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Finished Part I of "Pushing Ice"
Reynolds has effectively convinced me that no sane human being with a single ounce of Self-preservation instinct would want to be anywhere near space.
Reading at t'moment?
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Posted 24 April 2020 - 05:51 AM
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Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:
And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.
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Posted 24 April 2020 - 04:29 PM
Finished Touch by Claire North.
Excellent book, and wonderful characterisation, given how much the protagonist tries to be her host at times as well.
As a thriller, it's average, the twists aren't all that unexpected. But the concept and how well it is executed is what lifts this book up, I'd say it's still behind Harry August, but way ahead of 84k for enjoyment, 84k was just too bleak
Excellent book, and wonderful characterisation, given how much the protagonist tries to be her host at times as well.
As a thriller, it's average, the twists aren't all that unexpected. But the concept and how well it is executed is what lifts this book up, I'd say it's still behind Harry August, but way ahead of 84k for enjoyment, 84k was just too bleak
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Posted 24 April 2020 - 05:10 PM
Macros, on 24 April 2020 - 04:29 PM, said:
Finished Touch by Claire North.
Excellent book, and wonderful characterisation, given how much the protagonist tries to be her host at times as well.
As a thriller, it's average, the twists aren't all that unexpected. But the concept and how well it is executed is what lifts this book up, I'd say it's still behind Harry August, but way ahead of 84k for enjoyment, 84k was just too bleak
Excellent book, and wonderful characterisation, given how much the protagonist tries to be her host at times as well.
As a thriller, it's average, the twists aren't all that unexpected. But the concept and how well it is executed is what lifts this book up, I'd say it's still behind Harry August, but way ahead of 84k for enjoyment, 84k was just too bleak
While Harry August is quite clever (incredibly so), Touch is such a very human book. The Sudden Appearance of Hope is much along the same lines, if you haven't read that one yet.
"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?"
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Posted 24 April 2020 - 05:27 PM
Salt-Man Z, on 24 April 2020 - 05:10 PM, said:
Macros, on 24 April 2020 - 04:29 PM, said:
Finished Touch by Claire North.
Excellent book, and wonderful characterisation, given how much the protagonist tries to be her host at times as well.
As a thriller, it's average, the twists aren't all that unexpected. But the concept and how well it is executed is what lifts this book up, I'd say it's still behind Harry August, but way ahead of 84k for enjoyment, 84k was just too bleak
Excellent book, and wonderful characterisation, given how much the protagonist tries to be her host at times as well.
As a thriller, it's average, the twists aren't all that unexpected. But the concept and how well it is executed is what lifts this book up, I'd say it's still behind Harry August, but way ahead of 84k for enjoyment, 84k was just too bleak
While Harry August is quite clever (incredibly so), Touch is such a very human book. The Sudden Appearance of Hope is much along the same lines, if you haven't read that one yet.
I've not got round to Touch yet but I LOVED Hope...
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Posted 24 April 2020 - 05:31 PM
Tiste Simeon, on 24 April 2020 - 05:27 PM, said:
I've not got round to Touch yet but I LOVED Hope...
I think you'll love Touch, too, then.
"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?"
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Posted 24 April 2020 - 05:44 PM
Salt-Man Z, on 24 April 2020 - 05:31 PM, said:
Tiste Simeon, on 24 April 2020 - 05:27 PM, said:
I've not got round to Touch yet but I LOVED Hope...
I think you'll love Touch, too, then.
Have you read the Gameshouse novellas? Worth it?
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Posted 24 April 2020 - 07:52 PM
hope is on my list.
Agree on the clever vs human comment Saltman, Id say August felt tighter overall for me is what pushes it ahead of touch. One scathing review of August wa that Harry was a flat emotionless character. Like, that's literally the point, that's his strong point, total detachment it enables him to survive and slip past vincent
Agree on the clever vs human comment Saltman, Id say August felt tighter overall for me is what pushes it ahead of touch. One scathing review of August wa that Harry was a flat emotionless character. Like, that's literally the point, that's his strong point, total detachment it enables him to survive and slip past vincent
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Posted 25 April 2020 - 01:40 AM
Tiste Simeon, on 24 April 2020 - 05:44 PM, said:
Have you read the Gameshouse novellas? Worth it?
I haven't. (Thought I had picked them up at some point, but apparently not.) I do have The Pursuit of William Abbey and The End of the Day still to read.
"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?"
