[Macros]

Stalker, on 14 December 2017 - 12:48 PM, said:

For any Gaunt's Ghosts fans, the newest book, The Warmaster, just released. It's been over 6 years since the last one so I'm thrilled to have my hands on it. Strangely, and I'm not sure if it's a UK thing, the hardcover has no dust jacket and the pages are really thick. I've had to look at the page number on top every time because it feels like I'm turning 2-3 pages each time.

Not sure how far I've read in the ghosts.
Need make sure I've read the rest before catching this

[QuickTidal]

Stalker, on 14 December 2017 - 12:48 PM, said:

For any Gaunt's Ghosts fans, the newest book, The Warmaster, just released. It's been over 6 years since the last one so I'm thrilled to have my hands on it. Strangely, and I'm not sure if it's a UK thing, the hardcover has no dust jacket and the pages are really thick. I've had to look at the page number on top every time because it feels like I'm turning 2-3 pages each time.

Chapters has the Canadian release date as February. Boo! Excited it's finally getting released though! Hope you enjoy it!

[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on 14 December 2017 - 01:45 PM, said:

Abyss, on 13 December 2017 - 07:30 PM, said:

Macros, on 13 December 2017 - 07:23 PM, said:

Any particular order to read Fritz Lieber, or just publication, specifically farfhd and the grey Mauser stuff

No specific order for F&GM. You can easily google pub and chron orders, but the stories are all standalones, jump around in time, and almost never cross-reference and then only in the most passing ways.

SWORD And DEVILTRY does appear to contain "origins" (as it were) for both Fafhrd and Grey Mouser before they met...but you wound't absolutely NEED to read it first. It sounds like everything else is well standalone.

I'd go one further... you don't need to read it first. Everything you need to know about Fafhrd and the Mouser is told quickly or obvious in each story. It's actually fun to read a few stories and then get the origin of how they met.


A chapter and a bit into PERSEPOLIS RISING earbook... wow. Shit is fucked beyond one particular gate.

[Andorion]

Abyss, on 14 December 2017 - 03:13 PM, said:

A chapter and a bit into PERSEPOLIS RISING earbook... wow. Shit is fucked beyond one particular gate.

A few chapters in and everything has gone straight to hell.

[Salt-Man Z]

Finished Becky Chambers' A Closed and Common Orbit (her second "Wayfarers" book) and was not expecting to love it as much as I did. The first book was fun, if a bit meandering. This one is more tightly plotted, and follows two stories: Jane's and Sidra's. Jane's was engrossing from the get-go, and I kept being irritated when every other chapter cut back to Sidra. But by the end, Sidra's story was just as gripping, and the way they tied together was great. I, uh, may have been fighting back tears in a McDonald's booth when I finished it up over lunch break.

[Abyss]

Andorion, on 14 December 2017 - 03:57 PM, said:

Abyss, on 14 December 2017 - 03:13 PM, said:

A chapter and a bit into PERSEPOLIS RISING earbook... wow. Shit is fucked beyond one particular gate.

A few chapters in and everything has gone straight to hell.

I am so glad to reach that!

[Macros]

Started The Never King, by James Abott last night

Interesting start anyway.

[Mentalist]

Settled on my next at-home read. A non-fiction, "Guns, germs, and steel" by Jared Diamond.

[Aptorian]

I read that a decade ago at Uni. A controversial book as far as I recall but very entertaining for non-fiction literature.

[worry]

Yah I read it about that long ago too, maybe a few years longer. It's interesting and there is some truth in what he argues. Critiques that it's too fatalistic or deterministic are off-base in my opinion (after all, he's not casting bones about the future, he's trying to determine causal factors of things that already happened). That said, and not that I read a lot of academic criticism, now or then, but I guess there are other critiques that he fudges (accidentally or conveniently) the historical record where it fits his thesis. Ignores things that don't fit. And it's definitely a book laser-focused on supporting its thesis. I guess ultimately I think it's worth reading -- and is very readable, for sure -- but not the gospel.

Edit: and it's always possible his sources were inaccurate, or have since been shown to be, etc.

