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#561 Puck

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Posted 01 May 2007 - 06:48 PM

Varunwe;180424 said:

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.

Yeah, you're right. For me it was a historical novel and I loved it.

@xanth13
I've read american gods recently and in the end I even can say I liked it in some certain ways. It wasn't anything phenomenal imo, but I don't regret having read it. It's not an ordinary book. I even can't specify what's so special about it, maybe the story or the idea of this story itself.
I couldn't stand the protagonist, though [can recall myself complaining troughout halt of the novel about how annoying it is, all because I really really didn't like this guy. Only read further 'cause I got kinda hooked by the story, even if there's not much, you couldn't foresee from about a hundred pages...].
Wether it's worth reading or not I'd say everyone should decide himself/herself. I know people who really liked it and people who gave up right at the beginning.

Bought not today ['cause all shops are closed today here in Germany], but yesterday:
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Have heard only good stuff about this book and decided to give it a try

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Posted 01 May 2007 - 08:42 PM

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It is the Great Daikon who pleasures Our Radishy Mistress...

:eek: *chuckles* Oh...of course. That is *truly* amazing. Eeh. *giggles*

#563 Dag

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Posted 02 May 2007 - 07:21 AM

Puck;180727 said:

I've read american gods recently and in the end I even can say I liked it in some certain ways. It wasn't anything phenomenal imo, but I don't regret having read it. It's not an ordinary book. I even can't specify what's so special about it, maybe the story or the idea of this story itself.

Glad to hear that.

#564 Tif the Barber Boy

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Posted 02 May 2007 - 08:18 AM

Puck;180727 said:

@xanth13
I've read american gods recently and in the end I even can say I liked it in some certain ways. It wasn't anything phenomenal imo, but I don't regret having read it. It's not an ordinary book. I even can't specify what's so special about it, maybe the story or the idea of this story itself.

I agree with that assessment. I liked it, and the story is pretty gripping, and feels quiet fresh and different, particularly for the first 3/4 or so. You can see the comics influence. But I wouldn't say it was special.

#565 Puck

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Posted 02 May 2007 - 05:11 PM

Dag;180880 said:

Glad to hear that.

Well, thank you for helping to decide whether to read further or not

Didn't regret

Tif the Barber Boy said:

You can see the comics influence.

Yes, particularly near the end there were some scenes which had similarity with martial arts animes..

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#566 Astra

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Posted 10 May 2007 - 09:10 AM

Unfinished Tales: 20th Anniversary Edition (Hardcover) by J.R.R. Tolkien

Very nice edition and I think good quality too.

(More new books on the way

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Posted 10 May 2007 - 03:33 PM

Black Man by Richard Morgan.

Been waiting for this.

(damnd, haven't finished Banks' Excession yet, I guess I'll just have to postpone finishing it coupla days

[second time reading too so..])

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Posted 10 May 2007 - 07:44 PM

imx;183520 said:

Black Man by Richard Morgan.

Been waiting for this.

It's already out? But I pre-ordered it on Amazon and it's the reason my copy of Reaper's Gale isn't already in my hands...

Damnation!

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Posted 11 May 2007 - 01:20 PM

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(More new books on the way

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The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien

Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince (Harry Potter 6) [adult version] by J.K. Rowling

Reaper's Gale by Steven Erikson

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Posted 11 May 2007 - 04:51 PM

Just finished the Prefect by Reynolds.. It was ok, too an extent rather well done, but the amount of whining the main characters made about what they had to do.. IT got really anoying eventually. Yes, people will die! Stop whining for page upon page about it!

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Posted 11 May 2007 - 09:05 PM

Bought recently:

Mappa Mundi by Justina Robson
Golem 100 by Alfred Bester
Fool's Moon by Jim Butcher
Mindplayers by Pat Cadigan

But of course my attention has been fully captured by Reaper's Gale which just arrived today! Woo hoo!

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Posted 14 May 2007 - 12:04 PM

Black Man rocked.

Rant-ish, spoil-ish stuff about Hunting Party (it is not a review per se, so I left it here):

Spoiler

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Posted 14 May 2007 - 03:03 PM

I bought and read Richard Morgan's Black Man over the weekend. It was good, but not that good. Although, to be completely fair, no book would ever have been as good as I was hoping this one would be.

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Posted 14 May 2007 - 04:37 PM

Morgoth;184048 said:

Really? Thats a shame, I was thinking of buying that next. He does get boring when he moralises.

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Posted 22 May 2007 - 04:10 PM

The Voyage of Sable Keech, although Brood tells me I can't read it till I buy and read the Skinner now.

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Posted 22 May 2007 - 04:59 PM

Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
A History of the Ancient Near-East by Marc Van De Mieroop
The Ancient Near-East: Historical Sources in Translation by Marc Chavalas

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#577 caladanbrood

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Posted 22 May 2007 - 05:11 PM

Falco;187736 said:

The Voyage of Sable Keech, although Brood tells me I can't read it till I buy and read the Skinner now.

Dagnammit!

You really shouldn't - there'll be so much in it you won't have a clue about:(

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Posted 24 May 2007 - 04:01 PM

Throne of Jade - Naomi Novik

I've also ordered Reaper's Gale, as the bookstore didn't have it.

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Posted 24 May 2007 - 04:24 PM

Tigana

About time I read this too.

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Posted 25 May 2007 - 09:26 AM

caladanbrood;187780 said:

You really shouldn't - there'll be so much in it you won't have a clue about:(

So I looked him up on Wikipedia...do I need to read the Ian Cormac series first too? Or are they stand-alone in the same universe Alistair Reynolds-style?