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Posted 06 April 2011 - 12:26 PM

Just finished THE GUNSLINGER....it was cool, if not a tad existential at the end. I liked it enough to check out the second book.

But up next, before I go away will be REDEMPTION ARK by Alastair Reynolds. (Cause I was jonesing for a Clavain re-read and didn't want to start something new with only days to go before my trip and the 4 books awaiting me on my Kindle)

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Posted 06 April 2011 - 01:54 PM

End of Disc One, on 05 April 2011 - 06:49 PM, said:

T77, on 05 April 2011 - 06:12 PM, said:

Just finished Night of Knives by Ian C Esslemont and liked it much more than I thought I would. For some reason I had low expectations going in and considered skipping the ICE books until after SE's, but i'm glad I didn't as I think it added to the whole Malazan experience. Already started The Bonehunters.

Congrats on reading in our recommended order.

I already see many references to things in NoK. And now I am looking forward to Return of the Crimson Guard and Stonewielder. Anyone just starting to read the Malazan series should read in the recommended order.

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Posted 06 April 2011 - 02:03 PM

Abyss, on 05 April 2011 - 04:32 PM, said:

amphibian, on 05 April 2011 - 04:22 PM, said:

...Tarantino got that half-good/half-terrible revisionist WWII Jewish revenge flick made (Inglorious Basterds). ...

'Jews flee Holocaust, settle in Alaska, have internal conflicts over future of the Jewish people tieing into Holocaust, middle-east politics, revisionist history, inter-sect rivalry and/or biblical history related to the Holy Temple' is slightly more complex than
'Jews kill Nazis'. Heck, the fact that the soldiers in BASTARDS were Jews was practically an afterthought.

'At the end of the second world war, the United States leased Alaska for a period of 60 years to the Jewish survivors of the Holocaust. It is now clear that the lease will not be extended, and the Jewish-Alaskan community is searching for options.'

There, basic underlying info in a star wars scroll screenie, perfectly doable in 25 seconds just before the opening credits.

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Posted 06 April 2011 - 02:43 PM

FastBen, on 06 April 2011 - 01:30 AM, said:

...after I'm going to start either the Dresden Books ...which do you guys think?

Briar King, on 06 April 2011 - 03:10 AM, said:

...Ive never read a Dresden book...

Go read Dresden now.

GO.

READ DRESDEN.

NOW.

NOW.

NOW.

You can thank me later.

Puck, on 06 April 2011 - 09:39 AM, said:

caladanbrood, on 06 April 2011 - 09:33 AM, said:

FastBen, on 06 April 2011 - 01:30 AM, said:

Okay finishing up Chabon's Policeman's Union - what should I read next?
GRRM's Fevre Dream

Brilliant book. Martin's best, IMHO. If this was the gold standard for Vampires rather than Twilight, the world would be a much better place.

Yes. This.

Noted, because i hadn't actually seen anyone comment on this being that good.

Tapper, on 06 April 2011 - 02:03 PM, said:

...'At the end of the second world war, the United States leased Alaska for a period of 60 years to the Jewish survivors of the Holocaust. It is now clear that the lease will not be extended, and the Jewish-Alaskan community is searching for options.'

There, basic underlying info in a star wars scroll screenie, perfectly doable in 25 seconds just before the opening credits.

And it works for an educated, informed reader who's likely to pick up a book called 'The Yiddish Policemen's Union' in the first place, but we're talking movie audiences... i'm not saying that all movie audiences everywhere are the great unwashed and unable to grasp a complicated storyline, but that brings us back to art house at best. That said, this story wouldn't need a massive budget... ffs it could be filmed in Alaska for pennies, so maybe it is workable.

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Posted 06 April 2011 - 05:19 PM

Just got Academ's Fury from the library and looking forward to getting started as I really enjoyed the first book. Also got the library finding the first two Dresden books for me. Unfortunately they look to be on loan until the end of the month. Posted Image

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Posted 06 April 2011 - 09:03 PM

Today the Amazon Fairy brought me The Information by James Gleick. A history of information (subtitled as: A History, a Theory, a Flood) This is great stuff so far; I'm up to page 80 and Charles Babbage is on the scene - so I guess we're soon to be talking about computers... or cryptography.

After, or maybe alongside, that will be Wittgenstein's Mistress by David Markson.

