[Abyss]

I pretty much disliked everything after SHE IS THE DARKNESS, but otherwise agree as far as the first 5 or so books go.

[Salt-Man Z]

Abyss, on 02 July 2013 - 02:37 AM, said:

I pretty much disliked everything after SHE IS THE DARKNESS, but otherwise agree as far as the first 5 or so books go.

She Is the Darkness is book 8 of 10...

I actually prefer the final 6-book arc to the original trilogy.

[amphibian]

As someone who grew up with Hindu mythology stories buzzing around alongside those of the Greeks and local Native Americans, I really appreciated Cook using them and more in the later books.

He was/is taking calculated risks with his characters, plots and settings and they paid off considerably to me. Others may have had different experiences though.

To me, there's always going to be extra points awarded for an author tackling some weird shit and essentially getting away with it while delivering a great story.

Tobo isn't as awesome as he thinks he is.

[Stalker]

Just finished up with Richard Morgan's Broken Angels and Woken Furies. Both were good, but Amph was definitely right as to the quality of the latter. As a character, Kovacs really comes into his own, and is way more relatable than the previous novels. I knew it was going to be good as soon as I realized what was happening in the prologue, and the rest of the book didn't let up either.

I did enjoy all the archaeology stuff in Broken Angels, since that's a subject of interest to me, but overall it was the weakest of the three. Not a bad read in any way though.

[Morgoth]

I finished Abbadon's Gate, and have now started on The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers.

Abbadon's Gate was quite the entertaining read. There's nothing new, original or unique with the book, or the series as a whole for that matter, and yet I plow through every installment in a single sitting. It's comparable, I'd argue, to the new Star Trek movies. Good, well constructed action with relatively interesting characters.

[Serenity]

Finished Ellroy's The Black Dahlia (good book - tried to watch the De Palma movie version afterwards and turned it off after 30 mins), then read Verne's From the Earth to the Moon (not my favourite Verne book, found it quite uninvolving), and am now reading Neal Asher's The Technician.

[Ukjent]

My thoughts about The great North Road:

First of all, if you want to read a crimnovel just buy something of Ian Rankin, second, its not bad, the writing is good, but the ending wall just dull. Not worth buying for over 5 $.

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a plant that is immune to gunshots and have the ability to make sunspots. Thats not my kind of tea.

[Serenity]

Graablick, on 02 July 2013 - 01:42 PM, said:

My thoughts about The great North Road:

First of all, if you want to read a crimnovel just buy something of Ian Rankin, second, its not bad, the writing is good, but the ending wall just dull. Not worth buying for over 5 $.

I'm thankful I only paid 99p for the Kindle version then! I loved his Night's Dawn trilogy, and the Greg Mandel books to a lesser degree, but found the Commonwealth Saga quite dull and haven't bothered with the Void trilogy.

[Salt-Man Z]

Finished Wolfe's The Fifth Head of Cerberus last night. Like Peace, I seem to have missed the point of most of it. It's still quite good, though; the first story is the best, though it seems barely tangential to the rest of the book, which I suppose is my first clue that I seriously missed something.

Next I'll catch with the Tor.com reread of Toll the Hounds for tomorrow, and then on to the concluding volume of Ricardo Pinto's Stone Dance of the Chameleon trilogy.

[Tiste Simeon]

Serenity, on 02 July 2013 - 01:51 PM, said:

Graablick, on 02 July 2013 - 01:42 PM, said:

My thoughts about The great North Road:

First of all, if you want to read a crimnovel just buy something of Ian Rankin, second, its not bad, the writing is good, but the ending wall just dull. Not worth buying for over 5 $.

I'm thankful I only paid 99p for the Kindle version then! I loved his Night's Dawn trilogy, and the Greg Mandel books to a lesser degree, but found the Commonwealth Saga quite dull and haven't bothered with the Void trilogy.

