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Just bought all Stover's Overworld books on audible. Having just finished Caine's Law, I'm going to start over and listen to the rest, but only while driving. Let the road rage ensue.
The Book I bought today is...
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Posted 31 August 2013 - 11:00 PM
"Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life." - Terry Pratchett, Jingo"Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken." - Terry Pratchett, Eric
"Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of a lack of wisdom." - Terry Pratchett
"Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of a lack of wisdom." - Terry Pratchett
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Posted 01 September 2013 - 04:33 AM
IQ84. I forsee a lot more Murakami on my bookshelves as soon as I can possibly manage it.
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Posted 01 September 2013 - 04:47 AM
Darkwatch, on 29 July 2013 - 04:43 PM, said:
-The Fractal Prince
-The Scar
-Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
-A Fire Upon the Deep
-Disciple of the Dog
-The Scar
-Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
-A Fire Upon the Deep
-Disciple of the Dog
DIRK!!! It's been too long.
Thanks DW, I know what I'm reading after my re-read.
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gather into one hand the sands of Raraku"
The Holy Desert
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Posted 02 September 2013 - 12:11 AM
The Incredible Kitsu, on 01 September 2013 - 04:33 AM, said:
IQ84. I forsee a lot more Murakami on my bookshelves as soon as I can possibly manage it.
Have you read any/much of his other stuff?
IQ84 is one of the few I've not got around to (really dived into his work after I first discovered him), and I'd be interested in hearing how it compares - I've heard pretty mixed things.
Just bought The Prince, which I think I may read alongside something else.
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Grief, FFS will you do something with your sig, it's bloody awful
worry said:
Grief is right (until we abolish capitalism).
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Posted 02 September 2013 - 06:02 AM
Grief, on 02 September 2013 - 12:11 AM, said:
The Incredible Kitsu, on 01 September 2013 - 04:33 AM, said:
IQ84. I forsee a lot more Murakami on my bookshelves as soon as I can possibly manage it.
Have you read any/much of his other stuff?
IQ84 is one of the few I've not got around to (really dived into his work after I first discovered him), and I'd be interested in hearing how it compares - I've heard pretty mixed things.
Just bought The Prince, which I think I may read alongside something else.
So far the only other book of his I've read is Hard-Boiled Wonderland. I absolutely loved it though, so I wanted another of his works asap.
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Posted 03 September 2013 - 07:01 PM
Necessary Evil by Ian Tregillis.
"Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life." - Terry Pratchett, Jingo"Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken." - Terry Pratchett, Eric
"Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of a lack of wisdom." - Terry Pratchett
"Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of a lack of wisdom." - Terry Pratchett
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Posted 03 September 2013 - 07:54 PM
Found Robert Jackson Bennett's The Troupe for $2 today. Since winning and reading his American Elsewhere in February, I've now picked up all 3 of his earlier books for a total of $6. Can't hardly beat that.
"Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more, not less. Without occupying space, it fills the universe. It nourishes everything, yet itself feeds upon destruction. We claim to control it, but does it not perhaps cultivate us as a source of food? May it not be that all wood grows so that it can be set ablaze, and that men and women are born to kindle fires?"
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
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Posted 03 September 2013 - 10:31 PM
Cory Doctorow's SOMEONE COMES TO TOWN SOMEONE LEAVES TOWN.
...because it's urban fantasy as written by Cory Doctorow and that's all i really need to know to want it.
Plus it was free in exchange for a box of books i donated.
...because it's urban fantasy as written by Cory Doctorow and that's all i really need to know to want it.
Plus it was free in exchange for a box of books i donated.
THIS IS YOUR REMINDER THAT THERE IS A
'VIEW NEW CONTENT' BUTTON THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW NEW CONTENT
'VIEW NEW CONTENT' BUTTON THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW NEW CONTENT
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Posted 03 September 2013 - 10:43 PM
Having heard very good stuff about it, I grabbed Leigh Bardugo's SHADOW AND BONE, the first book in the Grisha trilogy.
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
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Posted 04 September 2013 - 12:07 PM
Today I ordered the first book, UNDER THE EAGLE, in Simon Scarrow's ROMAN series in order to celebrate the arrival of Total War ROME II
Screw you all, and have a nice day!
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Posted 04 September 2013 - 12:28 PM
Primateus, on 04 September 2013 - 12:07 PM, said:
Today I ordered the first book, UNDER THE EAGLE, in Simon Scarrow's ROMAN series in order to celebrate the arrival of Total War ROME II
I love Rome Books. Let me know how those are...I enjoy his brother's work.
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
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Posted 04 September 2013 - 02:16 PM
Today (technically yesterday) I ordered Blood and Bone. Not sure why it took me this long.
So, you're the historian who survived the Chain of Dogs.
Actually, I didn't.
It seems you stand alone.
It was ever thus.
Actually, I didn't.
It seems you stand alone.
It was ever thus.
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Posted 05 September 2013 - 05:52 PM
Finally got to go pick up KENOBI by John Jackson Miller, and I'll be reading it once I'm done with SHADOW AND BONE.
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
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Posted 05 September 2013 - 10:21 PM
Today I got a notification that Benedict Jacka's latest, that I pre-ordered before when I noticed the Kobo price was very cheap, has been added to my library. So that, I guess, to be read when I finish with Shogun.
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Posted 06 September 2013 - 06:12 PM
After all the great advice for Murakami I settled on getting Kafka on the Shore, Sputnik Sweatheart, and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle today. Then I grabbed Blood of Tyrants by Naomi Novik as well because Temeraire.
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Posted 08 September 2013 - 04:22 AM
On Friday, I've finally picked up "Cold Days", because it's out in mmpb in Canada at last.
needless to say, I've already finished it.
needless to say, I've already finished it.
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Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:
And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.
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Posted 08 September 2013 - 07:46 AM
I've stalled out briefly on Shogun, about 200 pages from the end. I'll be back, but the flaws did start to grind on me - most particularly, the constant hectic PoV jumping, and Clavells apparent rush to get everything out resulting in plot points tumbling over each other.
In particular, there's a moment where he reveals something about the plot and one characters motivation, then seems to forget that he's done so for the next 150 pages, resulting in lots of irritating angst. Then everyone cottons on at the same time, including the character who revealed this to us in the first place.
In a shorter book I'd have bulled through to the end, but with the length of a short novel still to go, I think I need a short break. I'll prolly come back to it next week, though.
So Jacka it is.
In particular, there's a moment where he reveals something about the plot and one characters motivation, then seems to forget that he's done so for the next 150 pages, resulting in lots of irritating angst. Then everyone cottons on at the same time, including the character who revealed this to us in the first place.
In a shorter book I'd have bulled through to the end, but with the length of a short novel still to go, I think I need a short break. I'll prolly come back to it next week, though.
So Jacka it is.
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Posted 08 September 2013 - 12:23 PM
Yesterday I got Alison Weir's biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine. To be honest it's more about her husbands and sons than Eleanor herself. She's more of a supporting character in their stories which is disappointing, but I suppose that's just the nature of the evidence.
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Si hoc adfixum in obice legere potes, et liberaliter educatus et nimis propinquus ades.
