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  1. In Topic: Mark Lawrence thread for all things Mark Lawrence'y'ish

    03 April 2025 - 06:12 PM

    View PostAbyss, on 03 April 2025 - 05:04 PM, said:

    View PostQuickTidal, on 03 April 2025 - 02:46 PM, said:

    Currently on THE GIRL & THE MOUNTAIN By Mr. Marky Mark Lawrence, 1st of his name.


    I've been slow walking this series so that I don't run out of Lawrence material (read The GIRL & THE STARS in late-2023 I think? Gods has it been that long?) as they always cure book hangovers, or help me out of reading funks when I land in them (I had recently landed in one) but now that I have all of this trilogy (hardcover biznatches!), and the 1st and 2nd book in the Library series as well...I figured 4 books of buffer should be fine so I don't run out when I need them.


    Also, thanks Mr. Lawrence for the "Story So Far" bit, it's ALWAYS helpful to us readers, I want you to know that.


    But yeah, it was easy to jump back in with Yaz, Thurin,
    Spoiler
    And I'm already having a blast. The question will be if I go into MOON directly or not after this...I probably will.


    Oh, and pre-ordered the last Library book (THE BOOK THAT HELD HER HEART) too, which comes out soon right....checks online...HOLY FUCK in 5 days?! Our cups runeth over you lot.


    Mark's work reads best for me when I can marathon a whole series. I have the first two LIBRARY books standing by so thank you for that update QT i had prelaunched an audible credit then forgot to check, psyched now!


    As for THE GIRL, yah, don't wait, it's a brilliant trilogy and the books flow directly into each other very effectively.



    Got it on preorder can't wait. I'm ready for an emotional rollercoaster!


    But aye QT, definitely go onto Moon straight away, you won't regret it, quality book with plenty of shenanigans!

  2. In Topic: Mark Lawrence thread for all things Mark Lawrence'y'ish

    14 March 2025 - 06:07 PM

    View PostAbyss, on 14 March 2025 - 05:52 PM, said:

    View PostQuickTidal, on 14 March 2025 - 03:43 PM, said:

    ...
    It's also annoying when one accent given to a character is off and that can irritate.
    ...


    You're not wrong.. i was struggling w the narration of Hearn's IRON DRUID series to begin with, and their 'dog accent' was awful, but then they systematically did a series of the absolute worse stereotypical borderline offensive accents one after the other and i DNF'd hard.



    I've not come across a narrator yet that has caused me to DNF but I can remember thinking the early Malazan series narrator was a bit off but that was probably because I love the series so much so a harsh critic.

    If you haven't already, you need to treat yourself to LotR by Andy Serkis, best narration I have come across...

    He kinda matches up the different characters voices to their LotR film counterparts and he does it so well... and then obviously he is Gollum so that is amazing. When Gollum first talks I was like oh bloody hell aye - this is going to be epic... and it was!


  3. In Topic: Mark Lawrence thread for all things Mark Lawrence'y'ish

    14 March 2025 - 03:46 PM

    View PostQuickTidal, on 14 March 2025 - 03:43 PM, said:

    View PostMark Lawrence, on 14 March 2025 - 10:30 AM, said:

    View Postchamp, on 13 March 2025 - 09:24 PM, said:

    View PostAbyss, on 13 March 2025 - 07:39 PM, said:

    Just my $0.02, but the majority of books i buy now are earbook or ebook, i reserve 'dead tree' for the very special/limited/personal/personalized and I'm willing to spend a bit where i can.



    This is where I am at too... once over I remember thinking that I'll never convert to earbook or ebook but convenience / house space required took over. I more do earbook for books that I have read before though.

    I'd rather pay for a special edition book of my favourite authors than get a standard paperback/hardback nowadays so sometimes that means waiting for the right edition and having it for looks rather than reading.


    I like the audiobook money, but as a format it has never worked for me. If I read a great line or there's an very emotional or impactful section, I like to change pace or go back, or take a moment, and the audio just rolls on. Plus, my mind wanders and I find I've not registered anything for 5 minutes while the narrator chugged along.


    I'm the same, and I've tried SO many audiobooks, different narrators, different types of books, ect. and the main through line is that I drift off as I listen and then I'm lost and have to back up....backing up to re-read things is SO much easier than trying to rewind audio to the place I missed the thing....I want so much to like Audiobooks....but I can't no matter how many times I've tried.




