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Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett.
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Posted 26 June 2006 - 02:36 PM
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Posted 26 June 2006 - 07:05 PM
Last Chancers - GAv thorpe
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Posted 26 June 2006 - 08:02 PM
The Warrior Prophet - R. Scott Bakker
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Posted 27 June 2006 - 08:46 PM
Just finished the first two books in the Dark Tower series...not what i expected, but then Stephen King never is...so I should have expected that really!
'Tell me, Tool, what dominates your thoughts?'
The Imass shrugged before replying. 'I think of Mafia, Adjunct.'
'Do all Imass think about Mafia?'
'No. Few think at all.'
'Why is that?'
The Imass leaned his head to one side and regarded her. 'Because, Adjunct, they are sheeple.'
Sometimes I wonder, "Why is that frisbee getting bigger?" ... and then it hits me.
The Imass shrugged before replying. 'I think of Mafia, Adjunct.'
'Do all Imass think about Mafia?'
'No. Few think at all.'
'Why is that?'
The Imass leaned his head to one side and regarded her. 'Because, Adjunct, they are sheeple.'
Sometimes I wonder, "Why is that frisbee getting bigger?" ... and then it hits me.
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Posted 28 June 2006 - 07:14 AM
bwgan reading the same series 
I just finished the first book of the Dark Tower, and started to read the second.
I am not impressed by Gunslinger at all. The Drawing of the Three looks a bit better, but I have read only 1/10 of it so far.
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the Dark Tower series...
I just finished the first book of the Dark Tower, and started to read the second.
I am not impressed by Gunslinger at all. The Drawing of the Three looks a bit better, but I have read only 1/10 of it so far.
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Posted 28 June 2006 - 12:00 PM
Making my way through Terrys novels like a hot knive through butter, or a figgin through a fatman.
@astra - look out for the goose if you havin read it already
@astra - look out for the goose if you havin read it already
Piece o candy, piece o candy, piece o candy aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.........................................
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Posted 28 June 2006 - 12:06 PM
Stories of your life by Chiang.. Or so that's how I remember the spelling at any rate, haven't got the book at the office .. Very good, though i wasn't that impressed by the first story: The tower of Babylon
.. Very good, though i wasn't that impressed by the first story: The tower of Babylon
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It's decent in the first of gentlemen
To speak friendly, Even to the devil
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Posted 06 July 2006 - 04:19 PM
GOTM. Time for another re-read o' the series...
OK, I think I got it, but just in case, can you say the whole thing over again? I wasn't really listening.
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Posted 10 July 2006 - 11:58 AM
I'm still in Memory Of Ice , and I felt pure joy when my Ganoes spoke with Nightchill , when he spoke with Gruntle , Quick Ben having a little talk with Bauchelain & Korbal . Stonny & Gruntle makes me laugh
And I'm also reading this :
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7217/karl...esswilliams.jpg
About the Canadian sk Karla Homolka & Paul Bernardo , what a nice couple ... The details of their crimes ... Karla offering her little sister of 15 to Paul for Christmass , then others girls , when they killed Leslie , 15 and cut her in small pieces etc . They recorded their crimes
http://en.wikipedia....i/Karla_Homolka
Karla was a control freak and she needed to feel she was in charge in the couple , and to give young girls to Paul for his sexual desires was a way for her to be in charge
I'm interested in serial killer and I've read some books about them , I'm into Jeffrey Dahmer (necrophile and cannibal) Edmund Kemper (idem but with his touch : he murdered grandpa and grandma , and his mother) Gary Ridgway (necrophile who killed more than 90 prostitutes) John Wayne Gacy (creepy) O'Toole & Lucas , but my 'favorite' is definitely Theodore Robert Bundy , he was such a liar , a manipulator , a faker , a thief ... Necrophile , rapist , torturer ... This day when he kidnapped two women bouh ... A tortuous mind , aye
And I'm also reading this :
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7217/karl...esswilliams.jpg
About the Canadian sk Karla Homolka & Paul Bernardo , what a nice couple ... The details of their crimes ... Karla offering her little sister of 15 to Paul for Christmass , then others girls , when they killed Leslie , 15 and cut her in small pieces etc . They recorded their crimes
http://en.wikipedia....i/Karla_Homolka
Karla was a control freak and she needed to feel she was in charge in the couple , and to give young girls to Paul for his sexual desires was a way for her to be in charge
I'm interested in serial killer and I've read some books about them , I'm into Jeffrey Dahmer (necrophile and cannibal) Edmund Kemper (idem but with his touch : he murdered grandpa and grandma , and his mother) Gary Ridgway (necrophile who killed more than 90 prostitutes) John Wayne Gacy (creepy) O'Toole & Lucas , but my 'favorite' is definitely Theodore Robert Bundy , he was such a liar , a manipulator , a faker , a thief ... Necrophile , rapist , torturer ... This day when he kidnapped two women bouh ... A tortuous mind , aye
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Posted 10 July 2006 - 12:04 PM
I'm Reading JV Jones A Cavern Of Black Ice.
