[Salt-Man Z]

Finished The Tainted City and liked it a lot more the second time. Looking forward to seeing how Schafer wraps things up in Labyrinth of Flame.

Also currently ebooking Guy Haley's Champion of Mars. It was on sale on Amazon, and looked intriguing, so I bought it, and only later realized it had already been on my LibraryThing wishlist! It alternates chapters between (very) early Mars colonization roughly 100 years from now, and (presumably) the final fall of Mars 50,000 years in the future. And it's really good so far.

[polishgenius]

Andorion, on 17 August 2016 - 04:33 PM, said:

Whisperzzzzzzz, on 17 August 2016 - 01:38 PM, said:

Finished A Fire Upon The Deep, starting A Deepness In The Sky. I've got a tinge of the Vinge!

Also, the OnOff Star reminds me of this mysterious real star, which goes through a repeated dimming cycle: https://en.m.wikiped...iki/KIC_8462852

I liked Deepness even more than Fire Upon the Deep.

It's much better, and I liked 'Fire' a lot.

[Salt-Man Z]

Started reading Blake Crouch's Dark Matter last night and, uh, I couldn't put it down. I mean, I did, but only after reading the first half (160 pages) at 1:30 in the morning.

[polishgenius]

Reading the Obelisk Gate, second in the Broken Earth trilogy by NK Jemisin, which came out today. I nearly missed three separate bus and train stops on the way home.

[JPK]

polishgenius, on 18 August 2016 - 05:54 PM, said:

Reading the Obelisk Gate, second in the Broken Earth trilogy by NK Jemisin, which came out today. I nearly missed three separate bus and train stops on the way home.

That came out today? Ooo.

[worry]

Oh yeah, awesome, I'm snagging that immediately.

[Chance]

Briar King, on 18 August 2016 - 09:41 PM, said:

Ugh!!!!! I know why it's in here and why it's so important to the story up to this point but I'm tearing my hair out on Safehold 4 with the Church/priest/etc pov. BORING!!! I wish the font in this huge HC brick wasn't so small. It's taking me xtra long to slog through a page of boringness upon boringness.

The church stuff is boring for about 6 books or so, after that it can be really awsome now and then and good most of the rest of the time.


Currently reading Servant of the Underworld since I've been hearing a lot of good about the author, not decided yet but just the setting will probably make it worth the read. Also recently finished The Waking Fire by Anthony Ryan I found it an easy 4/5 in some ways it reminded me a lot of similiar quasi steampunk books recently and also about some of the better parts of mistborn to it but Ryan certainly does his own thing with it also the reader of the audiobook is very good.

This post has been edited by Chance: 18 August 2016 - 10:02 PM

[Chance]

Briar King, on 18 August 2016 - 10:05 PM, said:

Did you find bk 4 to be the worst? It's got lowest rating of em all on Amazon and after 129 grueling boring pgs I can relate it to that easy.

The middle books kind of float together in my mind but the series certainly takes a dip downwards somewhere around book 4 to get a lot stronger gradually from 6 and onwards. Like a Mighty Army and Hells Foundation Quiver are certainly among if not the best books in the series.

[Slow Ben]

Finished Ghost Story, on to Cold Days.

Roll on Dresden Re-read!

[Andorion]

Briar King, on 19 August 2016 - 12:49 AM, said:

Chance, on 18 August 2016 - 11:05 PM, said:

Briar King, on 18 August 2016 - 10:05 PM, said:

Did you find bk 4 to be the worst? It's got lowest rating of em all on Amazon and after 129 grueling boring pgs I can relate it to that easy.

The middle books kind of float together in my mind but the series certainly takes a dip downwards somewhere around book 4 to get a lot stronger gradually from 6 and onwards. Like a Mighty Army and Hells Foundation Quiver are certainly among if not the best books in the series.

Ok good to hear cause no joke this one chapter from pg 125-136 took me about 4 hrs to read lol 2 priests talking to each other. Yikes. I'd start read 3 paragraphs and stop, start read a page stop, repeat for a total of 11 pgs

I really have to get back to Safehold. Maybe after I finish my current one...

[Andorion]

Finished Stina Leicht's Cold Iron. Nice little military fantasy. Wondering what to read next.

Has anyone here read Catherynne M Valente's Deathless?

[QuickTidal]

Andorion, on 19 August 2016 - 12:45 PM, said:

Has anyone here read Catherynne M Valente's Deathless?

She's on my Won't-Read list due to her online personality. She also seems to think she's bloody Neil Gaiman....but she's not even close (though I've only read one book of hers, but it was horrible).

[Andorion]

QuickTidal, on 19 August 2016 - 12:54 PM, said:

Andorion, on 19 August 2016 - 12:45 PM, said:

Has anyone here read Catherynne M Valente's Deathless?

She's on my Won't-Read list due to her online personality. She also seems to think she's bloody Neil Gaiman....but she's not even close (though I've only read one book of hers, but it was horrible).

Online personality? I don't really follow authors online, so no clue about that.

[QuickTidal]

Andorion, on 19 August 2016 - 01:18 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 19 August 2016 - 12:54 PM, said:

Andorion, on 19 August 2016 - 12:45 PM, said:

Has anyone here read Catherynne M Valente's Deathless?

She's on my Won't-Read list due to her online personality. She also seems to think she's bloody Neil Gaiman....but she's not even close (though I've only read one book of hers, but it was horrible).

