Reading at t'moment?
#22742
Posted 15 July 2018 - 08:07 AM
Abyss, on 14 July 2018 - 05:58 PM, said:
Yeah can't wait to start this.
I think the new Stross release got pushed back.
I finished reading Heir of Novron. Riyria is a pretty decent trilogy, and it really got better with time. I will check out the rest of Sullivan's work.
Also does anyone here watch the show Impractical Jokers? Murr from that show released a monster thriller called Awakened.
#22743
Posted 15 July 2018 - 05:10 PM
#22744
Posted 15 July 2018 - 06:32 PM
Andorion, on 15 July 2018 - 05:10 PM, said:
I read enough tepid or outright negative reviews not to start it given my already mixed feelings about Williams.Which is odd because I loved his WAR OF THE FLOWERS which was portal fantasy w heavy urban fantasy elements.
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#22745
Posted 15 July 2018 - 08:28 PM
Finished the first Kate Daniels book by Ilona Andrews earlier. Read the whole thing on a lazy Sunday.
Really satisfying but extremely cookie cutter urban fantasy formula. I really don't know what it is with self annihilating down on their luck good guy rogues and their need to mouth off at every authority figure or power player they encounter. Has nobody ever heard about diplomacy and tact? Sheesh.
But still a cool setting. I like the idea of magic and technology fluctuating and working like time zones. I kinda wish the shift was a two way street though, so that when magic wanes tech/science actually jumped forward in potential some how.
I like other settings ideas of tech having just as disrupting effect on magic as magic has on tech.
Really satisfying but extremely cookie cutter urban fantasy formula. I really don't know what it is with self annihilating down on their luck good guy rogues and their need to mouth off at every authority figure or power player they encounter. Has nobody ever heard about diplomacy and tact? Sheesh.
But still a cool setting. I like the idea of magic and technology fluctuating and working like time zones. I kinda wish the shift was a two way street though, so that when magic wanes tech/science actually jumped forward in potential some how.
I like other settings ideas of tech having just as disrupting effect on magic as magic has on tech.
This post has been edited by Alternative Goose: 15 July 2018 - 09:18 PM
#22747
Posted 15 July 2018 - 09:55 PM
Anita Tylenol!
They came with white hands and left with red hands.
#22748
Posted 16 July 2018 - 07:29 AM
Alternative Goose, on 15 July 2018 - 08:28 PM, said:
I really don't know what it is with self annihilating down on their luck good guy rogues and their need to mouth off at every authority figure or power player they encounter.
Why engage in diplomacy when you can just wantonly slaughter?
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#22749
Posted 16 July 2018 - 08:27 AM
Well, that would make sense if you're a God. Makes less sense when you're a squishy mortal facing a God.
#22750
Posted 16 July 2018 - 10:04 AM
I had the misfortune of nearly finishing the seven forges book. My curiosity about the gods of the seven forges cant keep me going.
#22751
Posted 16 July 2018 - 11:58 AM
I'm burning out on Babylon's Ashes. I think I over did it in the Expanse Universe. Not digging the Marco and Filip chapters right now.
“The others followed, and found themselves in a small, stuffy basement, which would have been damp, smelly, close, and dark, were it not, in fact, well-lit, which prevented it from being dark.”
― Steven Brust, The Phoenix Guards
― Steven Brust, The Phoenix Guards
#22752
Posted 16 July 2018 - 03:27 PM
I've read all 3 of Tad's Bobby Dollar series and liked them. I like most of his work, so keep that in mind.
#22753
Posted 16 July 2018 - 03:33 PM
The Bobby Dollar books are fun. A nice take on Urban Fantasy.
I guess this counts as reading at the moment. I'm reading the Harry Potter books to my daughter at night. We're up to the Chamber of Secrets.
I guess this counts as reading at the moment. I'm reading the Harry Potter books to my daughter at night. We're up to the Chamber of Secrets.
“The others followed, and found themselves in a small, stuffy basement, which would have been damp, smelly, close, and dark, were it not, in fact, well-lit, which prevented it from being dark.”
― Steven Brust, The Phoenix Guards
― Steven Brust, The Phoenix Guards
#22754
Posted 16 July 2018 - 09:30 PM
Finished "Ink"yesterday on the shore of lake Huron in the baking hot sun. The book gets better, and the last parts have semblance of a good pace, even if you are reading several stories at once. Not quite sure how I feel about the ending yet.
