[QuickTidal]

 Serenity, on 21 August 2012 - 01:24 PM, said:

Now on to Deep Sky.

Prepare they mind to be blown and thy pants to be shat in.

[Abyss]

 Serenity, on 21 August 2012 - 01:24 PM, said:

Finished The Heroes. What a fantastic book! Now on to Deep Sky.

That is a hell of a line-up.

 QuickTidal, on 21 August 2012 - 01:29 PM, said:

 Serenity, on 21 August 2012 - 01:24 PM, said:

Now on to Deep Sky.

Prepare they mind to be blown and thy pants to be shat in.

What he said.


Am still in FoD. Unfortunately short on reading time lately which just sucks when i've got an SE book going.
Am pretty psyched to have Stross' APOCALYPSE CODEX on deck tho'.

[Salt-Man Z]

Jeepers crap, good as it is, Game of Thrones is just one major downer after another, isn't it?

[QuickTidal]

 Salt-Man Z, on 21 August 2012 - 03:50 PM, said:

Jeepers crap, good as it is, Game of Thrones is just one major downer after another, isn't it?

*snort*

You ain't seen nothing yet.

This series makes ANGELA'S ASHES look like a heartwarming Disney movie.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 21 August 2012 - 04:58 PM

[Ukjent]

Reading James Barcaly's Dawnthief while I am waiting for King of thorns to stumble into my postbox.

[LadyMTL]

 QuickTidal, on 21 August 2012 - 04:58 PM, said:

 Salt-Man Z, on 21 August 2012 - 03:50 PM, said:

Jeepers crap, good as it is, Game of Thrones is just one major downer after another, isn't it?

*snort*

You ain't seen nothing yet.

This series makes ANGELA'S ASHES look like a heartwarming Disney movie.

Hahahahaha, yeaaaaah. I recently loaned Game of Thrones and Clash of Kings to my brother and I warned him that it ain't sunshine and lollipops. I'm waiting to see what he thinks of those two before tossing book 3 at him.

This post has been edited by Maia Irraz: 21 August 2012 - 06:48 PM

[Nocturnal]

^ It gets worse with every book doesn't it? I strongly suggest not getting emotionally attached to any of the characters from ASoIaF, they all tend to disappear shortly after.

I wrapped up Midnight Tides. It really kept me on edge, Erikson's writing just keeps getting better. And so many great new characters, how he keeps them all unique is beyond me.
I think I'm going to pause for a few weeks in order to read The Cold Commands or re-read The Clash of Kings.

This post has been edited by Nocturnal: 21 August 2012 - 09:14 PM

[JPK]

Finished The Book of Taltos. These really are good fun. Think it's time for an old friend though. Onto the Hitchhiker's Guide.

[Ukjent]

Reading the King of thorns now, and for the first time in a long time I was forced to put down the book because i feel unwell. Dont get me wrong, the book has been great until now. But the scene in the spoiler just makes me unwell

Spoiler

The scene where the young jorg is forced by his father to break his own dog bone, what an cruel fuck that father is

[kcf]

Well, it's slow reading for me these days and even slower reviewing. I got my review up for Forge of Darkness by Erikson - it is excellent. I followed up the review with a bit of rant about some the fan reaction to it. I still owe reviews for Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear and Whispers Underground by Ben Aaronovitch (both are good). And I'm currently reading and really enjoying Dancing With Bears by Michael Swanwick.

[Slow Ben]

Finished FoD - awesome!
And only one thing can keep me interested after the awesomeness that is SE.......Dresden reread!!!

[Mentalist]

been reading a lot of Russian lit recently.

Just finished Lukyanenko's "New Watch"--great stuff, as always.

Also read the 4 books in Perumov's " Seven Beasts of Rajleg" series. It's good, but not as awesome as the Swords stuff.

There have also been 2 new Enclaves book out by Vadim Panov. I'll prolly re-read the first 3, then juump right into them...

[Nocturnal]

Reading The Cold Commands and Metro 2034. Damn, I couldn't have picked the two worse books to read simultaneously! They're both major downers, so much bitterness almost makes me want to strangle myself with my own intestines.

[T77]

Finished Thunderer by Felix Gilman and thought it was a good urban fantasy.

[Abyss]

Finished FoD! Need to re-read a few bits, but Stoss' THE APOCALYPSE CODEX is standing by and my CASE NIGHTMARE GREEN alarms are ringing...

[Serenity]

Finished:

Deep Sky - brilliant end to the trilogy, I thought, and thanks to those who recommended it

The Island of Doctor Moreau - superb, they don't write 'em like this anymore

The Wurms of Blearmouth - after my mild disappointment with FoD I found this a welcome blast of SE goodness

Now reading Riders of the Purple Sage.

[QuickTidal]

I've got two books half finished that I need to get back to (A SONG FOR ARBONNE by GGK and THE WEE FREE MEN by Pratchett), but I've not been in a book reading mood for a few days....so I've been immersing myself in comics...re-read Palmiotti and Conner's POWER GIRL run.

Then I read 2000AD's Judge Dredd spin off series, Hondo City collection which has about 8 REALLY great tales.

And I'm currently reading Scott Snyder and Yannick Paquette's run on SWAMP THING (which is excellent)

...and after I finish that I'll be getting back into the two titles above that I stopped halfway through and polish them off...

...and then I've saved Mark Lawrence's KING OF THORNS for my Film Festival week to read int he line-ups...as a treat. Can't wait!

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 28 August 2012 - 02:13 PM

[Salt-Man Z]

Little over halfway through A Game of Thrones and Ned Stark (who I love dearly) is a stupid stupid man.

Spoiler

Here's an idea: I'll confront the queen, tell her I know her terrible secret, the secret she had my predecessor killed for discovering, the secret she tried killing my own son over, and then threaten her, saying I'll tell the king when he gets back from hunting. In the meantime, I won't tell anyone else. That can only end well for me.

Spoiler

And yes, I do already know that Ned dies at the end of the book.

[Kruppe's snacky cakes]

Started reading Star Wars: Survivor's Quest (yes, I'm 8 years behind in my Star Wars reading...THERE'S TOO MANY BOOKS!!!). I was immediately reminded of the fact that Timothy Zahn is my favorite Star Wars author. Although, oddly, I've never read any of his non-SW stuff. Just have never been into hard/military sci-fi...

[Kruppe's snacky cakes]

 Salt-Man Z, on 28 August 2012 - 03:16 PM, said:

Little over halfway through A Game of Thrones and Ned Stark (who I love dearly) is a stupid stupid man.

Spoiler

Here's an idea: I'll confront the queen, tell her I know her terrible secret, the secret she had my predecessor killed for discovering, the secret she tried killing my own son over, and then threaten her, saying I'll tell the king when he gets back from hunting. In the meantime, I won't tell anyone else. That can only end well for me.

Spoiler

And yes, I do already know that Ned dies at the end of the book.

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