    It's the reason I will only do earbook if I have read the book previously. I get distracted then wonder what on earth has happened in the book for the last however long.

    Plus complex stories and especially stories with familiar sounding names become hard to keep track of.


  4. In Topic: Mark Lawrence thread for all things Mark Lawrence'y'ish

    13 March 2025 - 09:24 PM

    View PostAbyss, on 13 March 2025 - 07:39 PM, said:

    Just my $0.02, but the majority of books i buy now are earbook or ebook, i reserve 'dead tree' for the very special/limited/personal/personalized and I'm willing to spend a bit where i can.



    This is where I am at too... once over I remember thinking that I'll never convert to earbook or ebook but convenience / house space required took over. I more do earbook for books that I have read before though.

    I'd rather pay for a special edition book of my favourite authors than get a standard paperback/hardback nowadays so sometimes that means waiting for the right edition and having it for looks rather than reading.

  5. In Topic: Mark Lawrence thread for all things Mark Lawrence'y'ish

    13 March 2025 - 07:01 PM

    View PostAbyss, on 13 March 2025 - 01:55 PM, said:

    View Postchamp, on 06 March 2025 - 06:10 PM, said:

    ...Broken Binding really do throw out some beautiful books, I have The Broken Empire series in special editions from there. Just resisted buying into the Hyperion series that looked awesome.



    i was very close to going for Hyperion. Fiscal responsibility and future Malazan books prevailed. If a full set of Mark's Library shows up after the series is completed i'll have to weigh priorities again.



    Aye, similar thinking too with regards to Hyperion. I am constantly checking for Malazan books 4-6 news. Did you see the Andy Weir set on Broken Binding? I was gutted to miss out on that, didn't even realise it was up for sale, they looked stunning.



    View PostMark Lawrence, on 13 March 2025 - 05:31 PM, said:

    View PostAbyss, on 13 March 2025 - 01:55 PM, said:

    View Postchamp, on 06 March 2025 - 06:10 PM, said:

    ...Broken Binding really do throw out some beautiful books, I have The Broken Empire series in special editions from there. Just resisted buying into the Hyperion series that looked awesome.



    i was very close to going for Hyperion. Fiscal responsibility and future Malazan books prevailed. If a full set of Mark's Library shows up after the series is completed i'll have to weigh priorities again.


    Fancy editions seem to be a big money spinner these days.

    If I ever get the chance to self-publish, I'll be diving straight into a kickstarter fancy edition push.



    Doesn't matter what it is... sign me up! It was Grim Oak Press Red Queen's War edition that got me into looking out for fancy books. If Broken Binding do Red Queen's War I'm not sure I'll be able to hold out.

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    Tsundoku 

    14 Feb 2025 - 09:02
    Great to hear, hope the recovery isn't too painful. All good here thanks :)
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    Tsundoku 

    13 Feb 2025 - 11:23
    hope you had a great day big fella, sounds like it was anyway :)
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    Tsundoku 

    10 Apr 2024 - 11:40
    OK scratch that, I just read your update post. Whoa, that's a bit shit, I'm glad you feel like you're doing better. Feel free to drop me a line whenever about whatever.
    Take it easy mate.
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    Tsundoku 

    10 Apr 2024 - 11:36
    Cheers. Yeah same old same old. Kid is almost in high school so I'm feeling o-l-d. Can't wait for the Mrs to hurry up and win the lottery. Otherwise can't complain. You?
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    Tsundoku 

    13 Feb 2024 - 09:43
    Happy birthday big dog
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    Tsundoku 

    24 Feb 2023 - 23:39
    Yeah not too bad thanks, hope you're doing well too.
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    Tsundoku 

    12 Feb 2023 - 20:13
    happy another one, even if it's a Monday
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    Tsundoku 

    12 Feb 2022 - 14:37
    Happy birthday C-diddy
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    Tsundoku 

    12 Feb 2021 - 23:36
    and again
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    Tsundoku 

    13 Feb 2019 - 10:39
    That time of the year again
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    Tsundoku 

    13 Feb 2018 - 08:10
    Happy birthday
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    champ 

    25 Dec 2016 - 18:51
    Salutes the Captain!
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    Tsundoku 

    24 Dec 2016 - 03:03
    Hurro.
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    Loki 

    05 Apr 2011 - 17:16
    Hello
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    champ 

    24 Mar 2011 - 12:52
    Why not say hello..?
    Hello
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