[Salt-Man Z]

Witch.

Burn her.

[Hound]

Nah, you wouldn't be able to catch me, I would have turned you into a frog and let my cats play with you and then let them eat you .

This post has been edited by Hound: 19 June 2012 - 08:56 PM

[Use Of Weapons]

She's probably really strong too.

Fast witch?

...I'll get my coat

[amphibian]

Hound, on 19 June 2012 - 08:55 PM, said:

Nah, you wouldn't be able to catch me, I would have turned you into a frog and let my cats play with you and then let them eat you .

Frogs? I thought newts were the "in" thing with witches.

[Hound]

I like frogs more. Just like that tree frog in your avatar.

But anyway, I will finish Blade of Tyshalle. However, there's a right time for everything, and for Blade of Tyshalle that was just not right now If that makes me a heretic ànd a witch, so be it

[QuickTidal]

Still reading SHOGUN and I'm nearing page 650...and I'm not going to lie, while it's still very good it flags a BIT in the middle.

Spoiler

The portion concerned with Blackthorne's "kind of" Japanese education and rebirth and all that comes along with that, and the fact that the characters are still dithering about what to do with the council of regents and the mess with Osaka and the bad guys...it's all just getting into a holding pattern and I find myself a little annoyed...only a little though....as things are finally starting to swing towards war with Toranaga finally considering Crimson Sky and laying his cards on the table. Like I said, still enjoying, but this middle section has been a BIT of a slog.

That said, I hope to keep it going till next Tuesday when I can get my hands on both CALIBAN'S WAR by Corey and the latest James Rollins Sigma Force book BLOODLINE (which I'm not gonna lie, sounds effing EPIC).

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 20 June 2012 - 03:16 PM

[JPK]

JUST finished The Spirit Lens by Carol Berg. Holy shit, that was fantastic. Well written characters, remarkably written political intrigue, and a country and culture that is deep enough to send my imagination running wild. Very very very highly recommended.

[QuickTidal]

Finished SHOGUN earlier than I thought I would.

It was good. Though the ending was NOT what I was expecting at all. I don't know why but I kept expecting to get the battle of Sekigahara for the finale, and it's handled by a sentence or two in the two paragraph epilogue...and I'm not going to lie that disappointed me...if only because the whole thing seems to build to such a battle...and even though we get the events in Osaka I felt a tad let down not seeing the battle that basically PUT Tokugawa (Toranaga) on the Shogun seat.

I digress. It was a solid read and a thoroughly enjoyable one, minus the slow patch in the middle.

Now I needed something short to tide me over till next week's two big releases, so I've started THE SEARCH FOR WONDLA by Tony Diterlizzi. so far, it's pretty good for a YA sci-fantasy adventure.

[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on 21 June 2012 - 10:59 AM, said:

Finished SHOGUN earlier than I thought I would.

It was good. Though the ending was NOT what I was expecting at all. I don't know why but I kept expecting to get the battle of Sekigahara ...

I had a similar reaction, but even so, great book.

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Now I needed something short to tide me over till next week's two big releases,...

What's being released next week?

[Aptorian]

How does the book compare to the mini series with Richard Chamberlain? I absolutely loved that series. I remember reading Taipan by the same author when I was a teenager but it is so long now that I can't remember much.

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 21 June 2012 - 04:52 PM, said:

What's being released next week?

CALIBAN'S WAR by James S.A. Corey

and the latest James Rollins Sigma Force book BLOODLINE

[QuickTidal]

Aptorius, on 21 June 2012 - 05:03 PM, said:

How does the book compare to the mini series with Richard Chamberlain? I absolutely loved that series. I remember reading Taipan by the same author when I was a teenager but it is so long now that I can't remember much.

I've never seen the mini-series (before my time)...though from some of the clips I watched it seemed faithful...as faithful as it could be....there's stuff in the book that could never have been shown on TV.

It's winning feature would be the amazing Toshiro Mifune in the Toranaga role....which he was BORN to play.

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[Aptorian]

Nothing beats a show where a samurai is pissing on a helpless Richard Chamberlain.

[QuickTidal]

Over 200 pages into WONDLA...and I kind of already know what the outcome is going to be...and the writing is decent (if not stellar)...but I find myself thinking "This will be GREAT for ten year olds!" but for me (and I LIKE YA stuff) I'm finding it a bit too easy and plodding.

Ah, I'm in a bit of a book funk and need something to get me out.

[polishgenius]

QuickTidal, on 21 June 2012 - 06:37 PM, said:

Ah, I'm in a bit of a book funk and need something to get me out.

Have you read The Gone-Away World yet? Read Nick Harkaway's The Gone-Away World.

(I think this is becoming my default recommend-to-anyone book, I may get boring about it...)

[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on 21 June 2012 - 06:37 PM, said:

....Ah, I'm in a bit of a book funk and need something to get me out.

Mieville. Railsea.

Trains on a worldwide rail network hunting gargantuan moles.
And pet bats.

[worry]

Do you think Mieville is rich?

[Abyss]

Define 'rich'.

I'm sure he does very very well as British fantasy authors go, given the acclaim for UN LUN DUN, KRAKEN, and EMBASSYTOWN... I'm guessing he makes more than SE but i don't think he bathes in moneyjuice the way GRRM could.

[worry]

Just wondering if he could afford to outsource for story ideas. I have a good one involving giant flesh eating geese and a race of humanoids whose civilization has collapsed into brutality due to nationwide insomnia. The cause: uncomfortable mattresses and pillows.

[Aptorian]

What if the story is something like Prometheus and the feathers are actually taking over the sleepers. Then the next week when mum and dad are having breakfast a giant rabid goose bursts out of little timmy's chest and ruins their carpet.