[amphibian]

That's kind of the next book's job - to ramp up the angry and the dark, complete with cussing.

Then the third links into the truly cosmic and epic in scope, while the fourth makes everything make sense and not make sense and make sense and gives us the sweet co-Caine we want all the while.

[Salt-Man Z]

amphibian, on 05 August 2013 - 09:14 PM, said:

That's kind of the next book's job - to ramp up EVERYTHING.

Fixed.

[Tiste Simeon]

At this moment I have no fnarking clue where the second book is going to go. Nearly 75% through & only stopping cos its so fallumping late...

[yuna_anomander25]

finally finished with BROKEN ANGELS,, it took quite a while, but i'm finally finished, now reading Morgan's MARKET FORCES, i already read Prologue and Chapter 1 of this before, but i'm just now continuing this,, while not as good as the Kovacs books, it still has the same feeling as those books,,

after i finish this, will move on immeadiately to WOKEN FURIES,,

[Abyss]

Tiste Simeon, on 05 August 2013 - 11:53 PM, said:

At this moment I have no fnarking clue where the second book is going to go. Nearly 75% through & only stopping cos its so fallumping late...

Oh Tiste.... You poor bastard... You have no idea what you're in for. I envy you for what HD is about to fire into your brain, and then what BoT is going to do in the open wound.

[Baco Xtath]

Abyss, on 06 August 2013 - 03:45 AM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 05 August 2013 - 11:53 PM, said:

At this moment I have no fnarking clue where the second book is going to go. Nearly 75% through & only stopping cos its so fallumping late...

You're slipping, Abyss. Let me fix that for you.
Oh, fuck me, Tiste.... You poor fucking bastard... You have no fucking idea what the fuck you're in for. I fucking envy you for what HD is about to fire into your fucking brain, and then what BoT is going to do in the open fucking wound. Like being skull fucked by a giant wearing a condom made of fucking razors.

[Abyss]

Baco Xtath, on 06 August 2013 - 04:12 PM, said:

Abyss, on 06 August 2013 - 03:45 AM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 05 August 2013 - 11:53 PM, said:

At this moment I have no fnarking clue where the second book is going to go. Nearly 75% through & only stopping cos its so fallumping late...

You're slipping, Abyss. Let me fix that for you.
Oh, fuck me, Tiste.... You poor fucking bastard... You have no fucking idea what the fuck you're in for. I fucking envy you for what HD is about to fire into your fucking brain, and then what BoT is going to do in the open fucking wound. Like being skull fucked by a giant wearing a condom made of fucking razors.

i thought a more subtle approach to the imagery was effective, but there is something to be said for the blunt instrument side of things.

fuck.

[Tiste Simeon]

Well shave my nipples off with a blunt spoon that book was outstanding. Onto Blade of Tyshalle now!

[Abyss]

Tiste Simeon, on 06 August 2013 - 04:37 PM, said:

Well shave my nipples off with a blunt spoon that book was outstanding. Onto Blade of Tyshalle now!

Oh, now you're in for it.... mwa hah fucking haaa....


- Abyss, loves this part...

[JPK]

Finished The Summer Tree last night. When you guys were mentioning that this wasn't his typical work, are you saying it's of a different vein then usual, or that it's weaker than his usual? Cause I fell in love with this book. Very very well written to the point that I caught myself rereading sentences to let the beauty of them sink into my thinkymeats.

Anyways, as mentioned upthread, onward towards The Hobbit!

[Abyss]

The Incredible Kitsu, on 06 August 2013 - 06:27 PM, said:

Finished The Summer Tree last night. When you guys were mentioning that this wasn't his typical work, are you saying it's of a different vein then usual, or that it's weaker than his usual? Cause I fell in love with this book. Very very well written to the point that I caught myself rereading sentences to let the beauty of them sink into my thinkymeats.
...

In the sense that most of his later books take place in fully realized worlds without the 'people from our world are displaced to a world of our own legends' elements. FIONAVAR relies heavily on Aurthorian, Norse and Celtic myths among other things. In later books GGK gets far more clever.