I didn't know JV Jones was a lady ... I must admit to looking in the jacket after buying it and when I saw her picture I thought I had made a huge mistake
I normally don't enjoy female fantasy writers, but she seems to be handling this book well.
Although I can't say it's one of my favorite books, it's good enough.
I didn't know JV Jones was a lady ... I must admit to looking in the jacket after buying it and when I saw her picture I thought I had made a huge mistake
I normally don't enjoy female fantasy writers, but she seems to be handling this book well.Although I can't say it's one of my favorite books, it's good enough.
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Posted 10 July 2006 - 12:22 PM
@Lily:
For serial killers, you might want to check here, if you haven't already.
This is another classic.
Also, the Mindhunter series by John Douglas is a good read.
For serial killers, you might want to check here, if you haven't already.
This is another classic.
Also, the Mindhunter series by John Douglas is a good read.
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Posted 10 July 2006 - 02:05 PM
Whelp said:
@Lily:
For serial killers, you might want to check here, if you haven't already.
This is another classic.
Also, the Mindhunter series by John Douglas is a good read.
For serial killers, you might want to check here, if you haven't already.
This is another classic.
Also, the Mindhunter series by John Douglas is a good read.
I know the first , and Douglas I heard he was a bite pretentious the guy , hi hi hi
There is this one in french , good , I've read all :
http://www.tueursens....org/index.html
Who's your 'favorite' sk ? Ooh and there is this grandpa cannibal Albert Fish , one of the most frightening ever ...
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Posted 10 July 2006 - 02:13 PM
@Lily:
Douglas is not that bad, though he really is a bit pretentious at times
The French language is a great mystery to me
As for "favourite" sk, well, Bundy is a definite candidate, but Ed Kemper also qualifies, as well as Wayne Williams.
Btw, have you read this?
Douglas is not that bad, though he really is a bit pretentious at times
The French language is a great mystery to me
As for "favourite" sk, well, Bundy is a definite candidate, but Ed Kemper also qualifies, as well as Wayne Williams.
Btw, have you read this?
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Posted 10 July 2006 - 02:43 PM
Whelp said:
@Lily:
Douglas is not that bad, though he really is a bit pretentious at times
The French language is a great mystery to me
As for "favourite" sk, well, Bundy is a definite candidate, but Ed Kemper also qualifies, as well as Wayne Williams.
Btw, have you read this?
Douglas is not that bad, though he really is a bit pretentious at times
The French language is a great mystery to me
As for "favourite" sk, well, Bundy is a definite candidate, but Ed Kemper also qualifies, as well as Wayne Williams.
Btw, have you read this?
Is it really him ? I mean DeSalvo , because his family doesn't think so , but his first rapes/Murders were very beuuurk . Ah Kemper , what a killer ... He is really interesting when he speaks of himself , his past , his motives , about the relationship with his mother , manipulator but a clever guy , a very intersting sk
I've read The Only Living Witness about Ted Bundy where he speaks of his murders but not in using I but the killer this the killer that , it's obvious it's him and that make him again more frightening
Uh , this one in english like my native language is a mystery to you
http://www.allserialkillers.com/
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Posted 10 July 2006 - 07:45 PM
Yes, your eyes are not deceiving you. I have indeed read a Forgotten Realms novel, TWILIGHT FALLING. Heck, I can't quite believe it myself! Jay Tomio made a lot of noise about Paul S. Kemp's The Erevis Cale trilogy. Last winter, he contacted me, offering up a possibility to set up a contest for that trilogy. Yet, since I never endorse authors/series/books I've never read or heard about, I politely declined. But Jay persisted, clamoring about the quality of Kemp's series on his blog. In addition, Alrin did the same on hallofworlds.net. And in the end, I had to see what this was all about. The author got Wizards of the Coast to send me review copies, so here we are.
Kemp is a competent author who seems to have a clear idea of what he is trying to accomplish. And as such, Twilight Falling is a good effort. As for me, I'm curious enough to read the rest of the trilogy. I'm eager to discover what has gotten Jay so excited about this series.
For the full review, check out the blog! I was reading that book at work. At home, I'm savoring Erikson's THE BONEHUNTERS, which I'm totally enjoying at the moment!
Patrick
www.fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com
Kemp is a competent author who seems to have a clear idea of what he is trying to accomplish. And as such, Twilight Falling is a good effort. As for me, I'm curious enough to read the rest of the trilogy. I'm eager to discover what has gotten Jay so excited about this series.
For the full review, check out the blog! I was reading that book at work. At home, I'm savoring Erikson's THE BONEHUNTERS, which I'm totally enjoying at the moment!
Patrick
www.fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com
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Posted 17 July 2006 - 06:24 PM
Just finished The Bonehunters!
Another Steven Erikson "slim" novel, and yet another terrific addition to his magnum opus, The Malazan Book of the Fallen.
