kirottu Posted December 30, 2007 Posted December 30, 2007 (edited) Le Guin is my all time favourite autor Tales of the Earthsea are awesome Let Edited December 30, 2007 by kirottu This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time.
Xard Posted December 30, 2007 Posted December 30, 2007 I have numerous "favourite" authors too (from finnish I should mention Waltari and Kjell West How can it be a no ob build. It has PROVEN effective. I dare you to show your builds and I will tear you apart in an arugment about how these builds will won them. - OverPowered Godzilla (OPG)
Gorth Posted December 31, 2007 Posted December 31, 2007 Nathan Long - "The Blackhearts" Excellent fantasy, just the way I like it. The "good" guys get abused, wronged, humiliated, treated unfairly, reviled, tricked and manipulated... and then they die Ok, so a few survive, i guess they needed to leave it open for a continuation. It was still a well written and well paced story though. “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Istima Loke Posted December 31, 2007 Posted December 31, 2007 heh, my relationship with Le Guin's work is somewhat strange. I mean, she is a good writer and all that, but I can't say I really love her books. I have read "The Dispossessed: An ambiguous utopia" in which I didn't find anything attractive, and the "Earthsea Quartet", which let me with mixed feelings. For some strange (based on people speaking of Le Guin) reason, I cannot get into her world. Maybe because it's written clearly from a character's perspective, but Earthsea seems so narrow a world, with most of its culture presented looking as if existing to serve the plot instead of existing separately from it, that makes it "unnatural". Her stories are nice, though she is stretching them far too long, especially "The Tombs of Atuan" that almost made me quit reading, because of repetitiveness. Anyway, I hope that the Tales will change my mind. P.S. The Farthest shore was the best plot-wise, but the end being somewhat anti-climatic, left a bad taste. P.P.S. People usually consider me crazy (or an idiot) after saying the above. I think therefore I am? Could be! Or is it really someone else Who only thinks he's me?
Guard Dog Posted December 31, 2007 Posted December 31, 2007 Based on the reccomendations of Musopticon (and others) I picked up a copy of China Mieville's The Scar. If it's good I'll send you a 6 pack of Flying Dog. If it's bad I'll send you something else! Something else. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Humodour Posted January 1, 2008 Posted January 1, 2008 I attempted to read one of Le Guin's books a few months back, but found I could not summon the attention to continue reading, which is actually somewhat rare for me - I've read LOTR twice, but perhaps more through willpower than interest the second time. Would somebody care to suggest a good starting point for her universe? I can't guarantee I was even reading the first book.
Istima Loke Posted January 1, 2008 Posted January 1, 2008 Which book were you reading? The first book written about Earthsea (which if I am not mistaken is supposed to be read first) is "A Wizard of Earthsea". I think therefore I am? Could be! Or is it really someone else Who only thinks he's me?
Tel Aviv Posted January 1, 2008 Posted January 1, 2008 (edited) Anyone familiar with Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian? I've read The Road and No Country For Old Men, I figure Blood Meridian's next. Edited January 1, 2008 by Tel Aviv
Humodour Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 Which book were you reading? The first book written about Earthsea (which if I am not mistaken is supposed to be read first) is "A Wizard of Earthsea". I can't remember, but cheers - I'll try that one. The one I was reading started off with a kid who charmed goats lol.
Dark_Raven Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 The NWN2 players guide. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed.
Xard Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 Which book were you reading? The first book written about Earthsea (which if I am not mistaken is supposed to be read first) is "A Wizard of Earthsea". I can't remember, but cheers - I'll try that one. The one I was reading started off with a kid who charmed goats lol. Uhh, that's propably it When I first read Tales of the Earthsea I didn't really like them, I only got halfway through the first book. Few years passed and I tried them again. And they were aaaawesome How can it be a no ob build. It has PROVEN effective. I dare you to show your builds and I will tear you apart in an arugment about how these builds will won them. - OverPowered Godzilla (OPG)
Shryke Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 still The Vampire Lestat jesus christ, i don't know if even bother to finish reading this lamest vampires ever when your mind works against you - fight back with substance abuse!
