eBooks. Pfft.
Finished Ancillary Mercy, now I'm reading Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George RRRRRRRRRR Martin.
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Fri Oct 23, 2015 12:56 pm
#377
Re: Books!
Hey guys. I'm halfway through Red Country and already wondering if I should pick Abercrombie's newest trilogy for young-adults. I know it isn't set in The First Law world. The question is if these books are so awesome (in their own way, of course) or sub par? My other option is picking the Black Company's "Books of the South"... Any thought?
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Fri Oct 23, 2015 12:57 pm
#378
Yes.
Re: Books!
Having read both.Lum wrote:Hey guys. I'm halfway through Red Country and already wondering if I should pick Abercrombie's newest trilogy for young-adults. I know it isn't set in The First Law world. The question is if these books are so awesome (in their own way, of course) or sub par? My other option is picking the Black Company's "Books of the South"... Any thought?
Yes.
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Mon Mar 07, 2016 2:09 pm
#380
Re: Books!
Some good news for me, Lum. The Navigators of Dune Audio CD presentation will be released on the 13 Sep 2016. I'm really looking forward to it.
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Mon Mar 07, 2016 3:00 pm
#381
Re: Books!
Oh Victor, I'm so out of the Dune series... are Jr. and Kevin J. still milking that cow or some new authors? Is that a prequel, sequel, midquel? I should wiki that to keep the geek in me at bay
Enjoy it as soon as it comes to you!
Enjoy it as soon as it comes to you!
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Mon Mar 07, 2016 3:59 pm
#382
I can't get enough of the dulcet tones of Scott Brick reading the books though. He brings the Dune universe to life. If there are any novels set in the Limit Theory universe I would love to hear Josh Parnell reading them but Id be happy to listen to Scott as a substitute.
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Hey, less of the dismissive stuff, Lum. Of course it's still Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson doing the writing. True masters of their art.Lum wrote:Oh Victor, I'm so out of the Dune series... are Jr. and Kevin J. still milking that cow or some new authors? Is that a prequel, sequel, midquel? I should wiki that to keep the geek in me at bay
Enjoy it as soon as it comes to you!
I can't get enough of the dulcet tones of Scott Brick reading the books though. He brings the Dune universe to life. If there are any novels set in the Limit Theory universe I would love to hear Josh Parnell reading them but Id be happy to listen to Scott as a substitute.
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Tue Mar 08, 2016 12:29 am
#383
Re: Books!
My only experience with audiobooks was with Beck's German version of The Hobbit. He did a really good job, since back then my German wasn't all that good and despite of it I came out of it more than satisfied. Very entertaining!
Anyway, enjoy your next Dune-piece
Anyway, enjoy your next Dune-piece
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Mon Apr 04, 2016 2:45 pm
#384
Re: Books!
I gotta jump back into this thread (after 1.5 years) to give a shoutout to Alastair Reynolds. I just read the first two books in his Revelation Space universe, and I don't have any better place to ramble about scifi novels than here, so here I go...
I'm no critic or anything, I just read books for fun, so I might not be able to explain very well why I'm enjoying what I've read so far. But anyway, there's something about the way every little action happens that makes everything so interesting when I would normally find certain scenarios or settings to be boring. Additionally, every event in the plot is also on the same level of... extremely interesting. (Everything the plot does is just interesting. It's pretty unbelievable)
The setting is also not quite like any space opera I've read. The way each planet is written is SO detailed and mixed. In other stories a planetary society might be generally "good" or generally "evil" or generally "[some other trait]" and maybe the writing only uses that planet to fill a role, whereas in Revelation Space each location has its own conflicts that take unique forms depending on the planet's history. It's all so... morally ambiguous? Whatever it is, I haven't read anything that did that quite so well.
There's actually a lot more I can say about it but I'm just gonna leave this how it is. Lol
For links, here's Chasm City, the second book that I just finished reading, since that page has no full plot summary a.k.a. spoilers. These might be the kinds of books where spoilers will ruin everything.
tl;dr Revelation Space is too good
I'm no critic or anything, I just read books for fun, so I might not be able to explain very well why I'm enjoying what I've read so far. But anyway, there's something about the way every little action happens that makes everything so interesting when I would normally find certain scenarios or settings to be boring. Additionally, every event in the plot is also on the same level of... extremely interesting. (Everything the plot does is just interesting. It's pretty unbelievable)
The setting is also not quite like any space opera I've read. The way each planet is written is SO detailed and mixed. In other stories a planetary society might be generally "good" or generally "evil" or generally "[some other trait]" and maybe the writing only uses that planet to fill a role, whereas in Revelation Space each location has its own conflicts that take unique forms depending on the planet's history. It's all so... morally ambiguous? Whatever it is, I haven't read anything that did that quite so well.
There's actually a lot more I can say about it but I'm just gonna leave this how it is. Lol
For links, here's Chasm City, the second book that I just finished reading, since that page has no full plot summary a.k.a. spoilers. These might be the kinds of books where spoilers will ruin everything.
tl;dr Revelation Space is too good
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Tue May 03, 2016 10:11 pm
#386
Re: Books!
Who likes Stephen King? :p Who likes sleeping at night?
"Everyone needs to have their avatar's edited to have afros." -Charley Deallus
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Wed May 04, 2016 5:42 pm
#387
"Late last night and the night before, Tommy Knockers, Tommy Knockers knocking at my door.
I want to go out, don't know if I can, 'cause I'm so afraid of that Tommy Knocker man."
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I've read The Stand, Cujo and Tommy Knockers.Charley_Deallus wrote:Who likes Stephen King? :p Who likes sleeping at night?
"Late last night and the night before, Tommy Knockers, Tommy Knockers knocking at my door.
I want to go out, don't know if I can, 'cause I'm so afraid of that Tommy Knocker man."
Cowards die many times before their deaths, the valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I have seen, it seem to me most strange, that men should fear, seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come.
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Tue Sep 13, 2016 6:11 pm
#388
Re: Books!
I received Navigators of Dune the audiobook on CD today.
Lots of quality Scott Brick listening ahead for me.
Lots of quality Scott Brick listening ahead for me.
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Wed Sep 14, 2016 11:23 am
#389
Re: Books!
Enjoy, Victor!
I'm reaching climax in the third installment of The Expanse series. Pretty awesome so far
I'm reaching climax in the third installment of The Expanse series. Pretty awesome so far
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Wed Sep 14, 2016 12:27 pm
#390
Re: Books!
Thanks, Lum, that's nice of you.
I'm glad to read you're enjoying your latest reading experience.
I'm glad to read you're enjoying your latest reading experience.