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Kerela
Joined: 10 Sep 2005 Posts: 372 Location: Germany
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Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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Jules Verne - Journey to the Center of the Earth
Just dug my Jules Verne-Collection out again _________________ The question that sometimes drives me hazy: Am I, or the others crazy?
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Selik
Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 1524 Location: South Shields
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Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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Excellent choice too! I've not seen the new film version of this. Wasn't too sure having Brendan Fraser in it was a good move, so I dont know if it's as bad as they say, but I loved the old original version.
Watched it when I was little and loved it _________________ "I sit on my arse, not my head." - Baron Gresse. |
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Deornoth
Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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I finished reading 'The Watchers out of Time' (H.P Lovecraft and August Derleth) over the weekend. Very atmospheric and scary but totally let down by what felt like 95% of the book being filled with stories about impressionable young men inheriting haunted houses from creepy relatives and then being menaced by evil stuff. I mean, come on! Did none of these young men ever meet each other and get talking about all the scary houses that were suddenly on the market? What happened during the 1920s/30s to make all the creepy old relatives (just the ones in the Massachusetts area) die off all of a sudden? And why did August Derleth feel like he had to use the word 'batrachian' at least once every page?
And breathe...
My full review is over Here...
I'm now reading Gregory Frost's 'Lord Tophet' and it looks like it's going to be as good as 'Shadowbridge'... _________________ Graeme's Fantasy Book Review
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Deornoth
Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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I finished reading Gregory Frost's 'Lord Tophet' this morning. It's got everything in it that I loved about 'Shadowbridge' but I was left thinking that maybe a hundred extra pages would have answered all the questions that I had about it... My full review is over Here.
I'm now well into John Scalzi's 'Agent to the Stars' and it's pretty damn great so far! _________________ Graeme's Fantasy Book Review
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Drizzt
Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 1081 Location: Easington, UK
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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Finished Sapkowski's 'Blood of Elves' and feeling a little underwhelmed...
Good book, well written - brilliant, in fact, considering it has been translated into english and still manages to flow and hold its humour. Just a tad disappointed it's very much a set-up for the next book and I'll be forced to wait again. _________________ Pagan Music |
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Alia
Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 246
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:46 am Post subject: |
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Drizzt wrote: | Finished Sapkowski's 'Blood of Elves' and feeling a little underwhelmed...
Good book, well written - brilliant, in fact, considering it has been translated into english and still manages to flow and hold its humour. Just a tad disappointed it's very much a set-up for the next book and I'll be forced to wait again. |
I know how you feel about it - I started reading Sapkowski when he was still writing his novels, so I had to wait over a year for each new book, and it was hard. _________________
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Deornoth
Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:45 am Post subject: |
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I've just finished reading John Scalzi's 'Agent to the Stars', the tale of a Hollywood agent who is hired to introduce a benevolent (but very ugly and smelly) alien race to humanity...
This is a book that sometimes falls prey to the tropes that it is trying to play off but is otherwise funny and moving in equal measure. My full review is over Here.
I'm now finishing up on Brian Keene's 'Castaways' which is all about a reality TV show invaded by mutant ape tribesmen and is scarier than it seems... _________________ Graeme's Fantasy Book Review
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Selik
Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 1524 Location: South Shields
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds like something they should do to the big brother house. _________________ "I sit on my arse, not my head." - Baron Gresse. |
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Kerela
Joined: 10 Sep 2005 Posts: 372 Location: Germany
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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The Flowing Queen by Kai Meyer. I'm actually reading the Enghlish translation of a book, originally written in German... it's an interesting experience (especially because they actually changed one name), but I'll stick to the original language in the future, again. _________________ The question that sometimes drives me hazy: Am I, or the others crazy?
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Deornoth
Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446
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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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Selik wrote: | Sounds like something they should do to the big brother house. |
If they did something like that I would start buying a TV licence again _________________ Graeme's Fantasy Book Review
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Malop
Joined: 14 Aug 2005 Posts: 205 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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Deornoth wrote: | Selik wrote: | Sounds like something they should do to the big brother house. |
If they did something like that I would start buying a TV licence again |
In which case try Dead Set
http://www.e4.com/deadset/
Starts tonight _________________ Member and President of the Will Begman Appreciation Society.
Fantasycon 2005 Walsall Attendee
Fantasycon 2006-2009 Nottingham Attendee
Fantasycon 2010 Nottingham (stopped over for lunch)
Fantasycon 2011 Brighton (Is that in France?) |
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Deornoth
Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446
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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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That looks so cool Unfortunately, not do I have no cable tv I don't have a tv licence either...
I've just finished reading L.H. Maynard & M.P.N Sims' 'Black Cathedral'; a story of a haunted island, shadowy government departments and... er... Jesuits! I loved the concept and the execution with some moments that were really quite scary. This was the case right up until the end when the entire thing was spoilt by the biggest cop-out ending I think I've ever read. Dammit... My full review is over Here.
I'm now reading 'Jake's Wake' by John Skipp and Cory Goodfellow which is turning out to be a lot better so far... _________________ Graeme's Fantasy Book Review
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Deornoth
Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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I've just finished reading John Skipp and Cody Goodfellow's 'Jake's Wake', the story of a small town preacher/conman who comes back from the dead to really spice things up at his own funeral (as well as torturing people and generally being evil)...
Jake himself errs more on the cartoonish side of evil but the book makes up for this with a chilling build up and lashings of gore. I thought the ending was bloody good as well (although I can't say too much without giving it away) My full review is over Here.
I'm now reading 'The Pilo Family Circus' by Will Elliott. _________________ Graeme's Fantasy Book Review
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Lizzy
Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 674 Location: the wilds of the West
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:37 am Post subject: |
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I've just read Paul Kearney's The Ten Thousand. The Macht are a nation of mercenary fighters and ten thousand of them are hired by the king's brother to usurp him. It has similarities to 300. I think alot of Raven and Ascendants fans would like it despite the lack of magic. It is a soldier's tale (or rather a few soldiers) and I liked the lead characters. It's kind of blunt, a bit bleak and coarse, which works when you take it as a story of soldiers.
It lacked a bit of depth in places so I'll give it 7/10
Just started The House of Stag - I'll let you know Deornorth _________________
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Deornoth
Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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Lizzy wrote: | Just started The House of Stag - I'll let you know Deornoth |
I hope you like it (I loved it)
I finished reading 'The Pilo Family Circus' (Will Elliott) last night, the tale of a man battling his murderous alter-ego in an inter-dimensional circus... Strangely unsettling yet absolutely hilarious at the same time, very atmospheric and full of characters that will get under your skin. My full review is over Here.
I'm now reading Kelley Armstrong's 'Living with the Dead'... _________________ Graeme's Fantasy Book Review
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