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Posted 25 April 2020 - 10:19 AM
Debating what to read on Kindle next. Got tons of stuff including an entire Dresden reread and also the Traitor/Monster Baru Cormorant books.
I really want to read some of my dead tree books but they're all in boxes now. Haven't read Kellanved's Reach or Blinding White but I don't think I actually have them and money is a bit tight... I'll have a think...
I really want to read some of my dead tree books but they're all in boxes now. Haven't read Kellanved's Reach or Blinding White but I don't think I actually have them and money is a bit tight... I'll have a think...
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Posted 25 April 2020 - 01:14 PM
Tiste Simeon, on 25 April 2020 - 10:19 AM, said:
Debating what to read on Kindle next. Got tons of stuff including an entire Dresden reread and also the Traitor/Monster Baru Cormorant books.
I really want to read some of my dead tree books but they're all in boxes now. Haven't read Kellanved's Reach or Blinding White but I don't think I actually have them and money is a bit tight... I'll have a think...
I really want to read some of my dead tree books but they're all in boxes now. Haven't read Kellanved's Reach or Blinding White but I don't think I actually have them and money is a bit tight... I'll have a think...
Further to the above I have been informed by Mrs Tiste that I actually have a couple of the latest Saxon Stories books which haven't been packed and I haven't read them yet. Might be time to delve into some Uthred again!
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Posted 25 April 2020 - 02:05 PM
Struggling with Ninefox Gambit on audiobook so im downloading False Value to get back into Peter Grant world.
Enjoying The Hod King, although have barely scratched it.
Enjoying The Hod King, although have barely scratched it.
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Posted 25 April 2020 - 02:29 PM
Macros, on 25 April 2020 - 01:15 PM, said:
Hell yeah, get caught up on that!
And so, I start The Flame Bearer.
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Posted 25 April 2020 - 04:48 PM
Took a look at one of my bookshelves to pick me next read and spotted the sudden appearance of Hope by North, didn't even know I had it!
Starting now
Starting now
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Posted 26 April 2020 - 04:31 PM
On the False Value audiobook every chapter has a jazzy little intro which I get why it's in, but it sounds like a b-movie American PI film intro. Only 3 chapters in so the main players are being set out.
The Hod King is as excellent as the Arm of the Sphinx, some lovely prose and depth of characters.
The Hod King is as excellent as the Arm of the Sphinx, some lovely prose and depth of characters.
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Posted 26 April 2020 - 10:37 PM
Last 100 pages of "Pushing Ice" .
This is turning into another idiot plot, where things are happening because other characters are withholding information for no really good reason.
This is turning into another idiot plot, where things are happening because other characters are withholding information for no really good reason.
The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard
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Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:
And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.
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Posted 27 April 2020 - 05:02 AM
Just Finished NEVER DIE, which was very entertaining. It truly is a wuxia film in book form.... demons, sword duels, absurd martial arts techniques... it's fairly short, moves along quickly... I enjoyed. May check out the author's other work.
Now back INTO PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE. Yes, again.
Still eye rolling at times.... ffs monologuing... really? ....but the pace picked up and I actually want to know how it ends even if getting there is meh at times.
Now back INTO PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE. Yes, again.
Still eye rolling at times.... ffs monologuing... really? ....but the pace picked up and I actually want to know how it ends even if getting there is meh at times.
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Posted 28 April 2020 - 03:01 AM
Briar King, on 28 April 2020 - 12:08 AM, said:
Grr Amazon says Licanus 3 paper back is 12/8/20. I still wonder why it didn’t go TPB right away just like the other 2,, made no sense to me
I got the TPB in January from a UK seller through Abebooks.
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Posted 28 April 2020 - 03:55 AM
Briar King, on 28 April 2020 - 03:20 AM, said:
Whisperzzzzzzz, on 28 April 2020 - 03:01 AM, said:
Briar King, on 28 April 2020 - 12:08 AM, said:
Grr Amazon says Licanus 3 paper back is 12/8/20. I still wonder why it didn’t go TPB right away just like the other 2,, made no sense to me
I got the TPB in January from a UK seller through Abebooks.
Motherfucker.... I don’t understand why my bookstore shitty as it is didn’t have it then. When I asked them at counter to order it it was nonexistent and 3 had been out awhile at that point. Is it the white cover issue?
It's not out in TPB in the US. It's only in the UK. The UK releases TPBs for all books way earlier than the US.