While the previous five volumes of the series were more or less self-contained, The Bonehunters is a transition book. Finally, some would say. Yet the scope of Erikson's undertaking is so vast that it took the author nearly 5000 pages to reach the point where the countless plotlines could begin to crossover. As a result, I thoroughly enjoyed the book.
Some people complained about the cliffhanger endings of many chapters, as well as the fact that there is no veritable resolution as the reader reaches the last page. Personally, I didn't have a problem with either. Looking back, so much occurs in The Bonehunters that I was well satisfied with my reading experience. The story is moving along at a much quicker pace in this volume -- notwithstanding the siege of Y'Ghatan -- and Erikson provides many tantalizing hints of things to come.
Steven Erikson and Ian Cameron Esslemont are twisted freaks, no doubt about it! God love them for that! For my money, the Malazan novels are about as good as it gets.
For the full review, check out the blog.
Patrick
www.fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com
Another Steven Erikson "slim" novel, and yet another terrific addition to his magnum opus, The Malazan Book of the Fallen.
While the previous five volumes of the series were more or less self-contained, The Bonehunters is a transition book. Finally, some would say. Yet the scope of Erikson's undertaking is so vast that it took the author nearly 5000 pages to reach the point where the countless plotlines could begin to crossover. As a result, I thoroughly enjoyed the book.
Some people complained about the cliffhanger endings of many chapters, as well as the fact that there is no veritable resolution as the reader reaches the last page. Personally, I didn't have a problem with either. Looking back, so much occurs in The Bonehunters that I was well satisfied with my reading experience. The story is moving along at a much quicker pace in this volume -- notwithstanding the siege of Y'Ghatan -- and Erikson provides many tantalizing hints of things to come.
Steven Erikson and Ian Cameron Esslemont are twisted freaks, no doubt about it!
God love them for that! For my money, the Malazan novels are about as good as it gets.For the full review, check out the blog.
Patrick
www.fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com
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Posted 17 July 2006 - 10:54 PM
I have reserved a copy of The Bonehunters at the library, and am currently waiting for it to be returned so I can pick it up.
In the meantime I am rereading HoC and MT in small doses, and digging my nose deep into java script: The Definitive Guide.
The Bonehunters must be good, because my reserved copy is already a week late...grrrr.
In the meantime I am rereading HoC and MT in small doses, and digging my nose deep into java script: The Definitive Guide.
The Bonehunters must be good, because my reserved copy is already a week late...grrrr.
_ In the dark I play the night, like a tune vividly fright_
So light it blows, at lark it goes _
invisible indifferent sight_
So light it blows, at lark it goes _
invisible indifferent sight_
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Posted 18 July 2006 - 07:06 AM
I've read during the week some stories of Edgar Allan Poe , happy stories such as Buried Alive , The Tale Tell Heart , The Murders in the Rue Morgue , The Pit and the Pendulum -favorite story of cannibal grandpa sk Albert Fish 
I've read a second time the life of Jeffrey Dahmer by the french specialist of sk Stéphane Bourgouin . A very strange guy totally abandoned by the living so he lived with the boys he killed . I like this photo of him in black & white , one of my 'favorite' serial killer -so to speak hi hi hi- sk
http://img221.images...nap41378kx8.png
http://en.wikipedia..../Jeffrey_Dahmer
I'm still reading Memory Of Ice -soon the end , no one knows where Rake is , Kallor is going to see Korlat & whiskeyJack , Ganoes & Co are in a fight- and after Greg Keyes with The Blood Knight , I'm very excited to read it -aah my Cazio !!!- and in the same time The Plot Against America of Philip Roth , Roth is a damned novelist , I loved Portnoy's Complaint (ah la la la this stuff with the slice of liver !)
I've read a second time the life of Jeffrey Dahmer by the french specialist of sk Stéphane Bourgouin . A very strange guy totally abandoned by the living so he lived with the boys he killed . I like this photo of him in black & white , one of my 'favorite' serial killer -so to speak hi hi hi- sk
http://img221.images...nap41378kx8.png
http://en.wikipedia..../Jeffrey_Dahmer
I'm still reading Memory Of Ice -soon the end , no one knows where Rake is , Kallor is going to see Korlat & whiskeyJack , Ganoes & Co are in a fight- and after Greg Keyes with The Blood Knight , I'm very excited to read it -aah my Cazio !!!- and in the same time The Plot Against America of Philip Roth , Roth is a damned novelist , I loved Portnoy's Complaint (ah la la la this stuff with the slice of liver !)
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Posted 18 July 2006 - 09:56 AM
GGK's A Song For Arbonne.
So far, so good. I'm still upset with Kay after reading The Finovar Tapestry. I remember it being so much better than it actually is =
So far, so good. I'm still upset with Kay after reading The Finovar Tapestry. I remember it being so much better than it actually is =
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Posted 19 July 2006 - 09:17 AM
Yesterday I finished The Dark Tower, Book II. The Drawing of the Three. I think is much better than book I, The Gunslinger. Naturally, I started to read book III, The Waste Lands.
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