[Abyss]

Andorion, on 24 November 2017 - 01:43 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 24 November 2017 - 01:21 PM, said:

I struggled to get to the end of Part 1 and the first set of interludes in OATHBRINGER...and put it down for now...and picked up DEADHOUSE LANDING.

...and so far I'm more enthralled by merely the prologue and 1st chapter of DHL than I was in the first nearly 400 pages of OATHBRINGER.

Gonna blaze through DHL now.

Like I said, the two books are day and night.

Haven't even glanced at OATH yet since i just just finished rereading large chunks of DHL. Some of that may have been rerereading.

....yes, i liked it THAT much...

[QuickTidal]

champ, on 24 November 2017 - 02:25 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 24 November 2017 - 01:21 PM, said:

I struggled to get to the end of Part 1 and the first set of interludes in OATHBRINGER...and put it down for now...and picked up DEADHOUSE LANDING.

...and so far I'm more enthralled by merely the prologue and 1st chapter of DHL than I was in the first nearly 400 pages of OATHBRINGER.

Gonna blaze through DHL now.

The first book is especially slow going, there is only really one sequence of consequence... The second does pick up but it's frustrating... it starts to ramp up, the pages start turning then you hit the Dalinar early year chapters and it just halts all momentum...

I'm just about to finish the second set of interlude chapters and hoping it picks up from there.

Bolded is spot on.

Yeah, and I want those Dalinar early life chapters to be good, but they just seem to shudder the pace to zero every single time. It's weird. I never got that jarring from the early Kaladin or early Shallan chapters in the previous books...but for whatever reason "The Conquesting Assholery Adventures of Gavilar & Dalinar" is a bust so far.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 24 November 2017 - 03:48 PM

[T77]

Finished DhL, I thought it was very good, possibly ICE's best.

[Mentalist]

Why didn't anyone tell me how awesome The Great Wall of Mars was?

I feel like I'm gonna have to re-read the Revelation Space sequence next year now.

[QuickTidal]

Mentalist, on 24 November 2017 - 04:18 PM, said:

Why didn't anyone tell me how awesome The Great Wall of Mars was?

I feel like I'm gonna have to re-read the Revelation Space sequence next year now.

I have mentioned more than once that this is hands down my FAVOURITE single piece of Reynolds writing, and it's certainly his best and most readable short story.

So, I told you Ment!

[Puck]

Salt-Man Z, on 18 September 2017 - 10:03 PM, said:

Puck, on 18 September 2017 - 06:29 PM, said:

I'm halfway through Ricardo Pinto's The Chosen, book one in The Stone Dance of the Chameleon, and I. am. loving. this. Well, technically, not every bit (not a fan of teenaged protagonists), but it's a setting based on mesoamerican cultures and there are dinosaurs. Unlike many reviews I also actually like the slow progress of the plot, I think it's the right pace for what the book is doing. Basically, I'm halfway in love.

The first book had me enthralled. The second book (and first half of the third) really dragged for me, though. (And you'll see why when you get there.) Still, an absolutely amazing and unique trilogy.

Necroing that because I am now on The Third God and yes, three fourths of The Standing Dead were a massive slog for me, too, and took me ages to read. Book 3 started out much better and hopefully will continue like that. I didn't so much mind the slow plot progress rather than the endless repeated minutiae of life on the Earthsky and the tedium of having to retread the same points again and again in the dialogue.

This post has been edited by Puck: 24 November 2017 - 04:50 PM

[JPK]

amphibian, on 30 August 2015 - 02:35 AM, said:

Try Lonesome Dove for Westerns. It and Blood Meridian are the best ones ever written and Blood Meridian is a great deal more dour.

It's only been 2 years since Amph recommended Lonesome Dove to me, but I've finally started it. I'm about 9% in and I'm adoring the slice of life beginnings of the book. I actually care about these characters, and McMurtry managed to make me care in a pretty short time really. I can already tell this is going to be something special.

[Andorion]

Finished Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe. The last part of this book is really good.

Does anyone know if Peter Newman has concluded his Vagrant trilogy with the latest book?

[Chance]

Finishing up the Infinity Engine and can't really say why I did drag it out, Asher is in great form for crazy space opera.

