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#4941 Astra

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Posted 20 April 2010 - 08:41 AM

werewolfv2, on 20 April 2010 - 01:41 AM, said:

a coupe editing errors

Just out of curiosity. What are they?
I hear about editing errors from time to time and it would be nice to see a few examples.

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Posted 20 April 2010 - 11:04 AM

The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan

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Posted 20 April 2010 - 03:56 PM

Finished up Dead Beat last night and started in on Proven Guilty.

This post has been edited by Abyss: 28 April 2010 - 06:55 PM
Reason for edit: Modgod edit to remove Dead Beat spoiler, even if it is awesome

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Posted 20 April 2010 - 05:10 PM

I put down the bloated, easy-listening patriotism of Once An Eagle and have switched to The Lords of Dus. Been 20 years since I read this series, really looking forward to reading again. It is not the best series in terms of world-building, but it plays with some interesting ideas.

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

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Posted 20 April 2010 - 09:15 PM

I finished up The Adamantine Palace by Stephen Deas last week and finally wrote up my review. Ultimately, it doesn't really stand out, but I guess I'm curious enough to see what comes next.

I'm reading Kraken by China Mieville now - I hope to finish up in the next day or two. Good, good stuff.

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Posted 21 April 2010 - 08:36 PM

kcf, on 20 April 2010 - 09:15 PM, said:

Son of a...how did you get Kraken already?

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Posted 21 April 2010 - 09:06 PM

I just started reading a book about Harry Patch, called The Last Fighting Tommy. Normally I'm not that much of a war buff (I know very little about WW1) but so far it's pretty damned compelling.

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Posted 22 April 2010 - 05:52 AM

Hopefully l get my dirty little hands on Jim Butcher's Changes tonight.

Then after that, l am going to give Morgan's Altered Carbon another try for the forth and final time. If l still can't get into it then that's it, no more try's, it's off to the second hand book store.

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Posted 22 April 2010 - 01:51 PM

Over the last few days I've read Tom Holt's 'Blonde Bombshell', a comedy that didn't make me laugh once, Alden Bell's 'The Reapers are the Angels', utterly superb, and Charlie Huston's 'Sleepless', heavy going in places but worth sticking with. To finish the week on a bit of a bang I'm working my way through 'Helsreach' (Aaron Dembski-Bowden).

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Posted 22 April 2010 - 03:48 PM

Rereading Dune

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Posted 22 April 2010 - 04:18 PM

Maia Irraz, on 21 April 2010 - 09:06 PM, said:

I just started reading a book about Harry Patch, called The Last Fighting Tommy. Normally I'm not that much of a war buff (I know very little about WW1) but so far it's pretty damned compelling.

Huh. I tried reading that last week and just couldn't get into it. Might've maybe helped if the person who recommended it didn't try to make it out as if it were better than The Thin Red Line.

Which be what dis gurl be reading. Finest war book ever written (well, after War and Peace anyway)

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Posted 22 April 2010 - 05:47 PM

Just started a re-read of PoN. Again. Probably should have left it later in the year to tie in with the release of White Luck Warrior, but damn. Couldn't resist.

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Posted 22 April 2010 - 06:04 PM

Finished Jim Butcher's changes the other day,

still reading some Sherlock books, by Sir ACD...

Also have the 3rd Mistborn book to read

and JA's Best Served Cold,

And Morgan's the Steele Remains...

jeeze i am so far behind...

I still have not even ordered Dust of Dreams...

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Posted 22 April 2010 - 09:10 PM

Jusentantaka, on 22 April 2010 - 04:18 PM, said:

Maia Irraz, on 21 April 2010 - 09:06 PM, said:

I just started reading a book about Harry Patch, called The Last Fighting Tommy. Normally I'm not that much of a war buff (I know very little about WW1) but so far it's pretty damned compelling.

Oooh, I must add it to the list then! I loved War and Peace so if you say it's nearly as good, well, I want to read it.
And to be honest, it did take me 2 chapters or so to get into the Patch book but I am enjoying it now, I'm a little more than halfway through. Mind you, I wasn't coerced into reading it so maybe that helps?

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Posted 22 April 2010 - 09:44 PM

Oooh now thats a tricky one, I wasn't really trying to rate them like that, cause W&P has just so much scope over and above Prince Andrei and Rostov the Hussar and the Psychopath with their snapshots of the war.

Distant second maybe best imo.

Will try Patch again 'someday' but now I have a hankering for Tolstoy after I finish this book, and that usually takes me a good month to go through.

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Posted 25 April 2010 - 03:32 PM

Just finished THE GREAT HUNT by Jordan this morning. Great ending, really enjoyed that!

I'm now onto THE DRAGON REBORN.

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Posted 26 April 2010 - 07:36 AM

just reread the last mistborn book (Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson) for those who havent read thise books... DO IT NOW

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Posted 26 April 2010 - 08:05 AM

I'm reading The Darkness that Comes Before by R Scott Bakker. Good so far.

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Posted 26 April 2010 - 08:39 AM

Devoured Night Watch, Day Watch and am now starting on Twilight Watch. Lukyanenko is in my book officially awesome.

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Posted 26 April 2010 - 10:06 PM

Jusentantaka, on 22 April 2010 - 09:44 PM, said:

Well, I finished the Patch bio and I was actually a bit disappointed. I know it was supposed to be about his whole life and not just WW1 but I think they devoted all of 3 chapters to his time during the war. And a lot of it just felt...glossed over. Anyway, I'm not going to rag on it too much because hey, the guy did fight in World War freaking One but I wanted something with a bit more oomph to it, more emotional impact.

That said, I'm now reading book 2 of Kate Elliott's Crossroads trilogy and when that's done I'm going to go back to the "war genre" to read Hans Fallada's Every man dies alone before finishing up with Elliott. And then who knows, I've got nine other books just waiting for me to read them. Posted Image