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Good books. Loved when that guy got literally stabbed by an astral spiky horror. Also feelings Discuss.
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Aug 9, 2018 22:56
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The first book sets up a super interesting cliffhanger mystery that the second couldn't help but disappoint in revealing. I haven't read anything past that but I heard it gets bad somewhere.
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Aug 9, 2018 23:00
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It's been a while since I read them, but the answer to the grand mystery of "what the hell is going on" is that in the far distant future there is a war between a human god and a machine god. Those 2 gods are using time travel as part of their war, and the Shrike is an agent of the machine god, constantly moving backwards in time.
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Aug 9, 2018 23:21
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I just read the first one. It was fine.
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Aug 9, 2018 23:28
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Man i heard the author is like a mondo racist now
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Aug 9, 2018 23:35
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The first one was really good tho!
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Aug 9, 2018 23:36
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kinda f'ed up that having a cruciform for too long makes your dick fall off, imo
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Aug 9, 2018 23:39
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Vim Fuego posted:Man i heard the author is like a mondo racist now Yeah. I got Flashback from the library with no expectations, just noticed it was by the same writer. Almost could not finish the book, it was so loving bad. Obama tanked the US economy due to socialism so the Japanese had to take over the country. I'm not making that up. There's also a bunch of stuff about memory altering drugs, rugged survivalists manufacturing guns for the revolution, and Mexico taking over California with a "reconquista" movement.
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Aug 9, 2018 23:44
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doverhog posted:Yeah. I got Flashback from the library with no expectations, just noticed it was by the same writer. Almost could not finish the book, it was so loving bad. Obama tanked the US economy due to socialism so the Japanese had to take over the country. I'm not making that up. There's also a bunch of stuff about memory altering drugs, rugged survivalists manufacturing guns for the revolution, and Mexico taking over California with a "reconquista" movement. The four Hyperion books were pretty good but I had to stop at the point in Ilium when the Muslim zombies started crawling all over Neo-Jerusalem. I think that's the point where the author had his super racist stroke or whatever the hell happened.
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Aug 10, 2018 00:03
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Huh, I didnt know there were more than two. I found those at this used book store when I was like 12 and completely gobbled that poo poo up. That and the Otherland books were my entire summer because I was super cool and had tons of friends.
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Aug 10, 2018 00:14
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Vim Fuego posted:Man i heard the author is like a mondo racist now  I dunno, but his novels Carrion Comfort and Summer Of Night are two of the best modern horror fiction stories I've read. So lovely politics and gross personal viewpoints aside, the dude is an awesome writer.
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Aug 10, 2018 00:21
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I know he's a good writer, really liked Hyperion. That's why Flashback was such a shock. Like, I literally put the book down in disgust multiple times.
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Aug 10, 2018 00:25
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The Terror was a loving slog to get through though.
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Aug 10, 2018 00:28
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flyingporcupine posted:Huh, I didnt know there were more than two. I found those at this used book store when I was like 12 and completely gobbled that poo poo up. That and the Otherland books were my entire summer because I was super cool and had tons of friends. There's two other books in the Hyperion setting that take place well after the events of Hyperion similar to the (original author's) Dune sequels, they have a fun flow of an adventurer travelling to strange planets. There's some cliches in there but the setting is so strange it somehow works.
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Aug 10, 2018 00:42
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super macho dude posted:The Terror was a loving slog to get through though. I thought the show was really good, so the book is maybe not worth reading? I was considering getting it on audible.
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Aug 10, 2018 00:54
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super macho dude posted:The Terror was a loving slog to get through though.
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Aug 10, 2018 01:08
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HugeGrossBurrito posted:I thought the show was really good, so the book is maybe not worth reading? I was considering getting it on audible. I did watch any of the show, but give the audiobook a whirl, why not.
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Aug 10, 2018 01:13
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Malkof posted:Oh boy I hope you like reading about snow. super macho dude posted:I did watch any of the show, but give the audiobook a whirl, why not. Done haha.
