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Posted 23 April 2007 - 06:56 PM
xanth13;178038 said:
umm if your talking about the dresden files then no... if not then I dont know.
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Yep, Dresden Files. Sorry, I asked the question in a wrong topic. It was meant to be in Dresden Files topic.
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Posted 24 April 2007 - 02:52 PM
I bought Brethren by Robyn Young. Not finished yet but its ok. A welcome side read before RG even though i have the farseer trilogy to get through. I also read Stephen Baxters times tapestry books and ill admit wasnt that impressed. Emperor in my opinion was boring with Conqurer being quite good but not awe inspiring.
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Posted 24 April 2007 - 11:06 PM
Got my review copy of The Name of the Wind, which has been talked up massively on various forums. Will have to see if it lives up to the hype!
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Posted 28 April 2007 - 12:28 AM
Today I picked up:
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland & The End Of The World by Haruki Murakami
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland & The End Of The World by Haruki Murakami
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Posted 28 April 2007 - 01:46 AM
Storm Front - Jim Butcher
Pretty funny, entertaining read.
Pretty funny, entertaining read.
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Posted 28 April 2007 - 01:46 AM
QuickTidal;179613 said:
Hard-Boiled Wonderland & The End Of The World by Haruki Murakami
Good choice. It's messed up, but I love that book.
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Posted 28 April 2007 - 02:26 AM
caladanbrood;179627 said:
Good choice. It's messed up, but I love that book.
Somehow, that doesnt surprise me...
I didnt buy it today, since I didnt pay for it at all, but a battered copy of The Strategikon arrived today, so I feel cool.
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Posted 28 April 2007 - 10:00 AM
Picked up and finished Stealer's Sky yesterday, the 12th and final book in the Thieves' World anthology series. Anyone else read them? They've got some similar elements in them as the MBotF - lots of military action and gods and high-powered magical action, if set in a far smaller area 
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Posted 28 April 2007 - 02:06 PM
Fool Moon - Jim Butcher
I loved the first novel, even if the whole wizard thing makes me cringe ...
I loved the first novel, even if the whole wizard thing makes me cringe ...
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Posted 28 April 2007 - 05:00 PM
Scar night and the Eagle in the Sand, by Alan Campbell and Simon Scarrow respectively.
meh. Link was dead :(
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Posted 29 April 2007 - 08:56 PM
I recently had the pleasure of sampling George R R Martin for the first time...since that time a couple of months ago I now own all his Song of Ice and Fire series (up until now) and am about halfway through A Feast For Crows. Luckily, not having started reading them earlier, I didn't have to suffer the ridiculous delays in publishing...although from what i've seen it's going to be a little while until the next installation A Dance With Dragons, which isn't even finished yet (although it was originally due in 2006).
I love the series. I guess it isn't really strictly of the (typical) fantasy genre features, mainly focusing on the politics of the kingdom(s), with a few dragons and assassins thrown in here and there, but I think it's great. I love his Erikson-esque flair for making you sympathise with the 'villains' - Tyrion + Jaime Lannister are two of my favourite characters, and I almost empathise with the Hound.
Glen Cook's Black Company series is another I've bought recently. Definitely something different, and a fairly enjoyable read, despite the somewhat garbled and sporadic narrations by Croaker. Just gutted that I cannot purchase 'Shadow Games' for any less than £37.00, so my following of the series is effectively halted for now.
I love the series. I guess it isn't really strictly of the (typical) fantasy genre features, mainly focusing on the politics of the kingdom(s), with a few dragons and assassins thrown in here and there, but I think it's great. I love his Erikson-esque flair for making you sympathise with the 'villains' - Tyrion + Jaime Lannister are two of my favourite characters, and I almost empathise with the Hound.
Glen Cook's Black Company series is another I've bought recently. Definitely something different, and a fairly enjoyable read, despite the somewhat garbled and sporadic narrations by Croaker. Just gutted that I cannot purchase 'Shadow Games' for any less than £37.00, so my following of the series is effectively halted for now.
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Posted 29 April 2007 - 10:11 PM
Probably doesnt help, but amazon.com (the us one) has it for 34$... pretty much equal to a malazan trade paperback, and it ships from the same place either way. (yes, im so much of a loser that I checked)
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Posted 30 April 2007 - 06:03 PM
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Foucault's Pendulum - Umberto Eco
A 2nd hand copy for only 50 eurocents
A 2nd hand copy for only 50 eurocents
I just looked that up on the wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foucault's_Pendulum_(book)
It actually sounds very interesting, as it says a thinking mans version of the Da Vinci Code, in other words not made with childrens puzzles.
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Posted 30 April 2007 - 06:34 PM
I've already read Eco's The Name of the Rose, which was very good. It can be read in different ways. For me, it was mainly a detective, but it's also a historical novel and a philosophical novel and probably other kinds of novels as well.
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Posted 01 May 2007 - 03:52 PM
Wiggles;180131 said:
Probably doesnt help, but amazon.com (the us one) has it for 34$... pretty much equal to a malazan trade paperback, and it ships from the same place either way. (yes, im so much of a loser that I checked)
Thank you for checking.
I will go look it up right now.On a side note...what on earth is your avatar?
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Posted 01 May 2007 - 05:02 PM
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On a side note...what on earth is your avatar?
It is the Great Daikon who pleasures Our Radishy Mistress...
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 01 May 2007 - 06:34 PM
Havent bought them yet but today ill probalby swing by the books store and buy White Night by Butcher and American Gods... kinda of iffy about American Gods... is it worth buying??
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