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#6641 CircleBinder

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Posted 27 May 2011 - 03:30 PM

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

Not at all in the realm of fantasy or sci-fi but still an absolutely amazing novel. If you enjoyed "The Road", you will love this one.

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Posted 27 May 2011 - 04:07 PM

CircleBinder, on 27 May 2011 - 03:30 PM, said:

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

Not at all in the realm of fantasy or sci-fi but still an absolutely amazing novel. If you enjoyed "The Road", you will love this one.

Judge Holden is just a great character. An evil, psychopathic, creepy, amoral but definitely great character.

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Posted 27 May 2011 - 04:16 PM

Just finished A Game of Thrones. That was good. :apt:

Waiting on Amazon for A Clash of Kings now.

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Posted 28 May 2011 - 03:55 PM

Just finished Grave Peril this morning and thoroughly enjoyed it- so far each book has gotten better and better with the general storyline getting more intriguing. Now it's back to Abercrombie and Before They are Hanged.

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Posted 28 May 2011 - 09:44 PM

Finished The Breach last night, and it was awesome. Not great literature by any means, just a taut sci-fi thriller. It took a little while to suspend my disbelief, but by the end everything was made to be (mostly) pretty convincing.

Gonna dive into Ghost Country tonight.

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Posted 29 May 2011 - 09:23 AM

Still reading Embassytown, which I'm really enjoying, but not reading very quickly at all. After that I still have far too much to choose from, but will probably go for Jasper Fforde's latest, One of our Thursdays is Missing.

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Posted 29 May 2011 - 01:00 PM

Just read Moon Over Soho which was even more fun that Rivers of London, I think - probably due to the fact that the introductions are now over and Aaronovitch can get straight to the meat of the storytelling. There's some interesting hints as to where things might go - although I'll be disappointed if he takes the obvious route (or one of them, at least) with Lesley, as I rather like the character. Can't wait for the next one.

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Posted 29 May 2011 - 03:01 PM

On my re-read of KRAKEN by China Mieville, and so far it's even more awesome than when I'd read it previously....maybe it's time to finally revisit PERDIDO STREET STATION and see if I can get though it.

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Posted 30 May 2011 - 03:57 AM

QuickTidal, on 29 May 2011 - 03:01 PM, said:

PSS was much better on the second read, imho. Fuck the slakemoths though. Those things still show up in my nightmares.

Also, I've jumped on the SoIaF reread bandwagon.

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Posted 30 May 2011 - 07:11 AM

silvenquesti, on 30 May 2011 - 03:57 AM, said:

PSS was much better on the second read, imho. Fuck the slakemoths though. Those things still show up in my nightmares.

Slakemoths? Forget slakemoths - grindylows* terrify me while I'm fully conscious.

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Posted 30 May 2011 - 03:34 PM

amphibian, on 30 May 2011 - 07:11 AM, said:

silvenquesti, on 30 May 2011 - 03:57 AM, said:

PSS was much better on the second read, imho. Fuck the slakemoths though. Those things still show up in my nightmares.

Slakemoths? Forget slakemoths - grindylows* terrify me while I'm fully conscious.

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Posted 30 May 2011 - 03:50 PM

Abyss, on 30 May 2011 - 03:34 PM, said:

amphibian, on 30 May 2011 - 07:11 AM, said:

silvenquesti, on 30 May 2011 - 03:57 AM, said:

PSS was much better on the second read, imho. Fuck the slakemoths though. Those things still show up in my nightmares.

Slakemoths? Forget slakemoths - grindylows* terrify me while I'm fully conscious.

(*From The Scar)

I fear the Weaver at all times.

The Weaver was scary because unpredictable but the grindylows were truly nightmare-inducing.

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Posted 30 May 2011 - 04:13 PM

Finished Mistborn.

great book. seemed kinda predictable at a number of places, but the twists at the ending blew me away.

already started volume 2.

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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 30 May 2011 - 04:39 PM

Bauchelain the Evil, on 30 May 2011 - 03:50 PM, said:

Abyss, on 30 May 2011 - 03:34 PM, said:

amphibian, on 30 May 2011 - 07:11 AM, said:

silvenquesti, on 30 May 2011 - 03:57 AM, said:

PSS was much better on the second read, imho. Fuck the slakemoths though. Those things still show up in my nightmares.

Slakemoths? Forget slakemoths - grindylows* terrify me while I'm fully conscious.

(*From The Scar)

I fear the Weaver at all times.

The Weaver was scary because unpredictable but the grindylows were truly nightmare-inducing.

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Posted 30 May 2011 - 05:05 PM

So I got my hands on The Last Wish and I'm almost half way through it. So far I'm enjoying it greatly and the references to tales I heard when I was little, but with a nice dark twist, are just great. I'm liking Geralt a lot.

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Posted 30 May 2011 - 06:56 PM

Gerald Brom - The Child Thief

Enjoying it so far. Used to hate Peter Pan. Love this particular Peter so far :apt:

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Posted 30 May 2011 - 07:00 PM

Finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Liked it. The story builds slowly and the climax comes too quickly and is over too soon, and the denouement runs on too long but it's otherwise a good read.

I am a bit thin on the ground with scifi / fantasy atm so I am going to go with Hunger Games and see where it goes

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Posted 31 May 2011 - 12:11 AM

Just finished "Toll of the Hounds" by some guy named Erikson...pretty good.

Started Abercrombie's "The Heroes" last night...liking it so far.

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Posted 31 May 2011 - 06:02 AM

Finished Reaper's Gale last night, tremendous book. Continuing with Erikson's Toll the Hounds.

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Posted 31 May 2011 - 04:42 PM

Just finished Patrick Lee's Ghost Country. Not quite up to the bar set by The Breach, but a great sci-fi thriller regardless. Lee's definitely set up a strong series premise here, with each book based around a single "entity" while continuing the underlying arc of Travis Chase's mysterious future. Looking forward to the next installment.