[End of Disc One]

ExcrementEncephalon, on 08 February 2020 - 05:16 AM, said:

OST is really capturing my attention! I mean I’m still BKn it (pg 68)but it’s been really great finally reading new Malazan material after so long of rereading it which I haven’t done since I finished the last epic 1/3 of RotCG in Aug of 2018.

Glad you're enjoying OST. It was always my favorite ICE book and I felt it was underappreciated on this forum.

[QuickTidal]

ExcrementEncephalon, on 08 February 2020 - 08:58 PM, said:

K WH40 nerds where is Ancrath in this story? Saw it at BAM and I know y’all been recently talking about it.

ANARCH? It’s book 15 in the Gaunt’s Ghosts books...do not start with it. Lol

[Macros]

Yah, do NOT start with Anarch!!.

But @QT, I agree totally on the set up, long range or what!

And fully agree on who has to make it to new tanith

[Abyss]

ExcrementEncephalon, on 09 February 2020 - 09:03 PM, said:

I will not pull out Altered Carbon I WILL not pull out Altered Carbon I will NOT pull out Altered Carbon I will not PULL out Altered Carbon I will not pull OUT Altered Carbon I WILL NOT PULL OUT ALTERED CARBON

Dammit BK, has no one warned you that pulling out is not effective?

[Abyss]

MAKE ME NO GRAVE by Hayley Stone is losing me.
I wanted the weird western story the blurb promo'd. Brave marshall pursues possibly evil fleshwitch across frontier, shootouts and hilarity ensue, etc etc.

Instead i'm getting western romance with entirely minimal weird and whole lot on internal monologue about feelings. It's not working for me. And the characters are making odd choices based more on the romance angle than on common sense, which is really throwing me out.
The action is good enough, the underlying plot isn't bad, that characters were initially interesting, but gradually all of that is being buried under tedious romantic tension and heavy handed plot swerves to put the protags in more romantic tension. And honestly the 'weird' element, the magic, is so minimal and of such little consequence so far that it adds little to the story.
At the 1/3rd point, have already upped the play speed to move things along. If the book doesn't recreate the OK Corral by the halfway point i think i'm out.

[polishgenius]

Abyss, on 11 February 2020 - 04:38 PM, said:

MAKE ME NO GRAVE by Hayley Stone is losing me.
I wanted the weird western story the blurb promo'd. Brave marshall pursues possibly evil fleshwitch across frontier, shootouts and hilarity ensue, etc etc.

Either Six-Gun Tarot by RS Belcher or Wake of Vultures by Lila Bowen is what you really want.


Anyway I'm reading Luna by Ian McDonald and it's great.

This post has been edited by polishgenius: 11 February 2020 - 05:18 PM

[amphibian]

Abyss, on 11 February 2020 - 04:38 PM, said:

MAKE ME NO GRAVE by Hayley Stone is losing me.
I wanted the weird western story the blurb promo'd. Brave marshall pursues possibly evil fleshwitch across frontier, shootouts and hilarity ensue, etc etc.

Instead i'm getting western romance with entirely minimal weird and whole lot on internal monologue about feelings. It's not working for me. And the characters are making odd choices based more on the romance angle than on common sense, which is really throwing me out.
The action is good enough, the underlying plot isn't bad, that characters were initially interesting, but gradually all of that is being buried under tedious romantic tension and heavy handed plot swerves to put the protags in more romantic tension. And honestly the 'weird' element, the magic, is so minimal and of such little consequence so far that it adds little to the story.
At the 1/3rd point, have already upped the play speed to move things along. If the book doesn't recreate the OK Corral by the halfway point i think i'm out.

If you want weird Western, read John Hornor Jacobs's Incorruptibles series. It's a terrific mashup of Western, Heart of Darkness, vampire elves, demon hunting etc.

[QuickTidal]

TOUCHSTONE Melanie Rawn

[Abyss]

polishgenius, on 11 February 2020 - 05:15 PM, said:

Either Six-Gun Tarot by RS Belcher or Wake of Vultures by Lila Bowen is what you really want.
...

Belcher's been in the TRP for ages, delayed because no earbook for the sequel.

Bowen noted, tnx.

amphibian, on 11 February 2020 - 07:13 PM, said:

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If you want weird Western, read John Hornor Jacobs's Incorruptibles series. It's a terrific mashup of Western, Heart of Darkness, vampire elves, demon hunting etc.

