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#14501 HiddenOne

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Posted 03 December 2014 - 02:16 PM

Briar King, on 02 December 2014 - 09:16 PM, said:

What's a good starting point for 40K?

I don't know about the whole universe, but I really liked Space Wolf series by William King (who also writes Felix & Gotrek novels which I highly recommend)

Here's a link for reference

http://www.amazon.co...ds=William+King

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Posted 03 December 2014 - 02:20 PM

Briar King, on 03 December 2014 - 02:21 AM, said:

Damn I'm looking up bk1 and they have them from $1.20-$333!!!!

http://www.amazon.co...only+dan+abnett

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#14503 Salt-Man Z

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Posted 03 December 2014 - 04:10 PM

I'm currently stuck on Hideyuki Kikuchi's 2nd Vampire Hunter D novel. I thought the first was pretty poor, but it picked up at the end, and I figured I'd give the second a shot. I read the first chapter or so, and...haven't worked up the willpower to pick it up in 2 weeks, now.

Meanwhile, it's December, so it's also time for me to dig back into The Book of the New Sun again. Dug it out of my shelves last night (I literally have to dig, since all my shelves are at least double-stacked) and now it beckons from my nightstand. The best part is, when I pulled it out, I discovered a bookmark I thought I had lost, but had just left it inside TBotNS.

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#14504 amphibian

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Posted 03 December 2014 - 06:09 PM

D, on 02 December 2014 - 09:42 PM, said:

Finished Rushdie's The Satanic Verses in the past couple of days. Inconsistent but very good when it is good (the sections on Mecca/Jahiliya are especially good/hilariously blasphemous.

I think Rushdie's best book is Shalimar the Clown. I've read just about everything he has ever put out and that stands out even beyond Midnight's Children.

Satanic Verses is somewhere in the middle of the pack.

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#14505 Macros

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Posted 03 December 2014 - 07:36 PM

Reading Django Wexlers The Thousand Names, about the halfway mark, its good enough to keep.me going anyway, will see how I feel at the end

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#14506 D'iversify

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Posted 03 December 2014 - 08:46 PM

amphibian, on 03 December 2014 - 06:09 PM, said:

D, on 02 December 2014 - 09:42 PM, said:

Finished Rushdie's The Satanic Verses in the past couple of days. Inconsistent but very good when it is good (the sections on Mecca/Jahiliya are especially good/hilariously blasphemous.

I've only read Midnight's Children aside from the Verses. Thanks for the recommendation of Shalimar. Any of Rushdie's I should avoid?

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Posted 03 December 2014 - 10:19 PM

D, on 03 December 2014 - 08:46 PM, said:

I've only read Midnight's Children aside from the Verses. Thanks for the recommendation of Shalimar. Any of Rushdie's I should avoid?

Fury, The Enchantress of Florence and his memoir Joseph Anton aren't good. They're ok reads, but the time spent reading them is probably best spent elsewhere.

His memoir was frustrating because he doesn't turn the full glare of his authorial lens upon himself; he'll tell funny stories or moderate mistakes he's made in terms of evading the fatwa-driven assassins/writing/public life, but he won't really discuss the big screw-ups, his marriages (all four of which didn't end well) don't feature much, and so on.

It's more of an examination of how the world interacted with him, rather than how he interacted with people or the world at large. I realize that there's some value to not laying out all of one's private business before the public in a book, but honestly, he's had a very tumultuous life and it's not entirely because other people made it so. He's driving the car more often than not.

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#14508 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 04 December 2014 - 11:05 AM

Finished Black as Snow. It was fairly naff and poorly executed but it was still a semi decent page turner. Won't read again but it was a quick diversion.

