Pope Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland good stuff! should've read it ages ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blarghagh Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 I read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Fantastic book. I love Gaiman's vision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cronicler Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Codex Alera. Despite the creative background, it suffers from too much (and not enoug at the same time) plot, too little time (and pages) and too much interludes. It generally felt a bit "young adult" title with a lot of overlysimplified motivations but in the end, it was an enjoyable series. IG. We kick ass and not even take names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oerwinde Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I got into the start of A Game of Thrones.. read the first 4 or 5 books. But I found the last two I read were like hammering my head into a wall and I just forced myself to finish them. So I gave up on the series. Might try again in a few years mayhaps... Well, so far theres only 4 books. The 3rd one is my favorite so far. Just started reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. So far its really hard to read. Its a period piece and uses period language and while its easy enough to understand, like the Lord of the Rings books the way its written makes reading it a chore. The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland good stuff! should've read it ages ago Through the Looking Glass is even better. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purkake Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Finished Patrick Rothfuss' Name of the Wind. It's pretty good, too bad it's part one of a trilogy and the other two are yet to be released... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Picked up the omnibus Belisarius I - the first two books in the series.. now it's going to make me shell out for the next two omnibus to round out the whole collection for my personal library... "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monte Carlo Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 (edited) Re-reading Bomber by Len Deighton for the tenth or so time. I'm not being hyperbolic when I suggest it's one of the best war novels ever written. I can't believe it spawned Memphis Bell which while an OK-ish type of movie, dancing perilously on the borders of Meh, it doesn't reflect the brilliance of the novel (about incidentally, a RAF bomber crew - they'd only make a movie about an American one which I suppose gave them the plot-crucial opportunity for Harry Connick Jnr to play the piano). Deighton's novel shows us the consequences of a bombing raid on a small German town in the summer of 1943, through the eyes of the German civilians, a luftwaffe radar controller and the crew of a RAF bomber. The aerial war over Europe isn't exactly an area of WW2 that I'm overly interested in, but the power of the narrative and Deighton's eye for detail grab me in a way few of his other novels have (and he is a fine author). Highly recommended to fellow forumites. Edited July 2, 2010 by Monte Carlo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purkake Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Read A Colder War, a short story by Charles Stross that is an alternate history piece taking place after Lovecraft's At the Mountain's of Madness. Interesting stuff, but pretty depressing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shryke Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 started the Liveship Traders trilogy by Robin Hobb already read the Farseer and Tawny Man trilogies - thought i'd bridge the gap between the two when your mind works against you - fight back with substance abuse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purkake Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Finished Mission of Honor, the latest in David Weber's neverending series. It had a little too much talking and too little action, but had some nice resolution(finally), reveals and an awesome setup for the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 started the Liveship Traders trilogy by Robin Hobb already read the Farseer and Tawny Man trilogies - thought i'd bridge the gap between the two I just started the Rain Wilds chronicles, which is the conitunation of the Liveship series. Great so far, Robin Hobb is definitely one of my favorite authors. I hope she returns to the Soldiers son world, I thought it was pretty great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Now reading The Overton Window by Glen Beck and Martin Eden by Jack London "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shryke Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 started the Liveship Traders trilogy by Robin Hobb already read the Farseer and Tawny Man trilogies - thought i'd bridge the gap between the two I just started the Rain Wilds chronicles, which is the conitunation of the Liveship series. Great so far, Robin Hobb is definitely one of my favorite authors. I hope she returns to the Soldiers son world, I thought it was pretty great. awesome, that's definitely next on the list been really slack with reading lately, so only about half way through the second Liveship Traders book. quite liking it so far though when your mind works against you - fight back with substance abuse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimp Flavored Chips Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I've decided to make it a point to read as much trashy sci-fi/adventure/fantasy literature as possible this summer. Since making this decision I've read Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie and Feed by Mira Grant. I'm about to start The Kingdom Beyond the Waves by Stephen Hunt. I'll admit I chose each of these based