The Book I bought today is...

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Posted 01 June 2006 - 01:01 PM

Werthead said:

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch: result!

I'm so jealous.

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Posted 12 June 2006 - 06:20 AM

Midnight Tides & The Bonehunters --- Steven Erikson
Cell --- Stephen King
The Art Of George R.R. Martin's - A Song Of Ice And Fire

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Posted 21 June 2006 - 11:44 AM

Have anybody read Stardust by Neil Gaiman?

I have not read anything written by N.G. I have seen his name mentioned too many times by some posters on this forum.
Does he write fantasy?
I saw today Stardust with a hude discount, hardback edition, I wonder whether it is any good?

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#324 MrXIII

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Posted 21 June 2006 - 11:58 AM

Bought in the last week n a half

Healthy Dead- Steven Erikson (finished)

Bone Hunters-Steven Erikson (Started)

The selish gene -Richard Dawkins (currently collecting dust till I finish Bone Hunters)

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Posted 21 June 2006 - 12:24 PM

I won Paul Kearney today from one of Pat's contests. Meh.

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Posted 21 June 2006 - 05:39 PM

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OK, I bought Stardust by Neil Gaiman. Will read it soon.

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Posted 21 June 2006 - 09:11 PM

Stardust is a nice book. Good though... odd.. Prefer neverwhere and American Gods, yet the book is still far far above average.

Bought the Years of our War by Stephen Swainston ... i'm not sure whether I like it yet

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#328 fan_83

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Posted 21 June 2006 - 11:17 PM

just finished kushiel scion by jacqueline carey.. its not as good the last 2 books, but since its the first in a new trilogy, i can;t wait for the other books
but it seems lighter then the first series

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Posted 22 June 2006 - 03:33 AM

Fan_83: so, it's a different feel but still good? I hated her retake on the LoTR series-- it was just too derivative, esp. after the Kushiel Tryptych (to quote the faggery in her book jacked on the third book :-D).

The change of persona is what makes me intersted in it. Avatar, to me, was a flop: did nothing for me. Of course... ahem. Yeah. Nevermind. It was a "flop."

Yeah.

ANYWWWWWAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.

I just bought A Clash of Kings again. Just reread A Game of Thrones (finally) for the second time-- I got hooked, this time, as opposed to reach the Arya/Sansa/Nymeria/Lady big-notable-point and just gave up. I'm smacking myself, wondering how i gave up on that book back when I was first attempting a second read through.

So, yeah. A Clash Of Kings. I have other books, but they're fluff. The Chandler stuff (still lost on my floor) I need to finish reading. Short, succinct, and sweet.

I'll go away.

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Posted 22 June 2006 - 11:05 AM

Stardust is great I really enjoyed it. Very well written and had the feel of a real fairy story but a true one not one for kids kids one for aduts a great read.

Reading Bernard cornwells arthur series on Enemy of God.

Also the Briar King by Greg Keyes.

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Posted 22 June 2006 - 11:11 AM

I bought The Burning Stone by Kate Elliot. Because I love torturing myself by reading ****.

I swear if the series dosn't get better after this book im stopping!

I won't

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Posted 22 June 2006 - 11:25 AM

Of the first four books (that I've read) the third one was the weakest. The fourth one picked up immensely as it gave Alain something decent to do and Liath was hardly in it. Unfortunately there was like a two-year gap until I picked up the fifth book and lost track of what was going on in the story, so for next year I plan to start from Book 1 again and read all seven at once.

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Posted 22 June 2006 - 11:47 AM

Oh well, I read the whole Terry Brooks collection. So I can handle this

And its not so much that the books bad, its that she could have made it so much better. She has the talent but she wastes it on bad characters and weak plots.

I have a strange way of reading some books. Even if they are really terrible; if I like the author i'll probably keep reading.

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Posted 22 June 2006 - 01:34 PM

Read the GuardsGuards! Trio
Now going to read the rest.
At the moment Rincewind is ...................fishing(for those who've read the book)
Bring on The Light Fantastic(I think thats what its called)

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Posted 24 June 2006 - 05:18 PM

The Confusion by Neal Stephenson
The System of the World by Neal Stephenson
The Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling

Yep, 3-for-2 offer at Waterstones time again.

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Posted 24 June 2006 - 06:04 PM

Just added DARK MONDAYS by Kage Baker to my pile. Decided to go with the signed limited on this one.

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Posted 24 June 2006 - 08:27 PM

Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

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Posted 24 June 2006 - 10:08 PM

Mane of Chaos said:

Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

gah!!! Blasphemy! Do you know just the level of crapiness those books will force upon you?? The basic but incredibly accurate summary of P&P is: nothing hapens for sixty one chapters and then they get married. Bah i say!

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