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#8921 Abyss

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Posted 07 August 2012 - 05:15 PM

QuickTidal, on 07 August 2012 - 04:13 PM, said:

So FORGE OF DARKNESS arrived...

i hate you

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#8922 Otataral Toblakai

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Posted 07 August 2012 - 08:24 PM

Finished Chronicles of Amber, started the Riftwar Saga.

I swear I am going to go hyde on the next bastard that brags about reading FoD. Screw you tea-sucking, cake-crunching bigots!

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 07:37 AM

Otataral Toblakai, on 07 August 2012 - 08:24 PM, said:

Finished Chronicles of Amber, started the Riftwar Saga.

I swear I am going to go hyde on the next bastard that brags about reading FoD. Screw you tea-sucking, cake-crunching bigots!

I'm about halfway through. Now come at me, little man :cry:

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 12:56 PM

I'm reading The Cattle Raid of Cooley (Táin Bó Cúailnge). I want to learn a little more about Cuchulainn.

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#8925 Abyss

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 03:56 PM

Morgoth, on 08 August 2012 - 07:37 AM, said:

Otataral Toblakai, on 07 August 2012 - 08:24 PM, said:

Finished Chronicles of Amber, started the Riftwar Saga.

I swear I am going to go hyde on the next bastard that brags about reading FoD. Screw you tea-sucking, cake-crunching bigots!

I'm about halfway through. Now come at me, little man :cry:

Morgoth... you're on my List.

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...i swear my copy is being used as sea lion tusk floss in Thule, Greenland at this point...

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#8926 QuickTidal

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 04:01 PM

I'm surprised you don't have yours yet Abyss...I mean if mine made it to Canada on Tuesday, I would imagine yours would too...unless you live in TimBukFlinFlon, Northern Alberta or something and some bastard in a two-seater Cessna on pontoons has to bring it to you...

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 04:54 PM

Thought he lived in Quebec. Everything takes longer in French.

OK, I think I got it, but just in case, can you say the whole thing over again? I wasn't really listening.

#8928 Abyss

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 04:59 PM

Mine has two more books with it... i suspect the extra weight moved it down a shipping category or something equally idiotic.

That and it's probably being used to beat confessions out of 'rebels' in Syria.

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#8929 Salt-Man Z

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 04:08 PM

Finally finished Tigana. Boy howdy, was that good. I knew early on it was going to be a 4-star book, but that ending kicked it up to 4.5 easy. Some (incredibly manly) tears may have welled up there.

After taking a few minutes to let that soak in, I started in on F. Paul Wilson's The Keep, the first book in his Adversary Cycle. I've already read the second book, The Tomb, which doubles as the first Repairman Jack book.

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#8930 QuickTidal

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 04:35 PM

Salt-Man Z, on 09 August 2012 - 04:08 PM, said:

GGK has that talent to make you cry them manly tears don't he?

Abyss, methinks your copy of FOD is currently being held at the Castle Of Brumwald on the Austrian German border, they have many tapestries, and they are looking to use your copy to make such a tapestry.

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 05:58 PM

I'm fairly sure i saw it being carried by one of Assad's aides in a recent news clip. I'm just hoping he finishes it quickly and lends it to Ahmadinejad so i can arrange for a Mossad snitch to acquire it and pass it off during a blind drop in Morocco.

In the meantime Zafron's ANGEL'S GAME is more than holding my attention. Damn but the man can write!

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 06:09 PM

Abyss, on 09 August 2012 - 05:58 PM, said:

In the meantime Zafron's ANGEL'S GAME is more than holding my attention. Damn but the man can write!

How are you with the darker tone? It took a bit for me to adjust to it, but yeah Zafon's writing carries you through even the darker bits.

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#8933 Ukjent

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 06:11 PM

Tigana is like all the books I have read of GGK jut stunning.

Right now I'm 1/3 into my reread of Orb Sceptre Throne.

#8934 Abyss

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 06:29 PM

QuickTidal, on 09 August 2012 - 06:09 PM, said:

Abyss, on 09 August 2012 - 05:58 PM, said:

In the meantime Zafron's ANGEL'S GAME is more than holding my attention. Damn but the man can write!

How are you with the darker tone? It took a bit for me to adjust to it, but yeah Zafon's writing carries you through even the darker bits.

Am only about 100 pages in but I'm good with the tone, SHADOW wasn't exactly light and fluffy for most of the book.

He has a way of writing 'dark' that lets the reader know it will get better, so to speak.

And i'm beginning to put his use of words up there with Gaiman... almost EVERYTHING operates on multiple levels. Like SHADOW it's incredible to read.

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#8935 QuickTidal

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 07:15 PM

Abyss, on 09 August 2012 - 06:29 PM, said:

And i'm beginning to put his use of words up there with Gaiman... almost EVERYTHING operates on multiple levels. Like SHADOW it's incredible to read.

Told you!

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 11:56 PM

Finished Twelve by Jasper Kent. This was entertaining. Not the best book I've ever read, but I am very muchly interested in obtaining the sequels.

Think it's finally time that I got The Black Prism off my trp. It's only been in it since it was released.

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 11:56 PM

I am nearly finished with GOOD OMENS and I have to say, I'm disappointed.

...that I didn't read this earlier! It's surprisingly easy to distinguish between what I call the Pratchett sections and the Gaiman sections, and, far from being irritating, it actually enhances the narrative. AMERICAN GODS got me hooked on the god/mythology thing and I love how it's been applied here

And Crowley is one smooth mofo! I give this book a cool out of yes

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Posted 10 August 2012 - 12:31 AM

Ain, on 09 August 2012 - 11:56 PM, said:

And Crowley is one smooth mofo! I give this book a cool out of yes

Good Omens and Lamb are the only two books I've read more than three times. F'n love me some Pratchett/Gaiman collaboration. Would love for them to do it again.

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Posted 10 August 2012 - 12:50 AM

Ain, on 09 August 2012 - 11:56 PM, said:

And Crowley is one smooth mofo! I give this book a cool out of yes

I know right?! SO good. Pratchett and Gaiman together were absolute MAGIC.

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Posted 10 August 2012 - 10:24 AM

half-way down to The Blade Itself and I'm liking every chapter and page of it,
i like how Logen interacts w/ Glokta and how Glokta interacts with everyone else,
my reading has been slow these days as busy days kept me from reading continously,
after I finish, i'll be reading Beyond the Shadows next,

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