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#1701 Vengeance

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Posted 05 April 2011 - 07:40 PM

Tapper, on 24 March 2011 - 06:24 PM, said:

And a commie.

Mental???

How many fucking people do I have to hammer in order to get that across.
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Posted 05 April 2011 - 08:07 PM

jitsukerr, on 04 April 2011 - 12:58 PM, said:

Hey, Banks fans -- don't ignore Against A Dark Background, it's right up there with his Culture novels for SF greatness.

I got Michael Cobley's Orphaned Worlds, about which I am currently ambivalent, as I can barely remember the sketchiest details of the first book to which this is a sequel.

Also got Mikhail Bulgakov's classic novel The Master and Margarita, which will be my second book in my resolution to read a classic novel a month this year (yeah, I have some catching up to do, after TCG, WMF, etc.)

Bulgakov is one of my favourite writers. "Master and Margarita" is a brilliant book.

@ Tapper: let me know how you like Ysabel, i've heard many bad things...

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Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.

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Posted 05 April 2011 - 08:22 PM

Mentalist, on 05 April 2011 - 08:07 PM, said:

@ Tapper: let me know how you like Ysabel, i've heard many bad things...

Ysabel is crap, on a stick...unfortunately. It was kind of so bad you could taste it.

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Posted 06 April 2011 - 09:54 AM

korik, on 05 April 2011 - 06:20 PM, said:

I just picked up Blood and Iron by Tony Ballantyne

I've read Recursion, which was very enjoyable - not brilliant, but decent. Not read any of his since, to be honest... might try to pick up Twisted Metal (?) at some point.

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Posted 06 April 2011 - 10:36 AM

Picked up Kate Griffin's A Madness Of Angels which ISTR being ~~pimped~~ recommended around here by someone?

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Posted 06 April 2011 - 04:24 PM

Recent purchases:

Drood by Dan Simmons
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
The Eternal Champion omnibus by Michael Moorcock
The Conan Chronicles omnibus by Robert Jordan
The Further Chronicles of Conan omnibus by Robert Jordan

(I don't figure I'll ever read WoT, but I should read RJ at some point, and I love Conan. Plus, I couldn't pass up these two omnibus hardcovers.)

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Posted 07 April 2011 - 09:01 PM

Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes

A novel of the Vietnam War, written by a veteran over the course of the past 30 years. I've heard it's outstanding. We'll see.

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Posted 09 April 2011 - 11:30 PM

Today, the Amazon Fairy brought me:

The Pale King by David Foster Wallace
Implied Spaces by Walter Jon Williams

Or rather I went to the Post Office to pick them up as yesterday the Royal Mail, who like to bring parcels to your house at 2 in the fucking afternoon when no one's in, tried and failed to deliver them...

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Posted 09 April 2011 - 11:46 PM

More last week than today...but Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss, and Hyperion by Dan Simmons. First book I'll read by Simmons, but I've heard very good things.

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Posted 10 April 2011 - 12:59 AM

Mentalist, on 05 April 2011 - 08:07 PM, said:

jitsukerr, on 04 April 2011 - 12:58 PM, said:

Bulgakov is one of my favourite writers. "Master and Margarita" is a brilliant book.

@ Tapper: let me know how you like Ysabel, i've heard many bad things...

Ysabel was the first one of his books that I read. I thought that it was ok better then Tigani...

I just got Surface detail. Great read. Love me some culture.

How many fucking people do I have to hammer in order to get that across.
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Posted 10 April 2011 - 02:38 AM

Kraken by the China-man.

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Posted 10 April 2011 - 03:42 PM

Well the Border's store I used to like to go to is in it's final death throes and in it's last week everything is 70-90% off though it's slim pickings. But I got:

Hidden Empire - Orson Card Scott
Defiance - Nechama Tec
The Boys of Winter - Wayne Coffey
Empire in Black and Gold - Adrian Tchaikovsky
Dead or Alive - Tom Clancy
A Time to Betray - Reza Kahlili
Men of Fire - Jack Hurst
Vicksburg 1863 - Winston Groom
The Balfour Declaration - Jonathan Schneer

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Posted 11 April 2011 - 08:39 AM

On the weekend:

The Passage by Justin Cronin
At the gates of darkness by RE Feist

"Fortune favors the bold, though statistics favor the cautious." - Indomitable Courteous (Icy) Fist, The Palace Job - Patrick Weekes

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Posted 11 April 2011 - 10:43 AM

This weekend I picked up:

David Weber: _A Mighty Fortress_
Simon R Green: _Demons Are Forever_

Finished Kate Griffin's _A Madness Of Angels_ -- fantastic urban fantasy meets China Mieville in a book that's a paean to London, urban sorcerors using the magic of life in close proximity, driven by the rhythms of the city so much that they have to move about or go for a walk during rush hour. Truly excellent, will be looking out for more from this author.

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Posted 11 April 2011 - 03:40 PM

WhiskeyJackDaniels, on 09 April 2011 - 11:46 PM, said:

Hyperion by Dan Simmons. First book I'll read by Simmons, but I've heard very good things.

Just a warning: you're going to want to have Fall of Hyperion ready to read next. Hyperion is fascinating by itself, but not one of its plotlines gets resolved until the second book.

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Posted 12 April 2011 - 07:54 PM

Today the Barnes and Noble-man brought me:

Toll the Hounds by Steven Erikson

Dust of Dreams by Steven Erikson

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks (Because Someone Mentioned it on this Forum I believe)

The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos (Because Someone recommended him on this forum)

A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane

The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue (about Changelings)

Our Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad (Rock & Roll History - Indie Rock Memoir)

The Amazing Aventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (Jewish guys take long journey and write comic book)

Love is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield (Personal Memoir about a relationship told through Mix Tapes)

Rip It Up and Start Again by Simon Reynolds (Rock & Roll History on the Post Punk Music Scene)

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Posted 13 April 2011 - 11:58 AM

caladanbrood, on 06 April 2011 - 09:54 AM, said:

korik, on 05 April 2011 - 06:20 PM, said:

I just picked up Blood and Iron by Tony Ballantyne

I've read Recursion, which was very enjoyable - not brilliant, but decent. Not read any of his since, to be honest... might try to pick up Twisted Metal (?) at some point.

I would recommend Twisted Metal, I really enjoyed it. There was plenty of original ideas in there that I found interesting, it sounds like a difficult story from the blurb but he makes a world where there isn't a human character very accessible. Plenty of action, a good cliffhanger ending and a few mysteries along the way. There is a lot of alegory for various political systems in there that some people find distracting but I got a lot out of it. Give it a go....

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Posted 13 April 2011 - 06:56 PM

Sombra, on 11 April 2011 - 08:39 AM, said:

On the weekend:

The Passage by Justin Cronin
At the gates of darkness by RE Feist

I desperately want to convince myself that I should buy At the Gates of Darkness, but the previous book, Rides a Dread Legion, was kinda not good. So I'm not sure I want to spend money more money on a tired franchise.

In other news, I shall soon, end of this or next week, be the proud owner of Stonewielder!

Screw you all, and have a nice day!

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Posted 14 April 2011 - 11:18 PM

jitsukerr, on 11 April 2011 - 10:43 AM, said:

Griffin's The Midnight Mayor and The Neon Court are out and just as good as the first book.

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Posted 15 April 2011 - 09:24 AM

@BK
At the Gates of Darkness is the second-latest, having just gone to paperback as the new one came out in hardcover. The GF is bringing me the new one, so I sort of had to get the previous one. I'm partway through the one before that.

Yeah, the series is kinda weary these days. Sad to see. But I will see it through to the end.

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