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#701 ch'arlz

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Posted 30 December 2007 - 02:57 PM

caladanbrood;237900 said:

Aye, still a waste of money though:(

I gave up on it after 100pp. Definitely a waste of money.

On the other hand, Santa gave me the first 5 volumes of the Dresden files. I'm on the third an enjoying them very much!

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Posted 06 January 2008 - 06:53 PM

caladanbrood;237900 said:

Aye, still a waste of money though:(

Interesting. Its nowhere near as unanimous as the praise for Abercombie & Lynch, but Ruckley gets a lot of praise across various boards. Rather more than Rothfuss, for example.

I may try and wrangle a review copy of the second novel and read them both together.

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Posted 06 January 2008 - 09:53 PM

I picked up Devices and Desires, Book one of the Engineer Trilogy by K.J. Parker....haven't started it yet....

Winterbirth was decent....but didn't have anything new or shocking...pretty standard fantasy filler read...at least so far

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Posted 14 January 2008 - 03:06 PM

I just picked up Mythago Wood by Holdstock. I kept hearing how spechul it is, so I decided to give it a go. 50 pages in and I'm not too impressed. Meh, maybe it'll get better.

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Posted 22 January 2008 - 03:23 PM

I just love it when Waterstones does 3 for 2 offers :rolleyes:

Picked up Dan Simmons' The Terror, Charlie Stross' Halting State, and a rather interesting book called Debatable Space, by Philip Palmer, which is a debut novel, I believe.

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Posted 22 January 2008 - 04:54 PM

Bought and read Halting State by Charles Stross over the weekend. Like most (almost all, actually) of his books, it's exceedingly annoying until he gets over his own cleverness enough to bother cluing the reader in as to what the hell the point of the book is; at which point it becomes a hoot.

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Posted 22 January 2008 - 04:56 PM

I recieved Robert Jordans The Great Hunt today from amazon. Ordered the first four in the Wheel of Times series for a dollar each.

I thought it was about time I looked into this series.

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Posted 22 January 2008 - 06:05 PM

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Must admit that I've never got around to reading a Stross book, though I've got Singularity Sky on the shelf. Still, the premise of this one looked quite fun :rolleyes:

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Posted 26 January 2008 - 02:02 AM

Aptorian;246605 said:

I recieved Robert Jordans The Great Hunt today from amazon. Ordered the first four in the Wheel of Times series for a dollar each.

I thought it was about time I looked into this series.

I'm reading it currently, and am really getting bogged down in book 9. I can barely make myself care enough to keep reading, but dammit, I'm finishing this series. It starts out decent, although cliched, but fades down the stretch. I'd say no doubt worth a dollar a book though, just to say you've read it. It's so popular, it seems like something anyone who considers themselves well read in fantasy should have read it.

To get on thread topic, I took a break from book 9 though to pick up and start Feast for Crows yesterday. Sweet bliss. This guy is good.

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Posted 26 January 2008 - 02:20 AM

I'm about to start on Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk...heard great things about it.

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Posted 26 January 2008 - 04:46 AM

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To get on thread topic, I took a break from book 9 though to pick up and start Feast for Crows yesterday. Sweet bliss. This guy is good.

You know a lot of people were kinda disappointed with that book.

I wasn't one. I must very much agree that he hasn't dropped the bar yet like Jordan did.

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Posted 26 January 2008 - 04:48 AM

I enjoyed it as well.

Maybe it had something to do with the fact that we had to wait so long...and now are waiting again for ADoD?

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Posted 26 January 2008 - 12:09 PM

Oh, another two or three years;)

Chalk me up as dissapointed by aFfC. Bad selection of PoVs more than anything else though, Cersei just gets too much after having about half the damn book to herself.

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Posted 26 January 2008 - 12:54 PM

I'm with Brood on this one. Cersei's idiocy could have been portrayed in halfed the space devoted to her. Liked the Ironmen parts but 3 PoVs was a bit much... Dorne was also ok.

On a relatednote, will venture out book-buying, probably today (only have 1 unread book left, even if it is huge). Gotta pik up books 2+3 of greg keyes' Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone, as well as more Harry Dresden....

EDIT: got book 2 of the Dresden files. Unfortunately, local indigo has no Keyes, as consolation got 2 books by Kay (Tigana + A song for Arbonne)

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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 27 January 2008 - 12:04 AM

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Hey Kud I really enjoyed the Keyes' series...I'm eagerly awaiting the fourth book.

I can see why you guys got annoyed with the latest book of GRRM. I really enjoyed the Dorne parts.

I viewed it as a great "set-up" book for book 5...which I think is going to romp ass.

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Posted 27 January 2008 - 12:22 AM

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Oh I loved that book! My grandfather gave it to me a few weeks back. I hope you enjoy it!

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Posted 27 January 2008 - 06:55 AM

Xander;248763 said:

I can see why you guys got annoyed with the latest book of GRRM. I really enjoyed the Dorne parts.

I viewed it as a great "set-up" book for book 5...which I think is going to romp ass.

Aye, but I think even in a series, each book has to be a decent stand-alone too, which is where Erikson and people like Jim Butcher are so good

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Posted 27 January 2008 - 07:48 AM

caladanbrood;248810 said:

Aye, but I think even in a series, each book has to be a decent stand-alone too, which is where Erikson and people like Jim Butcher are so good

I hear ya...I hear ya.

I think it was good...but not as good as the others.

i mean ASoS was freaking AWESOME.

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Posted 27 January 2008 - 10:36 PM

@ Xander: good job, now I'm aware that the story won't end in a trilogy! I hope you're happy, lol...

The thing that annoyed me most about AFFC was that I finished it in one day... and I've been waiting fot the next one for > 2 years now... and when ADwD does come out, it'll be the same thing over again....

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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 28 January 2008 - 12:54 AM

He takes too long because he is involved in so many projects. (martin)

That and he comes off a bit pompous sometimes...but I guess that might be the hate I have flowing through me for waiting so long for ADwD...yet if it is a great book I will forgive him.

@Kud...sorry man....*walks away in shame*