In commute tomorrow I'll be starting "The Temporal Void", in my attempts to push through that trilo.
At home.... I'm thinking it's high time to tackle another one of my projects for the year- a re-read of Tolkien's core stuff. so before i do that, I'll try reading "The Worm Ouroboros"
In commute tomorrow I'll be starting "The Temporal Void", in my attempts to push through that trilo.
At home.... I'm thinking it's high time to tackle another one of my projects for the year- a re-read of Tolkien's core stuff. so before i do that, I'll try reading "The Worm Ouroboros"
This post has been edited by Mentalist: 16 July 2018 - 09:30 PM
#22755
Posted 16 July 2018 - 10:08 PM
Mentalist, on 16 July 2018 - 09:30 PM, said:
I'll try reading "The Worm Ouroboros"
Enjoy! That one was a tough go for me (at times), though in the end I'm really glad I read it.
"Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more, not less. Without occupying space, it fills the universe. It nourishes everything, yet itself feeds upon destruction. We claim to control it, but does it not perhaps cultivate us as a source of food? May it not be that all wood grows so that it can be set ablaze, and that men and women are born to kindle fires?"
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
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#22757
Posted 18 July 2018 - 01:07 PM
Finally got a copy of Tolkien's BEREN AND LÚTHIEN, which is exactly what it sounds like. Like CHILDREN OF HÚRIN, this sees Chris taking a portion of the SILMARILLION out of that book, and expands upon it using his father's notes and letters to give a more full narrative to the story. It's quite good, and it's interesting to read these more fleshed out, explanatory versions of these tales. I'm doing this now because I'm in prep for August's release of THE FALL OF GONDOLIN (easily one of my fav tales from Tolkien's work), and need to settle back into ME before that happens. Anyways, great stuff as always from the mind of Tolkien.
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
#22758
Posted 18 July 2018 - 01:19 PM
Reading Black Company book 5, Dreams of Steel. After not really enjoying book 4, I had this series on the chopping block. But I'm loving book 5 so far, so maybe I'll continue the series.
#22759
Posted 18 July 2018 - 01:27 PM
QuickTidal, on 18 July 2018 - 01:07 PM, said:
Finally got a copy of Tolkien's BEREN AND LÚTHIEN, which is exactly what it sounds like. Like CHILDREN OF HÚRIN, this sees Chris taking a portion of the SILMARILLION out of that book, and expands upon it using his father's notes and letters to give a more full narrative to the story. It's quite good, and it's interesting to read these more fleshed out, explanatory versions of these tales. I'm doing this now because I'm in prep for August's release of THE FALL OF GONDOLIN (easily one of my fav tales from Tolkien's work), and need to settle back into ME before that happens. Anyways, great stuff as always from the mind of Tolkien.
I need to go back to this actually - I bought it on release and tried to read it, but got stuck at "Um, why are there giant cats now?" in the early draft part and clearly wasn't in the mood for it. I am however very excited about The Fall of Gondolin!
- Wyrd bið ful aræd -
#22760
Posted 18 July 2018 - 02:03 PM
TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 18 July 2018 - 01:27 PM, said:
QuickTidal, on 18 July 2018 - 01:07 PM, said:
Finally got a copy of Tolkien's BEREN AND LÚTHIEN, which is exactly what it sounds like. Like CHILDREN OF HÚRIN, this sees Chris taking a portion of the SILMARILLION out of that book, and expands upon it using his father's notes and letters to give a more full narrative to the story. It's quite good, and it's interesting to read these more fleshed out, explanatory versions of these tales. I'm doing this now because I'm in prep for August's release of THE FALL OF GONDOLIN (easily one of my fav tales from Tolkien's work), and need to settle back into ME before that happens. Anyways, great stuff as always from the mind of Tolkien.
I need to go back to this actually - I bought it on release and tried to read it, but got stuck at "Um, why are there giant cats now?" in the early draft part and clearly wasn't in the mood for it. I am however very excited about The Fall of Gondolin!
Yeah, its' interesting to see some of the gestationary stuff.
And yeah, FALL OF GONDOLIN is going to be my JAM! Hell, one of the best parts of the HOBBIT films (which I like for the most part, glaring flaws and all) was an actual onscreen mention of Gondolin, when Gandalf tells Biblo about Sting and Glamdring as having been smithed in Gondolin...I near crapped my fanboy pants, second only to the mention by Radagast of the Spiders being "the unholy spawn of Ungoliant"
This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 18 July 2018 - 02:04 PM
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon