Maklershed
Member
Hmm I'm not quite sure I know what you mean. I can tell you that from book 4 on its like a whole new series and the POV switches at time. Does that answer your question?
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What are you reading? (January 2014)
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Hmm I'm not quite sure I know what you mean. I can tell you that from book 4 on its like a whole new series and the POV switches at time. Does that answer your question?
Stealth bragging/pick up post.
Characters like Shed, Bomanz and
Raven
ressurrect the Dominator and little else.
He's just jealous that he doesnt have two
OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather
Member
No thanks. Waiting for How to Live With Two Penises.
Night Hunter
Banned
Andrzej Sapkowski - The Witcher
I'm in the middle of the second of 8 books and up until now it's okay. Nothing more, nothing less.
I'm in the middle of the second of 8 books and up until now it's okay. Nothing more, nothing less.
I'm looking forward to the sequel: How To Live With Two Penises - Advice, Meditations And Wisdom For Men Who Have Two Much
The stick figure would be rather confusing though
It'd probably be Lovecraftian.
Tragicomedy
Member
Seems a lot of people missed that. I caught it by the second reference, and it also blew my mind. The more I consider it, the more I think it's the best book I read all year. Absolutely perfect.
Tragicomedy
Member
Avoiding spoilers here, but let's just say the composition of the company changes immensely by the end of the next trilogy. The series seems to be more about the idea of the Black Company and what it represents than any particular character.
Take this with a grain of salt since I don't read Patterson, but I imagine the chief complaint is he's not actually writing the books anymore. He slaps his name on the cover to get sales and the person listed below him does all the writing. Been that way for awhile now.
Currently seeking: magical realist or fantasy novel (preferably not a long series), low in tropes, not oppressively grimdark, literary value is a plus
The last fantasy novel I read was The Name of the Wind, which I very much enjoyed reading. But, the Gary Stu protagonist and some of the least interesting side characters ever created are preventing me from reading the second novel.
Any recommendations?
The last fantasy novel I read was The Name of the Wind, which I very much enjoyed reading. But, the Gary Stu protagonist and some of the least interesting side characters ever created are preventing me from reading the second novel.
Any recommendations?
TheKaeptain
Banned
Loving every moment so far.
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half way through 'the way of kings'
it's really good. nice slow build and not much clarity to the magic systems, which I'm enjoying slowly learning about.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9361589-the-night-circus?ac=1
and quite enjoyed it. reviews on goodreads appear pretty divisive though.
it's really good. nice slow build and not much clarity to the magic systems, which I'm enjoying slowly learning about.
I love anything about magic really, I recently read the night circus (well not that recently)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9361589-the-night-circus?ac=1
and quite enjoyed it. reviews on goodreads appear pretty divisive though.
Check out Garden's of the moon by Steven Erikson.
WolfForager
Member
Guys need a bit of advice regarding The Wheel of Time series.
I originally read up to book 11 years ago, then when book 12 was released I re-read the entire series again.
Now I still have books 13 and 14 left to go but I don't know whether to just read those two, to go back and read from book 10 or to start over again.
There's just so much going on that I'm afraid if I just read that 13 and 14 I won't have a clue what's going on. That being said, the last few books that I read, particularly 8-11 dragged on for so long I almost gave up the second time I read them.
Also as an aside, anyone who hasn't read "Magician" by Raymond E. Feist or "Legend" by David Gemmell, do it. Do it now.
I originally read up to book 11 years ago, then when book 12 was released I re-read the entire series again.
Now I still have books 13 and 14 left to go but I don't know whether to just read those two, to go back and read from book 10 or to start over again.
There's just so much going on that I'm afraid if I just read that 13 and 14 I won't have a clue what's going on. That being said, the last few books that I read, particularly 8-11 dragged on for so long I almost gave up the second time I read them.
Also as an aside, anyone who hasn't read "Magician" by Raymond E. Feist or "Legend" by David Gemmell, do it. Do it now.
Malazan is a pretty long series. The first book actually turned me off the series though, I hear the sequels are much better.
What about A Song of Ice and Fire?
Professor Chaos
Member
Started Joseph Conrad's The End of the Tether.
I can't quite put my finger on why, but I really enjoy Conrad's writing.
I can't quite put my finger on why, but I really enjoy Conrad's writing.
The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov (Diana Burgin Translation)
I have been going through my old books. Read half of this last night:
I never understood people like this, so it's interesting to see what goes inside a head of one.
I went to a local bar on new year and a guy was trying to get me fight people with him for fun. I understand the fun of fighting in the ring/octagon, but drunk random people at a bar?
I never understood people like this, so it's interesting to see what goes inside a head of one.
I went to a local bar on new year and a guy was trying to get me fight people with him for fun. I understand the fun of fighting in the ring/octagon, but drunk random people at a bar?
I wish I caught it, or that I didn't read the Wiki and caught it myself the next time I read it, as this really changes so much about her character now for me.
