[Macros]

best served cold by abercrombie, wanted it for a while, wasnt going to pay hardback prices though

[Ain't_It_Just_]

Name of the Wind by Pat Rothfuss. Worth every penny

[Slow Ben]

Picked up the first 3 Bauchelin and Korbal Brooch novellas at Barnes and Noble today.

Got tired of waiting for them to come out together and forgot about it. Then today, there they were, just waiting to be picked up.


Also got Butchers Small Favor on sale for 5 bucks.

[Salt-Man Z]

I hit Half Price Books the other day, looking for a few Pern books for part of my wife's anniversary gift.

I also scored (for myself) some nice finds on $1 clearance rack:

Star Wars: Tempest by Troy Denning
Star Wars: Revelation by Karen Traviss
Heretic by Bernard Cornwell
The Briar King by Greg Keyes (in brand new condition, even)



I've actually read the first 3, but can anyone recommend the Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone series?

[Abyss]

acesn8s, on 08 June 2010 - 06:19 PM, said:

Abyss, on 07 June 2010 - 03:15 PM, said:

The entire THIEVES WORLD series. For about $1/book. ...

Wow, great find for an awesome price.

i KNOW!

Traveller, on 10 June 2010 - 12:03 PM, said:

I ordered Changes a few days ago, and it arrived today... bring on the Dresden.

I envy you reading it for the first time. Enjoy!

Arkmam, on 12 June 2010 - 09:28 PM, said:

The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
Storm Front by Jim Butchet
Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
Perdido Street Station by Chine Mieville
Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
...

Haven't read Mistborn but otherwise can say with complete asurance that that is a GREAT stack of reading.

And soon you'll be another Drescrack addict.

Macros, on 13 June 2010 - 06:34 PM, said:

best served cold by abercrombie, wanted it for a while, wasnt going to pay hardback prices though

Reading it now. TOTALLY enjoying it.

Ain, on 14 June 2010 - 02:49 AM, said:

Name of the Wind by Pat Rothfuss. Worth every penny

someone else drank the koolade...

Salt-Man Z, on 17 June 2010 - 03:07 PM, said:

...I've actually read the first 3, but can anyone recommend the Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone series?

How were the first three? Because i've been warned off so many times i've stayed clear.

[Salt-Man Z]

Abyss, on 17 June 2010 - 03:50 PM, said:

How were the first three? Because i've been warned off so many times i've stayed clear.

My mistake; I meant that of the 4 books I'd picked up, I'd read the first 3.

I've had no experience with Greg Keyes outside of a handful of Star Wars books; though I own the complete Age of Unreason series, and now the first KoTaB book, I've yet to read them.

[beru]

i have read the mistborn books and i found them realy good its worth the money twice over (and the first one is out free on Brandonsanderson.com)

[murphy72]

Salt-Man Z, on 17 June 2010 - 04:49 PM, said:

Abyss, on 17 June 2010 - 03:50 PM, said:

How were the first three? Because i've been warned off so many times i've stayed clear.

My mistake; I meant that of the 4 books I'd picked up, I'd read the first 3.

I've had no experience with Greg Keyes outside of a handful of Star Wars books; though I own the complete Age of Unreason series, and now the first KoTaB book, I've yet to read them.

I preferred The Age of Unreason series to the Kingdom of Thorne and Bone. TKOTB lost me about the 4th book.

[Slow Ben]

I really enjoyed the first 3 of Thorne and Bone. Not to shabby.

But the fourth did absolutely less than nothing for me. Except for Aspar Whites (who is one of my favorite characters) storyline, the rest was blackchcjhchl. Which is bad.

[Fist Gamet]

Well, going to brave a few reads as recommended on the "best read" thread...

Lion of Al Rassan - GGK
Shogun - James Clavell
If on a Winters Night A Traveller - Italo Calvino
Retribution Falls: Tales of the Ketty Jay - Chris Wooding
Romance of The Three Kingdoms Vol 1 - Lo Kuan-Chung

[Ain't_It_Just_]

Abyss, on 17 June 2010 - 03:50 PM, said:

Ain, on 14 June 2010 - 02:49 AM, said:

Name of the Wind by Pat Rothfuss. Worth every penny

someone else drank the koolade...

