[EmperorMagus]

You people are all making me want to reread WoT. I've already done that like four times.

Don't worry, I skim most of the braid wringing on rereads.

[Macros]

ah so it's only 7 books long for you then?

[Tiste Simeon]

Morgoth, on 02 December 2016 - 11:03 AM, said:

EmperorMagus, on 01 December 2016 - 05:19 AM, said:

Use of Weapons.

10% in. I didn't expect it to be this good.

My favourite Sci Fi, and probably the only sci fi book to live safely in my top ten of best literary experiences.

Yes, it is likely my favourite sci fi book ever too. Trying to think of any that drew me in so efficiently and kept me going all the way, and I can't think of any, even other Banks stuff...

[Andorion]

Started reading CJ Cherryh's Foreigner. This is my first step of a long term goal to get a more complete idea of her huge bibiliography. I aim to tackle her Company Wars series as well.

Also started on the Warrior Prophet by Bakker

[Abyss]

EmperorMagus, on 03 December 2016 - 07:00 AM, said:

You people are all making me want to reread WoT. I've already done that like four times.

Don't worry, I skim most of the braid wringing on rereads.

Macros, on 03 December 2016 - 10:37 AM, said:

ah so it's only 7 books long for you then?

Skip the skirt smoothing, descriptions of skirts, well turned calves, and 75% of Perrin's whining, and you get it down to five.

[End of Disc One]

That's the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. I'm not sure which I'll read first, that or Dreamblood. I just don't want to read her best work first.

[Puck]

Dreamblood isn't her best from what I hear. I read it and it was good enough, but not good enough to make me read more. However, people here lover her stuff, so I'm assuming the other series' are better.

[polishgenius]

Well, the latest series is unequivocally her best so far, so yeah, start with one of the old ones.

I prefer Hundred Thousand Kingdoms overall, but it should be approached with the caveat that the first book is weaker than the others: while it has brilliance it also has annoyances that the later two books mostly do drop. It gets better book-by-book.
Dreamblood is solid but it seems to lack the imaginative flair the other two have.

[worry]

Personally I loved Dreamblood almost as much as her other work, but I suppose I would say the second book is so good that it offsets the first book's faults (notably a Mistborn-like fixation on its own magic system -- though Jemisin is such a great writer that the good stuff is still great, and her characters are always grounded in their reality).

[Tiste Simeon]

Finished Mistborn 2 it was a lot slower than the first and I felt some of the political stuff began to grate. But what a magnificent final quarter! Stupendous writing and action sequences.

Started the third and it's already gripping me.

[worry]

The third one is luckily the best one...all the wonkery of the first one and the machinations of the second one really do pay off, in a fairly impressive "all the details mattered" kind of way.

[QuickTidal]

death rattle, on 03 December 2016 - 11:47 PM, said:

The third one is luckily the best one...all the wonkery of the first one and the machinations of the second one really do pay off, in a fairly impressive "all the details mattered" kind of way.

This!

[EmperorMagus]

Jesus Christ I kinda did see that coming but totally did not expect it the way it happened.

Use of Weapons is great, I wouldn't call it one of the greatest but it totally outdid my expectations.

"The Chairmaker" ...
Christ.

This post has been edited by EmperorMagus: 04 December 2016 - 04:23 AM

[Tiste Simeon]

EmperorMagus, on 04 December 2016 - 04:23 AM, said:

Jesus Christ I kinda did see that coming but totally did not expect it the way it happened.

Use of Weapons is great, I wouldn't call it one of the greatest but it totally outdid my expectations.

"The Chairmaker" ...
Christ.

Hah. Yeah that's some finish. I was reading it late at night when I went to visit my parents the first time round of reading it and I had to stifle the scream that nearly passed my lips so I didn't wake everyone up.

[EmperorMagus]

Tiste Simeon, on 04 December 2016 - 08:28 AM, said:

EmperorMagus, on 04 December 2016 - 04:23 AM, said:

Jesus Christ I kinda did see that coming but totally did not expect it the way it happened.

Use of Weapons is great, I wouldn't call it one of the greatest but it totally outdid my expectations.

"The Chairmaker" ...
Christ.

Hah. Yeah that's some finish. I was reading it late at night when I went to visit my parents the first time round of reading it and I had to stifle the scream that nearly passed my lips so I didn't wake everyone up.

Like this?

[Tiste Simeon]

Yup, that's pretty much it!

[JPK]

I finally finished Seveneves today. Overall, it wasn't a bad book, but it really did suffer from Stephenson's habit of telling instead of showing that has already been discussed here. I also feel like the blurb was misleading since it mentions that it's a human species disaster survival but the second half of it makes it seem like it's going to open up into a full space opera and it fell sorely short on that front.

I think my favorite thing about the book happened while I was listening while cooking dinner. I played about 45 minutes of it and after I turned it off my wife asked if I was listening to an instruction manual for something...

Next up I'm going back into my comfort zone with a re-listen to Changes. I'm already pumped up for the sheer insanity of this one.

[Andorion]

JPK, on 04 December 2016 - 09:20 PM, said:

I finally finished Seveneves today. Overall, it wasn't a bad book, but it really did suffer from Stephenson's habit of telling instead of showing that has already been discussed here. I also feel like the blurb was misleading since it mentions that it's a human species disaster survival but the second half of it makes it seem like it's going to open up into a full space opera and it fell sorely short on that front.

I think my favorite thing about the book happened while I was listening while cooking dinner. I played about 45 minutes of it and after I turned it off my wife asked if I was listening to an instruction manual for something...

Next up I'm going back into my comfort zone with a re-listen to Changes. I'm already pumped up for the sheer insanity of this one.

I am just starting Seveneves now. I am very curious about it, it seems to be a hugely divisive book

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Bernard Cornwell's The Flamebearer.

Uhtred rides again, fighting the good fight and insulting everyone he meets along the way. If you liked the rest of the Saxon Stories, there's no reason you won't like this one.

This post has been edited by TheRetiredBridgeburner: 05 December 2016 - 07:07 AM

[Macros]

Argh I was going to read it this week but rushed out the door and forgot to lift it