Musopticon? Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 (edited) You're not part of the demographic, sadly. Sex change and being a complete wuss are unfortunately needed. Which I found out the hard way. Edit: I'm currently reading the Fritz Lieber's Second Book of Lankhmar, a collection of the later Gray Mouser stories. It's not as light-hearted and adventurous as the First Book, but the writing on the other hand is quite a bit more solid and the characters have actually matured, which isn't something you can find often in swords and sorcery novels. Fafhrd is seriously one of my favorite characters, ever. It's true that Lieber has interposed features on the characters that are not exactly believable in the late medieval scope of things, but that's just what makes them so spellbinding. It's like Mouser and Fahrd look and comment on things beyond the focalizer of main characters, in a way they criticize Lieber himself and the genre. It's a bit immersion-breaking, needs a bit of suspension of disbelief, but escapism isn't something I'm looking for anyway. I love how the writer can be ironic and still carry the story forward, without seeming out of place. Edited January 2, 2008 by Musopticon? kirottu said: I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden. It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai. So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds
Dark_Raven Posted January 3, 2008 Posted January 3, 2008 still The Vampire Lestat jesus christ, i don't know if even bother to finish reading this lamest vampires ever I think Rice's awesomeness slipped right after Iinterview With a Vampire came out. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed.
Blarghagh Posted January 3, 2008 Posted January 3, 2008 H.P. Lovecraft - At The Mountains of Madness Decided to read it again after I read somewhere that Guillermo del Toro was going to make a movie of it. How the heck do you make a movie of this, though?
Xard Posted January 4, 2008 Posted January 4, 2008 dunno lol I remember how it freaked me out when I was 12 years old. Awesome novel. How can it be a no ob build. It has PROVEN effective. I dare you to show your builds and I will tear you apart in an arugment about how these builds will won them. - OverPowered Godzilla (OPG)
Guard Dog Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 Re-reading Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. I haven't read it since college and it makes so much more sense to me now. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Xard Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 Urgh, Ayn Rand. How can it be a no ob build. It has PROVEN effective. I dare you to show your builds and I will tear you apart in an arugment about how these builds will won them. - OverPowered Godzilla (OPG)
Gorth Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 Some easily digestible stuff... Graham McNeill - "Fulgrim" Mitchel Scanlon - "Descent of Angels" Looking forward to the next book in the series "Legion" All set in the Warhammer 40k universe “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Musopticon? Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 Uh... I just finished Arthur Miller's The Death of a Salesman. Absolutely gripping, I read it in two sittings, I could hardly put the book away. My order of Keat's Collected Poems arrived, but I have yet to peruse is, except lightly. I'd actually immerse myself in it right away, if it weren't that the book is in Tampere and I at Kouvola. Currently, I'm in the middle of Moor****'s The Skrayling Tree, my second Elric book ever, it's very decent, even with so little of the albino prince himself. Then there's The Dragon Waiting(a Masque of History), by John M. Ford! Part of Fantasy Masterworks binge, with Lieber and others, this is probably the best thing I had read in months, besting even the latest, very decent, Robin Hobb book. There's just something engrossing about the world and characters Ford has written. The premise sounds like an awful anachronistic history cliche - what if Byzantium didn't fall to Ottomans - but I haven't read so good a fantasy setting influenced by Renaissance Europe since Guy Kavriel Kay's last book - and that had only elements of Italy and Southern France. The Dragon Waiting is such a lost classic, I can't believe I had missed it so completely. kirottu said: I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden. It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai. So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds
BIOShazard Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 I want to read "Rise of the Orge" by the Gorillaz band(Yes, I know their virtual, but I want to know what really happened to Noodle) Part of Rise of the Sith TSL Mod
Calax Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 Three Kingdoms... CURSE YOU DYNASTY WARRIORS FOR BEING BASED ON SUCH A GOOD BOOK! >.> Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off.
Sereyna Posted March 12, 2008 Posted March 12, 2008 Im about halfway through Steven Erikson's Midnight Tides, book 5 of 10 in his Malazan series. Pretty dang good stuff, he's currently my 2nd favorite author. As capable of inconvenience, and of some damage and debt to those that would act against my interests, I cannot f*^ng argue with dangerous.
Shryke Posted March 12, 2008 Posted March 12, 2008 op centre mirror image by tom clancy generic "america = teh sex" kinda stuff i really do find his books to be overrated when your mind works against you - fight back with substance abuse!
Aponez Posted March 12, 2008 Posted March 12, 2008 Lost Victories by Erik Von Manstein And ready to read too "Una pica en Flandes: La epopeya del Camino Espa PRIUS FLAMMIS COMBUSTA QUAM ARMIS NUMANCIA VICTA
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