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#2721 Primateus

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Posted 15 January 2013 - 04:21 PM

I have yet to receive, but today I ordered the first book of Jim Butcher's "The Codex Alera" series.

Screw you all, and have a nice day!

#2722 Salt-Man Z

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Posted 15 January 2013 - 08:01 PM

Today I picked up The Complete Lyonesse by Jack Vance, in the (fake?) leatherbound Gollancz trade paperback edition. I've read his Dying Earth stuff, some I loved, some I hated. And I was pretty bored by his sci-fi To Live Forever. But I've heard good things about Lyonesse, and for under $6, I couldn't pass it up. (Also I'm a sucker for omnibus editions.)

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#2723 Puck

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Posted 16 January 2013 - 02:17 PM

Joyce's Dubliners. Somehow I've been rather meh about reading regularly recently, hope this will bring me back to it.

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#2724 Traveller

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Posted 16 January 2013 - 04:20 PM

Death Masks.

On kindle. Having a big fix of Dresden, and since I can't find my copy, I sort of bought it again.

So that's the story. And what was the real lesson? Don't leave things in the fridge.

#2725 Use Of Weapons

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Posted 16 January 2013 - 04:53 PM

Brin's _Exiles_, the omnibus of the second Uplift trilogy. And _Blade of Tyshalle_ arrived today :lol:

Also got on Kindle May's Pliocene saga.

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Posted 16 January 2013 - 08:00 PM

Baco Xtath, on 15 January 2013 - 12:52 AM, said:

They have it on Amazon for $26 + $3.99 shipping. It includes Raft, Timelike Infinity, Flux, and Ring. There are still a bunch on there. If you search Xeelee you'll just see one offer for like $400 but if you search Stephen Baxter, you'll find more, most for around $26. But if they have it on Kindle for $16 then I'd go that way - I didn't know that when I bought mine.

Now that you mention it, it seems like I did run across this one, but none of the blurbs impressed me except for Ring's anyway... They all work as standalone novels according to the author, so I'll wait to see if Ring blows me away before I rethink my purchase...

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Posted 16 January 2013 - 10:18 PM

Puck, on 16 January 2013 - 02:17 PM, said:

Joyce's Dubliners. Somehow I've been rather meh about reading regularly recently, hope this will bring me back to it.

Nuuuuuu it will eat your braaaaiiiinnnn

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Posted 16 January 2013 - 10:22 PM

I should read that this year too. Araby is one of my favorite short stories but I've never dived in for the rest.

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Posted 18 January 2013 - 06:42 PM

Spent a portion of my New Years' Chapters Gift Card.

bought
Age of Zeus by James Lovegrove
Retribution Falls (Ketty Jay book 1) by Chris Wooding
The Alchemist of Souls by Anne Lyle

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Posted 18 January 2013 - 06:58 PM

Ordered a metric shitload of Star Wars TPB graphic novels from Amazon. Surprised how far behind I got.

OK, I think I got it, but just in case, can you say the whole thing over again? I wasn't really listening.

#2731 Puck

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Posted 19 January 2013 - 09:25 PM

Ornery Owl, on 16 January 2013 - 10:18 PM, said:

Puck, on 16 January 2013 - 02:17 PM, said:

Joyce's Dubliners. Somehow I've been rather meh about reading regularly recently, hope this will bring me back to it.

Nuuuuuu it will eat your braaaaiiiinnnn

It better do, cause it looks like I will be illustrating something by Joyce for my final project, and I feel like my brain needs to be eaten and spat out again to even remotely get what I can do with that.

Oh, and I bought a book that's been recommended to me by my prof about how artists used to insult other artists since the invention of the profession. Sadly, it's in german, but damn am I looking forward to reading that

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#2732 Pennywise

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Posted 23 January 2013 - 06:45 PM

I picked up some more of Lee Child's Jack Reacher series, namely Echo Burning, Bad Luck and Trouble and Worth Dying For.

Has anyone else read (parts of) this series?

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Posted 23 January 2013 - 07:47 PM

Use Of Weapons, on 16 January 2013 - 04:53 PM, said:

Brin's _Exiles_, the omnibus of the second Uplift trilogy. And MUTHAFUKIN! _Blade of Tyshalle_ arrived today

Also got on Kindle May's Pliocene saga.

Stovermode fix executed.

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#2734 Hinter

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 01:35 AM

Pennywise, on 23 January 2013 - 06:45 PM, said:

I picked up some more of Lee Child's Jack Reacher series, namely Echo Burning, Bad Luck and Trouble and Worth Dying For.

Has anyone else read (parts of) this series?

Read all but the latest one. Good stuff for just sticking yr brain in neutral and enjoying the read, but the last two or three have been almost indistinguishable.

#2735 Pennywise

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 08:09 AM

From what I've read so far (the first, Killing Floor, and #13, Gone Tomorrow) it is indeed relatively simple brain candy. Coming off of a 700-page epic, that can sometimes be exactly what I need, though.

#2736 Use Of Weapons

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 09:39 AM

Finished _Blade of Tyshalle_ last night. Awesome. Not nearly as much swearing as I'd been led to expect, or perhaps it was just so well integrated into the prose that it didn't break the flow. Nor was the book as unremittingly bleak as you guys paint it, IMO. But then, I never believed Caine wouldn't find a way. Bring on _Caine Black Knife_!

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#2737 Baco Xtath

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 01:19 PM

Use Of Weapons, on 24 January 2013 - 09:39 AM, said:

Finished _Blade of Tyshalle_ last night. Awesome. Not nearly as much swearing as I'd been led to expect, or perhaps it was just so well integrated into the prose that it didn't break the flow. Nor was the book as unremittingly bleak as you guys paint it, IMO. But then, I never believed Caine wouldn't find a way. Bring on _Caine Black Knife_!

Caine Black Knife fucking fixes that shit. I actually thought the same thing until I read it.....then I was like......fuck.

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#2738 Salt-Man Z

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Posted 24 January 2013 - 04:19 PM

Yep. BoT has four protagonists (according to Stover) so Caine is only part of the book. HD is the same way.

But starting with CBK it's all-Caine-all-the-time.

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