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Posted 06 April 2011 - 11:08 PM

As much as I want to go out and buy more Dresden Files stuff, I'm now reading some obscure splatterpunk anthology, solely intended to keep me from reading and doing my assignments instead. But as soon as I'm done.. Oh, the prospect..

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Posted 07 April 2011 - 12:10 AM

Thanks for the suggestions. I will read Fevre Dream and start Dresden next.

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Posted 07 April 2011 - 12:31 AM

QuickTidal, on 06 April 2011 - 12:26 PM, said:

Just finished THE GUNSLINGER....it was cool, if not a tad existential at the end. I liked it enough to check out the second book.

Oh man, the second is one of my all time favourites. Third & fourth are excellent, too.

I myself am reading The Bonehunters for the first time. With each passing book I say "this is the best one yet!". Indeed.

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Posted 07 April 2011 - 12:45 AM

I liked 6 better than 5, 'cause I was okay with the you-know-what that urinated so many people off in 6. Though, personally, when the last three books divided the fans, I was one of those who was not satisfied. Been thinking about rereading them to be a bit fairer on them, but I just don't feel that pull strongly enough.

On the other hand, I'm only on book 6 of TMBotF, and I am already looking forward to that reread.

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Posted 07 April 2011 - 12:47 PM

T77, on 06 April 2011 - 01:54 PM, said:

Anyone just starting to read the Malazan series should read in the recommended order.

What is the recommended order? I am 1/2 into Gardens of the Moon.

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Posted 07 April 2011 - 01:18 PM

Astra, on 07 April 2011 - 12:47 PM, said:

T77, on 06 April 2011 - 01:54 PM, said:

Anyone just starting to read the Malazan series should read in the recommended order.

What is the recommended order? I am 1/2 into Gardens of the Moon.

The order they were published in, including the ICE books if you're so inclined.

basically...

GOTM
DG
MOI
HOC
MT
NOK
TB
RG
RCG
TTH
DOD
SW
TCG

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Posted 07 April 2011 - 01:51 PM

@Upthread: Stick with the Dark Tower. Between books 1-4 they only get increasingly better, with Wizard and Glass being, IMO, the best of the series. 5-7 have plenty of high-points and the ending is phenomenal, though there are definite missteps, especially (as someone else has said ) in book 6.

In other news, finished book one of the Prince of Nothing trilogy last night and literally immediately picked up The Warrior-Prophet and began reading it. It's safe to say that I'm hooked.

Illuyankas, on 07 April 2011 - 08:37 PM, said:

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Posted 07 April 2011 - 02:45 PM

Abyss, on 07 April 2011 - 01:18 PM, said:

The order they were published in, including the ICE books if you're so inclined.

basically...

GOTM
DG
MOI
HOC
MT
NOK
TB
RG
RCG
TTH
DOD
SW
TCG

OK. ICE pops in only after the first 5 books.
Yes, I am inclined to read him.
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Posted 07 April 2011 - 06:29 PM

About 430 pages into The Wise Man's Fear. I like it very much.

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Posted 08 April 2011 - 12:59 PM

Started Matterhorn last night. Interesting so far. Marlantes really gives you a sense of what it was like to be "in the shit".

The "leech incident" in Chapter 1 (I won't spoil it for you, experience the magic yourself) was perhaps OTT. Could that actually happen? *shudders*

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 08 April 2011 - 01:07 PM

About 160 pages into my re-read of REDEMPTION ARK by Reynolds...

Is it me or does reading this a second time make REVELATION SPACE seem like a really long, but ultimately fucking awesome prologue?

Oh and also...Clavain is the shiznit.

That is all.

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Posted 08 April 2011 - 02:38 PM

QuickTidal, on 08 April 2011 - 01:07 PM, said:

,,, REVELATION SPACE seem like a really long, but ultimately fucking awesome prologue?
,,,

REVELATION SPACE is a brilliant book. The sheer mindfucking scope and brilliance of what Reynolds puts together in that book is just wild.

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Posted 08 April 2011 - 04:34 PM

Abyss, on 08 April 2011 - 02:38 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 08 April 2011 - 01:07 PM, said:

,,, REVELATION SPACE seem like a really long, but ultimately fucking awesome prologue?
,,,

REVELATION SPACE is a brilliant book. The sheer mindfucking scope and brilliance of what Reynolds puts together in that book is just wild.

Yeah, totally. What is even better is that as cool as Sylveste is in RS, Clavain in RA is even better!

I would also like to express my fandom of Volyova and the Nostalgia for Infinity.

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