Yeah Nights Dawn is definitely his best. Commonwealth Saga was OK but a bit underwhelming (especially given the scope of the books...)

[Abyss]

Salt-Man Z, on 02 July 2013 - 04:37 AM, said:

Abyss, on 02 July 2013 - 02:37 AM, said:

I pretty much disliked everything after SHE IS THE DARKNESS, but otherwise agree as far as the first 5 or so books go.

She Is the Darkness is book 8 of 10...

I actually prefer the final 6-book arc to the original trilogy.

Ah, confusion mine. Book 5, Dreams of Steel, (6 if you count Silver Spike) was the last one i enjoyed. I always mix those up.

[Tehol the Only]

Abyss, on 03 July 2013 - 06:08 AM, said:

Salt-Man Z, on 02 July 2013 - 04:37 AM, said:

Abyss, on 02 July 2013 - 02:37 AM, said:

I pretty much disliked everything after SHE IS THE DARKNESS, but otherwise agree as far as the first 5 or so books go.

She Is the Darkness is book 8 of 10...

I actually prefer the final 6-book arc to the original trilogy.

Ah, confusion mine. Book 5, Dreams of Steel, (6 if you count Silver Spike) was the last one i enjoyed. I always mix those up.

Did you read the last two books Abyss? I still can't decide whether or not to try the fourth omnibus after disliking the third.

[Ukjent]

Soldiers live is a fantastic ending, remember I felt a tear.

Halfway done with Tomorrow the Killing now and I'm having a wonderful time. It's down to earth, gritty and the writing and pacing is good.

[Ukjent]

Done with Tomorrow the killing, loved it. Over to Leviathan Wakes.

[Abyss]

1/2 way thru Sullivan's RIYRIA bk 4 EMERALD STORM. This is the high seas adventure Lynch didn't nail with RED SKIES.

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 03 July 2013 - 02:49 PM, said:

1/2 way thru Sullivan's RIYRIA bk 4 EMERALD STORM. This is the high seas adventure Lynch didn't nail with RED SKIES.

Yeah, for a series that is mostly ground-based, he really did the Sailing stuff well when the time came.

The last two volumes are my faves of the series, with the final book being an almost perfect denouement. Enjoy!

[Pig Iron]

Salt-Man Z, on 02 July 2013 - 03:29 PM, said:

Finished Wolfe's The Fifth Head of Cerberus last night. Like Peace, I seem to have missed the point of most of it. It's still quite good, though; the first story is the best, though it seems barely tangential to the rest of the book, which I suppose is my first clue that I seriously missed something.

Next I'll catch with the Tor.com reread of Toll the Hounds for tomorrow, and then on to the concluding volume of Ricardo Pinto's Stone Dance of the Chameleon trilogy.

You probably already know this, but there's a lot of stuff written about TFHOC available on the net, e.g.

http://www.wolfewiki...veCanem.Barking

Number Five's name is a classic. Not that I figured it out, though I got the central identity shifts.

[Hound]

Stumbled upon Kraken by Miéville and it is AWESOME so far! SQUIDDITY SQUID!

[Overactive Imagination]

Just read the prologue to Bakker's The Darkness That Comes Before and HOLY FUCK was it ever good. Fuckin amazing. Can't wait to read more. Should've checked out Bakker earlier

[Tiste Simeon]

Was I the only one who thought after book 1 Bakkers series was... Boring?? *awaits torrents of rage*

In other news I just finished Simmons' "Fall of Hyperion." Seriously enjoyed it & the concepts & worlds were fascinating. The ending wasn't as terrible as people said, either!

Bit unsure what to read now... I have Morgan's "Kovacs" trilogy on Kindle, and I know the four mother fluffing Caine books are cheap for Kindle too. However... I really want to do a MBOTF reread as I recently bought FOD & OST. (all my MBOTF books are in boxes though...) I also kind of want to reread the entirety of the Dresden Files before Skin Game comes out later this year.

Thoughts?