[Baco Xtath]

Abyss, on 31 January 2017 - 04:52 PM, said:

Anyone done Reynolds in earbook?
Any good?

I've read and listened to every one of Reynolds's books with the exception of Doctor Who. John Lee is the narrator and he does a fantastic job. Personally, there's not a Reynolds book that I dislike. Also, looks like there's a new one on the way:

Revenger

A superb science fiction adventure set in the rubble of a ruined universe, this is a deep space heist story of kidnap, betrayal, alien artifacts, and revenge.

The galaxy has seen great empires rise and fall. Planets have shattered and been remade. Among the ruins of alien civilizations, building our own from the rubble, humanity still thrives.

And there are vast fortunes to be made, if you know where to find them....

Captain Rackamore and his crew do. It's their business to find the tiny, enigmatic worlds that have been hidden away, booby-trapped, surrounded by layers of protection - and to crack them open for the ancient relics and barely remembered technologies inside. But while they ply their risky trade with integrity, not everyone is so scrupulous.

Adrana and Fura Ness are the newest members of Rackamore's crew, signed on to save their family from bankruptcy. Only Rackamore has enemies, and there might be more waiting for them in space than adventure and fortune: the fabled and feared Bosa Sennen in particular.

Revenger is a science fiction adventure story set in the rubble of our solar system in the dark, distant future - a tale of space pirates, buried treasure, and phantom weapons, of unspeakable hazards and single-minded heroism...and of vengeance.

This post has been edited by Baco Xtath: 01 February 2017 - 01:31 PM

[Baco Xtath]

Andorion, on 01 February 2017 - 05:35 AM, said:

Chance, on 01 February 2017 - 05:24 AM, said:

Abyss, on 31 January 2017 - 04:52 PM, said:

Anyone done Reynolds in earbook?
Any good?

His Poseidon's Children books are pretty damn good in that format.

I wouldn't recommend it for Revelation Space series...but then I would never recommend it in any form for the atrocity that is Redemption Ark.

Chiming in to say that the Poseidon books are somewhat different from stock Reynolds - the darkness is dialled down a notch, the theme is different, but the books are an exercise in expanding scale and scope. I really enjoyed reading them.

Poseidon's Children are really special to me. There's so much to them that I love. And, the narrator of the first is one of my favorites.

[polishgenius]

Baco Xtath, on 01 February 2017 - 01:31 PM, said:

I've read and listened to every one of Reynolds's books with the exception of Doctor Who. John Lee is the narrator and he does a fantastic job. Personally, there's not a Reynolds book that I dislike. Also, looks like there's a new one on the way:

Revenger came out six months ago, dude. Unless you mean it's on the way in earbook.

Anyways, I read it, it's very good. Who doesn't like Space Pirates?

[Andorion]

polishgenius, on 01 February 2017 - 05:09 PM, said:

Baco Xtath, on 01 February 2017 - 01:31 PM, said:

I've read and listened to every one of Reynolds's books with the exception of Doctor Who. John Lee is the narrator and he does a fantastic job. Personally, there's not a Reynolds book that I dislike. Also, looks like there's a new one on the way:

Revenger came out six months ago, dude. Unless you mean it's on the way in earbook.

Anyways, I read it, it's very good. Who doesn't like Space Pirates?

Has anyone read Reynold's Merlin short fiction?

[QuickTidal]

About 1/4 into SAINT'S BLOOD, and I run into the same issue I have always had with these books...they are hard to stay completely engrossed in. I find my brain wandering and I skim....also I'd always thought this was a trilogy and this was the end...turns out it's now a Quartet and the final book comes out in May. Sigh. Anyways. It's fine, it's just not holding my attention all that well.

[Baco Xtath]

polishgenius, on 01 February 2017 - 05:09 PM, said:

Baco Xtath, on 01 February 2017 - 01:31 PM, said:

I've read and listened to every one of Reynolds's books with the exception of Doctor Who. John Lee is the narrator and he does a fantastic job. Personally, there's not a Reynolds book that I dislike. Also, looks like there's a new one on the way:

Revenger came out six months ago, dude. Unless you mean it's on the way in earbook.

Anyways, I read it, it's very good. Who doesn't like Space Pirates?

I basically only do earbooks now. I don't even check print releases. I only read what's not available through audible and at that it's only maybe 6 books a year. Glad to hear it's good though. I'll pick it up as soon as I can.

[amphibian]

Revenger is a "smaller" story than previous Reynolds books (even the Poseidon's Children series, which started fairly small, then got big). Doesn't mean it's bad. It's different. I liked it and I think he's got room to expand the series fairly far.

[Tiste Simeon]

Finished the 2nd Troy book. Pretty intense ending, I hope for a few things in book 3:

Hektor vs Achilles 2: Electric Boogaloo
Helikaon in mad kill spree across the med
Odysseus takes out Agamemnon in surprise twist, coming out of nowhere with a STEEL CHAIR!
Andromache knees Priam in the plums.

[Macros]

I told you that you would like it.

Didn't I

DIDNT I??

[Mentalist]

My reading got dark.

Hunt's second volume is bleaker than FoD. It's kinda unexpected, as he went all 19th century British lit themes for the main storyline. It's good, but the tone shift is jarring, and the whole thing sounds a lot more hopeless than book 1 (and that one was mostly focused on a group of young people taken as slaves, ffs!) Hunt is not really hammering home the "civilization can be more cruel than outright savagery/slavery" point, and wow. It's bleak. Doesn't help that there's also

Spoiler

king Owen. Who sounds "too good to live" right now. Meaning he'll probably die soon

Meanwhile, 350 pages into "Mirror Empire" , and there's an underlying sense of doom and gloom, but nothing clear yet. And the plot is doing weird things, and kind of meanders, but not really.
But yeah, one of the last things I read was

Spoiler

lilia getting a young girl killed by portal after taking her hostage

and honestly, WTF???