at least 30% on the cover art (which is awesome in each case). Best Served Cold was only okay, I wouldn't particularly recommend it. Feed was actually better than I thought it would be, though it's the first book in Trilogy and now I'm stuck waiting for the rest of the series to be released. Same thing happened to me with Steig Larsson's Millenium books. *sniff* Sorry, bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purkake Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Isn't Best Served Cold supposed to be a seuqel/prequel to the First Law Trilogy? It might be better if you have already read those. In related news, I'm reading The Blade Itself bz Joe Abercrombie and it's pretty interesting so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimp Flavored Chips Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Maybe. According to the interview with Abercrombie at the end, it's a standalone novel set in the same world. Which I wouldn't say really qualifies it as a sequel or prequel. And I did enjoy reading it, but I don't consider it a must read. Glad to hear you're enjoying his other work. *sniff* Sorry, bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 I've decided to make it a point to read as much trashy sci-fi/adventure/fantasy literature as possible this summer. Since making this decision I've read Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie and Feed by Mira Grant. I'm about to start The Kingdom Beyond the Waves by Stephen Hunt. I'll admit I chose each of these based at least 30% on the cover art (which is awesome in each case). Best Served Cold was only okay, I wouldn't particularly recommend it. Feed was actually better than I thought it would be, though it's the first book in Trilogy and now I'm stuck waiting for the rest of the series to be released. Same thing happened to me with Steig Larsson's Millenium books. If I can make a recommendation, definitely take a look at Dead Romance. Not exactly trashy but well worth a look. This particularly rapid, unintelligible patter isn't generally heard, and if it is, it doesn't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 The Screwtape Letters - CS Lewis.. depending on how you approach it, there's a lot of..humour in it. Screwtape (a demon) writing letters to his nephew Wormwood, giving advise on how to undermine faith and promote sin in an unnamed Englishman. "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 1759. I nomally don't read back beyond 1800, but I thoguht I'd give this a go. Brilliant discussion of why the year 1759 is a fulcrum on which the world turned. Plus the best bit is I have an easy peg to remember when the events decsribed happened. I need these pegs to orient all the other factoids I read. Very well written, and chock full of tasty nuggets, like oreo cookie ice-cream. Hang on, I've not had breakfast... "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purkake Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 (edited) Finished the First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie. It's a really nice deconstruction of a whole lot of fantasy cliches, but also brutally depressing Edited August 5, 2010 by Purkake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath of Dagon Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Re-reading Bomber by Len Deighton for the tenth or so time. I'm not being hyperbolic when I suggest it's one of the best war novels ever written. I can't believe it spawned Memphis Bell which while an OK-ish type of movie, dancing perilously on the borders of Meh, it doesn't reflect the brilliance of the novel (about incidentally, a RAF bomber crew - they'd only make a movie about an American one which I suppose gave them the plot-crucial opportunity for Harry Connick Jnr to play the piano). Deighton's novel shows us the consequences of a bombing raid on a small German town in the summer of 1943, through the eyes of the German civilians, a luftwaffe radar controller and the crew of a RAF bomber. The aerial war over Europe isn't exactly an area of WW2 that I'm overly interested in, but the power of the narrative and Deighton's eye for detail grab me in a way few of his other novels have (and he is a fine author). Highly recommended to fellow forumites. I tried to buy that once, but it seems to be out of print. I guess I'll check again next time I'm buying books. "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Now reading Winterbirth by Brian Ruckly. It's the first fantasy novel I've read since the last WoT book came out. So far it is ok, not great. The land sounds a little like Scotland and there is a Gaelic/Viking theme to it. "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purkake Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Now reading Winterbirth by Brian Ruckly. It's the first fantasy novel I've read since the last WoT book came out. So far it is ok, not great. The land sounds a little like Scotland and there is a Gaelic/Viking theme to it. Try A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin and/or The First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie if you want some non-traditional fantasy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Now reading Winterbirth by Brian Ruckly. It's the first fantasy novel I've read since the last WoT book came out. So far it is ok, not great. The land sounds a little like Scotland and there is a Gaelic/Viking theme to it. Try A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin and/or The First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie if you want some non-traditional fantasy I've read all of ASOIAF more than once. I agree with you, they are superb. I'm not a big fan of Fantay generally speaking but I love Martins work. I'm a little weary of WoT but I'm sticking with it. "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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