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#3121 Euron Crowseye

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Posted 04 August 2008 - 05:25 PM

'Jhegaala' can be read with out reading the rest.

Not my fave Vlad book.

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Posted 04 August 2008 - 07:01 PM

Hmm, there's a lot in Jhegaala that you'd miss if you'd not read, at least, Issola, I think. But the bulk of the plot, yes, can be read without the others.

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#3123 Matriarch

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Posted 05 August 2008 - 01:19 AM

I think everyone should post a favorite line from the books they are reading....

I am deeply engrossed in Anne Bishop's Black Jewels Trilogy, neglectling family, friends, housework, etc. to read it. I even snacked through the wee hours of the morning to keep myself awake enough to finish book 1. Sad, sad life I lead....

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Posted 05 August 2008 - 02:30 PM

Cheers guys

I'll give it a go on it's own and see how it goes...

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Posted 05 August 2008 - 04:00 PM

Matriarch> Where's your favorite line?

On that topic, I'm halfway through Reaper's Gale, and I gotta say, one of my favorite "lines" is the poem "Stone Bowl" by Fisher kel Tath.

"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 05 August 2008 - 04:00 PM

I finished Lord Tophet by Gregory Frost up a couple days ago and finally got a review written. This is the the conclusion to Shadowbridge and both of these are excellent books that I recommend. My biggest issue is that with all the potential that this duology had, it didn't quiet live up to it.

I'm now a good way into Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi.

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Posted 06 August 2008 - 03:10 PM

Funnily enough I've just finished reading 'Old Man's War'!

It's not a perfect read by any means but is one of those books where I was left wondering why I didn't pick it up sooner.
I got the feeling that life was perhaps a little too easy for our hero, John Perry, but the story itself more than made up for this with sympathetic characters, space battles and vicious alien races to spare. I can't wait to get into the rest of the series! My review is over Here.
I'm taking a break from sci-fi, for a bit, and am now reading 'Iron Kissed' by Patricia Briggs.

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Posted 06 August 2008 - 03:59 PM

Reading The Briar King by Greg Keyes. Been looking forward to reading this one for 5 years (was waiting for the series to be finished), and it's certainly been worth the wait. Refreshingly good.

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Posted 06 August 2008 - 04:49 PM

Sorry to tell you Wert, but that one was the best. I didn't even pick up book 4 because it just deteriorated as it went along, imo.

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Posted 06 August 2008 - 05:02 PM

Just finished Return of the Crimson Guard, next will either be a re-read of GotM to get some chapter summaries done finally, or Richard Morgan's Steel Remains.

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Posted 06 August 2008 - 05:08 PM

caladanbrood;366140 said:

Just finished Return of the Crimson Guard, next will either be a re-read of GotM to get some chapter summaries done finally, or Richard Morgan's Steel Remains.

What did you think? I can't wait to get into it. Only another month till its released!

I finished my re-read of GotM, and I'll probably never read it again unless Erikson re-writes it. Which is unlikely. Compared to his other books, I just found myself hating almost everything he wrote in the book. All the character interaction made me Rage. Yet I'm 400 pages into Deadhouse gates and couldn't be loving it more (Besides the hated Felisin whore).

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Posted 06 August 2008 - 06:21 PM

Reading Focaltus Pendelum by Umberto Eco - always a bit difficult to get into Eco's books I think, but they always repay the effort

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Posted 06 August 2008 - 07:50 PM

Obdigore;366128 said:

Sorry to tell you Wert, but that one was the best. I didn't even pick up book 4 because it just deteriorated as it went along, imo.

I'm waiting for the 4th bok to be released in PB before picking it up. I enjoyed book 1, but found books 2 and 3 merely ok.

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Posted 06 August 2008 - 08:35 PM

Trouble;366145 said:

What did you think? I can't wait to get into it. Only another month till its released!

I really enjoyed GotM, always have - I've read it many times, sill see more new things each time:)

RotCG was really good - the first half was a bit humdrum, but the second half was really excellent, I think people will really enjoy it.

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Posted 07 August 2008 - 03:03 PM

'Tis been a while since I dropped by here...

so, long story short, I finished Perumov's "War of the mage" quadrology (and with it, the entire "Keeper of the swords" cycle) about a day or so after I got banned. It was good, Perumov managed to built up the complexity up to the very last minute, then provide a nice conclusion that tied up most of the loose ends in book 4.

While in Quebec, as part of my "Immersion experience", I've once again attempted to read "Gunslinger" by Stephen King in French. I understood bout 60% of it (I did finish it this summer), and I was left intrigued. Now I'm making a VERY snal-paced progress through "The three Cards" (also in French)

Also, this summer I've finally read "Altered Carbon"--thank you for all those dedicated Morgan fans who kept recommending him. the book was just awesome.

Currently I just started on the Chronicles of th eBlack Company: Books of the South omnibus by Cook, but it's likel;y to be dropped once I finally get my hands on TTH....

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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 07 August 2008 - 05:16 PM

Quote

Sorry to tell you Wert, but that one was the best. I didn't even pick up book 4 because it just deteriorated as it went along, imo.

Really? I've been told quite a few times that Book 3 was the best, and Book 4 was a bit of a letdown but not horrifically so.

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Posted 07 August 2008 - 05:24 PM

I very much enjoyed the entire series. If Book 4 was a little thinner than the preceding volumes, I suspect it's due to pressure to publish.

Shaken, not stirred.

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Posted 07 August 2008 - 05:28 PM

Reading Fiona McIntosh's _Goddess_, Book 3 of the Percheron Saga. She reminds me somewhat of Jacqueline Carey, without the S&M. Have been enjoying the series nonetheless.

Shaken, not stirred.