Not to take anything away from FIONAVAR, which i enjoyed, but i thought his later stuff was better for the additional originality.

[JPK]

Abyss, on 06 August 2013 - 06:35 PM, said:

The Incredible Kitsu, on 06 August 2013 - 06:27 PM, said:

Finished The Summer Tree last night. When you guys were mentioning that this wasn't his typical work, are you saying it's of a different vein then usual, or that it's weaker than his usual? Cause I fell in love with this book. Very very well written to the point that I caught myself rereading sentences to let the beauty of them sink into my thinkymeats.
...

In the sense that most of his later books take place in fully realized worlds without the 'people from our world are displaced to a world of our own legends' elements. FIONAVAR relies heavily on Aurthorian, Norse and Celtic myths among other things. In later books GGK gets far more clever.

Not to take anything away from FIONAVAR, which i enjoyed, but i thought his later stuff was better for the additional originality.

That makes a lot of sense to me. Thus far FIONAVAR has been reminding me of a much better written SONG OF ALBION by Lawhead. To me, it was very very apparent how much inspiration he had taken from FIONAVAR. I will be looking forward to more GGK in my future.

[Ukjent]

Found out that I owned Ysabel by GGK, a few pages in and I don't know.Is it worth continuing?

[amphibian]

Graablick, on 06 August 2013 - 08:50 PM, said:

Found out that I owned Ysabel by GGK, a few pages in and I don't know.Is it worth continuing?

No. It is quite possibly the worst book written by an SF author with actual talent in quite some time.

[Baco Xtath]

Graablick, on 06 August 2013 - 08:50 PM, said:

Found out that I owned Ysabel by GGK, a few pages in and I don't know.Is it worth continuing?

I went audio on Ysabel and gave up 3hrs in. Thought it was no good, narrator and plot wise. I'd say that it's his worst/weakest novel.

[Ukjent]

Thanks, then I'm out.

[Abyss]

Am stalling out a bit with RIYRIA bk5... sidetracked on some comics and other stuff, and with KING and EMPEROR of THORNS both sitting there taunting me...

Baco Xtath, on 07 August 2013 - 01:58 AM, said:

Graablick, on 06 August 2013 - 08:50 PM, said:

Found out that I owned Ysabel by GGK, a few pages in and I don't know.Is it worth continuing?

I went audio on Ysabel and gave up 3hrs in. Thought it was no good, narrator and plot wise. I'd say that it's his worst/weakest novel.

Graablick, on 07 August 2013 - 06:38 AM, said:

Thanks, then I'm out.

if you've read FIONAVAR it serves as a sort of distant epilogue, but YSABEL is one of those rare books where I literally (pun intended) know of no one who liked it, including many near fanatic GGK fans who even enjoyed TIGANA.





- Abyss, may have been baiting with that last comment...

[polishgenius]

Abyss, on 07 August 2013 - 02:07 PM, said:

and with KING and EMPEROR of THORNS both sitting there taunting me...

Oh, just fucking read them already, you Tigana-hating heretic.

[MTS]

I remember having to struggle to get through Ysabel, but I did in the end, if only out of loyalty.

Anyway, right now I'm reading two books, Ship of Rome by John Stack and The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow by A.J. Mackinnon. The first I picked up because as someone who studies Rome a book of historical fiction that focuses on their navy is actually quite refreshing from a historical point of view, as their legions or politics often take the main focus (I may or may not have written a thesis on the topic as well... ). The second is a truly hilarious travel book from my old English teacher who rowed a dinghy from North Wales to the Black Sea and wrote a book about it. I'm only about halfway through it at the moment but I would recommend it to anybody who is looking for a funny and engaging read. Might be a bit difficult for people to get outside of Australia though.

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 07 August 2013 - 02:07 PM, said:

Am stalling out a bit with RIYRIA bk5...

It's actually going to be a good idea to take a few books of time off before reading the 6th book. It will be all the more affecting after a break.

Just my humble opinion as someone who had to wait for PERCEPLIQUIS a few months...the wait did me good to allow my brainsicles to relax out of the world a while.