[QuickTidal]

I've hit the halfway mark in Ian Tregillis THE COLDEST WAR (sequel to BITTER SEEDS) and I shit you not, this is the read of the year. Like easily. Call the press. This is it. I can't put the damned thing down and as badass as I thought the first book was (and the little short story included with the paperback edition), this one is proving to be even better and more insane. I simply can't say enough good things about it.

Abyss and SaltMan, you both need to be reading this series. Go out and get BITTER SEEDS, it's in paperback. You won't be disappointed, I promise.

I've already got the 3rd book pre-ordered in hardcover for next April...I'm going to devour that shit.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 30 October 2012 - 03:32 PM

[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on 30 October 2012 - 03:31 PM, said:

I've hit the halfway mark in Ian Tregillis THE COLDEST WAR (sequel to BITTER SEEDS) and I shit you not, this is the read of the year. Like easily. Call the press. This is it. I can't put the damned thing down and as badass as I thought the first book was (and the little short story included with the paperback edition), this one is proving to be even better and more insane. I simply can't say enough good things about it.

Abyss and SaltMan, you both need to be reading this series. Go out and get BITTER SEEDS, it's in paperback. You won't be disappointed, I promise.

I've already got the 3rd book pre-ordered in hardcover for next April...I'm going to devour that shit.

DAMMIT QT YOU'RE NOT HELPING MY TRP PROBLEM!!!!!!

...ah, fuckit....*clicks to amazon*

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 30 October 2012 - 03:41 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 30 October 2012 - 03:31 PM, said:

I've hit the halfway mark in Ian Tregillis THE COLDEST WAR (sequel to BITTER SEEDS) and I shit you not, this is the read of the year. Like easily. Call the press. This is it. I can't put the damned thing down and as badass as I thought the first book was (and the little short story included with the paperback edition), this one is proving to be even better and more insane. I simply can't say enough good things about it.

Abyss and SaltMan, you both need to be reading this series. Go out and get BITTER SEEDS, it's in paperback. You won't be disappointed, I promise.

I've already got the 3rd book pre-ordered in hardcover for next April...I'm going to devour that shit.

DAMMIT QT YOU'RE NOT HELPING MY TRP PROBLEM!!!!!!

...ah, fuckit....*clicks to amazon*

Seriously, you won't be disappointed.

Imagine the WWII, the X-Men, and Cthulhu mixed into one narrative and you'll be in the ballpark of the awesome.

[Salt-Man Z]

Abyss, on 30 October 2012 - 03:41 PM, said:

DAMMIT QT YOU'RE NOT HELPING MY TRP PROBLEM!!!!!!

...ah, fuckit....*clicks to amazon*

Ha. I at least have the discipline to wait until it pops up at the used bookstore. (He says, still kicking himself for not picking up Bitter Seeds for $2 earlier this year.)

[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on 30 October 2012 - 03:44 PM, said:

Abyss, on 30 October 2012 - 03:41 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 30 October 2012 - 03:31 PM, said:

I've hit the halfway mark in Ian Tregillis THE COLDEST WAR (sequel to BITTER SEEDS) and I shit you not, this is the read of the year. Like easily. Call the press. This is it. I can't put the damned thing down and as badass as I thought the first book was (and the little short story included with the paperback edition), this one is proving to be even better and more insane. I simply can't say enough good things about it.

Abyss and SaltMan, you both need to be reading this series. Go out and get BITTER SEEDS, it's in paperback. You won't be disappointed, I promise.

I've already got the 3rd book pre-ordered in hardcover for next April...I'm going to devour that shit.

DAMMIT QT YOU'RE NOT HELPING MY TRP PROBLEM!!!!!!

...ah, fuckit....*clicks to amazon*

Seriously, you won't be disappointed.

Imagine the WWII, the X-Men, and Cthulhu mixed into one narrative and you'll be in the ballpark of the awesome.

Bastard.
This is payback for Chris Farnsworth and Patrick Lee, isn't it...?

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 30 October 2012 - 03:57 PM, said:

Bastard.
This is payback for Chris Farnsworth and Patrick Lee, isn't it...?

Amongst a few other titles. But yes.

[Macros]

Started A Red Country finally last night.
Long trip down to reading today should get a good chunk of it polished off.

[Morgoth]

Not feeling like starting up a new book in my TRP, I decided to dive into yet another reread of Book of the New Sun. It'll be a good week

[Traveller]

Abyss, on 30 October 2012 - 03:41 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 30 October 2012 - 03:31 PM, said:

I've hit the halfway mark in Ian Tregillis THE COLDEST WAR (sequel to BITTER SEEDS) and I shit you not, this is the read of the year. Like easily. Call the press. This is it. I can't put the damned thing down and as badass as I thought the first book was (and the little short story included with the paperback edition), this one is proving to be even better and more insane. I simply can't say enough good things about it.

Abyss and SaltMan, you both need to be reading this series. Go out and get BITTER SEEDS, it's in paperback. You won't be disappointed, I promise.

I've already got the 3rd book pre-ordered in hardcover for next April...I'm going to devour that shit.

DAMMIT QT YOU'RE NOT HELPING MY TRP PROBLEM!!!!!!

...ah, fuckit....*clicks to amazon*

This ^. Dammit but my amazon wishlist is getting busy, primarily due to this thread!

Just finished Red, White and Blood. Good, but not as good as the previous two imo, just a bit too.. predictable?

Now into 'Red Country'. Just love Abercrombies style, and the mix of violence and humour.

