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#9981 Kruppe's snacky cakes

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Posted 20 January 2013 - 07:36 PM

14. Star Wars Dark Nest III: The Swarm War: I was really starting to get burned out on Star Wars books, but this series has turned me around.

15. Ringworld by Larry Niven: Pretty much exactly the type of thing I was looking for when I started on my alien kick.

16. On Basilisk Station by David Weber: Still not a fan of military sci-fi. This is the type of thing that works better for me in short story form.

17. Heartless by Anne Elisabeth Stengl: One of those "Faerie" stories that is the current trend in YA literature. I haven't really found any that I care for yet.

18. The Element Encyclopedia Of Magical Creatures by John & Caitlin Matthews: I've read various "creature guides" and I think my favorite so far is Monster Spotter's Guide to North America by Scott Francis

19. Post-It Note Diaries by Arthur Jones: A hilarious graphic novel with stories by real people such as comedian John Hodgman. The funniest is How to Not Have Sex with Nicolas Cage by Mary Roach.

20. Earthseed by Pamela Sargent: One of those "humanity is sent off to colonize elsewhere in the form of artificially produced teenagers" stories. I feel like I've read too many versions of this same story over the years. If you're looking for a YA sci-fi book starring teen models gazing off into space, I recommend Gone by Michael Grant instead.

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#9982 Baco Xtath

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Posted 20 January 2013 - 09:01 PM

I'd knock out Long Price Quartet first, then read Perdido, then all Bas Lags, then it would be near time for Emperor and you could safely read Prince and King with little wait for a finale.

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#9983 Mikkelinski

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Posted 20 January 2013 - 09:59 PM

That sounds like a plan. So Thorn is a trilogy I take it, cool. The other books on Bas Lags are they good? Only heard the rave about Perdido and nothing on the others. Then it's just to drag through the rest of WoT so I can say I've read it.

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Posted 20 January 2013 - 10:07 PM

Mikkelinski, on 20 January 2013 - 09:59 PM, said:

The Scar, the second Mieville book set in Bas Lag, is probably one of my favorite books of all time. The Iron Council is the lesser of the three but it is still great (though many people will disagree with this - not that it's the lesser but that it is great). And yeah, Thorn is a trilogy and the finale is due out in August (I think).

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Posted 21 January 2013 - 05:20 AM

Jorge Luis Borges. I highly recommend.

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Posted 21 January 2013 - 12:15 PM

Finished The Iliad - loved it, surprised by how easy it was to read - then read A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, which didn't do a lot for me, tbh.

Made a start on Darkly Dreaming Dexter this morning.

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Posted 21 January 2013 - 12:46 PM

MASKERADE is done. It was kind of a battle,to be honest.

Now I'm reading, in a fit of impulse, Nam Le's THE BOAT.

Suck it Errant!

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Posted 21 January 2013 - 01:36 PM

Other than Apmh (who sang its praises about a month back when I first tried this book and had a tough time getting into it), why the heck didn't the rest of you Simmons fans tell me how damn good THE TERROR was?!

Sweet merciful jeebus, this book is phenomenally addictive so far. Before I knew it I was 125 pages in and I'm literally glued to the pages.

Wow.

Consider me impressed.

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Posted 21 January 2013 - 03:04 PM

QuickTidal, on 21 January 2013 - 01:36 PM, said:

I thought I did

Great book, marvellous build up of tension throughout

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Posted 21 January 2013 - 03:36 PM

Serenity, on 21 January 2013 - 03:04 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 21 January 2013 - 01:36 PM, said:

I thought I did

Great book, marvellous build up of tension throughout

You probably did and I just missed it in my forum reading. Merci!

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Posted 21 January 2013 - 03:44 PM

Ain, on 21 January 2013 - 12:46 PM, said:

MASKERADE is done. It was kind of a battle,to be honest.

Now I'm reading, in a fit of impulse, Nam Le's THE BOAT.

I have that sitting on my dresser four feet away from me. A very strong book of short stories, especially the titular story. You probably will dig the Brazilian favela assassin one.

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Posted 21 January 2013 - 09:07 PM

Finished Kavalier & Clay. It's a bit over-written like a lot of literary fiction can be, especially in the front couple sections, but once it gets going it's quite charming, touching, and more than a little addicting.

Now on to Water Sleeps. Chapter 1 was a page long and it's already awesome.

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Posted 21 January 2013 - 09:39 PM

QuickTidal, on 21 January 2013 - 01:36 PM, said:

You could look here...

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Posted 22 January 2013 - 02:39 PM

stone monkey, on 21 January 2013 - 09:39 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 21 January 2013 - 01:36 PM, said:

You could look here...

Damn your eyes SM! No reviews yet, I'm still reading...

LOL

Just kidding, yeah I could have looked there I 'spose.

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Posted 22 January 2013 - 03:12 PM

Just finished Kraken by China Mielville. I liked it a lot, very good urban fantasy. My only complaints are that it was a little too long, I was slightly disappointed in the ending and I wanted to see more world building of the fantastical places of London. But, these are only minor complaints. I did not enjoy it as much as Perdido, but Mieville is certainly rising in the rankings for me.

With all of the AMoL talk I decided to dive into the WoT. I read the first book a few years ago, liked it, but never continued, for no good reason, although I've thought about it many times. Since it's been so long I am rereading the first book and enjoying more the second time around. Since I don't like to read the same author back to back this will take me a few years to finish I'm sure. But, I will just relax and hopefully enjoy the ride.

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Posted 22 January 2013 - 05:32 PM

DUNE MESSIAH. Long live Muad'Dib!!!

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Posted 23 January 2013 - 04:49 AM

I have finally had time to finish re-reading the pure, concentrated awesomeness that was War of the Mage: Game Over by Nick Perumov. Having done so, I have completed all of the Consistent books from Godsdoom on, and I can now (finally!!!) dig into Godsdoom-II
....which I will do the second I get some free time when my head is not immediately drawn to the nearest pillow.

As for the book itself: it's a 2-volume gigantic convergence, with almost every significant player ever mentioned in the series doing something. And it just builds, and builds, and builds on itself, with plans within plans within plans within plans, and then it ends up with something so awesomely epic I have never seen it done anywhere else before. Ever.

I may also do short reviews for the rest of the consistent books in the book review subforum the way i did for Godsdoom.

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Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.

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Posted 23 January 2013 - 05:36 AM

Do me a favor and translate all these awesome Russian books you've been reading.

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