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#3041 Dark Wolf

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 08:59 AM

I finished "Corsair" by Tim Severin. A historical fiction set in the 17th century, an adventure on Mediterranean Sea. I posted my review on my blog.

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#3042 Use Of Weapons

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 09:16 AM

I interrupted Darwin to read Alastair Reynolds's 'The Prefect', set in his Revelation Space universe. Bloody good, too.

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#3043 Salt-Man Z

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Posted 16 July 2008 - 07:34 PM

Magic Street by Orson Scott Card. Though not on par with his early stuff, Card's "contemporary fantasies" (Enchantment, Treasure Box, Homebody, and Lost Boys) have all been decent, and this looks to be along those lines. I read the first chapter last night, and it was weird, which is a good sign.

"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

#3044 Werthead

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Posted 16 July 2008 - 07:35 PM

Just finished Melinda Snodgrass' The Edge of Reason. Review here. Good book.

About to start Kristin Cashore's Graceling.

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#3045 Deornoth

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Posted 17 July 2008 - 02:49 PM

Just finished reading Jeffrey Thomas' 'Deadstock'; a sci-fi noir tale of hard bitten detectives and alien mysteries. Lovely world building and characterisation but it does get in the way of the story itself which can be really frustrating at times. The book does just enough to make me want to read the sequel so the jury's out for now...
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No idea what I'll be reading next!

#3046 Binder of Demons

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Posted 17 July 2008 - 04:25 PM

Have ordered TtH and am waiting with fingers crossed that there will be no problems and/or delays.

In the meantime I'm just after starting MATTER by Iain M. Banks. I've heard mixed reviews but i'm hoping it's good.

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#3047 Raymond Luxury Yacht

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Posted 17 July 2008 - 09:51 PM

My TTH JUST GOT HERE. I am pumped. Time to get moving.

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#3048 Dark Wolf

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Posted 18 July 2008 - 07:27 AM

I finished "Promise of the Wolves" by Dorothy Hearst and posted my review. It's the first novel in "The Wolf Chronicles" trilogy.

My next read will be "Mind the Gap" by Christopher Golden & Tim Lebbon.

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#3049 Optimus Prime

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Posted 18 July 2008 - 07:28 AM

I just finished TtH.....and now wait for RotCG...

#3050 Raymond Luxury Yacht

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Posted 18 July 2008 - 07:34 AM

Ah, almost 200 pages into TtH. Good stuff, seems like SE is making an effort to be more deep and thinky.

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#3051 Optimus Prime

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Posted 18 July 2008 - 07:36 AM

Raymond Luxury Yacht;354055 said:

Ah, almost 200 pages into TtH. Good stuff, seems like SE is making an effort to be more deep and thinky.

Yep.

I guess I've got to go on a no fantasy bender...for awhile.

#3052 relentless

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Posted 18 July 2008 - 11:21 AM

Finished Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold. Probably going to read Thirteen by Richard Morgan next.

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Posted 18 July 2008 - 12:41 PM

Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds. Like his stuff, but it kinda feels like leftovers so far...

OK, I think I got it, but just in case, can you say the whole thing over again? I wasn't really listening.

#3054 Binder of Demons

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Posted 18 July 2008 - 01:00 PM

Was passing the library today and decided to have a look and managed to get R.Scott Bakker's "The Darkness That Come Before". So, I think i'll read that while waiting for TtH to arrive, and put "Matter" by Iain M. Banks back on my bookshelf for later.

#3055 Bauchelain the Evil

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Posted 18 July 2008 - 02:08 PM

Just finished the Caves of Steel by Asimov. I must sy that the robot is a great character.

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#3056 Salt-Man Z

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Posted 18 July 2008 - 04:04 PM

Bauchelain the Evil;354315 said:

Just finished the Caves of Steel by Asimov. I must sy that the robot is a great character.

I love Asimov's Robot series. The rest of the books only get better.

#3057 Werthead

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Posted 19 July 2008 - 04:34 PM

Rereading Watchmen before the movie version impacts on my future appreciation of it.

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#3058 Tremolo

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Posted 19 July 2008 - 04:49 PM

The Tyranny of the Night - Glenn Cook

One of the fighters is named Else which was a very popular girls name in 30's and 40's in Denmark....Not sure if I can finish the book.

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