[Salt-Man Z]

After a good start, Star Wars: Cloak of Deception has gotten boooooring. Picked up Jeff Salyard's Scourge of the Betrayer instead, and I'm enjoying it.

[Mentalist]

QuickTidal, on 07 May 2012 - 02:40 PM, said:

Over halfway through Gaiman & Pratchett's GOOD OMENS and you want to know how I know I am reading something special? Aside from the obviously great story? Because I don't want to keep reading because I fear the book ending and there won't be anymore. I realize that waiting over 20 years to read the book gave me ample time to savor...but dammit, I don't want the book to end!

Once I finished reading it, I caught myself being 30 pages into an immediate re-read. it's a pretty amazing book.

I'm still trudging my way though "the Unremembered". it's a slog, the pacing isn't enough to keep me interested for more than 2-3 chapters. The story actually deviated a bit from the LotR-esque "group of chosen ones trudge to a place of X to unite the land in a battle against EVIL, but not by much. There's a convergence coming, and I want to see if the ending can save this book, but so far i'm not too impressed. Especially considering that I have a number of truly awesome books in the TRP: last book of Gap cycle, the next Shadows of the Apt book, Orbus by Neal Asher, and the last City of a hundred Rows book.

and yet, there's still 300 pages to go in the Unremembered,and I'm hoping it can still get good

[Abyss]

amphibian, on 07 May 2012 - 05:14 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 05 May 2012 - 07:41 PM, said:

Anyways, such a great volume, and luckily today I grabbed ABSOLUTE SANDMAN Vol. IV to continue my reading.

The issues collected within Volume 4 are the very best Sandman ever did.

You may want to look into follow up volumes of "sequels" or add-ons to the series. I did and really enjoyed the Endless Nights and Dream Hunters ones. ...

The Delirium story in ENDLESS NIGHTS is one of the most brlliant pieces of work in comics ever. It fucks your brain six different ways, is visually stunning, and at the end you feel good about life.

DREAM HUNTERS is a solid read in a completely different way from the series, but worth your dollars.



Am almost done THIEF IN THE NIGHT by David Chandler, sequel to DEN OF THIEVES and second in his ANCIENT BLADES trilo.

Good fun in a classic fantasy romp sort of way. There is nothing strikingly original here, but Chandler plays the widget quest/dungeon crawl/baddie kill stories for all they're worth and uses fun takes on archetypical characters to overall success. I may never read the series again, but i'm reading all three back to back and having fun doing it.

[polishgenius]

QuickTidal, on 07 May 2012 - 10:47 AM, said:

I've been eyeballing LUCIFER...partly because it seems to be written by Mike Carey...which I'm always down for.

Definitely worth it. I don't think it starts as rough as Amp seems to but I also don't think it rises quite as high as Sandman - but then Brief Lives (the Destruction arc) is one of my favourite stories ever in any medium, it's so good. Lucifer has a different flavour than Sandman - it's more directly epic and it's a more traditional long narrative than the fragmentary pieces collating together into one big whole that Gaiman pulls off - but it's definitely a worthwhile spinoff.

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Just finished The Gone-Away World and I have to say that may be one of, if not the, best books I've ever read. Now I must order Angelmaker.

Angelmaker isn't quite as good. Of course, that still means it's pretty damn awesome. I think TG-AW is my second most re-read book (in whole or part) ever, after The Scar which I've been going back to for considerably longer.

[pat5150]

Just finished Kameron Hurley's God's War, which was awesome! Had I read it in 2011 when it was released, it would have been tied with Erikson's The Crippled God for my favorite read of the year!

Do give it a shot!

Check out the blog for my review. . .

Patrick

[QuickTidal]

Hey L.E. Modesitt Jr. If you could just go ahead...and maybe DESCRIBE a fight scene instead of inserting sound effects and dot-dot-dot's to stand in their place?

What

The

Fuck?

Honestly, it's like reading a book where some action nazi's have removed the offending sequences and left things like ....Thwap...tack...thwap....squish...and then so and so was dead...

I'm not kidding.

[worry]

Unlike most authors, he started with the audiobook and the written version came later.

[Serenity]

Finished Gemmell's Midnight Falcon, which was very enjoyable, and now reading The Book Thief.

[QuickTidal]

worrywort, on 08 May 2012 - 02:54 AM, said:

Unlike most authors, he started with the audiobook and the written version came later.

Yep, that's how it feels.

When first reading the book I thought it was an early quirk that would go away. but every fight scene is that way.

I can't even imagine what would happen in a large battle scene...I simply can't.

I actually put the book down now and swore off the series since I can't see it going away, and if that's how he does business, I'm not buying anymore.

[QuickTidal]

I needed something to entertain me post-GOOD OMENS and could not settle into anything I pulled from the TBR pile...so I grabbed NIGHT WATCH off my shelf and began re-reading it. Pratchett always entertains.

I haven't bought or read SNUFF yet...hmmmm...

[Lusipher]

I'm about 400 pages into Toll the Hounds (just after Spinnock takes Salind from the Barrow). It's nice seeing old friends again-Picker, Blend and Antsy have been hilarious and their encounter with Barathol and Scillara was awesome. I'm curious to see what Karsa does with the Captain's roving kingdom (the Skathandi?) and what happens when Samar Dev and Traveler catch up with him. I hope that, once they get his soul back, Nimander kicks the crap out of Clip. He's been such a smug bastard since he was introduced.