Online personality? I don't really follow authors online, so no clue about that.

I no longer follow many authors online either (partially because it ruined a few authors I liked when I was following them). Sufficed to say via her blog and twitter account she rubbed me the wrong way multiple times, enough to swear me off buying her work...luckily I hadn't enjoyed her book that I read anyways.

[Andorion]

QuickTidal, on 19 August 2016 - 01:32 PM, said:

Andorion, on 19 August 2016 - 01:18 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 19 August 2016 - 12:54 PM, said:

Andorion, on 19 August 2016 - 12:45 PM, said:

Has anyone here read Catherynne M Valente's Deathless?

She's on my Won't-Read list due to her online personality. She also seems to think she's bloody Neil Gaiman....but she's not even close (though I've only read one book of hers, but it was horrible).

Online personality? I don't really follow authors online, so no clue about that.

I no longer follow many authors online either (partially because it ruined a few authors I liked when I was following them). Sufficed to say via her blog and twitter account she rubbed me the wrong way multiple times, enough to swear me off buying her work...luckily I hadn't enjoyed her book that I read anyways.

Hmm which one did you read QT? I am not going for something I am unsure about.

I already have Guns of the Dawn, Waking Fire, Guns of Empire, 4 Roads Cross and No Good Dragon Goes unpunished on my immediate TBR

[Macros]

Didn't know the next Django Wexler book was out. But £19 in hardback?
Fuck that

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

QuickTidal, on 19 August 2016 - 01:32 PM, said:

Andorion, on 19 August 2016 - 01:18 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 19 August 2016 - 12:54 PM, said:

Andorion, on 19 August 2016 - 12:45 PM, said:

Has anyone here read Catherynne M Valente's Deathless?

She's on my Won't-Read list due to her online personality. She also seems to think she's bloody Neil Gaiman....but she's not even close (though I've only read one book of hers, but it was horrible).

Online personality? I don't really follow authors online, so no clue about that.

I no longer follow many authors online either (partially because it ruined a few authors I liked when I was following them). Sufficed to say via her blog and twitter account she rubbed me the wrong way multiple times, enough to swear me off buying her work...luckily I hadn't enjoyed her book that I read anyways.

This is why I just assume all books are written by orphaned children who live in Santa's workshop.

[QuickTidal]

Andorion, on 19 August 2016 - 01:36 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 19 August 2016 - 01:32 PM, said:

Andorion, on 19 August 2016 - 01:18 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 19 August 2016 - 12:54 PM, said:

Andorion, on 19 August 2016 - 12:45 PM, said:

Has anyone here read Catherynne M Valente's Deathless?

She's on my Won't-Read list due to her online personality. She also seems to think she's bloody Neil Gaiman....but she's not even close (though I've only read one book of hers, but it was horrible).

Online personality? I don't really follow authors online, so no clue about that.

I no longer follow many authors online either (partially because it ruined a few authors I liked when I was following them). Sufficed to say via her blog and twitter account she rubbed me the wrong way multiple times, enough to swear me off buying her work...luckily I hadn't enjoyed her book that I read anyways.

Hmm which one did you read QT? I am not going for something I am unsure about.

I already have Guns of the Dawn, Waking Fire, Guns of Empire, 4 Roads Cross and No Good Dragon Goes unpunished on my immediate TBR

It was one of her "Circumnavigated fairyland" series, so not Deathless. I'm not sure if anyone here has read Deathless (possibly PolishGenius?).

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 19 August 2016 - 02:00 PM

[Andorion]

QuickTidal, on 19 August 2016 - 01:59 PM, said:

Andorion, on 19 August 2016 - 01:36 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 19 August 2016 - 01:32 PM, said:

Andorion, on 19 August 2016 - 01:18 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 19 August 2016 - 12:54 PM, said:

Andorion, on 19 August 2016 - 12:45 PM, said:

Has anyone here read Catherynne M Valente's Deathless?

She's on my Won't-Read list due to her online personality. She also seems to think she's bloody Neil Gaiman....but she's not even close (though I've only read one book of hers, but it was horrible).

Online personality? I don't really follow authors online, so no clue about that.

I no longer follow many authors online either (partially because it ruined a few authors I liked when I was following them). Sufficed to say via her blog and twitter account she rubbed me the wrong way multiple times, enough to swear me off buying her work...luckily I hadn't enjoyed her book that I read anyways.

Hmm which one did you read QT? I am not going for something I am unsure about.

I already have Guns of the Dawn, Waking Fire, Guns of Empire, 4 Roads Cross and No Good Dragon Goes unpunished on my immediate TBR

It was one of her "Circumnavigated fairyland" series, so not Deathless. I'm not sure if anyone here has read Deathless (possibly PolishGenius?).

You know those fairyland book blurbs always did give me a Gaimanish vibe. But Gaiman style is very tough to pull off

[Macros]

About 100 pages into City of Stairs.

Its ok, but does the overarching background theme change at all or is the whole novel just a thinly veiled dig at islam and its " outmoded, narrow minded way of life". You could change the window dressing but so far this reads like AMERICA FUCK YEAH!!! GONNA SHOW THESE SILLY RELIGIOUS MADMEN THAT CAPITALISM RAWKS, AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!!!

Exchanging You ess and A with an indian (possibly) generic physical make up


Eta - try reading it and imagining the restorationists as al queada. The party scene makes that very easy.

This post has been edited by Macros: 19 August 2016 - 02:14 PM