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Posted 22 November 2006 - 02:43 PM
Frederik Pohl - Gateway. Not bad so far.
And I very nearly bought the written screenplay for Pratchett's Hogfather, but seeing as I have both the book and Sky, I don't need it, I'll just watch it in December.
And I very nearly bought the written screenplay for Pratchett's Hogfather, but seeing as I have both the book and Sky, I don't need it, I'll just watch it in December.
Hello, soldiers, look at your mage, now back to me, now back at your mage, now back to me. Sadly, he isn’t me, but if he stopped being an unascended mortal and switched to Sole Spice, he could smell like he’s me. Look down, back up, where are you? You’re in a warren with the High Mage your cadre mage could smell like. What’s in your hand, back at me. I have it, it’s an acorn with two gates to that realm you love. Look again, the acorn is now otataral. Anything is possible when your mage smells like Sole Spice and not a Bole brother. I’m on a quorl.
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Posted 29 November 2006 - 04:31 PM
Tamilyrn;137580 said:
James Barclay - Cry of the Newborn.
A mistake....
A mistake....
Really I liked it immensly enjoyed the battle scenes and it really evoked a roman war engine for me. The magic was ok but no the best. Much better than his previous work though huge improvement.
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Posted 30 November 2006 - 11:58 AM
OK, I didn't buy this book, I borrowed it, and it wasn't today. However, it deserves mentioning, as I really look forward to read it.
In Quest of the Hero
Sounds like the title for some average fantasy stuff, doesn't it? It's not. It's academic writing about the idea of heroism. Lord Raglan's The Hero: A Study in Tradition, Myth and Drama and Otto Rank's Myth of the Birth of the Hero is the main part of the book. I actually think this will be great.
In Quest of the Hero
Sounds like the title for some average fantasy stuff, doesn't it? It's not. It's academic writing about the idea of heroism. Lord Raglan's The Hero: A Study in Tradition, Myth and Drama and Otto Rank's Myth of the Birth of the Hero is the main part of the book. I actually think this will be great.
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Posted 07 December 2006 - 11:11 AM
Tamilyrn;137580 said:
James Barclay - Cry of the Newborn.
A mistake....
A mistake....
Valgard;139608 said:
Really I liked it immensly enjoyed the battle scenes and it really evoked a roman war engine for me. The magic was ok but no the best. Much better than his previous work though huge improvement.
It wasn't for me at all. Normally I'm not bad at 'hanging in there' until something happens but I just couldn't suffer long enough.
I'm honestly thinking about starting a thread on 'books definately *NOT* to read' as, with few notable exceptions, I seem to have picked up nothing but drivel when trying authors I haven't read before.
For example, I commend to you such literary droppings as:
Hal Duncan - Vellum (brilliant idea - shockingly hard read).
Michelle Paver - Wolfbrother (why oh why did I even bother with a childrens novel)
David Garland (yawn).
Patricia Briggs (just a bad idea).
More attention to this forum needed before pulling out the bank card..
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Posted 17 December 2006 - 03:10 PM
TLoLL by Lynch (couple of days ago, actually), and Peter David's latest in the Star Trek New Frontiers series 'Missing In Action' which is a personal guilty pleasure of mine I must confess.
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Posted 18 December 2006 - 09:41 AM
Tamilyrn;142542 said:
It wasn't for me at all. Normally I'm not bad at 'hanging in there' until something happens but I just couldn't suffer long enough.
I'm honestly thinking about starting a thread on 'books definately *NOT* to read' as, with few notable exceptions, I seem to have picked up nothing but drivel when trying authors I haven't read before.
For example, I commend to you such literary droppings as:
Hal Duncan - Vellum (brilliant idea - shockingly hard read).
Michelle Paver - Wolfbrother (why oh why did I even bother with a childrens novel)
David Garland (yawn).
Patricia Briggs (just a bad idea).
More attention to this forum needed before pulling out the bank card..