Que? So far it's very good.

[Abyss]

Ain, on 21 June 2010 - 07:21 AM, said:

Abyss, on 17 June 2010 - 03:50 PM, said:

Ain, on 14 June 2010 - 02:49 AM, said:

Name of the Wind by Pat Rothfuss. Worth every penny

someone else drank the koolade...

Que? So far it's very good.

see elsethread http://forum.malazan...showtopic=11218

[ansible]

Fist Gamet, on 21 June 2010 - 03:23 AM, said:

Well, going to brave a few reads as recommended on the "best read" thread...

Lion of Al Rassan - GGK
Shogun - James Clavell
If on a Winters Night A Traveller - Italo Calvino
Retribution Falls: Tales of the Ketty Jay - Chris Wooding
Romance of The Three Kingdoms Vol 1 - Lo Kuan-Chung

Shogun is amazing. I've read it a few times. And actually, I'm currently reading Tai-Pan, the next book in Clavell's Asian Saga, and so far it is extremely good...

[champ]

just bought:

Gene Wolfe - Fifth Head of Cerberus and The Urth of The New Sun

[Fist Gamet]

ansible, on 22 June 2010 - 02:02 AM, said:

Fist Gamet, on 21 June 2010 - 03:23 AM, said:

Well, going to brave a few reads as recommended on the "best read" thread...

Lion of Al Rassan - GGK
Shogun - James Clavell
If on a Winters Night A Traveller - Italo Calvino
Retribution Falls: Tales of the Ketty Jay - Chris Wooding
Romance of The Three Kingdoms Vol 1 - Lo Kuan-Chung

Shogun is amazing. I've read it a few times. And actually, I'm currently reading Tai-Pan, the next book in Clavell's Asian Saga, and so far it is extremely good...

I hope so, I have been meaning to get my hands on it for many years but just never got around to it. Loved the TV series way back and Japanese culture always fascinated me. Heard mixed reviews for the rest of the series so I would welcome any opinions

[HiddenOne]

Following some recommendations I picked up a few as follows:

1. Best Served Cold - Abercrombie
I liked this book, superbloody fights, intrigue as well, politics were thick, I'll def. get more
2. Mistborn - Sanderson
Next on my list
3.Man w/ Golden Torc - Simon R Green
Longtime reader of Green, his work is usually good stuff, but I haven't seen much mention of him on the forum
4. Dragon Never Sleeps - Glen Cook
Let's see if he can handle space action as well as Black Company!
5. Paths of the Dead - Brust
Read the series about Vlad, got this one for $1.25 I'll take my chances

Note: In the US, they want extra money for books by Bakker & G Kay - as soon as I find some at a reasonable price, I'm in.

Note#2: I've read half of Mistworld today and I think it's great, wish I had picked up sequels at the same time, gambling pays off!

This post has been edited by HiddenOne: 27 June 2010 - 03:43 AM

[spiral]

The Passage, I'm intrigued and have probably been affected by all the hype.

Hard - boiled wonderland and the end of the world, one of the best authors around. Positively surreal, a bit of thought generally required. Just a wonderfull author.

[ansible]

spiral, on 26 June 2010 - 06:18 PM, said:

The Passage, I'm intrigued and have probably been affected by all the hype.

Hard - boiled wonderland and the end of the world, one of the best authors around. Positively surreal, a bit of thought generally required. Just a wonderfull author.

Didn't see if you mentioned his name; the author is Haruki Murakami. He is my favorite author, and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World might be my favorite book.

[murphy72]

ansible, on 27 June 2010 - 04:44 AM, said:

spiral, on 26 June 2010 - 06:18 PM, said:

The Passage, I'm intrigued and have probably been affected by all the hype.

Hard - boiled wonderland and the end of the world, one of the best authors around. Positively surreal, a bit of thought generally required. Just a wonderfull author.

Didn't see if you mentioned his name; the author is Haruki Murakami. He is my favorite author, and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World might be my favorite book.

Justin Cronin also wrote a book called The Passage and there's quite a bit of hype about that.

[ansible]

I probably should have snipped that part about The Passage.