This post has been edited by worry: 15 December 2017 - 06:20 AM

[Tiste Simeon]

Maark Abbott, on 14 December 2017 - 08:13 AM, said:

Chance, on 13 December 2017 - 09:12 PM, said:

Finished Oathbringer it just isn't that much to say the finish was an avenger movie finish with superpowers and all, something I expect in popcorn movies. Not going to rant more here the books simply reinforce my view that Sanderson really doesn't write much worthwhile most of the time.

Probably going to take one off Dancer's Lament, Persepolis Rising, Greatcoats series or A War in Crimson Embers next but perhaps I should take something with no expectations first to get Oathbring out of the system.

I could have told you that Oatbringer would disappoint for free. It doesn't even bring oats. It's a LIE. A filthy, filthy LIE.

Phew. I was going to buy that for the free oats it brought, thanks for the warning!

[Aptorian]

Tiste, your humor game has been on fire lately. I think Worry's crown for most sarcastic forum member is seriously in peril.

[QuickTidal]

Alternative Goose, on 15 December 2017 - 09:04 AM, said:

Tiste, your humor game has been on fire lately. I think Worry's crown for most sarcastic forum member is seriously in peril.

Plus there are days now and then when it seems Worry is phoning it in.

[Mentalist]

In commute, in "Nightmare Stacks" I got to the chapter with all the death last night.

Spoiler

I've got a bad feeling for Pete...

Might just keep reading when I get home tonight and finish the book.

[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on 15 December 2017 - 11:14 AM, said:

Alternative Goose, on 15 December 2017 - 09:04 AM, said:

Tiste, your humor game has been on fire lately. I think Worry's crown for most sarcastic forum member is seriously in peril.

Plus there are days now and then when it seems Worry is phoning it in.

He just hasn't been the same since the third assassination attempt.

[Abyss]

Andorion, on 14 December 2017 - 03:57 PM, said:

Abyss, on 14 December 2017 - 03:13 PM, said:

A chapter and a bit into PERSEPOLIS RISING earbook... wow. Shit is fucked beyond one particular gate.

A few chapters in and everything has gone straight to hell.

A few more chapters in...

Spoiler

I don't know how i feel about the time jump.

I can see why from an overplot standpoint it made sense to jump fwd 30 years, but some part of me feels like i missed the interesting phase of these characters' lives and now i'm catching them at the tired end.

I don't doubt the plot is going to pick up... whatever is going on at Laconia has got to turn bad for everyone.... it's just that while it's great to see these characters again, i feel like i'm just getting the end of a really good story.

Also, fucking Holden, the guy can NOT catch a break.

[JPK]

Abyss, how are you liking the narrator for the Expanse earbooks? I've been thinking about catching up that way, but the audible sample made me hesitate because he seemed particularily dry and monotone. Does that hold true, or did they put up a bad spot for the sample?

[Abyss]

JPK, on 15 December 2017 - 04:36 PM, said:

Abyss, how are you liking the narrator for the Expanse earbooks? I've been thinking about catching up that way, but the audible sample made me hesitate because he seemed particularily dry and monotone. Does that hold true, or did they put up a bad spot for the sample?

I think he's quite good actually. He keeps it a little dry for some povs, changes it up for others. I think he does Belters voices/accents really well, and doesn't make female characters sound like a man pretending to be a woman in a frat party skit.

[Puck]

Halfway through Sarah Gailey's novella River of Teeth and I'm enjoying it quite a bit

[JPK]

Abyss, on 15 December 2017 - 04:50 PM, said:

JPK, on 15 December 2017 - 04:36 PM, said:

Abyss, how are you liking the narrator for the Expanse earbooks? I've been thinking about catching up that way, but the audible sample made me hesitate because he seemed particularily dry and monotone. Does that hold true, or did they put up a bad spot for the sample?

I think he's quite good actually. He keeps it a little dry for some povs, changes it up for others. I think he does Belters voices/accents really well, and doesn't make female characters sound like a man pretending to be a woman in a frat party skit.

Sweet. I'll grab 6 and 7 then. Thank you.