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i cant stand most sci-fi and fantasy because its so loving verbose, whatever happened to tight concise poo poo oh right jrr tolkien happened
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inigo monz0rya posted:yo i just finished gregor roberto ricardo martinne's 4th fire and ice book and here is how you read it on a kindle:
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Oct 4, 2011 00:16
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You Am I posted:I do the same when I see your posts 
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Oct 4, 2011 01:10
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You Am I posted:I do the same when I see your posts  i am undone
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Oct 4, 2011 01:14
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inigo monz0rya posted:yo i just finished gregor roberto ricardo martinne's 4th fire and ice book and here is how you read it on a kindle: so how much is half a groat worth?
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Oct 4, 2011 01:16
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Kirk posted:i cant stand most sci-fi and fantasy because its so loving verbose, whatever happened to tight concise poo poo No. The real answer is that publishers realized that sci-fi/fantasy audiences don't buy books based on the author, but on the franchise if a nerd reads a long rear end book they feel committed, see all of the idiots in this thread who have read the first three ASOIAF books so they feel compelled to read the next sixteen this is why they don't publish anything shorter than 300 pages, and why every book needs at least 2 sequels
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Oct 4, 2011 02:10
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inigo monz0rya posted:yo i just finished gregor roberto ricardo martinne's 4th fire and ice book and here is how you read it on a kindle: read your goddamn kindle manual press right on the d-pad to navigate to the next chapter unless you pirated the book and it isn't formatted correctly.
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Oct 4, 2011 02:15
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rygdkm ftw
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Oct 4, 2011 02:25
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Amethyst posted:read your goddamn kindle manual Wish the d pad obeyed bookmarks I inserted
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Oct 4, 2011 02:38
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Kirk posted:i cant stand most sci-fi and fantasy because its so loving verbose, whatever happened to tight concise poo poo run your ebooks through osx summarize
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Oct 4, 2011 03:00
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Amethyst posted:No. i remember reading this one fantasy author's essay talking about getting books published and he indicated that the bookstores are basically pushing back against the increasingly huge tomes that fantasy authors were putting out - the problem being that these huge books were taking up way too much shelf space sci-fi doesn't seem to be nearly as bad as fantasy in that regard. the dune books are pretty hefty for sci-fi and they are dwarfed by robert jordan's mountain of poo poo. the exception that i'm personally aware of is peter hamilton, but his books aren't very good anyway so who gives a gently caress about that clown.
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Oct 4, 2011 03:01
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Sir DonkeyPunch posted:Wish the d pad obeyed bookmarks I inserted i wish you obeyed the... bookmarks. that i set. hmm.
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Oct 4, 2011 03:09
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i'm going to have to think this one over for a bit.
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Oct 4, 2011 03:09
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take your time
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Oct 4, 2011 03:13
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I know it isn't sci-fi but if you are sick of long, slow books read Robert Louis Stevenson, really good adventure novels. most sci-fi books are just just adventure novels in space anyway.
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Oct 4, 2011 03:20
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:the exception that i'm personally aware of is peter hamilton, but his books aren't very good anyway so who gives a gently caress about that clown. somewhere def charger just sat bolt upright and snarled
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Oct 4, 2011 04:01
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 dis book. It was published in 1953 and is a better cyberpunk novel than neuromancer. everyone read it.
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Oct 4, 2011 11:11
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Amethyst posted:
there's a reason the B in the the science fiction ABC is Bester and not Bradbury. Stars My Destination aka Tiger Tiger is also really good.
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Oct 4, 2011 11:38
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axolotl farmer posted:there's a reason the B in the the science fiction ABC is Bester and not Bradbury. He wrote another sci-fi novel between these two called "Rat Race" aka "Who He?" It's been out of print forever and I've never seen a copy has anyone read it? EDIT: actually, looks like it isn't sci-fi afterall
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Oct 4, 2011 11:42
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it's not sci-fi, but there are five copies on amazon.com right now for $14.95 http://amzn.com/1434488500
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Oct 4, 2011 12:10
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Kirk posted:i cant stand most sci-fi and fantasy because its so loving verbose, whatever happened to tight concise poo poo read ursula ursula le guin is the solution to all of sci fi's problems
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Oct 4, 2011 12:26
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Abandon posted:read ursula word
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Oct 4, 2011 13:19
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I thought a wizard of earthsea was kinda meh
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Oct 4, 2011 15:05
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some guy i know convinced me to read the combined version of the first two riftwar books. saccharine doesn't even begin to cover it.
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Oct 4, 2011 15:20
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LooseChanj posted:I thought a wizard of earthsea was kinda meh Read some of the Hainish books, or a collection of short stories.
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Oct 4, 2011 16:31
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cordwainer smith is pretty cool
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Oct 4, 2011 18:37
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somebody confirm if this is a valid source of suggestions
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Oct 4, 2011 18:40
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thanks for the tiny image!!!
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Oct 4, 2011 18:42
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no black company on that map, no sale
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Oct 4, 2011 19:07
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flowchart includes Stephen King and Gregory Maguire 
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Oct 4, 2011 19:10
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i've read almost everything on the right side of that chart, almost nothing on the left
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Oct 4, 2011 19:44
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iamthejeff posted:somebody confirm if this is a valid source of suggestions wheel of time listed, chart invalid
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Oct 4, 2011 19:59
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Sci fi update: ordered a bunch of poo poo from amazon, got House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds, Accelerando by Stross and Evolutionary Void finally came out in paperback
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Oct 4, 2011 21:08
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qirex posted:Sci fi update: ordered a bunch of poo poo from amazon, got House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds, Accelerando by Stross and Evolutionary Void finally came out in paperback haven't read accelerando but house of suns is pro as gently caress and void series rules too. gj
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Oct 4, 2011 22:14
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Trig Discipline posted:i've read almost everything on the right side of that chart, almost nothing on the left ya, what he said.
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Oct 4, 2011 23:43
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My expectations for the last Void book are pretty low, I didn't like most of the directions he was going in at the end of the second one amazon marketplace sellers have a funny idea of what "Good" condition is
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Oct 5, 2011 00:00
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terra nova still boring as poo poo.
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Oct 5, 2011 03:30
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Shaggar posted:terra nova still boring as poo poo. yup
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Oct 5, 2011 03:35
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they took a boring family drama and spent millions to give it a scifi backdrop
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qirex posted:Accelerando by Stross skip everything that looks like its going to become a sex scene and thank me later
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