[Azathmaster]

Just read Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell(?). Great book

[Malaclypse]

The Wurms of Blearmouth

[JPK]

And just finished The Daemon Prism. I'm kinda sad that I'm finished with this trilogy now. Guess it's a good thing that I have Caliban's War to keep me company now. Curious to see if this is as addictive as the first.

[kcf]

I finished The Winds of Khalakovo a while ago, but haven't gotten a review written yet - it's another promising debut from the folks over at Night Shade Books. I just got a reviewup for Sharps by K.J. Parker - which is excellent. I'm currently reading Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear, which is good. Next up should be The Forge of Darkness by Erikson, whcih I'm told is in the mail.

[yuna_anomander25]

 kcf, on 01 July 2012 - 04:51 AM, said:

Next up should be The Forge of Darkness by Erikson, whcih I'm told is in the mail.

is there a confirmed wide release of this? i only know roughly around august, if i'm not mistaken? would you write a review of it here (and your site) when you started/finished?

finished Knife of Dreams - Robert Jordan
there are finally conclusions to a few of the story arc, w/c have felt dragged, the ending scenes felt a little bit anti-climactic for me, even though it is a Mat battle scenes,

next stop The Gathering Storm - Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson - i'm a little anxious about this one, as Terez said that there varied reaction as to how BS has handled the last 2 WoT books, so i have to read for myself to know,

will be reading a few chapters of Deadhouse Gates before i fully immerse on my TGS read,

[Baaljagg]

Currently on The Judging Eye by R. Scott Bakker. I'm pleased by the progression so far, I haven't lost my favourite characters from the first trilogy!

 yuna_anomander25, on 01 July 2012 - 06:36 AM, said:

 kcf, on 01 July 2012 - 04:51 AM, said:

Next up should be The Forge of Darkness by Erikson, whcih I'm told is in the mail.

is there a confirmed wide release of this? i only know roughly around august, if i'm not mistaken?

31st of July is the release date in the UK.

[Nocturnal]

I was not really pleased with Crime and Punishment, I had high expectations because of the Karamazov, but it wasn't half as interesting. Well, I've had my fill of Dostoyevsky for now.
Next in line is The Name of the Wind, but I'm scared of starting another fantasy series, I might mix everything up. So, I might read The Queen of Atollia, it's a 2nd book of series, but can be read independently.

[kcf]

 yuna_anomander25, on 01 July 2012 - 06:36 AM, said:

 kcf, on 01 July 2012 - 04:51 AM, said:

Next up should be The Forge of Darkness by Erikson, whcih I'm told is in the mail.

is there a confirmed wide release of this? i only know roughly around august, if i'm not mistaken? would you write a review of it here (and your site) when you started/finished?

As said above - July 31st in the UK, September 18 for the US. I'll definately be reviewing it, though life is so busy these days and I imagine that it's as long as any other Malazan book, so I expect I won't review it until around the release date.

[Use Of Weapons]

Finished _Fated_ by Benedict Jacka. Hmm. Good story, but the author's YA roots are clearly evident. Comparisons to Butcher are somewhat overblown, at least based on this beginning. I'll get the next one, but unless it's a big step up in characterisation and style, Jacka will descend to my 'borrow from friends or library' list of authors.

[QuickTidal]

 Nocturnal, on 01 July 2012 - 03:27 PM, said:

So, I might read The Queen of Atollia, it's a 2nd book of series, but can be read independently.

That series is way more enjoyable than it has any right to be. Megan Whalen Turner is a great author!

[T77]

Finished Empire in Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky. I started this a while ago and really liked the beginning, it slowly went downhill so I put it aside. I had the urge to get back to it and I'm sorry I did. As mentioned the beginning was good, and his battle scenes are decent, but nothing else worked for me. The characters and the plot were weak, and his writing is sub-par. Not to mention the premise is ridiculous.

[Nocturnal]

Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky, I wanted to read something post-apocalyptic and picked it up in a nearby bookstore. Hope it's good.

[Salt-Man Z]

 HiddenOne, on 30 June 2012 - 05:19 PM, said:

Reading "Jericho Moon" by Matthew Stover, enjoying it thoroughly

Did you already read Iron Dawn? It's Stover first "Barra" book.

[Salt-Man Z]

Finished Orb Sceptre Throne over the weekend. Good, but certainly not great by any stretch of the word. Probably the weakest of ICE's books; much of the same flaws as SW, but without that book's strengths. The best thing about it was how it ties up some loose threads from both series.

That done, I've started back into Tigana, and was surprised how smoothly I picked it back up. This is a good one; and the prose is just gorgeous after reading ICE.

[amphibian]

 yuna_anomander25, on 01 July 2012 - 06:36 AM, said:

 kcf, on 01 July 2012 - 04:51 AM, said:

Next up should be The Forge of Darkness by Erikson, whcih I'm told is in the mail.

is there a confirmed wide release of this? i only know roughly around august, if i'm not mistaken? would you write a review of it here (and your site) when you started/finished?

