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#3601 Morgoth

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Posted 03 February 2009 - 10:21 AM

Finsihed the judging eye the other day. Quite enjoyed it though he sometimes gets a bit lost in his own head, does Bakker

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#3602 teholbeddict

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Posted 03 February 2009 - 02:40 PM

Taking a short break from The Black Company to read GRRM's Dreamsongs Vol. 1. I purchased volumes 1 and 2 a while back but never got around to reading them. I must say it took me a long time to get into Bleak Seasons for some reason. It was probably my least favourite of the Black Company books by far. I did enjoy it towards the end but the rest of it was a real chore to get through! Hence my break from Cook for a bit, I have a feeling it should pick back up though in the next book.

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#3603 Deornoth

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Posted 03 February 2009 - 04:28 PM

Just finished reading 'Bone Crossed', the latest in the continuing adventures of car mechanic/shapeshifting coyote Mercy Thompson. Structurally, things are starting to get very repetitive now but that doesn't stop 'Bone Crossed' being a very entertaining read that I really got into. My full review is over Here. I'm now well into Kelley Armstrong's 'Men of the Otherworld' short story collection...

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Posted 05 February 2009 - 04:53 PM

Finished reading 'The Secret War' over lunchtime, a 'slightly extended lunchbreak' as I really enjoyed the book and didn't want to hang around any longer before finishing it. There's plenty of action and some really chilling moments too, character development is sacrificed on the altar of 'fast paced plot' though... My full review is over Here.
I'm now back into 'A Madness of Angels'...

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Posted 05 February 2009 - 05:32 PM

Deornoth, on Feb 3 2009, 11:28 AM, said:

I want to give this series a chance, but part of me is worried it will be too much romance. I do, however, seem to agree with your choices and reviews usually, so perhaps I ought to give this series a chance, as I likes me some urban fantasy...Yes?

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#3606 Salt-Man Z

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Posted 05 February 2009 - 05:43 PM

Finished Gene Wolfe's The Knight last night, and started in on the concluding volume, The Wizard. It's an enjoyable story, but I always feel like I'm just missing something. Or, as a friend of mine once said: "I think Gene Wolfe is too smart for me."

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Posted 05 February 2009 - 05:51 PM

Salt-Man Z, on Feb 5 2009, 12:43 PM, said:

Or, as a friend of mine once said: "I think Gene Wolfe is too smart for me."

If you're reading SE, there's nothing "too smart" for you. I understand that some people are attracted to Wolfe's works. I can't understand that attraction myself.

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Posted 05 February 2009 - 06:34 PM

QuickTidal, on Feb 5 2009, 09:32 AM, said:

Deornoth, on Feb 3 2009, 11:28 AM, said:

There's not that much romance in the Mercy Thompson books, that's why I like them. Another good urban fantasy read is the Cast series by Michelle Sagara.

Still working my way through C. J. Cherryh's Foreigner series. Now on book 8, Pretender. One more and then I'll be ready for book 10 coming out in April.

#3609 Salt-Man Z

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Posted 05 February 2009 - 07:45 PM

How are the Foreigner books? I love Cherryh's Chanur and Faded Sun books, but have long been daunted by the size of the Foreigner series. (Funny, coming from a guy who picked up all 10 Black Company books.)

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Posted 05 February 2009 - 08:51 PM

Salt-Man Z, on Feb 5 2009, 11:45 AM, said:

They are pretty good. They're written in groups of three. The first three are excellent, the second three drag a bit, but the last three are very exciting. I'm a big fan of Cherryh and love most of her books with the exception of one or two of her fantasies.

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Posted 06 February 2009 - 12:52 AM

Briar King, on Feb 5 2009, 03:27 PM, said:

Just started "The Darkness That Comes Before"

I hope you like an author who treats his female characters like crap....cause Bakker is an ass.

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Posted 06 February 2009 - 03:29 AM

I finished up Lamentation by Ken Scholes (review). I was really impressed with this debut - it's a series I really look forward to seeing more of.

Next up is The Two Pearls of Wisdom by Alison Goodman (published as Eon: Dragoneye Reborn in the US). It really annoys me when a book has different titles for different markets - especially when on title is so much better than the other.

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Posted 06 February 2009 - 12:47 PM

Rereading Catherine Asaro's _The Ruby Dice_, the latest Skolian saga novel. Well, latest in terms of publishing order, at least -- internal chronology of this series makes my head hurt.

After that, next up will be Aristotle's _Nicomachean Ethics_

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Posted 06 February 2009 - 01:50 PM

Close to finishing 'Grave Peril' - Jim Butcher. Damn these are addictive, I'm going to have to get the next one (or two) soon.

So that's the story. And what was the real lesson? Don't leave things in the fridge.

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Posted 06 February 2009 - 02:03 PM

Traveller, on Feb 6 2009, 08:50 AM, said:

Close to finishing 'Grave Peril' - Jim Butcher. Damn these are addictive, I'm going to have to get the next one (or two) soon.

Ah to be near the beginning of the Dresden Files with so many books still ahead of you still must be nice. I miss that feeling. That series is so bloody good.

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Posted 06 February 2009 - 02:35 PM

Almost done with Felix Gilman's _Gears of the City_. It's really been a slow slog to get through. Such a disappointment after _Thunderer_.

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Posted 06 February 2009 - 05:22 PM

Briar King, on Feb 6 2009, 09:18 AM, said:

Dresden fans: Have any of yall read Butchers Codex Alera books? I love them.

Yep, but I don't find them as good as the Dresden files, but they are enjoyable.

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Posted 07 February 2009 - 02:24 AM

Currently reading Nick Harkaway's 'The Gone-Away World' - 150 pages in or so and it is utterly brilliant, as well as having already crammed in more plot than most full novels. If it carries on like this it's going to end up one of my all-time favourite books.

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Posted 07 February 2009 - 10:35 AM

Running through Neal Ashers Gridlinked pretty good stuff, cormac nr 2 is next :harhar:

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Posted 07 February 2009 - 06:20 PM

Finished Assassin's Quest yesterday.
All in all, good ending.

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Don't know what to read now. I would like to read a couple of "stand alone"s before I start either The Sarantine Mosaic by Guy Gavriel Key, or Tawny Man by Robin Hobb.

From stand alone books on my TRL I have to choose between:
The Surgeon by Gerritsen Tess (have not read real thrillers for ages!)
The Puppet Masters by Robert Heinlein
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
1984 by George Orwell
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
Peshawar Lancers by S.M. Stirling

Probably I will start with Heinlein...

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