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Posted 12 November 2007 - 06:25 PM
Sanderson's Mistborn, and it's fantastic!
kud13, I'd say give Prince of Nothing a go, one of the best things I read this year
kud13, I'd say give Prince of Nothing a go, one of the best things I read this year
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Posted 17 November 2007 - 05:10 AM
Just read the second book in the Third Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. Donaldson's latest, Fatal Revenant, is awesome. It is a fantastic book. Good lord, I had fun reading it and I hated the Gap series, which degenerated into near 100% "recap of pain, recap of sorrow, recap of more pain, slight bit of action, recap, recap, recap".
Next up: Alexander the Great biography, history of the German General Staff and a couple V.S. Naipaul books. Should be inneressing.
Next up: Alexander the Great biography, history of the German General Staff and a couple V.S. Naipaul books. Should be inneressing.
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Posted 17 November 2007 - 08:09 AM
Finished "the Inheritance" by Simon Brown Yest.. It's book 1 in the "Keys of power trilogy"..
Now reading book 1 of "The cloudmages"... and hating the crazy celtic names... or at least how they spell them with latin letters.. I mean. if they're going to be so confusing, why don't they just make their own phonetic alphabet, where a letter actually corresponds to a sound?
Now reading book 1 of "The cloudmages"... and hating the crazy celtic names... or at least how they spell them with latin letters.. I mean. if they're going to be so confusing, why don't they just make their own phonetic alphabet, where a letter actually corresponds to a sound?
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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 17 November 2007 - 08:46 AM
I just finished Max Brook's 'World War Z: The Oral History of the Zombie Wars.'
Can we say 'AWESOME!'?
I suggest reading it - set out like a war memoir only the enemy are the undead.
Can we say 'AWESOME!'?
I suggest reading it - set out like a war memoir only the enemy are the undead.
Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:
And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.
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Posted 17 November 2007 - 08:48 AM
Shiara;224999 said:
Finished Jonathon Strange & Mr Norrell this morning - now need somewhat else to read...
somewhat else? okaaay... I suggest MATTHEW REILLY!!! Contest and then Ice Station.
Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:
And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.
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Posted 17 November 2007 - 09:15 AM
Shiara;225007 said:
GIMME!
Just don't expect Mr Reilly to meet SE or GRRM (grim by name, grim by nature anyone?) standards. However, as adrenaline style books they aren't so bad.
Just finished re-reading the Bakers Boy Tilogy... (in preparation for book three of the Grey Ice trilogy coming out)... talk about formulaic - I must be a masochist if I've read that series three times now.
Eyeing off The Night Watch (Pratchett, not Russian), Brust (to reign in Hell) or maybe cracking into that Don Quixote I've had for a year... Suggestions anyone?
(Yes, it's going to be a quiet night in Brisbane for this little black duck!)
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Posted 17 November 2007 - 06:17 PM
Mort, I'd suggest the Russian "Night Watch", despite the poor job in translation....
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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 17 November 2007 - 10:46 PM
Mort;225011 said:
Just don't expect Mr Reilly to meet SE or GRRM (grim by name, grim by nature anyone?) standards. However, as adrenaline style books they aren't so bad.
Just finished re-reading the Bakers Boy Tilogy... (in preparation for book three of the Grey Ice trilogy coming out)... talk about formulaic - I must be a masochist if I've read that series three times now.
Eyeing off The Night Watch (Pratchett, not Russian), Brust (to reign in Hell) or maybe cracking into that Don Quixote I've had for a year... Suggestions anyone?
(Yes, it's going to be a quiet night in Brisbane for this little black duck!)
Just finished re-reading the Bakers Boy Tilogy... (in preparation for book three of the Grey Ice trilogy coming out)... talk about formulaic - I must be a masochist if I've read that series three times now.
Eyeing off The Night Watch (Pratchett, not Russian), Brust (to reign in Hell) or maybe cracking into that Don Quixote I've had for a year... Suggestions anyone?
(Yes, it's going to be a quiet night in Brisbane for this little black duck!)
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Posted 18 November 2007 - 12:16 AM
kud13;225060 said:
Mort, I'd suggest the Russian "Night Watch", despite the poor job in translation....
Thanks Kud - only finished that one about 3 onths ago, so was the Pratchett I was looking at. All good though.
@Crutie
David Brin is a lot of fun. I think he's a bit of a dark horse on the site, although his kiln people got lots of posts when it was released; maybe he's not mentioned too much because he's not put anything out for a while?
oh - and I'm reading Towards The Light - a history of the struggle for liberty and political rights over the last 500 years
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Posted 18 November 2007 - 03:30 AM
kud13;224986 said:
Now reading book 1 of "The cloudmages"... and hating the crazy celtic names...
knew i should have urged Otherland upon you.
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Posted 18 November 2007 - 05:26 AM
@ Crutie
I used to really love the Uplift Series.
Book 1 - Sundiver is o.k. And not 100% necessary to understanding the rest of the books. But it does help. It's basically a murder mystery, with a lot of background on the Universe that Brin is going to work in.
Book 2 - Startide Rising - This is a great piece of Space Opera. A ship from Earth stumbles upon an ancient secret, and is subsequently chased relentlessly by various alien species. I really enjoyed this book as it's a cool setting with interesting characters, and just a good adventure story.
Book 3 - The Uplift War - Another standalone novel more or less, though happening around or just after the events of Startide. The status of Earth in the grand galactic hierarchy remains a source of bitter contention. On a remote planet, the politics of this get played out. It's another good story, with some really interesting ideas and good twists.
All in all, the first 3 books are entertaining, and very easy reading.
The second trilogy picks up with Brightness Reef, and that is a real cracker. But you will certainly have to have read the first trilogy to go there.
I haven't read too much else by David Brin, other than THE POSTMAN. I actually quite enjoyed that book, as it had some great ideas, and the central character is more of an anti-hero. Try to ignore the Kevin Costner movie, as that removed all that made the story interesting.
I used to really love the Uplift Series.
Book 1 - Sundiver is o.k. And not 100% necessary to understanding the rest of the books. But it does help. It's basically a murder mystery, with a lot of background on the Universe that Brin is going to work in.
Book 2 - Startide Rising - This is a great piece of Space Opera. A ship from Earth stumbles upon an ancient secret, and is subsequently chased relentlessly by various alien species. I really enjoyed this book as it's a cool setting with interesting characters, and just a good adventure story.
Book 3 - The Uplift War - Another standalone novel more or less, though happening around or just after the events of Startide. The status of Earth in the grand galactic hierarchy remains a source of bitter contention. On a remote planet, the politics of this get played out. It's another good story, with some really interesting ideas and good twists.
All in all, the first 3 books are entertaining, and very easy reading.
The second trilogy picks up with Brightness Reef, and that is a real cracker. But you will certainly have to have read the first trilogy to go there.
I haven't read too much else by David Brin, other than THE POSTMAN. I actually quite enjoyed that book, as it had some great ideas, and the central character is more of an anti-hero. Try to ignore the Kevin Costner movie, as that removed all that made the story interesting.
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Posted 18 November 2007 - 06:32 AM
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knew i should have urged Otherland upon you.
Otherland is next... then Prince of nothing and Chronicles of Thomas Covenant....
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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.