KCF is a reviewer - he gets some books early. Werthead and Pat of Pat's Fantasy Hotlist also post here (Werthead way more frequently though).

QuickTidal also reviews stuff, but I think he's not yet established enough to the point where he gets free stuff earlier than the rest of us. Malaclypse and Hetan run this site and are friends of Erikson and critics/advance readers/timeline wonks of Erikson's work.

Terez is also somehow linked into the occasional advance reader/timeline/continuity thing for Sanderson and Wheel of Time. She's not part of the immediate circle, but perhaps within the next couple steps down. She's really, really good at keeping WoT stuff straight and figuring out more stuff.

That's a fairly extensive rundown of what this forum has in the literary world in terms of who gets what at which times and why.

I get some backstage details, freebies or stuff ahead of time in the MMA/grappling world, but that's probably way outside yours or most people on this forum's general sandboxes.

[End of Disc One]

 T77, on 02 July 2012 - 02:34 PM, said:

Finished Empire in Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky. I started this a while ago and really liked the beginning, it slowly went downhill so I put it aside. I had the urge to get back to it and I'm sorry I did. As mentioned the beginning was good, and his battle scenes are decent, but nothing else worked for me. The characters and the plot were weak, and his writing is sub-par. Not to mention the premise is ridiculous.

Aside from your complaint about the premise, this is a common reaction to the first book. I and many others thought the second book was MUCH better, and I see a lot of people say books 4 and on are especially great. You may not want to write the series off.

[HiddenOne]

 Salt-Man Z, on 02 July 2012 - 03:30 PM, said:

 HiddenOne, on 30 June 2012 - 05:19 PM, said:

Reading "Jericho Moon" by Matthew Stover, enjoying it thoroughly

Did you already read Iron Dawn? It's Stover first "Barra" book.

no, but I plan to if I can find it in my travels

[yuna_anomander25]

 amphibian, on 02 July 2012 - 03:53 PM, said:

[KCF is a reviewer - he gets some books early. Werthead and Pat of Pat's Fantasy Hotlist also post here (Werthead way more frequently though).

QuickTidal also reviews stuff, but I think he's not yet established enough to the point where he gets free stuff earlier than the rest of us. Malaclypse and Hetan run this site and are friends of Erikson and critics/advance readers/timeline wonks of Erikson's work.

Terez is also somehow linked into the occasional advance reader/timeline/continuity thing for Sanderson and Wheel of Time. She's not part of the immediate circle, but perhaps within the next couple steps down. She's really, really good at keeping WoT stuff straight and figuring out more stuff.

That's a fairly extensive rundown of what this forum has in the literary world in terms of who gets what at which times and why.

I get some backstage details, freebies or stuff ahead of time in the MMA/grappling world, but that's probably way outside yours or most people on this forum's general sandboxes.

oh, i know that most of you, esp werthead and pat have been reviewing stuff, i have been visiting their blogs often, also QT's, thanks for the info, do you also have a site Amp? can you link me to yours,
wish i could also have freebies, esp when i'm tight with my budget right now, hehe,
just wanted to know the wide release, 'cause i'm thinking if i'll buy Forge_of_Darkness in hardcover, or wait for TPB, maybe i could go for HC, my only malazan hc was ROTCG,

[amphibian]

 yuna_anomander25, on 02 July 2012 - 06:31 PM, said:

oh, i know that most of you, esp werthead and pat have been reviewing stuff, i have been visiting their blogs often, also QT's, thanks for the info, do you also have a site Amp? can you link me to yours,
wish i could also have freebies, esp when i'm tight with my budget right now, hehe,
just wanted to know the wide release, 'cause i'm thinking if i'll buy Forge_of_Darkness in hardcover, or wait for TPB, maybe i could go for HC, my only malazan hc was ROTCG,

The majority of people here do not review things as anything more than a normal person's "I like this/that and may the fires of nine angry suns burn this/that." I think you can't have a community full of critics and have it stay alive and well. This forum rips right along and probably would do so just fine without the professional critics.

Most of my writings for BloodyElbow.com are with a grappling-focused lens, although sometimes I do catch the bit of news or video clips. I'm taking a step back until the end of July, so my articles are going to be rare from now on.

[yuna_anomander25]

a few chapters in The Gathering Storm - Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson, BS got most of RJ's tone, but you will notice a little that he himself has done, most of them are spot-on, like Rand and Egwene, but i mostly skimmed Egwene's POVs, and jump immediately to Rand story arcs, Perrin is a little off, but not much, i haven't read Mat's POV so i can't comment on him for now, i read somewhere that he is also a little off, and not much without his sense of humor,

also read a few chapters of New Spring and still on my Deadhouse Gates re-read, i'm taking this 2 slowly, only a few chapters per day,

and started on The Way of Shadows - Brent Weeks, his main characters reminds me of Rallick Nom and Crokus Younghand,

i have come to an arrangement that i'll be reading tWoS in the morning hours then TGS in the evening hours so i could accomodate both and still enjoy them,
and insert NS and DG somewhere in there, whew, i've never read like this before, now i'm also itching to read my Chronicles of Black Company omnibus, patience..