[Chance]

QuickTidal, on 30 October 2012 - 03:31 PM, said:

I've hit the halfway mark in Ian Tregillis THE COLDEST WAR (sequel to BITTER SEEDS) and I shit you not, this is the read of the year. Like easily. Call the press. This is it. I can't put the damned thing down and as badass as I thought the first book was (and the little short story included with the paperback edition), this one is proving to be even better and more insane. I simply can't say enough good things about it.

Abyss and SaltMan, you both need to be reading this series. Go out and get BITTER SEEDS, it's in paperback. You won't be disappointed, I promise.

I've already got the 3rd book pre-ordered in hardcover for next April...I'm going to devour that shit.

Currently reading Bitter Seeds and its a damn compelling book. Not all that action packed but its not every day ww2 gets even grimmer then it was yet resonably realistic (even if the author has taken some historic liberties besides the magic/superscience).

[Tattersail_]

Last Argument of kings

[Tiste Simeon]

Amazon is recommending me "Prince of Thorns" seem to remember seeing something in this thread about it, or am I imagining things? Any good?

[Chance]

Tiste Simeon, on 01 November 2012 - 12:49 PM, said:

Amazon is recommending me "Prince of Thorns" seem to remember seeing something in this thread about it, or am I imagining things? Any good?

Been appearing a lot on the forum recently, its very good if you like completly amoral or perhaps even outright evil protagonists, not for those who object to truly unlikable maincharacters however, the second one is even better.

[amphibian]

Chance, on 01 November 2012 - 01:08 PM, said:

Been appearing a lot on the forum recently, its very good if you like completly amoral or perhaps even outright evil protagonists, not for those who object to truly unlikable maincharacters however, the second one is even better.

The main character is quite likable - it's just that he is utterly ruthless and often murderous. Think Dexter, except with a royal politics/revenge arc.

[End of Disc One]

Best Served Cold is fantastic so far. Maybe it will start to suck later based on some of the impressions I've seen, but I'm a third of the way through and it's easily the best one so far. The character interactions are better than ever. I just got introduced to Schenkt--possibly the most badass introduction I've ever read.

I can see how the plot structure is similar to a video game and people might not like that. But I'm enjoying the ride so far.

[acesn8s]

Finished FoD. Man, S.E. does cast a big net to start things off.

I moved on to The Strain by del Toro and Hogan. It reads really easy.

[Abyss]

Chance, on 01 November 2012 - 01:08 PM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 01 November 2012 - 12:49 PM, said:

Amazon is recommending me "Prince of Thorns" seem to remember seeing something in this thread about it, or am I imagining things? Any good?

Been appearing a lot on the forum recently, its very good if you like completly amoral or perhaps even outright evil protagonists, not for those who object to truly unlikable maincharacters however, the second one is even better.

amphibian, on 01 November 2012 - 01:13 PM, said:

The main character is quite likable - it's just that he is utterly ruthless and often murderous. Think Dexter, except with a royal politics/revenge arc.

Just finished it and totally enjoyed.
More subversive fun fantasy rather than the 'first part of a dark epic' it tries to be, but totally worth the ready time.

End of Disc One, on 01 November 2012 - 01:52 PM, said:

Best Served Cold is fantastic so far. Maybe it will start to suck later based on some of the impressions I've seen, but I'm a third of the way through and it's easily the best one so far. ...

It remains my single fave Abercrombie work.

acesn8s, on 01 November 2012 - 05:14 PM, said:

...I moved on to The Strain by del Toro and Hogan. It reads really easy.

Easy enough. It's brain/off horror, but not bad. I wasn't blown away by the sequel The Fall but it's more of the same.



CRACK'D POT TRAIL isn't dissappointing tho it does require a bit more thinkymeatzwork than i was expecting.

[Morgoth]

Briar King, on 02 November 2012 - 12:01 AM, said:

TS: Prince of Thornes is fucking awesome as is Bk 2. Also Mark the author post here which is fucking great! Check it out.

Fucking A!

[QuickTidal]

Finished THE COLDEST WAR by Tregillis...

Easily my favourite book this year. Easily. I put it down after the last page and actually said aloud "Wow"...and then I grabbed my copy of BITTER SEEDS and trawled through it for stuff.

I can honestly say that this book series is one of the finest I have ever read.

Now to await the 3rd and final book NECESSARY EVIL (April 2013)

Since the Disney buys Lucasfilm news I had a hankering for STAR WARS EU and since nothing new comes out till mid-December I'm re-reading Troy Denning's NJO book STAR BY STAR and might chase it with Elaine Cunningham's DARK JOURNEY since those are the two best books in the entire NJO.

[Chance]

QuickTidal, on 02 November 2012 - 01:10 PM, said:

Finished THE COLDEST WAR by Tregillis...

Easily my favourite book this year. Easily. I put it down after the last page and actually said aloud "Wow"...and then I grabbed my copy of BITTER SEEDS and trawled through it for stuff.

I can honestly say that this book series is one of the finest I have ever read.

Now to await the 3rd and final book NECESSARY EVIL (April 2013)

Yepp the book was certainly brilliant I just picked it up after Bitter Seed and read until it was done. How the hell he will handle the next book will be interesting since it so far seems to be a loop...guess I'll have to go back to Bitter Seed and re-read those incidents which might give some clues and adding a book to the top of the buy when available list is always good .

This post has been edited by Chance: 02 November 2012 - 05:01 PM