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Selik



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Alia wrote:
After reading "The Wasp Factory", I felt physically sick for a couple of days.


Really? hehe, then again me and my mates aren't exactly known for disliking warped and twisted things Razz
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Lizzy



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Location: the wilds of the West

PostPosted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think some of Bank's books are really amazing and others ok. The scifi stuff (with the M) is just brilliant as long as you are prepared to completely free your mind and get lost in it. That said I can see why it doesn't appeal to some people. I am in awe of his imagination.

I think the Crow Road will grow on you Jov, it did me, but it is each to their own afterall. And I think I am one of the few people to have read quite alot of Banks but never the Wasp Factory!

Mark - you may well like the priestess books, I just didn't think they were of the same calibre, though they were ok. There is one character I really like, one of the Wilds as they are called.

Red seas continues to please. It's at a better pace than the first.
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Deornoth



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I really need to get into 'Matter' at some point, the sheer size of the book is putting me off right now! Shocked

I've just finished reading Mark Henry's 'Happy Hour of the Damned'. Ignore the really awful cover, the story itself isn't as derivative as the cover suggests and is a real fun read (a mixture of evil plots and the undead social scene in Seattle). It's irreverent and doesn't take itself seriously at all, worth a look if you like urban fantasy but are tired of the cliches. My full review is over Here.
I'm now reading 'The Oblivion Society' (Marcus Alexander Hart)
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Mark D



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 5:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Finished the Black Magician trilogy, what a great series. i recommend it to anyone who has yet to read it.

I pick up a book that caught my eye the other day, The Innocent Mage by Karen Miller. Im on page 2 Very Happy
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

'The Innocent Mage' is pretty good Very Happy

I've just finished reading 'Killswitch', the last instalment in Joel Shepherd's 'Cassandra Kresnov' trilogy. It's a definite improvement on the second book and is just the kind of sci-fi that I'm after. There's a couple of loose ends, that don't get tied up, but on the whole this is a great end to a great series. My full review is over Here. I'm up for reading some fantasy next and it's a toss up between 'Blood Heir', 'Tales Before Narnia' and 'The Name of the Wind'. Not sure what to read next...
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Wulfa_Coldheart



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Last Arguement of Kings by Joe Abercrombie which amazon kindly sent out to me 3 days before it was due for release.

Pretty good so far!
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Drizzt



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

'Wrath of a Mad God' by Raymond Feist. I'm about two thirds of the way through and thoroughly enjoying it - ALL the old characters are coming out to play. It's been too long since Tomas had a chance to kick some ass and Nakor is just cool.

Loads going on, plenty of plot threads all cleverly linked together... a fine read. Up to now.
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Futre4



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

midnight by Dean Koontz, actually its pretty good, Ive never read him before, its not as generic as many led me to believe.
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