Am going to read the Night Angel trilogy by Brent Weeks as I figure having been Brent Weeks on here for a month or so I owe him that. :The Force:

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#14509 Macros

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Posted 04 December 2014 - 04:20 PM

Finished the thousand names by Wexler.

fast pace kept me turning the pages, enjoyable fare, be interesting to see where the next novel goes, does it delve into intrigue or stay with fast paced action?
will find out soon, starting it once my phone is charged

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Posted 04 December 2014 - 05:14 PM

Macros, on 04 December 2014 - 04:20 PM, said:

Second book introduces lots of new stuff. There's intrigue.. yes but action doens't let up. It helps if you have a working knowledge of the French Revolution as Wexler is incorporating some of those elements into the story

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Posted 04 December 2014 - 07:55 PM

Rajanieni's CAUSAL ANGEL... I'm really into it but by the end of a chapter my brain is fried.

I think I need a parallel read...

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#14512 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 05 December 2014 - 01:01 PM

Night Angel started well! I'm loving Blint (well hard assassins are just cool!) and I'm hoping Azoth stops being whiny soon. I have all 3 so I'm in for the time being.

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#14513 QuickTidal

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Posted 05 December 2014 - 01:50 PM

Tried FIRST MAN IN ROME and found it terribly slow...so perhaps I'm not in the mood for it just now. I've put it down for later.

Moved onto the 4th Kate Daniels MAGIC BLEEDS by Ilona Andrews. Already 100 pages in and loving it. If I've not said it before, no word of a lie this is as close as an Urban fantasy author has come to matching Dresden for world, style and pacing. Really excellent stuff.

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Posted 05 December 2014 - 02:28 PM

QuickTidal, on 05 December 2014 - 01:50 PM, said:

Did you like the "Dark Poodle of Doom"??

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Posted 05 December 2014 - 02:32 PM

Andorion, on 05 December 2014 - 02:28 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 05 December 2014 - 01:50 PM, said:

Did you like the "Dark Poodle of Doom"??

I LOLed at that... and the following exchange:

Kate: Describe the event at the Casino.

Ghastek's Vampire: At 6:08AM two men wearing ragged trenchoats entered the casino. The shorter of the men burst into flames.

Kate: He burst into flames?

Ghastek's Vampire: He became engulfed in fire.

Kate: Was his buddy made out of orange rocks and at some point yell "It's clobberin' time?"

Ghastek's Vampire: I find your attempted levity inappropriate Kate.

....

HAHA!

Like I seriously LOLed on the bus.

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Posted 05 December 2014 - 03:00 PM

QuickTidal, on 05 December 2014 - 02:32 PM, said:

Andorion, on 05 December 2014 - 02:28 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 05 December 2014 - 01:50 PM, said:

Did you like the "Dark Poodle of Doom"??

Some of my favourite series moments are in this book. One in the middle, and a couple at the end.

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Posted 05 December 2014 - 03:23 PM

QuickTidal, on 05 December 2014 - 01:50 PM, said:

Tried FIRST MAN IN ROME and found it terribly slow...so perhaps I'm not in the mood for it just now. I've put it down for later

Yeah me too. Of course, that was 25 yrs ago....so i figure i'll pick it back up any second now!

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Posted 05 December 2014 - 04:39 PM

Blood and Bone now.

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#14519 HiddenOne

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Posted 05 December 2014 - 08:13 PM

Finally finished "Wise Man's Fear" last night. It was better than the 1st of the series, more action I think. I will read the next one if I get a chance.

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Posted 05 December 2014 - 08:14 PM

QuickTidal, on 05 December 2014 - 01:50 PM, said:

Moved onto the 4th Kate Daniels MAGIC BLEEDS by Ilona Andrews. Already 100 pages in and loving it. If I've not said it before, no word of a lie this is as close as an Urban fantasy author has come to matching Dresden for world, style and pacing. Really excellent stuff.

Totally agree on the Kate Daniels series coming as close as possible to matching Dresden! Dresden will always be my favorite urban fantasy series, but the Kate Daniels books are so soooo entertaining! I read all the books in one week, I couldn't stop. Very addictive.
Btw, the short stories are good too, especially those about Jim & Dali (Magic Dreams (KD #4,5) & Magic Steals (KD #6,5)).