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At audible got:
the Red Knight
Red Rising
Kill Decision
Influx
and I bought Troika for the kindle for $3.
I've got one more credit to spend over at audible and it's a toss up between: All the Windwracked Stars, the Thousand Names, Stories of Your Life and Others, Matter, Steel World, or American Elsewhere
The Book I bought today is...
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Posted 13 March 2014 - 05:39 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
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Posted 13 March 2014 - 09:49 PM
worry, on 09 March 2014 - 10:49 PM, said:
The Magicians manages to bring together fantasy and "literary fiction" without condescension or overwrought look-at-what-I'm-doing-so-cleverly gaudiness. It's a real treat (if you don't mind a character that doesn't always earn reader sympathy).
Felt the opposite personally. For me, it REEKED of 'look-at-what-I'm-doing-so-cleverly gaudiness'
The whole thing felt false.
Also, for me, a distinctly average fantasy story underlying it. Was singularly unimpressed.
meh. Link was dead :(
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Posted 13 March 2014 - 10:36 PM
worry, on 13 March 2014 - 09:58 PM, said:
Singularly eh?!?! Well I think QuickTidal might have something to say about that!
Duelly Unimpressed! Huzzah!
Also, I bought ALL THE WINDWRACKED STARS by Elizabeth Bear (after that badass sample chapter knocked it outta the park)
And THE MYRIAD by Meluch, first of the Merrimack series.
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Posted 14 March 2014 - 03:42 PM
QuickTidal, on 13 March 2014 - 10:36 PM, said:
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And THE MYRIAD by Meluch, first of the Merrimack series.
And THE MYRIAD by Meluch, first of the Merrimack series.
Just buy the second, third and fourth now and save yourself the bother, QT.
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Posted 15 March 2014 - 04:53 AM
Briar King, on 14 March 2014 - 09:54 PM, said:
I forbid myself to buy anything till Skin Game.
Good luck with that. Let us know how it goes.
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Posted 15 March 2014 - 02:06 PM
DRAGON WING by Weis & Hickman
HERETICS OF DUNE by Herbert
ILSE WITCH by Terry Brooks
HERETICS OF DUNE by Herbert
ILSE WITCH by Terry Brooks
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 17 March 2014 - 10:31 PM
Got All the Windwracked Stars on audible a couple days ago. Today, on ebay, got Forge of Darkness by Erik Stevenson or someth'n and Starfish by Peter Watts - I know it's online for free but I can't manage to transfer it to my kindle so had to buy it.
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Posted 17 March 2014 - 11:01 PM
The boy with the porcelain blade - Den Patrick.
half way through - pretty decent.
Blurb has it as "Locke Lamora meets Gormenghast"
For me its more "Dune meets Gormenghast with a tiny touch of Locke Lamora, only not as good as any of those three things would suggest. Well, except maybe the second Locke Lamora book, assuming you agree with me that it was a bit crap."
As you can tell, there's a reason why my blurb writing skills aren't in high demand for book covers.
half way through - pretty decent.
Blurb has it as "Locke Lamora meets Gormenghast"
For me its more "Dune meets Gormenghast with a tiny touch of Locke Lamora, only not as good as any of those three things would suggest. Well, except maybe the second Locke Lamora book, assuming you agree with me that it was a bit crap."
As you can tell, there's a reason why my blurb writing skills aren't in high demand for book covers.
meh. Link was dead :(
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Posted 21 March 2014 - 01:30 AM
On the back of one of the most enjoyable main characters, and mostly clever plots, in recent reading history (THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE)...I've batch ordered the next three Flavia DeLuce books in Alan Bradley's series (all of which have awesome, bizarre names):
THE WEED THAT STRINGS THE HANGMAN'S BAG
A RED HERRING WITHOUT MUSTARD
I AM HALF-SICK OF SHADOWS
THE WEED THAT STRINGS THE HANGMAN'S BAG
A RED HERRING WITHOUT MUSTARD
I AM HALF-SICK OF SHADOWS
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Posted 24 March 2014 - 05:33 PM
Paid a visit to Forbidden Planet on the way home tonight. Very pleasantly surprised by how comparatively cheap their imported books are these days - generally Ł5.99. So I got a few things off my 'want' list:
Young Miles (Vorkosigan Omnibus 2) by Lois McMaster Bujold
Deathstalker by Simon R. Green (bit of a punt, this one, has anyone here read it?)
Tour of the Merrimack Vol 1 by R M Meluch (curse you Abyss!! )
Young Miles (Vorkosigan Omnibus 2) by Lois McMaster Bujold
Deathstalker by Simon R. Green (bit of a punt, this one, has anyone here read it?)