Tnx, looked at the blurb... sounds interesting... just tell me the writing is better than the author's creativity in naming his fantasy nations?

[Cyphon]

Having finished DG in the forum reread I've moved on to read God's War by Kameron Hurley. Its the opener of the Del Bame Aprocypha trilogy. Similarly grim as to her other work with some fantaay/sci fi mash up going on. Shes got a way of writing that is sparce but evocative of all the blanks she doesnt pick out.

[Abyss]

Abyss, on 11 February 2020 - 04:38 PM, said:

MAKE ME NO GRAVE by Hayley Stone is losing me....

Aaaaand lost me. Was barely interested enuf to skim to the end.

Next up, Phoenix-Horse racing ASHLORDS!

[Tiste Simeon]

Man, Red Rising is good.

[JPK]

Finished The Burning White last night. It was alright. I'm really hoping that Weeks goes back to his Night Angel setting now.

I started the audio for 14 directly afterwards. I am very muchly enjoying a relisten to this book. I really love Clines.

[Abyss]

Tiste Simeon, on 12 February 2020 - 03:15 PM, said:

Man, Red Rising is good.

I envy you for what you are about to read for the first time with the rest of this series to date.

[Abyss]

JPK, on 12 February 2020 - 04:20 PM, said:

Finished The Burning White last night. It was alright. I'm really hoping that Weeks goes back to his Night Angel setting now.

That was the rumor.

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I started the audio for 14 directly afterwards. I am very muchly enjoying a relisten to this book. I really love Clines.

He (his publisher) gets very good narrators for earbooks too.

It's interesting that he's moved to 'audible exclusive' now so his new books are earbook only for six months or so before an ebook or print edition is sold. He's mentioned online that basically the earbook sales were so strong and the audible offer so good that it made no sense to say no.

[amphibian]

Abyss, on 11 February 2020 - 08:57 PM, said:

polishgenius, on 11 February 2020 - 05:15 PM, said:

Either Six-Gun Tarot by RS Belcher or Wake of Vultures by Lila Bowen is what you really want.
...

Belcher's been in the TRP for ages, delayed because no earbook for the sequel.

Bowen noted, tnx.

amphibian, on 11 February 2020 - 07:13 PM, said:

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If you want weird Western, read John Hornor Jacobs's Incorruptibles series. It's a terrific mashup of Western, Heart of Darkness, vampire elves, demon hunting etc.

Tnx, looked at the blurb... sounds interesting... just tell me the writing is better than the author's creativity in naming his fantasy nations?

Yes, it's highly recommended by Mark Lawrence on Goodreads and Chuck Wendig on a blurb, if that tickles your fancy.

The naming is an interesting topic because the Roman like empire is purposely bad at naming things bc they're a bunch of decadent jerks.

[Tiste Simeon]

Abyss, on 12 February 2020 - 04:33 PM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 12 February 2020 - 03:15 PM, said:

Man, Red Rising is good.

I envy you for what you are about to read for the first time with the rest of this series to date.

I wasn't planning on getting the second trilogy but I'm only about halfway into book one and I'm seriously loving it. Couple of unexpected surprises too.

[Abyss]

Tiste Simeon, on 12 February 2020 - 07:12 PM, said:

Abyss, on 12 February 2020 - 04:33 PM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 12 February 2020 - 03:15 PM, said:

Man, Red Rising is good.

I envy you for what you are about to read for the first time with the rest of this series to date.

I wasn't planning on getting the second trilogy but I'm only about halfway into book one and I'm seriously loving it. Couple of unexpected surprises too.

I defy you to get to the end of 3 and not immediately pick up 4 and 5.



DEFY you.

[End of Disc One]

Tiste Simeon, on 12 February 2020 - 07:12 PM, said:

Abyss, on 12 February 2020 - 04:33 PM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 12 February 2020 - 03:15 PM, said:

Man, Red Rising is good.

I envy you for what you are about to read for the first time with the rest of this series to date.

I wasn't planning on getting the second trilogy but I'm only about halfway into book one and I'm seriously loving it. Couple of unexpected surprises too.

If you're already loving the first book, it only gets better in the next two.

The second trilogy is totally different and dark as fuck, but in my opinion (and Abyss's) the most recent book is the best one yet.

[amphibian]

Let Tiste get there organically. He's already taken the right step of reading it. We can celebrate and egg him on without revealing things...