Digging the setting, though. And totally grabbing book 2 tomorrow.

[QuickTidal]

Stalled out on SAINT'S BLOOD by de Castell...will come back to it.

in a rush and not knowing what I was in the mood for this morning, I grabbed FULGRIM by Graham Macneill. You know, I'm not fond of this story trope they've done for the Horus series so far where each book overlaps a large portion of the previous book(s). The bits of this one that take place at the same time or even BEFORE the Heresy stuff on Istvan III...bother the shit out of me. I'm not in the mood for this I think...

will need to grab something else from the pile tonight I think.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 02 February 2017 - 03:34 PM

[Andorion]

Made progress in Fugitive Prince. This is quite a dark book!

Also some progress in Bleak House. Everything is far too happy for this to be a Dickens book.

[Mentalist]

Andorion, on 02 February 2017 - 04:56 PM, said:

Made progress in Fugitive Prince. This is quite a dark book!

Also some progress in Bleak House. Everything is far too happy for this to be a Dickens book.

I need to get on that, but I really need to read smth lighter first.

[polishgenius]

I've done (most of) a re-read of Karen Lord's Redemption in Indigo today, which means I can conveniently recommend it to anyone looking for a lighter read right now. It's probably not for everyone- it's one of those books where the narrator is very strongly a voice in its own right which isn't generally that fashionable now- and it's not long (about 200 pages) but it's really excellent. It is apparently a retelling/expansion of a Senegalese folktale. It's a joy to read.


Although QT might also remember that every time I see him wondering what he should pick up next, I'm going to bother him about Nick Harkaway's The Gone-Away World (I think I said that once). (Imagine how disappointed I'll be if you eventually read it and don't like it).

[Andorion]

polishgenius, on 02 February 2017 - 05:55 PM, said:

I've done (most of) a re-read of Karen Lord's Redemption in Indigo today, which means I can conveniently recommend it to anyone looking for a lighter read right now. It's probably not for everyone- it's one of those books where the narrator is very strongly a voice in its own right which isn't generally that fashionable now- and it's not long (about 200 pages) but it's really excellent. It is apparently a retelling/expansion of a Senegalese folktale. It's a joy to read.


Although QT might also remember that every time I see him wondering what he should pick up next, I'm going to bother him about Nick Harkaway's The Gone-Away World (I think I said that once). (Imagine how disappointed I'll be if you eventually read it and don't like it).

I read Karen Lord last year. A very enjoyable quirky little book.

[Andorion]

QuickTidal, on 02 February 2017 - 03:34 PM, said:

Stalled out on SAINT'S BLOOD by de Castell...will come back to it.

in a rush and not knowing what I was in the mood for this morning, I grabbed FULGRIM by Graham Macneill. You know, I'm not fond of this story trope they've done for the Horus series so far where each book overlaps a large portion of the previous book(s). The bits of this one that take place at the same time or even BEFORE the Heresy stuff on Istvan III...bother the shit out of me. I'm not in the mood for this I think...

will need to grab something else from the pile tonight I think.

QT, give Iron Ship and City of Ice by KM Mckinley a shot. Very enjoyable industrial fantasy.

Also if you have not read Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time definitely read it. SE commented very favourably about it recently.

[polishgenius]

I was surprised by quite how much I enjoyed Children of Time, given I stalled out of Shadows of the Apt three books in.

[QuickTidal]

Andorion, on 02 February 2017 - 06:02 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 02 February 2017 - 03:34 PM, said:

Stalled out on SAINT'S BLOOD by de Castell...will come back to it.

in a rush and not knowing what I was in the mood for this morning, I grabbed FULGRIM by Graham Macneill. You know, I'm not fond of this story trope they've done for the Horus series so far where each book overlaps a large portion of the previous book(s). The bits of this one that take place at the same time or even BEFORE the Heresy stuff on Istvan III...bother the shit out of me. I'm not in the mood for this I think...

will need to grab something else from the pile tonight I think.

QT, give Iron Ship and City of Ice by KM Mckinley a shot. Very enjoyable industrial fantasy.

Also if you have not read Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time definitely read it. SE commented very favourably about it recently.

polishgenius, on 02 February 2017 - 06:10 PM, said:

I was surprised by quite how much I enjoyed Children of Time, given I stalled out of Shadows of the Apt three books in.

Oh really?

Hmmmm...you know if I like it, this would be another rPG/QT Stamp of Approval book.

I'll look into it guys!

[Tiste Simeon]

Macros, on 02 February 2017 - 07:52 AM, said:

I told you that you would like it.

Didn't I

DIDNT I??

Indeed. And you were right!

[Tiste Simeon]

Tiste Simeon, on 02 February 2017 - 07:08 AM, said:

Finished the 2nd Troy book. Pretty intense ending, I hope for a few things in book 3:

Hektor vs Achilles 2: Electric Boogaloo
Helikaon in mad kill spree across the med
Odysseus takes out Agamemnon in surprise twist, coming out of nowhere with a STEEL CHAIR!
Andromache knees Priam in the plums.

Well one of these has already began in the prologue! Good times!