as I dont get much time to read proper fantasy as im always reading black library novels, so this is a nice break from the norm. Is there any novels that are not mainstream fantasy that are good to read?
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Posted 11 February 2010 - 04:43 PM
Finished reading N.K. Jemisin's 'The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms'. The book started off a little choppy in terms of pace (a main character who keeps stopping the story to go back and correct other details doesn't help) but once it got going things really picked up and I had a great time reading it. I'll be around to see what happens in the next book. My full review is over Here. I'm now finishing off Mike Resnick's 'Starship: Flagship'.
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Posted 11 February 2010 - 05:03 PM
I read H. P. Lovecraft's (in collaboration with someone I forget) "Within the Walls of Eryx" last night. Pure sci-fi, but with that sense of mounting dread that only Lovecraft can pull off. Very very good.
Still slogging through Patrick Doud's The Hunt For the Eye of Ogin. A chapter a night is about all I'm able to muster before I'm overcome with boredom and need to move on to something else. (Lately, that's been Lovecraft.)
Still slogging through Patrick Doud's The Hunt For the Eye of Ogin. A chapter a night is about all I'm able to muster before I'm overcome with boredom and need to move on to something else. (Lately, that's been Lovecraft.)
"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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Posted 11 February 2010 - 09:43 PM
Finished Heroes Die and would like to thank those who recommended it. What a terrific book, really fun, enjoyed it loads and polished off the last two hundred pages in one night shift.
Now reading Musashi, by Yosikawa. Hey, 120 million Japanese can't be wrong.
Now reading Musashi, by Yosikawa. Hey, 120 million Japanese can't be wrong.
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Posted 11 February 2010 - 10:42 PM
Fist Gamet, on 11 February 2010 - 09:43 PM, said:
Finished Heroes Die and would like to thank those who recommended it. What a terrific book, really fun, enjoyed it loads and polished off the last two hundred pages in one night shift.
Awesome. I wish you luck in finding a copy of Blade of Tyshalle.
"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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Posted 11 February 2010 - 10:55 PM
Salt-Man Z, on 11 February 2010 - 10:42 PM, said:
Fist Gamet, on 11 February 2010 - 09:43 PM, said:
Finished Heroes Die and would like to thank those who recommended it. What a terrific book, really fun, enjoyed it loads and polished off the last two hundred pages in one night shift.
Awesome. I wish you luck in finding a copy of Blade of Tyshalle.
DOH!
Come On! 35 quid imported from US or 45 quid from a bookshop up in Glasgow!
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Posted 11 February 2010 - 11:09 PM
What I meant to say was: I wish you luck in finding an affordable copy of Blade of Tyshalle. 
"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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Posted 11 February 2010 - 11:12 PM
True, true...
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Posted 12 February 2010 - 07:52 AM
Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus Trilogy... finished the first two last week, now working on the third. I like the snarky djinn!
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Posted 12 February 2010 - 04:43 PM
Finished reading Mike Resnick's 'Starship: Flagship', last in that series. Wilson Cole's fight to take down the Republic is as contrived as hell but, at the same time, it's also contrived to be good fun and very entertaining so you can't really complain. My full review is over Here. I'm now finishing off 'The Eternal Prison' (Jeff Somers) and 'The Call of Kerberos' (Jonathan Oliver).
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Posted 14 February 2010 - 09:12 PM
just finished the high lord by trudi csnavan it was a good and the series was pretty good as well. going to start a thousand sons by grahem mcniel
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Posted 15 February 2010 - 05:28 PM
Whipped through the first half of Jim Butcher's Storm Front yesterday. You guys were right; Dresden is great stuff.
"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?"
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
