What are you reading right now?
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Re: What are you reading right now?
The Warded Man -Peter V Brett
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Re: What are you reading right now?
Rainswept wrote:The Warded Man -Peter V Brett
moved on to book 2
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Re: What are you reading right now?
Rainswept wrote:Rainswept wrote:The Warded Man -Peter V Brett
moved on to book 2
Heh.
I just started book 3. Good stuff.
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Re: What are you reading right now?
Almost done with book 2 of the Night Angel trilogy by Brent Weeks. Very enjoyable.
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("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")
-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
-- Philip K Dick
What happens when all the renewable energy runs out?
-- Victoria Ayling
English isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."
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Re: What are you reading right now?
ET, the Extra Terrestrial wrote:Almost done with book 2 of the Night Angel trilogy by Brent Weeks. Very enjoyable.
I liked those fine, but I remember them falling into the current trend of fantasy books with Rocky syndrome. The first book/movie has all of the invention and ingenuity, and the rest just follow normal fantasy story-arcs without adding anything unexpected, unique, or exciting. In other words there's not enough there to justify an entire series. There's a reason Rocky won oscars and acclaim, while it's sequels were just predictable action nonsense. The Night Angel sequels aren't bad, but they also aren't special.
There are a few series out there where the books keep getting better, and those are the ones I really look forward to. Kingkiller Chronicles, Dresden Files, Song of Ice and Fire... I have very high hopes of adding The Stormlight Archive to that list when book 2 hits.
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Re: What are you reading right now?
Check out the Night's Dawn series by Peter F. Hamilton. SciFi rather than fantasy, but VERY good. Also the Pandora's Star/Judas Unchained duology by the same author. I may have recommended them before in here. Really good stuff.
"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."
("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")
-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
-- Philip K Dick
What happens when all the renewable energy runs out?
-- Victoria Ayling
English isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."
("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")
-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
-- Philip K Dick
What happens when all the renewable energy runs out?
-- Victoria Ayling
English isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."
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Re: What are you reading right now?
Helium Hands wrote:Rainswept wrote:Rainswept wrote:The Warded Man -Peter V Brett
moved on to book 2
Heh.
I just started book 3. Good stuff
Finished book 3. I like it, despite the soap opera of who's "sticking" who and the cliff-hanger endings.
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Re: What are you reading right now?
That's a tragedy. I've read Fearsome Engine and Look to Windward, both brilliant.
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Re: What are you reading right now?
How To Stop Farting: 10 Surefire Solutions to Improve the Lives of People Around You by Dr Hans Uberass.
I got it free off Amazon for my Kindle. Quite amusing the first time round.
I got it free off Amazon for my Kindle. Quite amusing the first time round.
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Finally gotten around to The God Delusion. Dawkins reads the audio himself, paired with his wife.
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Re: What are you reading right now?
I'm on American Gods now.
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Re: What are you reading right now?
A history of the Owain Glyndwr rebellion. You'd probably like that, Bart. 

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Re: What are you reading right now?
DavidH wrote:How To Stop Farting: 10 Surefire Solutions to Improve the Lives of People Around You by Dr Hans Uberass.
I got it free off Amazon for my Kindle. Quite amusing the first time round.

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Re: What are you reading right now?
Gen. Longstreet's account of his Civil War battles. All these folks are reliable until they are defending their own part in defeats. Longstreet blames Lee for Gettysburg and claims his late attack on the 2nd was not his fault.
If you like history, there's loads of excellent free stuff on Amazon, even though it's not the latest books.
If you like history, there's loads of excellent free stuff on Amazon, even though it's not the latest books.
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Re: What are you reading right now?
Just finished book one of A Song of Fire and Ice, and starting book two. Biggest difference I notice between the books and the show is that the Rickon character is barely present in the show, while in the books his handling of the events is a major focal point. That, and the battles scenes got largely excised, but such is the nature of budgetary limits.
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