:outta:
I'm honestly thinking about starting a thread on 'books definately *NOT* to read' as, with few notable exceptions, I seem to have picked up nothing but drivel when trying authors I haven't read before.
For example, I commend to you such literary droppings as:
Hal Duncan - Vellum (brilliant idea - shockingly hard read).
Michelle Paver - Wolfbrother (why oh why did I even bother with a childrens novel)
David Garland (yawn).
Patricia Briggs (just a bad idea).
More attention to this forum needed before pulling out the bank card..
:outta:
there is one.. It's called books I burned today or something.. You get the gist
Take good care to keep relations civil
It's decent in the first of gentlemen
To speak friendly, Even to the devil
It's decent in the first of gentlemen
To speak friendly, Even to the devil
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Posted 18 December 2006 - 02:53 PM
I've been stocking up on books for the holidays and are now nearly finished.
Stardust, Smoke&Mirrors and Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman, since I loved Anansi Boys and especially American Gods.
The Ghost Brigades and Androids Dream by John Scalzi because I loved Old Mans War.
In addition to all of this I've also picked up "The Mark of Ran" by Paul Kearney (to see what all the fuss is about) and "The Amber Chronichles" by Roger Zelazny.
Amras is thinking he has enough to read for the next couple of months...
Stardust, Smoke&Mirrors and Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman, since I loved Anansi Boys and especially American Gods.
The Ghost Brigades and Androids Dream by John Scalzi because I loved Old Mans War.
In addition to all of this I've also picked up "The Mark of Ran" by Paul Kearney (to see what all the fuss is about) and "The Amber Chronichles" by Roger Zelazny.
Amras is thinking he has enough to read for the next couple of months...
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Posted 22 December 2006 - 01:06 AM
perdido street station china mieville
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Posted 23 December 2006 - 10:20 AM
Picked up quite a few books today, only one of them fantasy:
-'Anansi Boys' by Gaiman.
-'Cricket Kings' by William McInnes.
-'Fever Pitch' by Nick Hornby. The best book about being a sports fan I have ever read. If you've ever, ever felt heartbreak or screamed with joy as the net bulged or ball went over the line, you need to read this. This is my 3rd or 4th copy...I keep giving this book away.
-'Shadow of the Wind' by Carlos Ruis Zafon. A Christmas present. Possibly the best book I have read in the last 2-3 years. The writing is...heavenly. A must for any book-lover.
-'Anansi Boys' by Gaiman.
-'Cricket Kings' by William McInnes.
-'Fever Pitch' by Nick Hornby. The best book about being a sports fan I have ever read. If you've ever, ever felt heartbreak or screamed with joy as the net bulged or ball went over the line, you need to read this. This is my 3rd or 4th copy...I keep giving this book away.
-'Shadow of the Wind' by Carlos Ruis Zafon. A Christmas present. Possibly the best book I have read in the last 2-3 years. The writing is...heavenly. A must for any book-lover.
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Posted 23 December 2006 - 07:02 PM
A few days ago I bought The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevki, The Complete Works of Pushkin Volume 1, a book about unicorns and two books by Ursula Le Guin(I can't remember their names in English).
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Posted 23 December 2006 - 10:18 PM
"The Keep" and "Infernal" by F. Paul Wilson.
And, given as a gift: Brandon Sandersons' Mistborn: The Final Empire. Reading that now. It's very very good.
And, given as a gift: Brandon Sandersons' Mistborn: The Final Empire. Reading that now. It's very very good.
"Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile!"- Kurt Vonnegut
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Posted 25 December 2006 - 05:04 PM
I received Stuart MacBride's Cold Granite for Christmas. A nice gruesome serial killer in the cheery* city of Aberdeen. I've read** Dying Light, also by him, and it really peels the veneer of niceness off the city. My advice - don't read anything by him if you are thinking of coming here!
Sir Thursday
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**read 'listened to the audiobook of'
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