[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 12 April 2012 - 12:04 PM, said:

Not sure what to read next.

Have you ever thought of getting into the Shadows Of The Apt series? I finally got back into it and I'm quite enjoying it!

[polishgenius]

You should read The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway. It's probably got the most concentrated awesome-per-page of anything I've ever read.

Coincidentally, I've also just recently got back into Shadows of the Apt. Though I'm taking a break between book 3 and 4 and am currently reading Moxyland by Lauren Beukes, who is also all sorts of awesome.

This post has been edited by polishgenius: 12 April 2012 - 02:59 PM

[Fist Gamet]

Just finished Across The Nightingale Floor. Did not quite live up to the early promise and it was missing something...can't quite put my finger on it, but a good read all the same.

Also recently finished The Prince of Thorns. A very good book, imho, quite different and refreshingly amoral I enjoyed it.

Continuing with Ill Fares The Land and just started The Painted Man.

[Abyss]

WITHOUT WARNING by Birmingham. America (along with most of Canada, Mexico and Cuba) is evaporated. Hilarity ensues. And 'splosions.

Good fun so far.

[Serenity]

Over the last week or so:

Winter Warriors - David Gemmell (brilliant)
Gates of Fire - Steven Pressfield (awesome!)
Hannibal: Enemy of Rome - Ben Kane (bad)

Now reading Scott Mariani's The Alchemist's Secret.

[Salt-Man Z]

Trudging through Darth Plagueis, a third of the way in now. Yawn. If you loved the gripping political intrigue of The Phantom Menace, then (a) you're a liar, and (b) you'll probably love this book.

[Use Of Weapons]

Finished John Meaney's _Absorption_ last night. Was racing through it breathlessly towards the end. Excellent book. Recommend _To Hold Infinity_ to anyone looking for an SF fix.

[QuickTidal]

Salt-Man Z, on 16 April 2012 - 03:12 PM, said:

Trudging through Darth Plagueis, a third of the way in now. Yawn. If you loved the gripping political intrigue of The Phantom Menace, then (a) you're a liar, and ( you'll probably love this book.

I've heard this...and what's funny is how highly it's getting praised by TheForce.net and the like.

Everyone I know who's read it has had the same opinion of it...that it is just boring.

Thankfully I hadn't planned on giving it a try, so I can feel safe in that choice now.

[QuickTidal]

Finishing up DRAGONFLY FALLING by Tchaikovsky (on the last 100 pages or so...will likely finish tonight), which has been pretty damned solid throughout...full thoughts in Ded. thread.

I've got BLOOD OF THE MANTIS ready to go...but I may take a sci-fi book with me on the trip as I am in that mood. I don't know which though, but I am leaning towards John Love's FAITH. I want crazy ancient races space opera planet threatening menaces...and I hear that it's go that in spades.

[Dutch]

Having a blast with Glen Cook's books about the Black Company.

Finished Dreams of Steel this morning and just started the Silver Spike.

[Salt-Man Z]

QuickTidal, on 16 April 2012 - 03:19 PM, said:

I've heard this...and what's funny is how highly it's getting praised by TheForce.net and the like.

Everyone I know who's read it has had the same opinion of it...that it is just boring.

It's extremely revelatory to the SW EU, so if that's your thing it's interesting in that regard, but there's no real plot to speak of. There's plenty of time for that to turn around, of course, but I'm keeping my hopes suppressed.

[Abyss]

Salt-Man Z, on 16 April 2012 - 05:02 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 16 April 2012 - 03:19 PM, said:

I've heard this...and what's funny is how highly it's getting praised by TheForce.net and the like.

... I'm keeping my hopes suppressed.

Yesssss... give in to your despair... feed your anger... think of what else you could have spent your money on... each page brings you closer to the Dark Side.....

[Salt-Man Z]

Abyss, on 16 April 2012 - 05:14 PM, said:

think of what else you could have spent your money on

Actually, it's an ARC I won, but I am still a little bitter that I didn't receive my "advance reading copy" until 2 months after the book hit stores.

[QuickTidal]

Salt-Man Z, on 16 April 2012 - 05:30 PM, said:

Abyss, on 16 April 2012 - 05:14 PM, said:

think of what else you could have spent your money on

Actually, it's an ARC I won, but I am still a little bitter that I didn't receive my "advance reading copy" until 2 months after the book hit stores.

They are notorious for not even getting their SW books out to stores on time (here it was nearly a month after they showed up in the States), let alone ARC's.

[polishgenius]

QuickTidal, on 16 April 2012 - 03:24 PM, said:

but I am leaning towards John Love's FAITH.

Do it, do it, do it. Faith is AWESOME... and, in some ways, bloody weird. I get the feeling that at the same time it'll meet your expectations perfectly and absolutely not do so at all.


Today, since I had a lot of reading time on the train, I finished Moxyland, which is ace (though not quite as good as Zoo City). Lauren Beukes is a Richard Morgan level writer, though despite covering similar thematic territories her brilliance is of a slightly different sort, being probably more mature emotionally and politically- she doesn't have Morgan's occasional tendency to what strikes me as slight melodrama, nor for ridiculously cheesy sex scenes - but not quite as elegant in phrase and structure. Which is not to say she's bad at either.

And I started Shadow Ops: Control Point by Myke Cole, which is fun so far though I hope it dials down on the gung-ho attitude just a tad.

[QuickTidal]

polishgenius, on 17 April 2012 - 01:06 AM, said:

And I started Shadow Ops: Control Point by Myke Cole, which is fun so far though I hope it dials down on the gung-ho attitude just a tad.

Haha, that gung-ho attitude is a bit of tongue ion cheek...but remember that Cole is military bred, so it doesn't go away completely, but the story does take a very interesting turn later on and the gung-ho-ness goes away as a result. You'll see.

[McLovin]

My copy of BLINDSIGHT got corrupted, or something, so I couldn't finish it. So, started THE CTHULHU MYTHOS by HP Lovecraft. Plus still reading MAGICIAN: APPRENTICE.

[Abyss]

McLovin, on 17 April 2012 - 12:12 PM, said:

My copy of BLINDSIGHT got corrupted, or something, so I couldn't finish it. So, started THE CTHULHU MYTHOS by HP Lovecraft. ...

I sense the Many Angled Ones' influence here, as this course of action is clearly deviant.
Someone fire up the Basilisk Protocols and kick us a notch closer to CASE NIGHTMARE GREEN.

Don't worry McLovin... we've gotten WAY better at the whole textorcism thing. the last one had hardly any brain damage...

[Salt-Man Z]

Okay, halfway through Darth Plagueis, and the titular Darth has finally officially hooked up with Palpatine. This is better.

[McLovin]

Abyss, on 17 April 2012 - 04:13 PM, said:

Don't worry McLovin... we've gotten WAY better at the whole textorcism thing. the last one had hardly any brain damage...

Can't damage what ain't there, mate.