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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
Posted - 17 Mar 2015 : 14:52:20
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Recent reads
Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear - Steampunk western about a parlour girl in sort if Seattle-sort of San Francisco which is just pure fun. Also features the possible real Lone Ranger (who looks a bit different than he does on film), a Singer sewing machune turned steam-powered jaeger and a guy codenamed Nemo.
Paris After the Liberation by Anthony Beevor and Artemisia Cooper
La Petite Bijoux by Patrick Modiano. (In Swedish, though) Short, but very good.
And right now, a lot of Terry Pratchett. |
There is a rumour going around that I have found god. I think is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist. Terry Pratchett |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 17 Mar 2015 : 20:53:50
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Just finished Sacrifice of the Widow. Good one! |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 17 Mar 2015 : 21:09:29
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quote: Originally posted by Kajehase
Recent reads
Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear - Steampunk western about a parlour girl in sort if Seattle-sort of San Francisco which is just pure fun. Also features the possible real Lone Ranger (who looks a bit different than he does on film), a Singer sewing machune turned steam-powered jaeger and a guy codenamed Nemo.
Paris After the Liberation by Anthony Beevor and Artemisia Cooper
La Petite Bijoux by Patrick Modiano. (In Swedish, though) Short, but very good.
And right now, a lot of Terry Pratchett.
The Lone Ranger was based on a real person; look up Bass Reeves, sometime. |
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
Posted - 18 Mar 2015 : 09:19:03
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That's who I was talking about. |
There is a rumour going around that I have found god. I think is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist. Terry Pratchett |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 18 Mar 2015 : 14:25:45
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Continuing the Lady Penitent with Storm of the Dead. |
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HardKano
Learned Scribe
Canada
158 Posts |
Posted - 19 Mar 2015 : 11:11:56
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Finished Realms of Shadows. Reading Horselords |
There is only one thing that will never change : Evolution |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 21 Mar 2015 : 16:05:10
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Finished Storm of the Dead. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 22 Mar 2015 : 13:10:10
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Starting Ascendancy of the Last to conclude the Lady Penitent trilogy by Lisa Smedman. |
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Entromancer
Senior Scribe
USA
388 Posts |
Posted - 23 Mar 2015 : 23:37:35
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Orb, Scepter, Throne by ICE. Time to see what's up with this Tyrant! The Tyrant! |
"...the will is everything. The will to act."--Ra's Al Ghul
"Suffering builds character."--Talia Al Ghul |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 24 Mar 2015 : 01:58:51
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quote: Originally posted by Entromancer
Orb, Scepter, Throne by ICE. Time to see what's up with this Tyrant! The Tyrant!
I need to continue that series but slogging through Return of the Crimson Guard was like the Bataan Death March for me. |
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Entromancer
Senior Scribe
USA
388 Posts |
Posted - 24 Mar 2015 : 02:49:29
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I hear you. Night of Knives has been my favorite in ICE's run. |
"...the will is everything. The will to act."--Ra's Al Ghul
"Suffering builds character."--Talia Al Ghul |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 24 Mar 2015 : 13:21:15
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quote: Originally posted by Entromancer
I hear you. Night of Knives has been my favorite in ICE's run.
For me ICE is trying too hard to emulate Erikson instead of doing his own thing. |
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Entromancer
Senior Scribe
USA
388 Posts |
Posted - 24 Mar 2015 : 14:04:45
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Stonewielder started promising enough. It seemed to be leaning toward a sort of murder mystery, the first victim being a devotee to the Crippled God. But, as you say, he started trying to mimic Erikson.