Tour of the Merrimack Vol 1 by R M Meluch (curse you Abyss!!
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Posted 24 March 2014 - 07:54 PM
Serenity, on 24 March 2014 - 05:33 PM, said:
Paid a visit to Forbidden Planet ... I got a few things off my 'want' list:
...Tour of the Merrimack Vol 1 by R M Meluch (curse you Abyss!!
)
...Tour of the Merrimack Vol 1 by R M Meluch (curse you Abyss!!
)Twenty pages in you'll be thanking me.
A hundred and twenty and you'll be cursing yourself for not getting Vol 2.
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Posted 25 March 2014 - 10:43 AM
Abyss, on 24 March 2014 - 07:54 PM, said:
Serenity, on 24 March 2014 - 05:33 PM, said:
Paid a visit to Forbidden Planet ... I got a few things off my 'want' list:
...Tour of the Merrimack Vol 1 by R M Meluch (curse you Abyss!!
)
...Tour of the Merrimack Vol 1 by R M Meluch (curse you Abyss!!
)Twenty pages in you'll be thanking me.
A hundred and twenty and you'll be cursing yourself for not getting Vol 2.
Oh that was deliberate - it means I have to go back to Forbidden Planet and buy even more books
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Posted 25 March 2014 - 10:57 AM
Abyss, on 24 March 2014 - 07:54 PM, said:
Serenity, on 24 March 2014 - 05:33 PM, said:
Paid a visit to Forbidden Planet ... I got a few things off my 'want' list:
...Tour of the Merrimack Vol 1 by R M Meluch (curse you Abyss!! )
...Tour of the Merrimack Vol 1 by R M Meluch (curse you Abyss!!
)Twenty pages in you'll be thanking me.
A hundred and twenty and you'll be cursing yourself for not getting Vol 2.
I've made it about that far...meh.
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Posted 25 March 2014 - 01:57 PM
QuickTidal, on 25 March 2014 - 10:57 AM, said:
Abyss, on 24 March 2014 - 07:54 PM, said:
Serenity, on 24 March 2014 - 05:33 PM, said:
Paid a visit to Forbidden Planet ... I got a few things off my 'want' list:
...Tour of the Merrimack Vol 1 by R M Meluch (curse you Abyss!! )
...Tour of the Merrimack Vol 1 by R M Meluch (curse you Abyss!!
)Twenty pages in you'll be thanking me.
A hundred and twenty and you'll be cursing yourself for not getting Vol 2.
I've made it about that far...meh.
or that.
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Posted 26 March 2014 - 06:52 PM
Blackdog by K.V. Johansen [impulse buy, it was reduced by 40% or something and it's got a cover by Raymond Swanland, and a quick browse of goodreads came up with mostly positive reviews]
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman [because I had been wanting to buy that one since it was published]
Homeland by Cory Doctorow [not today, but recently, and also another impulse buy.. I've been lucky with my impulse buys recently, so we'll see if that continues]
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman [because I had been wanting to buy that one since it was published]
Homeland by Cory Doctorow [not today, but recently, and also another impulse buy.. I've been lucky with my impulse buys recently, so we'll see if that continues]
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Ninja Puck, Ninja Puck, really doesn't give a fuck..? - [King Lear]
Ninja Puck, Ninja Puck, really doesn't give a fuck..? - [King Lear]
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Posted 26 March 2014 - 07:34 PM
I bought The Boy With the Porcelain Blade, a recent debut with a bit of hype behind it, since the e-book is currently 1.99, so I couldn't resist.
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Posted 26 March 2014 - 10:28 PM
polishgenius, on 26 March 2014 - 07:34 PM, said:
I bought The Boy With the Porcelain Blade, a recent debut with a bit of hype behind it, since the e-book is currently 1.99, so I couldn't resist.
See this:
I Am Brian Blessed Not Brent Weeks, on 17 March 2014 - 11:01 PM, said:
The boy with the porcelain blade - Den Patrick.
half way through - pretty decent.
Blurb has it as "Locke Lamora meets Gormenghast"
For me its more "Dune meets Gormenghast with a tiny touch of Locke Lamora, only not as good as any of those three things would suggest. Well, except maybe the second Locke Lamora book, assuming you agree with me that it was a bit crap."
As you can tell, there's a reason why my blurb writing skills aren't in high demand for book covers.
half way through - pretty decent.
Blurb has it as "Locke Lamora meets Gormenghast"
For me its more "Dune meets Gormenghast with a tiny touch of Locke Lamora, only not as good as any of those three things would suggest. Well, except maybe the second Locke Lamora book, assuming you agree with me that it was a bit crap."
As you can tell, there's a reason why my blurb writing skills aren't in high demand for book covers.
meh. Link was dead :(