Tried to start on Oathbringer and realized to give it any chance to make sense I need to re-read at least the last one, likely both...that would be most of my audiobook time for this year not sure it's worth it. All you out there is it any good?

For physical reading still slowly going through Harbringer of the Storm not getting much time for it, which is a shame really.

This post has been edited by Chance: 27 November 2017 - 04:57 PM

[QuickTidal]

Chance, on 27 November 2017 - 04:53 PM, said:

Tried to start on Oathbringer and realized to give it any chance to make sense I need to re-read at least the last one, likely both...that would be most of my audiobook time for this year not sure it's worth it. All you out there is it any good?

Ah, no need for a full reread of either of the last books.

Tor did a great "refresh your memory" post on the first and second book!

https://www.tor.com/...hive-refresher/

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 27 November 2017 - 05:00 PM

[amphibian]

Andorion, on 27 November 2017 - 02:46 AM, said:

Does anyone know if Peter Newman has concluded his Vagrant trilogy with the latest book?

Yes, he has concluded the series. Really nicely, I'd say. Plenty of goat action too.

[Andorion]

amphibian, on 27 November 2017 - 11:25 PM, said:

Andorion, on 27 November 2017 - 02:46 AM, said:

Does anyone know if Peter Newman has concluded his Vagrant trilogy with the latest book?

Yes, he has concluded the series. Really nicely, I'd say. Plenty of goat action too.

Awesome. A series to finish next year then.

Halfway into Rise of Empire. Pretty good, better than Theft of Swords.

Also reading Polansky's Tomorrow the Killing. Its ok.

Finished listening to Storm Front. Dresden audio is awesome.

[Salt-Man Z]

Currently halfway through Seanan McGuire's (Hugo/Nebula-winning) Every Heart a Doorway and I'm loving it. The premise is fantastic: a School for Wayward Children who discovered other worlds/realms as children and are having trouble re-adjusting to the Real World. My only complaint? It's too short! (Physical edition is under 200 pages.) Good thing I've got the sequel on hand.

[Tiste Simeon]

Slow Ben, on 22 November 2017 - 10:26 PM, said:

Taking a break from my re-read for Deadhouse Landing!!

Me too! Finished DHL though and it was, as most people have said, utterly superb. Just monumentally fantastic.

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

I'm about halfway through Dancer's Lament and it's fun as fudge. Dorin's adventures with Wu are fucking hilarious, especially knowing where they end up later on in history.

I can't wait to finish and start DHL!

[Mentalist]

Finished "Midnight Riot" . Decently fun for someone who knows next to nothing about London. Peter's obsession with getting laid felt a bit overplayed, though. If Aaronovitch keeps using that as a running joke, I can see it getting old and stale, fast.

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 02 December 2017 - 07:35 AM

[Andorion]

Mentalist, on 01 December 2017 - 11:32 PM, said:

Finished "Midnight Riot" . Decently fun for someone who knows next to nothing about London. Peter's obsession with getting laid felt a bit overplayed, though. If Aaron itch keeps using that as a running joke, I can see it getting old and stale, fast.

More or less my reaction after the first book. Peter matures over the books and following his character is a lot of fun.

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

Finished Dancer's Lament.

Spoilers DL.

Spoiler

I fucking love the origin of the Talons and the Malazan sigil.

Starting Jy Yang's The Black Tides of Heaven while I await the arrival of Deadhouse Landing.

[Tatterdemalion]

I just started reading Senlin Ascends. Lovely so far.
Still seeking time to finish Tigana because it's great and I'm horrible for neglecting it so.

Also, because I set the minimum at 10 pages, I'm reading 250+ pages of Grade 6 science fiction stories...

[Mentalist]

Finished Reynolds' short story collection Beyond the Aquila Rift

Overall, quite good. The man's got insane imagination, and most of his worlds feel like places I'd want to read more about.

Definitely need to read more of his work next year.

Need to pick new books to read. For commute, I think I'll go back to the shared world of the Mongoliad with "Katabasis", the sequel that's supposed to wrap up the knights' story.

At home, I'm thinking of starting Cook's "Instrumentalities of the Night" series with The Tyranny of the Night