On the other hand, I've flown through Mark Lawrence's Broken Empire trilogy and am halfway through Emperor of Thorns. |
"...the will is everything. The will to act."--Ra's Al Ghul
"Suffering builds character."--Talia Al Ghul |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 24 Mar 2015 : 20:22:46
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Finished Ascendancy of the Last. Pretty solid trilogy. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 25 Mar 2015 : 13:36:45
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Starting Stardeep by Bruce Cordell. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 25 Mar 2015 : 15:31:57
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Finally finished Like a Mighty Army. Now I'm reading Dark Resonance -- it's one of the new batch of Shadowrun novels. I enjoyed a lot of the original run of Shadowrun novels, and I like the setting, so I'm checking it out. |
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Edited by - Wooly Rupert on 25 Mar 2015 15:32:25 |
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Entromancer
Senior Scribe
USA
388 Posts |
Posted - 25 Mar 2015 : 20:06:28
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Orb, Scepter, Throne seems promising. Toll the Hounds was my favorite from Erikson's series and this is supposed to be its sequel.
Shadowrun sounds like a fun setting, from what I read.
@Artemis: Where do you stand on Tavore and her decisions in the MBotF? I'll be paying a bit more attention to her on my re-read, but my first impression was that she elicited a lot of the same feelings I had for Stannis Baratheon: Someone seemingly trying to do the right thing, even though there was no easy means to accomplish it. Erikson has said that he was intentionally vague with her, though. He wanted the reader to question her actions and motivations. |
"...the will is everything. The will to act."--Ra's Al Ghul
"Suffering builds character."--Talia Al Ghul |
Edited by - Entromancer on 25 Mar 2015 20:16:45 |
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DandelionClock
Seeker
67 Posts |
Posted - 25 Mar 2015 : 20:12:10
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It is! I loved the setting - although it started getting weird during the last two versions... Still: Cyberpunk Elves (among others)! I must take a look at the new novels thoug, in any case. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 25 Mar 2015 : 20:15:37
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quote: Originally posted by Entromancer
Orb, Scepter, Throne seems promising. Toll the Hounds was my favorite from Erikson's series and this is supposed to be its sequel.
Shadowrun sounds like a fun setting, from what I read.
The last 300 pages of Toll the Hounds was amazing. |
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Entromancer
Senior Scribe
USA
388 Posts |
Posted - 25 Mar 2015 : 20:17:43
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There were some slower segments, but the stuff with the Dying God was my favorite. It had a touch of horror that I really enjoyed. |
"...the will is everything. The will to act."--Ra's Al Ghul
"Suffering builds character."--Talia Al Ghul |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 28 Mar 2015 : 14:56:36
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Finished up with Stardeep. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 28 Mar 2015 : 16:21:49
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I'll be finishing with Dark Resonance some time this day... Not sure what will be next. I got some other novelage the other day (including a steampunk book and another Shadowrun novel), too, but there is also some FR stuff that I've been meaning to get to... |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 28 Mar 2015 : 19:44:37
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Starting Elminster's Daughter. I usually don't like Ed's books but this one is pretty good so far. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 30 Mar 2015 : 22:01:03
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Finished Elminster's Daughter. Enjoyed this one, though I do think Ed could use a better editor. 50 pages of filler could have easily been removed from this one and made it much stronger. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 30 Mar 2015 : 22:37:05
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I'm now reading a steampunk book called The Diabolical Miss Hyde. It focuses on Eliza Jekyll, a doctor and forensics specialist that works with the local authorities there in London. And she also has access to her father's potion, which has a rather different effect on her than it did on her dad. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 31 Mar 2015 : 15:03:39
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Starting Avenger to wrap up the Blades of the Moonsea trilogy. |
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BenN
Senior Scribe
Japan
382 Posts |
Posted - 31 Mar 2015 : 23:09:13
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Just starting Spellstorm (Ed's latest), courtesy of Netgalley. Review coming soon! |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 31 Mar 2015 : 23:26:16
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quote: Originally posted by BenN
Just starting Spellstorm (Ed's latest), courtesy of Netgalley. Review coming soon!
Nice! It's been awhile since I've used NetGalley. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 02 Apr 2015 : 00:00:09
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Finished up with Avenger. Pretty good end to the trilogy and I'd like to see a follow up novel when Vaasa comes calling. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 02 Apr 2015 : 15:54:36
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Starting The City of Splendors. |
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