The Book I bought today is...

#3241 Morgoth

executor emeritus

Group: High House Mafia
Posts: 11,448
Joined: 24-January 03
Location:the void

Posted 28 March 2014 - 08:28 AM

You know, I just finished the first Merrimack duology, and I honestly wasn't that impressed. I enjoyed the action. The action was great. But the characters were... well, the antagonists were terrible. Caricatures. Idiotic and unbelievably irrational stereotypes. That the author added some flavour to explain that away doesn't change what they were.

I also did not enjoy the whole American hoo-rah military exceptionalism at display.

In my opinion this series is inferior to Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet series in every way, from the purely military aspects to the use of antagonists with, from the reader's view, irrational beliefs.

Take good care to keep relations civil
It's decent in the first of gentlemen
To speak friendly, Even to the devil

#3242 Macros

D'ivers Fuckwits

Group: High House Mafia
Posts: 9,019
Joined: 28-January 08
Location:Ulster, disputed zone, British Empire.

Posted 28 March 2014 - 04:32 PM

Just.bought The Fell Sword by Miles Cameron, second of the traitor son books, the first book (the red knight) was enjoyable so looking forward to this.
Also bought The Black Guard, forget authors name, blurb read kind of ok but I'm aiming to branch out and try more.new authors this year and cut down on my rereads, and this method got me the red knight, and to a lesser extent Malice, if its en par with Malice I'll be.... Well I'll be satisfied that it wasn't a waste of my money I guess.

2012
"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"

#3243 Coco with marshmallows

DIIIIIIIIIIVVVEEEEE

Group: LHTEC
Posts: 2,115
Joined: 26-October 05

Posted 28 March 2014 - 10:54 PM

Macros, on 28 March 2014 - 04:32 PM, said:

Macros, i've read all of the above, and (for me) Malice is the worst of the bunch.

I'd rate Red Knight best, Fell Sword close.

Bit of a gap.

Black Guard.

Bigger Gap.

Malice.

Just my 0.02

meh. Link was dead :(

#3244 Macros

D'ivers Fuckwits

Group: High House Mafia
Posts: 9,019
Joined: 28-January 08
Location:Ulster, disputed zone, British Empire.

Posted 29 March 2014 - 09:40 AM

Ok, I rated Malice as a poor attempt to capture what was great about the start of asoaif, but readable, so I guess I'll be happy with Black Guard. Cheers coco

2012
"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"

#3245 QuickTidal

Lord of the Waters

Group: Team Quick Ben
Posts: 21,615
Joined: 05-November 05
Location:At Sea?
Interests:DoubleStamping. Movies. Reading.

Posted 29 March 2014 - 12:10 PM

Morgoth, on 28 March 2014 - 08:28 AM, said:

I'm not finished the first whole duology yet, but yeah...these are my thoughts so far as well.

"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

#3246 Abyss

abyssus abyssum invocat

Group: Administrators
Posts: 22,154
Joined: 22-May 03
Location:The call is coming from inside the house!!!!
Interests:Interesting.

Posted 29 March 2014 - 04:01 PM

QuickTidal, on 29 March 2014 - 12:10 PM, said:

Morgoth, on 28 March 2014 - 08:28 AM, said:

I'm not finished the first whole duology yet, but yeah...these are my thoughts so far as well.

Communists, the lot of you.

THIS IS YOUR REMINDER THAT THERE IS A
'VIEW NEW CONTENT' BUTTON THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW NEW CONTENT

#3247 worry

Master of the Deck

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 14,735
Joined: 24-February 10
Location:the buried west

Posted 29 March 2014 - 06:20 PM

America rules!

They came with white hands and left with red hands.

#3248 Baco Xtath

Wait. What?

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 831
Joined: 10-September 11
Location:Knoxville, TN
Interests:Reading, writing, building, fly fishing, anime, MMA, and being a father.

Posted 29 March 2014 - 07:19 PM

worry, on 29 March 2014 - 06:20 PM, said:

America rules!

because, 'Murica.

"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

#3249 Salt-Man Z

My pen halts, though I do not

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 4,167
Joined: 07-February 08
Location:Apple Valley, MN

Posted 31 March 2014 - 03:22 PM

Baco Xtath, on 29 March 2014 - 07:19 PM, said:

(Image: abomination pizza)

because, 'Murica.

I'd try it.

"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

#3250 Abyss

abyssus abyssum invocat

Group: Administrators
Posts: 22,154
Joined: 22-May 03
Location:The call is coming from inside the house!!!!
Interests:Interesting.

Posted 31 March 2014 - 04:34 PM

Salt-Man Z, on 31 March 2014 - 03:22 PM, said:

Baco Xtath, on 29 March 2014 - 07:19 PM, said:

(Image: abomination pizza)

because, 'Murica.

I'd try it.

I'd devour it.

...because bypass surgery just makes you stronger, that's why!

THIS IS YOUR REMINDER THAT THERE IS A
'VIEW NEW CONTENT' BUTTON THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW NEW CONTENT

#3251 McLovin

Cutlery Enthusiast

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 2,828
Joined: 19-March 04
Location:Dallas, Texas, USA
Interests:Knives. Stabbing. Stabbing with knives.

Posted 31 March 2014 - 05:26 PM

And do I see powdered sugar on that too? That's Texas State Fair worthy!

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

#3252 JPK

Lemming of High House Mafia

Group: High House Mafia
Posts: 1,517
Joined: 18-January 11
Location:Oregon City, Oregon
Interests:Sacrificing myself for everyone else's greater good!

