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#5761 Yellow

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Posted 06 December 2010 - 08:40 PM

It is

Every time it happens I get dragged right out of the story. Surely his editor should have pulled him to one side and told him you can't wince your pain?

Although having said that, The Shins tell me you can wince the night away. BOOM BOOM.

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#5762 Aptorian

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Posted 06 December 2010 - 08:44 PM

So far I have only noticed one big mistake in the editting of Stonewielder (he used one characters name instead of another one), I believe that the shit storm of criticism that hit when RCG was released may have been fresh in their memory.

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Posted 06 December 2010 - 08:57 PM

i'm beginning to think we should start a 'i'm reading Stonewiedler and want to talk about it but no spoilers' thread....

Caught the character error Apr mentioned - not a big deal. Not bothered by the gruntings and wincings.
Delighted by the general lack of long stinky greasy dank dark sweaty dirty matted twisted slimy hair.

One old friend appearing had me grinning stupidly.

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#5764 Illuyankas

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Posted 06 December 2010 - 09:07 PM

So, I got Stonewielder for my birthday and I'm reading it.

It's pretty sweet.

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Posted 06 December 2010 - 09:10 PM

it says something about this series that the roughly half the board or more are reading SW right now within a week of release... :hulk:

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Posted 06 December 2010 - 09:17 PM

This is obviously the wrong thread for this question, but are the US/UK release dates aligned for tCG? For some reason I thought they were.

Now I can't decide when to read Stonewielder; either I can wait till it lines up after DoD, or just read it after RG and then resume my reread with RotCG->TtH->DoD->SW again.

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Posted 06 December 2010 - 09:26 PM

Time line wise I thought SW was supposed to take place along side the events of TTH and before DOD, I think Esslemont mentioned that in a Q&A somewhere.

Anyway, there is certainly an appearance of one "character" in SW that spoils a surprise in TTH. So, I think SW is meant to be read after TTH.

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Posted 06 December 2010 - 09:38 PM

Abyss, on 06 December 2010 - 08:57 PM, said:

Delighted by the general lack of long stinky greasy dank dark sweaty dirty matted twisted slimy hair.

He swapped it for moustaches. Seriously, every second character has one.

Loving Stonewielder nonetheless, of course.

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Posted 06 December 2010 - 09:40 PM

Well, the book was released during Movember.

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Posted 06 December 2010 - 09:55 PM

Ahem...hrmpf....Ritchie and Lewis, Qualitative Research....Yeah, I have no life.

Screw you all, and have a nice day!

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Posted 07 December 2010 - 12:12 AM

Just put down Surrender to the will of Night, Cook continues to deliver amazing stuff, but a cliffhangererish end is damn annoying when the next installment may take years...

Guess Stonewielder will be next...

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Posted 07 December 2010 - 12:51 AM

Wow...I just realized that Stonewielder has been available for download on amazon.com since November 25. Why has no one mentioned this?

Something to hold me over while my hard copy doesn't arrive.

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Posted 07 December 2010 - 01:19 AM

Abyss, on 06 December 2010 - 09:10 PM, said:

it says something about this series that the roughly half the board or more are reading SW right now within a week of release... :hulk:

And I would be reading it too if it weren't for those ~~meddling kids~~ stupid Aussie release dates...

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Posted 07 December 2010 - 06:13 AM

QuickTidal, on 06 December 2010 - 11:47 AM, said:

Gods dammit!

I hate that Chapters/Indigo in Canada has issues getting books out on their release date. I've been all over Toronto and I can't get my hands on Stonewielder. Fuck! Arg!

I caved in around DoD. worth the lack of wait.

ofc, my copy is being shipped for free by book depository, to my house in Ontario, where no one is home for the week.
whilst i'm stuck in WInninpeg writing exams.

but it'll be waiting for me by the time i'm back home. less than two weeks now. oh, yeeees...

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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 December 2010 - 07:15 AM

End of Disc One, on 07 December 2010 - 12:51 AM, said:

Wow...I just realized that Stonewielder has been available for download on amazon.com since November 25. Why has no one mentioned this?

Something to hold me over while my hard copy doesn't arrive.

I have a Sony PRS, and the price of this book on Waterstones UK is £20. Twenty fucking pounds for a bit of data. Even the Amazon UK price (~£9) is scandalous, but I'm seriously considering switching to the Kindle because of shit like that.

I feel really guilty because my wife bought my PRS for me about 18 months ago and spent about £200 on it... how do I tell her I want to discard it to the pile and get a new one so soon? "Cheaper books" probably isn't going to cut it.

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Posted 07 December 2010 - 01:04 PM

Mentalist, on 07 December 2010 - 06:13 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 06 December 2010 - 11:47 AM, said:

Gods dammit!

I hate that Chapters/Indigo in Canada has issues getting books out on their release date. I've been all over Toronto and I can't get my hands on Stonewielder. Fuck! Arg!

*rubs hands together*

You mean there is a house in Mississauga with a copy of Stonewielder in the mailbox...*insert raised eyebrow*....Reeeaaaalllly?

:hulk:

JK

Yeah, I am seriously thinking I ought to do as Abyss says and pre-order TCG now. It really will save me a headache later.

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Posted 07 December 2010 - 01:09 PM

Yellow, on 06 December 2010 - 08:29 PM, said:

I'm about 100 pages into Stonewielder... seems very similar to RotCG so far in that it's pretty fast paced and lively. Enjoying it quite a lot.

Only problem I have is the same one I had last time. Esselmont has this thing that he seems to use a lot (feels like nearly every page), and every time I see it I cringe and it does my head in.

"He grunted his understanding"

"She grunted her disinterest"

"She nodded her indifference"

"He winced his pain"

It's driving me mad! I mean seriously, how do you wince your pain? Wince with pain, sure. Grunt in understanding. Gah.

Let me give you one word.

Spokesman.

About 3/5 through, it will keep me company on the train to and fro when I go take my CPE exams this week. Hopefully I'll be able to devour it in such 'spare time' without rushing. Awesome book so far, it's heavens above RCG, and tbh, most MBotF as well. I'm also liking what he's doing with Kyle.

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Posted 07 December 2010 - 02:55 PM

Gothos, on 07 December 2010 - 01:09 PM, said:

...I'm also liking what he's doing with Kyle.

Agreed but let's watch for spoilers...

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Posted 07 December 2010 - 03:22 PM

Yellow, on 07 December 2010 - 07:15 AM, said:

End of Disc One, on 07 December 2010 - 12:51 AM, said:

Wow...I just realized that Stonewielder has been available for download on amazon.com since November 25. Why has no one mentioned this?

Something to hold me over while my hard copy doesn't arrive.

You don't have to have a Kindle to read it--I'm reading it on my computer screen. I realize you may not want to read it on your computer though. This is more of an FYI for everyone: amazon.com has been selling this ebook since November 25, and I would guess that anyone in any country can download it.