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Wulfa_Coldheart
Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 97 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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Just finished White Night by Jim Butcher (the 9th Dresden novel). Pretty good, better than the last one which got a bit silly.
Now reading Robert V.S. Redick's The Red Wolf Conspiracy. It sounds like a bad sci-fi novel to be, but it's a fantasy book. Lots of hype about the book from the publisher (James' own Gollancz), but so far it's been a pretty good read. Only a few chapers in though! _________________ "You know what Jack Burton always says... what the hell?" |
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Deornoth
Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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Alia wrote: | I gave up reading Cook's series after "Deadly Quicksilver Lies". I liked the series a lot, but this book did it for me. |
'Whispering Nickel Idols' is the only one I've read so far and I'm in two minds over whether to pick any more up I might just stick with his fantasy stuff... _________________ Graeme's Fantasy Book Review
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Alia
Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 246
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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Deornoth wrote: |
'Whispering Nickel Idols' is the only one I've read so far and I'm in two minds over whether to pick any more up I might just stick with his fantasy stuff... |
Try the first one, "Sweet Silver Blues". If you like it, you can read the first 4 or 5. Later it gets boring. |
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Max Power
Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 467 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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Alia wrote: | Game of Thrones is great, I enjoyed it very much. There isn't that much fantasy (at least in the first novel) but there is a lot about how history is really made, rulers rise to power and then are overthrown, alliances are made and broken. Definitely good read. |
I've been reading this for the last three nights before I go to bed and I'm a couple of hundred pages in already - really easy to read, but also lots of depth and intrigue. There hasn't been much fantasy so far, but the characters immediately engage me, and I'm looking forward to the development of the plot. _________________ If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. |
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Wulfa_Coldheart
Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 97 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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Max Power wrote: | Alia wrote: | Game of Thrones is great, I enjoyed it very much. There isn't that much fantasy (at least in the first novel) but there is a lot about how history is really made, rulers rise to power and then are overthrown, alliances are made and broken. Definitely good read. |
I've been reading this for the last three nights before I go to bed and I'm a couple of hundred pages in already - really easy to read, but also lots of depth and intrigue. There hasn't been much fantasy so far, but the characters immediately engage me, and I'm looking forward to the development of the plot. |
I've been thinking about reading GRRM for a while now, but keep putting it off... comparrisons to Bakker and Errikson have put me off. _________________ "You know what Jack Burton always says... what the hell?" |
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Alia
Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 246
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:36 am Post subject: |
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Wulfa_Coldheart wrote: | I've been thinking about reading GRRM for a while now, but keep putting it off... comparrisons to Bakker and Errikson have put me off. |
Funny thing is, GRRM was the first, "Gardens of the Moon" appeared a couple of years later and Bakker came much later. So as far as comparisons are concerned, Erikson and Bakker should be compared to Martin, not the other way round.
Anyway, I sincerely recommend Martin. |
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Wulfa_Coldheart
Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 97 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:19 am Post subject: |
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Alia wrote: | Funny thing is, GRRM was the first, "Gardens of the Moon" appeared a couple of years later and Bakker came much later. So as far as comparisons are concerned, Erikson and Bakker should be compared to Martin, not the other way round.
Anyway, I sincerely recommend Martin. |
That is kinda what I meant - that the books have been compared. I know Martin was about for a while before Erikson and Bakker. _________________ "You know what Jack Burton always says... what the hell?" |
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Deornoth
Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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Alia wrote: | Deornoth wrote: |
'Whispering Nickel Idols' is the only one I've read so far and I'm in two minds over whether to pick any more up I might just stick with his fantasy stuff... |
Try the first one, "Sweet Silver Blues". If you like it, you can read the first 4 or 5. Later it gets boring. |
I might just do that, too many books to get through first though...
Finished reading 'The Prodigal Troll' this morning (I've got the day off work! ), very much like 'Tarzan' but with trolls instead of apes. It's slightly confusing at times (with a human seeing other humans through 'troll eyes') but is still an engaging read with a nice balance of world building and plot. I'm certainly up for reading the next one and my full review is over Here.