Posted 09 April 2014 - 08:16 PM

Got a copy of The Fires of Heaven to reference when I start listening to the audiobook. I've found it's easier for me to listen to TWoT than it is to read it.

I also picked up Guards! Guards!, and I'm super excited about this one. It seems to me that anyone that I ask about Discworld has very fond memories of this one.

#3253 Macros

D'ivers Fuckwits

Group: High House Mafia
Posts: 9,019
Joined: 28-January 08
Location:Ulster, disputed zone, British Empire.

Posted 09 April 2014 - 09:19 PM

Oh god yes Guards Guards is if not my favourite discworld then bloody damn close.
so consistently funny its unreal.
now you've got me hankering for a bit of sir Terry, I'll have to see what's on the reader.

Just finished up The Fell Sword (book two in the traitors son)
I can see why coco put it slightly below The Red Knight, but I put it on par, I think I was more used to the pov changes in this one and enjoyed the broadening of the story. Characters further fleshed out, a few more villans in the mix and a few distinctly grey areas in between. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

Just about to start The World Enough, And Time by James Khan, a WEE from stormcat, small novel, considerably smaller than my normal lift but the blurb makes me want to read it so....

2012
"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"

#3254 Ukjent

First Sword

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 588
Joined: 29-May 12
Location:North, sweet north.

Posted 11 April 2014 - 07:06 PM

Haha, there's a good boy!

#3255 Abyss

abyssus abyssum invocat

Group: Administrators
Posts: 22,154
Joined: 22-May 03
Location:The call is coming from inside the house!!!!
Interests:Interesting.

Posted 11 April 2014 - 07:15 PM

Briar King, on 26 March 2014 - 10:56 PM, said:

Sombra, on 15 March 2014 - 04:53 AM, said:

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. :sofa:

I've stayed strong for 12 days now. I had to make myself get out of my Amazon app yesterday though! Phew!

Graablick, on 27 March 2014 - 04:28 PM, said:

Whats the point of that?

Briar King, on 11 April 2014 - 04:19 AM, said:

Damn I caved in and just ordered Warmasters Gate... So much for waiting on my ban till Skin Game. I WONT get another till then though!!

Graablick, on 11 April 2014 - 07:06 PM, said:

Haha, there's a good boy!

Dammit BK, i thought you were stronger than that... couldn't you have waited three more bloody days?

Ok, Graab, you win the pool with 'doesn't last 30 days'.

Wanna go double or nothing on now til Skin Game?

THIS IS YOUR REMINDER THAT THERE IS A
'VIEW NEW CONTENT' BUTTON THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW NEW CONTENT

#3256 QuickTidal

Lord of the Waters

Group: Team Quick Ben
Posts: 21,615
Joined: 05-November 05
Location:At Sea?
Interests:DoubleStamping. Movies. Reading.

Posted 12 April 2014 - 12:22 AM

Abyss, on 11 April 2014 - 07:15 PM, said:

Ok, Graab, you win the pool with 'doesn't last 30 days'.

Wanna go double or nothing on now til Skin Game?

Can I get in on that action?

"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

#3257 Ukjent

First Sword

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 588
Joined: 29-May 12
Location:North, sweet north.

Posted 12 April 2014 - 06:37 AM

If we ignore the 4-5 books that's due to arrive Wednesday I'm all in for not buying anything until Skin Game. Honestly don't have the time to read that much until end of may.

#3258 Abyss

abyssus abyssum invocat

Group: Administrators
Posts: 22,154
Joined: 22-May 03
Location:The call is coming from inside the house!!!!
Interests:Interesting.

Posted 12 April 2014 - 02:18 PM

Graablick, on 12 April 2014 - 06:37 AM, said:

If we ignore the 4-5 books that's due to arrive Wednesday I'm all in for not buying anything until Skin Game. Honestly don't have the time to read that much until end of may.

I meant betting on BK's utter and expected willpower fail. Why should the rest of us suffer?

THIS IS YOUR REMINDER THAT THERE IS A
'VIEW NEW CONTENT' BUTTON THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW NEW CONTENT

#3259 yuna_anomander25

sapper elite red coat

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 322
Joined: 08-May 12
Interests:Malazan Book of the Fallen,
Dresden Files,
The Hunger Games
Anime,

Posted 12 April 2014 - 02:24 PM

books that I bought over these past months,, in no particular order,,

Feist's - King of Foxes and Silverthorn
Bujold's - Cordelia's Honor and A Civil Campaign

don't have much time and money to splurge on books,, maybe by next week or next month,,

It's not who I am underneath.. but what i do that defines me - Batman, Batman Begins; 'Without our deaths, sir, there would be no crime. Thus, no punishment to match,' 'Mortal Sword - '
'We are done, my friend. Now, in this manner, we choose the meaning of our deaths' - Mortal Sword Brukhalian to Veteran Nilbanas, siege of Capustan
'Ippen shinde miru (want to try dying this once) ?' - Jigoku Shoujo (Hell Girl)

#3260 QuickTidal

Lord of the Waters

Group: Team Quick Ben
Posts: 21,615
Joined: 05-November 05
Location:At Sea?
Interests:DoubleStamping. Movies. Reading.

Posted 12 April 2014 - 04:36 PM

Today I grabbed:

MR. PENUMBRA'S 24-HOUR BOOKSTORE - by Robin Sloan (because...books!)

and

THE GOSPEL OF LOKI - by Joanna M. Harris (Because the Norse mythology from Loki's POV? Yes please!)

"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