And since the next book is her book, we should know what the storm happened! Haha.
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
House of the Stag
A Wizard of Earthsea
Mr. Fox - by Helen Oyemiyemi
Tragicomedy
Member
I finished The Quiet American. Get on that, book club GAF, so we can discuss it.
lastflowers
Banned
Stayed up until 2am finishing Bleeding Edge by Pynchon.
Absolutely fantastic novel.
Absolutely fantastic novel.
I have it checked out from the library, but there are just so many books I want to read. I wish I could multitask my reading.
I really liked Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. Though I would add a cautionary - it may require some patience.
If I liked the first, is there a chance I would like that latter three? I really haven't read anything much in the vain of the former.
Flying Toaster
Member
The Wheel of Time series is a tough one. It is great, beyond great it is fantastic. But you hit book 8 you have to get through one or two books before a second wind comes and the series can be enjoyably finished.
No, those are all wildly different books that merely fit under the umbrella of "not another generic white male power fantasy set in changeless medieval Europe". They're good books in their own right but that's about it. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell is pretty unique.
Mr. Fox is magic realism and is closer to Kafka/Murakami than anything else.
fredrancour
Member
Indeed. I'm a few hundred pages in, and after every chapter I am bewildered that I am still entertained, but the narrative voice and the creepy worldbuilding are doing it.
ice and fire is a must for fantasy readers IMO, also give Mistborn by sanderson a try, best magic/action I've seen in a fantasy series.
why thank you
Malazan eh? The author's foreword claimed it is a book you either stop reading before halfway through, or you read it and read the rest of the series.
I read the first book, judged it good enough but not interested enough to get sequels.
A Song of Ice and Fire is very good, though it is still unfinished, and no one has any idea how long it takes before Martin gets it finished.
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
This may be the greatest book every written.
oooooh, I suddenly remember this thing from a documentary I watching years ago. I don't know why reading that description triggered that association.
(I thought it was a novel at first, and not seriously about having a huge dick)
edit: on second though, it's not written by the same person, the association was just with a documentary. I do remember that his wife couldn't stfu about it though.
edit2: and now I want to read it.
lastflowers
Banned
reading
All the stuff I'm planning on reading in the next 2-months till Uni starts all over again. Already finished 1984 and Galapagos which were both genuinely great. And the former has reinforced my opinion that anyone who argues against x politically because of stability reasons is a fascist.
Now Reading: (or re-reading) - Cats Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut! already read like 20-pages of it again. Sogood.gif.
The Storyteller
Member
I just finished reading The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, yes that story about kids with cancer. I cried lots as to be expected, but it wasn't particularly preachy and glamorous in its portrayal so that was a welcome change.
Might dive into "Robert Galbriath's" The Cuckoo's Calling next.
You never read 1984 and Animal Farm for school?
Cat's Cradle has been sitting on my shelf for years now, should probably get on that.
Might dive into "Robert Galbriath's" The Cuckoo's Calling next.
You never read 1984 and Animal Farm for school?
Cat's Cradle has been sitting on my shelf for years now, should probably get on that.
Just finished Shift. Superb ending. Love
. Dunno if I liked it more than Wool though. Wool's premise was a very simple opressed vs opressors plot with tons of depth when it came to world-building and characters so it worked extremely. Shift is a lot more complex, there are more shades of grays and things are not as clear cut as they were in Wool.
So far I have enjoyed the fuck out of this series and can't wait to read its conclusion with Dust. This dude just know how to write compelling science fiction, a lot of times sci-fi writers get lost in the worlds they create and forget that you need good characters to carry the whole thing, that doesn't happen in this series each character in the books is superbly written and developed. Good show Mr. Howey.
how it all comes together at the end and connects with the ending of Wool
So far I have enjoyed the fuck out of this series and can't wait to read its conclusion with Dust. This dude just know how to write compelling science fiction, a lot of times sci-fi writers get lost in the worlds they create and forget that you need good characters to carry the whole thing, that doesn't happen in this series each character in the books is superbly written and developed. Good show Mr. Howey.
So far it's really amazing, I'm almost done with the first book. It doesn't bother me that there may be a couple slow books, I'm pretty tolerant to things like that. And it looks like I have a couple books left before I hit them anyway.
HolyBaikal
Banned
I just finished re-reading Michio Kaku's 'Physics of the Future" again.
And I'm going to get started re-reading 'The Singularity is Near' by Ray Kurzweil again soon.
I've pre-ordered and am looking forward to reading Michio Kaku's 'The Future of the Mind' soon.
I'm sure it'll be a great book. And I've wanted a new Michio Kaku book for a long time.
And I'm going to get started re-reading 'The Singularity is Near' by Ray Kurzweil again soon.
I've pre-ordered and am looking forward to reading Michio Kaku's 'The Future of the Mind' soon.
I'm sure it'll be a great book. And I've wanted a new Michio Kaku book for a long time.