[Ceda Cicero]

I finally gave in to temptation, reached for the crack pipe, and started the Dresden Files a while back. I just finished Fool Moon this morning. From poking around the Butcher forum and the interwebs, it sounds like the third book is universally thought of as where the series gets its legs, so I'm tempted to jump straight into it, especially since I thought the first two were a blast (Storm Front slightly more than Fool Moon—but I think that's just because I read Storm Front first, and Fool Moon didn't feel like it brought many fresh ideas to the table.) But I'm also considering American Gods by Gaiman, which I'm told by many I should be ashamed for not having read yet. Thoughts?

[QuickTidal]

Ceda Cicero, on 08 May 2012 - 04:37 PM, said:

I finally gave in to temptation, reached for the crack pipe, and started the Dresden Files a while back. I just finished Fool Moon this morning. From poking around the Butcher forum and the interwebs, it sounds like the third book is universally thought of as where the series gets its legs, so I'm tempted to jump straight into it, especially since I thought the first two were a blast (Storm Front slightly more than Fool Moon—but I think that's just because I read Storm Front first, and Fool Moon didn't feel like it brought many fresh ideas to the table.) But I'm also considering American Gods by Gaiman, which I'm told by many I should be ashamed for not having read yet. Thoughts?

Dresden - If you liked the first two books...you're fucked (in a good way, like the rest of us). Consider yourself hooked on the crack and book 3 onwards is going to do you good. I read them in 3 book increments with other books in between.

American Gods - I love Neil's work (he's in my top 3 authors ever), and AG is deinfitely in my top ten books of all time...though don't expect the whimsy of his work in STARDUST or CORALINE or THE GRAVEYARD BOOK with AG...as it is much darker, but it is a wonderful statement about the world of humans and of gods, and you'll be one up when the HBO show begins. So basically...YES...READ IT! LOL. Though if you are buying it new, might I suggest the 20th Anniversary Edition? It has 20,000 more words than the original edit and is the "author's preferred version".

Enjoy.

[Hound]

Without a doubt, Dresden Files!

[McLovin]

Ceda Cicero, on 08 May 2012 - 04:37 PM, said:

I finally gave in to temptation, reached for the crack pipe, and started the Dresden Files a while back.

I'll tee it up for Abyss...

the dresdencrack, it

[Salt-Man Z]

McLovin, on 08 May 2012 - 05:19 PM, said:

the dresdencrack, it

... THIRSTZZZ?

[QuickTidal]

McLovin, on 08 May 2012 - 05:19 PM, said:

Ceda Cicero, on 08 May 2012 - 04:37 PM, said:

I finally gave in to temptation, reached for the crack pipe, and started the Dresden Files a while back.

I'll tee it up for Abyss...

the dresdencrack, it

...DESIREZZZZZZZ??

[kcf]

It's been hectic and I'm just trying to stay above the water. But, I did finally get a review posted for Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed - which I really enjoyed. I also read (and loved) Blade of Tyshalle by Matthew Woodring Stover. I'll finish up my review of that one in the next week or so. Last night I finished up Tricked by Kevin Hearne - I didn't like it as much as the other three, but it's still good and these books have become almost a form of comfort read for me. I'm not sure yet what I'll pick up next - too many good books to choose from.

[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on 08 May 2012 - 04:54 PM, said:

Ceda Cicero, on 08 May 2012 - 04:37 PM, said:

I finally gave in to temptation, reached for the crack pipe, and started the Dresden Files a while back. I just finished Fool Moon this morning. From poking around the Butcher forum and the interwebs, it sounds like the third book is universally thought of as where the series gets its legs, so I'm tempted to jump straight into it, especially since I thought the first two were a blast (Storm Front slightly more than Fool Moon—but I think that's just because I read Storm Front first, and Fool Moon didn't feel like it brought many fresh ideas to the table.) But I'm also considering American Gods by Gaiman, which I'm told by many I should be ashamed for not having read yet. Thoughts?

Dresden - If you liked the first two books...you're fucked (in a good way, like the rest of us). Consider yourself hooked on the crack and book 3 onwards is going to do you good. I read them in 3 book increments with other books in between.

...

Hound, on 08 May 2012 - 04:54 PM, said:

Without a doubt, Dresden Files!

McLovin, on 08 May 2012 - 05:19 PM, said:

Ceda Cicero, on 08 May 2012 - 04:37 PM, said:

I finally gave in to temptation, reached for the crack pipe, and started the Dresden Files a while back.

I'll tee it up for Abyss...

the dresdencrack, it

Salt-Man Z, on 08 May 2012 - 05:59 PM, said:

... THIRSTZZZ?

QuickTidal, on 08 May 2012 - 06:25 PM, said:

...DESIREZZZZZZZ??

GROWZ!!!!

[QuickTidal]

I got a surprise ARC in the mail from the UK last night from Angry Robot imprint Strange Horizons, and so I am reading Kim Curran's debut SHIFT....which so far is pretty damn fine YA material!

I'm only 80 pages in and it's already touched on Quantum Physics, Schrodinger's Cat and splinter realities. Yep, good stuff!