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Deornoth



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just finished re-reading Ian Cameron Esslemont's 'Night of Knives', just as good as it was the first time round although I didn't notice too much difference between the Bantam and PS Publishing editions (and I was told that there would be). Other than the maps in the Bantam edition things looked pretty much the same to me... It's still a great read though and an insight into a 'bigger picture' that the Malazan world has to offer! My full review is over Here. I'm now well into Richard Morgan's 'The Steel Remains' which, so far, is living up to everything that's been said about it...
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Shout For The Dead"...written by some bloke who I can't remember...wotsisname...help me out someone Razz
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bames Jarclay
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Finished Small Favour and I'm currently reading World War Z again along with Elric by Michael Moorcock.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've just finished Richard Morgan's 'The Steel Remains', high octane stuff with lashings of profanity and gore (and other stuff...), I was cool with this but this isn't one for the easily offended! It doesn't do anything new but what it does do is done very well. It will be interesting to see where this one goes next... My full review is over Here.
Now starting David Gunn's 'Death's Head: Maximum Offense'...
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thraun wrote:
"Shout For The Dead"...writting by some bloke who I can't remember...wotsisname...help me out someone Razz



It's gooooooooooooooooood Smile
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just read the first couple of chapters for Ian Cameron Esslemont's 'Return of the Crimson Guard' Very Happy Now I have to wait until August for the rest of the book to be published... Evil or Very Mad
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Still reading McLeods "House of Storms". And while I still love the way the world is created (really magnificent imagination), I've found I really can't get "into" the books, because I positively dislike the main characters. So it's a slow going. I planned to read it on the train today (3 hrs total), but after a dozen of pages I decided nap is a great idea.
And I don't want to say it's a badly written or a boring book - it's really great in some aspects. Only the characters are a problem for me.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

finally got round to wrath of a mad god...

just finished flint and silver a grown up prequel to treasure island. who was cpt flint, how did long john silver lose his leg????
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've just finished reading David Gunn's 'Maximum Offense', the sequel to 'Death's Head'. It's full of everything that the first book had (lots of sex, gunfights and explosions) but ramped up a couple of gears. For all it's action it's strangely shallow though. An entertaining read if you accept it for what it is, give it a miss if you're after something meatier... My full review is over Here.
I'm now starting on Jeff Somers' 'The Digital Plague' and it's looking pretty good from what I've read so far!
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

not long finished reading the sword of Shannara trilogy.


Not a coulpe of too bad, dragged in places but with a couple of class characters in. Garet Jax the weapons master being one of them.



Heirtage of shannara next i think.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm still reading Matter by Iain M Banks. It's very good, but I haven't masses of reading time atm
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I forgot to say I've also just read The Burning Man by Mark Chadbourn. Brilliant, fast paced, gripping, shocking and funny. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

well after finally getting around to Wrath of a mad god...excellent book, a real return to some of his best work...
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lizzy wrote:
I forgot to say I've also just read The Burning Man by Mark Chadbourn. Brilliant, fast paced, gripping, shocking and funny. Very Happy


There's a copy of this heading towards me Very Happy I've never read anything by Mark Chadbourn so it will be interesting to see what it's like...

I've just finished Jeff Somers' 'The Digital Plague', the latest installment in his 'Avery Cates' sequence. It's an action packed ride through a hail of bullets, very much like Richard Morgan's sci-fi stuff but less heavy on the politics. I had a little issue in that I thought the plot lost it's focus at one point, a great read the rest of the time though! My full review is over Here.
I fancied sticking with sci-fi for a little while longer (saving 'The Born Queen' for the weekend) so I'm now into Theodore Judson's 'The Martian General's Daughter'...
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