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Posted 01 November 2010 - 12:01 PM
Delivered by Amazon over the weekend:
Stephen Donaldson: Against All Things Ending
Stephen Donaldson: Against All Things Ending
It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true.
-- Oscar Wilde
-- Oscar Wilde
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Posted 01 November 2010 - 02:14 PM
Eye Flys, on 27 October 2010 - 06:16 PM, said:
...I'm about 99% sure I'm going to start with The Darkness That Comes Before. Although I'm afraid that I'm going to fall balls deep into that shit and order the rest of the trilogy and not read the other three books I ordered. : /
Just my $0.02 but i figure halfway thru TDTCB you're going to a bookstore and buying 2-3 so you don't have to wait.
Opinions vary but i think it's an awesome series.
THIS IS YOUR REMINDER THAT THERE IS A
'VIEW NEW CONTENT' BUTTON THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW NEW CONTENT
'VIEW NEW CONTENT' BUTTON THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW NEW CONTENT
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Posted 01 November 2010 - 04:49 PM
Primateus, on 18 October 2010 - 06:37 PM, said:
Does anyone know if those "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" and "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter" are any good?
Someone answer this man,
I want to know aswell!
You can't find me because I'm lost in the music
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Posted 01 November 2010 - 05:06 PM
I can't say anything about Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, but for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, I think it depends. If you're an ardent Austen fan, you probably won't like it, as it pokes fun at a lot of the original and virtually every serious aspect of it has vanished. If you've read the book, it's quite fun to see what they do with it, and it doesn't really get dull very often, and it's pretty damn funny in some parts, like Elizabeth fighting off a horde of zombies by herself. If you haven't read it, it would still be good I think, like watching Austin Powers without having watched a Bond film. The prose isn't anything to write home about though.
Overall, I'd give it three proper yet slightly rebellious lovesick debutantes out of 5.
Overall, I'd give it three proper yet slightly rebellious lovesick debutantes out of 5.
This post has been edited by MTS: 01 November 2010 - 05:07 PM
Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad necem.
Si hoc adfixum in obice legere potes, et liberaliter educatus et nimis propinquus ades.
Si hoc adfixum in obice legere potes, et liberaliter educatus et nimis propinquus ades.
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Posted 02 November 2010 - 04:04 PM
I ordered the first chronicle of the Black Company today. I'll get it sometime early next week
Screw you all, and have a nice day!
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Posted 04 November 2010 - 03:17 PM
Donaldson: Against All Things Ending. 2/3rds of the way thru and enjoying so far
Mark Helprin: Refiners Fire
Jordan/Sanderson: Towers of Midnight. Up next after AATE
Mark Helprin: Refiners Fire
Jordan/Sanderson: Towers of Midnight. Up next after AATE
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Posted 04 November 2010 - 05:25 PM
The Silmarillion by J.R.R.Tolkien. I've never been a fan of Tolkien and I can never understand what's so great about The Lord of the Rings.
However I cannot deny that I've always admired his worldbuilding, so I'll see how this goes.
However I cannot deny that I've always admired his worldbuilding, so I'll see how this goes.
This post has been edited by Bauchelain the Evil: 04 November 2010 - 05:49 PM
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I greet you as guests and so will not crush the life from you and devour your soul with peals of laughter. No, instead, I will make tea-Gothos
I greet you as guests and so will not crush the life from you and devour your soul with peals of laughter. No, instead, I will make tea-Gothos
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Posted 04 November 2010 - 05:40 PM
I picked up (and am currently plowing through) THE GHOST BRIGADES by John Scalzi, but I also picked up eveybody's second least fave WOT book A CROWN OF SWORDS by Jordan. I want to get caught up so I can read TOM....
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
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Posted 05 November 2010 - 05:18 PM
Primateus, on 02 November 2010 - 04:04 PM, said:
I ordered the first chronicle of the Black Company today. I'll get it sometime early next week
I has it....yeees!
Screw you all, and have a nice day!
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Posted 05 November 2010 - 10:54 PM
Just got the trade paperback of SURFACE DETAIL by Iain M. Banks for half price. Nice.
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt - Mark Twain
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Posted 09 November 2010 - 09:48 AM
Amazon just told me that Side Jobs is on its way from the other side of the pond. Woo-hoo!
It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true.
-- Oscar Wilde
-- Oscar Wilde
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Posted 09 November 2010 - 03:02 PM
Seeing as I was ripping through A CROWN OF SWORDS at a fair pace, I picked up THE PATH OF DAGGERS by Jordan so I have it ready when the time comes.
Unbeknownst to me, somewhere along the last few books I became really attached to these characters. LOL. Whodathunkit!
Unbeknownst to me, somewhere along the last few books I became really attached to these characters. LOL. Whodathunkit!
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
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Posted 09 November 2010 - 04:42 PM
Picked up The Worm Ouroboros at Half Price Books with a 40% off coupon.
"Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more, not less. Without occupying space, it fills the universe. It nourishes everything, yet itself feeds upon destruction. We claim to control it, but does it not perhaps cultivate us as a source of food? May it not be that all wood grows so that it can be set ablaze, and that men and women are born to kindle fires?"
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
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Posted 09 November 2010 - 05:31 PM
Picked up Best Served Cold at a used bookstore this weekend. Along with Side Jobs and Towers of Midnight at B&N.
Got some good readin to do the next few weeks.
Got some good readin to do the next few weeks.
I've always been crazy but its kept me from going insane.
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Posted 10 November 2010 - 11:33 AM
Side Jobs arrived this morning and is currently sitting on my desk at work begging to be read.
It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true.
-- Oscar Wilde
-- Oscar Wilde
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Posted 10 November 2010 - 01:44 PM
Best Served Cold hardback was about 10 euros in bookdepository.
Then some Dark Tower comics. Some Moorcock's Elric series.
And the most important, pre-ordered Stonewielder. Greatness.
Then some Dark Tower comics. Some Moorcock's Elric series.
And the most important, pre-ordered Stonewielder. Greatness.
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Posted 10 November 2010 - 07:54 PM
A signed and numbered copy of Fishin' with Grandma Matchie by some guy named Steven Erikson arrived today. Happiness 
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Ninja Puck, Ninja Puck, really doesn't give a fuck..? - [King Lear]
Ninja Puck, Ninja Puck, really doesn't give a fuck..? - [King Lear]