I don't really know what I'm going to read next, could be 'The Wanderer's Tale' (David Bilsborough) but it could just as easily be anything else... _________________ Graeme's Fantasy Book Review
Does exactly what it says on the tin! |
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Lizzy
Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 674 Location: the wilds of the West
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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Deornoth did you ever finish Twilight Herald by Tom Lloyd? I'm about 2/3rds through and I really like it. It's a complex story with alot of characters and plot but I find it easy to read and absorbing enough. Plus I really like how Isak has developed from the first book.
Manty, if you've not read them I think you'd like them, Stormcaller being the first. _________________
Listen to Lizzy, she's always right! as said by Jovial |
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Selik
Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 1524 Location: South Shields
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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I'm in the middle of Stormcaller. Really liking it, but i'm having to take a break from reading cos of Uni work. _________________ "I sit on my arse, not my head." - Baron Gresse. |
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Mantyluoto
Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 573 Location: Somerset, UK
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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Lizzy wrote: | Manty, if you've not read them I think you'd like them, Stormcaller being the first. |
i've been debating this for a while and i will set too and get them. AFTER i read the 12 Terry Goodkind books i've got to read next.
Thanks for the Tip though Chilly |
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Tk421
Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 275 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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And Tom's a good laugh too! _________________ "Right so we're going to steal a bomb that can be remote detonated, take it back to our base and then huddle around it? That sounds like a great plan." |
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Max Power
Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 467 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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Wulfa_Coldheart wrote: | Alia wrote: | Funny thing is, GRRM was the first, "Gardens of the Moon" appeared a couple of years later and Bakker came much later. So as far as comparisons are concerned, Erikson and Bakker should be compared to Martin, not the other way round.
Anyway, I sincerely recommend Martin. |
That is kinda what I meant - that the books have been compared. I know Martin was about for a while before Erikson and Bakker. |
I've read two of Erikson's books so far and I don't really see the comparison with GRRM. Game of Thrones is a more linear story for me, whereas Gardens of the Moon and Deadhouse Gates make you work more to figures out what's going on. Having said that, I'm liking both authors and will be seeking out more of their works, when Borders next has a 3 for 2 offer! _________________ If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. |
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Deornoth
Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446
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Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:30 pm Post subject: |
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Lizzy wrote: | Deornoth did you ever finish Twilight Herald by Tom Lloyd? |
I had real trouble getting into it so I put it to one side for a bit. I'm not sure what the problem was, maybe I just wasn't in the mood, but it's still there waiting to be read in the near future
I've just finished reading 'A Shadow in Summer', the first book in Daniel Abraham's 'Long Price' quartet. It felt like a mixture of 'laying foundations for future books' and 'excessive worldbuilding at the cost of the plot' but I stuck with it and it got a hell of a lot better as the story progressed. I'm certainly up for the next installment, if only to see how things progress between Otah-Kvo and Maati. My full review is over Here.
I'm currently working my way through 'The Wanderer's Tale' (David Bilsborough) and it's not looking great I have to say! I've also started on David Keck's 'In a Time of Treason'...
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I've been trying to get into 'The Wanderer's Tale' (David Bilsborough) but ended up putting this down, probably never to be picked up again! I liked the concept (and the background history that the author was putting together) but reading the prose was like trudging through thick mud, excessive descriptions and un-neccessary long words that jarred me out of what I was reading. Also, any book that includes the phrase 'fifteen years later' really isn't thinking about how the story has been put together... My full review is over Here.
I'm well into David Keck's 'In a Time of Treason' which is turning out to be a much better read than its predecessor... _________________ Graeme's Fantasy Book Review
Does exactly what it says on the tin! |
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Deornoth
Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 446
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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Just finished reading 'In a Time of Treason' (David Keck) where our hero knight Durand now has to contend with the onset of civil war as well as his feelings for his Lord's wife. 'In a Time of Treason' has the same flaws that made 'In the Eye of Heaven' so difficult to read but learns a few lessons and comes out showing a marked improvement, I'm looking forward to the final instalment 'A King in Cobwebs'. My full review is over Here. I'm now moving onto Daniel Abraham's 'A Betrayal in Winter'... _________________ Graeme's Fantasy Book Review
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