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#6621 Rhand

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Posted 22 May 2011 - 11:00 AM

Just finished The Bonehunters by one Steven Erikson. Will start Reaper's Gale, written by said Steven Erikson, later today.

And damnit, BH was GOOD.

#6622 Ain't_It_Just_

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Posted 22 May 2011 - 12:22 PM

Started Abercrombie's Best Served Cold. I've forgotten just how engaging his writing is. I'm liking the inclusion of Shivers, he's in an extremely interesting situation at the moment.

Can't wait for Crippled God...whenever it shows up.

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#6623 MWKarsa

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Posted 23 May 2011 - 12:19 AM

Finished reading The Forever War by Joe Haldeman today and it was good solid book. Moving back to Dresden with Book 3 Grave Peril before heading back to Abercrombie and book 2 Before They are Hanged.

#6624 caladanbrood

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Posted 23 May 2011 - 10:29 AM

QuickTidal, on 16 May 2011 - 07:22 PM, said:

Finally got back into Neal Asher's GRIDLINKED (after only getting a quarter way into it on vacation due to my re-read of ACOK taking up my reading time) and I'm somewhere in the neighborhood of 50% done (on Kindle) and it's really picked up now and things are rocking along into the awesome....

...howcome didn't nobody tell me Asher was this kickass?

Like seriously.

I would like to point out that both Abyss and myself have been stressing the kick-assery of Asher for a number of years

Oh, and I'm reading Embassytown, by Mieville - it's very intriguing. Hopefully it will pick up a bit soon, intro is good, and it's a complicated premise, but we need less backstory now please.

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Posted 23 May 2011 - 06:45 PM

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo...and it is rather good. Not my usual cup of tea but I try to keep an open mind and it's an interesting ride so far.

Victory is mine!

#6626 Puck

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Posted 23 May 2011 - 08:12 PM

Read The Solarians by Norman Spinrad last week and loved it, but I love Spinrad's stuff anyway.
Currently, I'm reading War and Peace [slowly, 'cause in Russian], The Hunchback of Notre-Dame [for uni] and Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis [for giggling while on the train and getting strange looks].

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#6627 QuickTidal

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Posted 23 May 2011 - 08:46 PM

Stuck in a super rut...can't get into anything right now...

blerg...need something different.

Update: Picked up THE CARDINAL'S BLADES by Pierre Pevel...just over 3 chapters in and already enjoying it quite a bit!

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#6628 QuickTidal

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Posted 24 May 2011 - 04:07 AM

Briar King, on 24 May 2011 - 04:05 AM, said:

Okay just spent the last 3 fucking hours finishing up Death Masks. Holy FUCK that was great, so far my fav Dresden book.

Starting Blood Rites now.

Yeah, you ain't seen nothing yet brother...wait for PROVEN GUILTY and DEAD BEAT!

Enjoy!

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#6629 Tsundoku

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Posted 24 May 2011 - 07:39 AM

The Black Lung Captain by Chris Wooding (Ketty Jay #2). I love this stuff - it's prime material for being made into movies.

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#6630 End of Disc One

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Posted 24 May 2011 - 12:23 PM

Briar King, on 24 May 2011 - 04:05 AM, said:

Okay just spent the last 3 fucking hours finishing up Death Masks. Holy FUCK that was great, so far my fav Dresden book.

Starting Blood Rites now.

I personally liked the Summer Knight ending more than DM, though DM had better set up it just didn't come together as well IMO.

Blood Rites is good but not as good as the previous two IMO. Everyone has different opinions though. Dead Beat is a huge step up.

#6631 McLovin

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Posted 24 May 2011 - 01:02 PM

In anticipation of July 12, I have begun my ASOIAF series re-read.

Those books haven't been out of moving boxes for nearly four years. It was like seeing old friends again.

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

#6632 acesn8s

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Posted 24 May 2011 - 01:25 PM

McLovin, on 24 May 2011 - 01:02 PM, said:

In anticipation of July 12, I have begun my ASOIAF series re-read.

Those books haven't been out of moving boxes for nearly four years. It was like seeing old friends again.

I'm also rereading SoIaF, on Clash of Kings right now.

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#6633 Mentalist

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Posted 25 May 2011 - 01:28 AM

Finished the Amberghis books yesterday.

"City of Saints and Madmen" is just as good as the first time.
"Shriek" was more of the same, filling in a lot of gaps.
"Finch" was... somehting else entirely. great book, but not what I expected. the shift in tone was jarring at first, until I adjusted.

next i think i'll finally give that Mistborn box set a shot.

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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.

#6634 Abyss

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Posted 25 May 2011 - 02:30 PM

QuickTidal, on 24 May 2011 - 04:07 AM, said:

Briar King, on 24 May 2011 - 04:05 AM, said:

Okay just spent the last 3 fucking hours finishing up Death Masks. Holy FUCK that was great, so far my fav Dresden book.

Starting Blood Rites now.

Yeah, you ain't seen nothing yet brother...wait for PROVEN GUILTY and DEAD BEAT!

Enjoy!

End of Disc One, on 24 May 2011 - 12:23 PM, said:

DEATH MASKS has the most 'cinematic' action climax of any book i have ever read, and altho SUMMER KNIGHT is where Butcher seriously raises the bar, DM is where he launches it into orbit.

DEAD BEAT is where he propels it into another solar system.

Am just finishing Bakker's THE WHITE-LUCK WARRIOR... am mixed about this, but will post in the specific thread.

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#6635 Salt-Man Z

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Posted 25 May 2011 - 03:15 PM

Just finished Gene Wolfe's Free Live Free. That end was...unexpected. Pretty cool, though.

Currently starting in on Patrick Lee's The Breach.

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#6636 QuickTidal

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Posted 25 May 2011 - 03:22 PM

Salt-Man Z, on 25 May 2011 - 03:15 PM, said:

Currently starting in on Patrick Lee's The Breach.

Such a great book! Quick, easy, but enthralling read.

I still have to read the sequel GHOST COUNTRY.

I'm currently nearing the quarter mark of THE CARDINAL'S BLADES and it's still rocking along at a fine pace. Digging it.

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Posted 25 May 2011 - 04:40 PM

QuickTidal, on 25 May 2011 - 03:22 PM, said:

Salt-Man Z, on 25 May 2011 - 03:15 PM, said:

Currently starting in on Patrick Lee's The Breach.

Such a great book! Quick, easy, but enthralling read.

I still have to read the sequel GHOST COUNTRY.
...

Yes. Yes you do.

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#6638 Mott

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Posted 26 May 2011 - 12:20 PM

Just Finished Fool Moon, I've ordered the next off amazon.I actually have to keep reminding myself while reading that Dresden is not in fact real, his characterisation is really well done. Even though I kind of understood where she was coming from through the whole of the book I was really annoyed by Murphy but I kind of loved her again at the end with her and Harry's little acts of friendship.

Started Perdito Street Station, only the prologue so far.

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#6639 Steel General

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Posted 26 May 2011 - 03:45 PM

Started 'The Way of Kings' a couple of days ago.

#6640 T77

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Posted 27 May 2011 - 02:03 PM

Just finished Stone of Farewell by Tad Williams the second book in his Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series. I liked the book and like Tad Williams in general, he is better than most fantasy authors I have read, but unfortunately he's not in my list of favorite authors. I thought the first Otherland novel was excellent and I thought he would be, and maybe he could at some point. But, I have to place him in the second tier. He's good, just not great.