[T77]

Salt-Man Z, on 05 April 2010 - 04:07 AM, said:

Tuberski, on 03 April 2010 - 03:36 PM, said:

i am reading The White Rose now, it's very underwhelming.

I was a bit underwhelmed by TWR too. (Shadows Linger was my favorite of the original trilogy.) Most people seem to think the first three books are the best, but I personally preferred the later books.

I have the opposite opinion. I loved TWR, almost as much as the first book. And I was underwhelmed by
"Shadows Linger". What I did not like about it was that the Black Company cast was not in it that much,
it focused around some bar owner. The battle for the castle saved the book for me though. That was
brilliant.

[Yellow]

Reading Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds. ~100 pages in, underwhelmed so far. He hasn't written a great book since Pushing Ice, here's hoping it gets better!

[MTS]

And The Ass Saw The Angel by Nick Cave. 33 pages in and there's already been some detailed talk on cannibalism and incest.What, uh, fun.

[kcf]

I finished up King Maker last week. This is a clever, powerful, and flawed novel that I still have to recommend. Arthurian legend retold in the ghetto of a generic American city (Indianapolis). (full review)

I'm now reading The Adamantine Palance by Stephen Deas. It's good enough, but so far doesn't really stand out.

[maro]

Yellow, on 05 April 2010 - 02:41 PM, said:

Reading Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds. ~100 pages in, underwhelmed so far. He hasn't written a great book since Pushing Ice, here's hoping it gets better!

I liked the Prefect.

It's a curse with Authors I find - they write great books but eventually tail off.

Just finished the Millenium trilogy (Not sure if it's been covered here). Rare to find a book that is better than the hype. Sad that there will be no more.

[Ain't_It_Just_]

Rereading Deadhouse Gates and it remains as polished as ever.

[Knight of Darkness]

Started reading The Judging Eye by R. Scott Bakker. Loved how the first trilogy ended, so I bet this will be a great read as well

[QuickTidal]

THE TIME QUAKE (Gideon Trilogy Book III) by Linda Buckley-Archer, after that I kind of want to do a re-read of The Night Angel Trilogy by Weeks and then get into THE WARDED MAN by Brett.

[Salt-Man Z]

Stayed up WAY too late last night to finish Dust of Dreams, but it was totally worth it. The "ending" felt a little rushed, and parts of the book dragged or were obnoxious, but overall it was super-awesome. Can't wait for ye olde grande finale.

Next up is "The Last Test", the final story in Lovecraft's The Loved Dead collection. After that, I'll be returning to Dresden with Blood Rites.

[QuickTidal]

Back into DUST OF DREAMS now and I have to say that it finally starts rocking on all cylinders by around the 250pg mark and I've been enjoying it mostly since then....excluding the Snake storyline which I find somewhat annoying. Other than that, it is treating me well now.

[Use Of Weapons]

Funnily enough, I'm on a DoD reread also. The parts with the hobbling aren't nearly as long or gruesome as I remembered from my first readthrough. And there are some classic lines that I'd forgotten. My current fave:

Spoiler

Ublala Pung: I know some gods. They collect chickens.
Draconus: We do work in mysterious ways.

[ansible]

I'm reading Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun for the first time and I'm in awe. After this I think I will begin my first reread of MBotF in a long while.

[Ain't_It_Just_]

T77, on 05 April 2010 - 02:10 PM, said:

Salt-Man Z, on 05 April 2010 - 04:07 AM, said:

Tuberski, on 03 April 2010 - 03:36 PM, said:

i am reading The White Rose now, it's very underwhelming.

I was a bit underwhelmed by TWR too. (Shadows Linger was my favorite of the original trilogy.) Most people seem to think the first three books are the best, but I personally preferred the later books.

I have the opposite opinion. I loved TWR, almost as much as the first book. And I was underwhelmed by
"Shadows Linger". What I did not like about it was that the Black Company cast was not in it that much,
it focused around some bar owner. The battle for the castle saved the book for me though. That was
brilliant.

Agreed. I loved when the BC ambushed Marron Shed and Croaker just said, "I'll be damned. It's the innkeeper."

[Animace]

Just finished Empire of Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky and started on the second one....out of boredom really.

What an awesome concept ruined by awful writing.

The world is so promising, but Its almost as if he put all this thought into worldbuilding and then went "oh, I need some characters and a general plot...hmmm this will do".


If only they were as good as the cover art....

(With the possible exception of Tisamon)

This post has been edited by Animace: 10 April 2010 - 02:06 PM

[Morgoth]

Finished Changes, now reading "Roman 1987", or "Novel 1987" for you foreigners, by Dag Solstad.

[Tapper]

Started again on the Black Company omnibus The Many Deaths of the BC. Had lost interest because of the timejump and yet another annalist but now find it rather engaging. Might be because I need distraction.
Also picked The Brothers Karamazov up again. Still not getting anywhere with that one .

[Mentalist]

just finished "Goood Omens" by Pratchett and Gaiman, and I cought myself 15 minutes later, re-reading and being up to Chapter 2 already.

I'm terrified that next time I go into a bookstore, I'll start buying Discworld.

anyhow, right now i'm gona give "the Thunderer" by Felix Gilman a chance.

[Tuberski]

Salt-Man Z, on 05 April 2010 - 04:07 AM, said:

Tuberski, on 03 April 2010 - 03:36 PM, said:

i am reading The White Rose now, it's very underwhelming.

I was a bit underwhelmed by TWR too. (Shadows Linger was my favorite of the original trilogy.) Most people seem to think the first three books are the best, but I personally preferred the later books.

I meant the whole series was underwhelming, but I did buy the next omnibus, so it was okay enough to read more.

I just finished Changes by Jim Butcher, so it's either the second omnibus or The Night of Knives next.

[Darkwatch]

Hyperion.

[Ain't_It_Just_]

Mentalist, on 10 April 2010 - 08:35 PM, said:

just finished "Goood Omens" by Pratchett and Gaiman, and I cought myself 15 minutes later, re-reading and being up to Chapter 2 already.

I'm terrified that next time I go into a bookstore, I'll start buying Discworld.

anyhow, right now i'm gona give "the Thunderer" by Felix Gilman a chance.

That's why I'm happy, I've got the whole series of Discworld to buy.