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Aug 10, 2018 01:20
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Vim Fuego posted:Man i heard the author is like a mondo racist now He got 9/11 brokebrain, basically. Mordja fucked around with this message at 02:07 on Aug 10, 2018 |
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Aug 10, 2018 01:51
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Mordja posted:His got 9/11 brokebrain, basically. He must have had a stroke or something 911 was not some magic event it was just some buildings that collapsed c'mon
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Aug 10, 2018 01:52
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Mordja posted:His got 9/11 brokebrain, basically. I just finished reading Ilium a couple weeks ago. The muslim zombies thing must've been in the sequel, but there's definitely a really jarring scene/memory by one of the main characters reminiscing about 9/11 and it was super bad. I guess it wasn't that bad of a book overall because I'm listening to the terror audiobook now. It's a slog for sure but it's an atmospheric slog. The narrator is talented as hell.
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Aug 10, 2018 01:58
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Speak English so's I can understand you.
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Aug 10, 2018 02:01
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It's been a long time since I read them, but still one of my favorite sci-fi series ever. I really need some of those portal room dividers cause I like the idea of waking up on a beachfront property and then walking to the bathroom to take a poo poo on top of a mountain.
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Aug 10, 2018 02:32
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could shrike beat lady of pain
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Aug 10, 2018 04:35
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super macho dude posted:The Terror was a loving slog to get through though. the tv show owned but the supernatural stuff was prolly the worst part of it
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Aug 10, 2018 04:36
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idgi that first book was good because of the stories but then it turned into some weirdo back to the future timecop poo poo and the shrike wasn’t as cool as it was led up to be
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Aug 10, 2018 05:09
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Milo and POTUS posted:the tv show owned but the supernatural stuff was prolly the worst part of it That poo poo was so badass but yeah
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Aug 10, 2018 05:14
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First book is good and interesting and refreshing; 2nd is fine; 3rd is bad made worse by wasting everything good in the first 2, and the 4th is one of the worst books I've finished, so terrible it's a joy to read. I can't believe the same dude wrote both 4 and the story about the kid aging backwards, did he fall off a ladder or something part way through writing book 2?
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Aug 10, 2018 05:23
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These books taught me who Keats was, so I guess that's a net positive. Also the ousters were really cool.
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Aug 10, 2018 05:33
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The first two books were a cool space opera with some memorable side plots. Books three and four - middle aged man awaits little girl he’s raising to travel back in time so he can bone her, ugh.
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Aug 10, 2018 12:52
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wait, there were more than one??
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Aug 10, 2018 12:53
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all I remember from the first one was the military dude loving the Shrike and then just before cumming he pulls out and the vagina has grown teeth/thorns and he watches his jizz splatter on the bloodied sand and some dead dudes hand in slow mo cause of future war technology/drugs.
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Aug 10, 2018 14:31
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doverhog posted:I know he's a good writer, really liked Hyperion. That's why Flashback was such a shock. Like, I literally put the book down in disgust multiple times.
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Aug 10, 2018 14:33
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They’re terrible, every book he’s written since the first one has been a step down to the level of utter poo poo where he currently resides. Just my opinion.
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Aug 10, 2018 15:23
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super macho dude posted:The Terror was a loving slog to get through though. I read it when I was out to sea, so I thought it was pretty drat cool & super spooky
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Aug 10, 2018 15:40
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I had to finish the books because I wanted to know what the Shrike really was and what its deal was and I was disappointed and hated myself for reading this dumb rear end crap that had no tidy ending. If you want to read some mysterious lyrical science fiction that never has a tidy ending that isn't complete crap read Jeff VanderMeer novels.
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Aug 10, 2018 15:44
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doverhog posted:Yeah. I got Flashback from the library with no expectations, just noticed it was by the same writer. Almost could not finish the book, it was so loving bad. Obama tanked the US economy due to socialism so the Japanese had to take over the country. I'm not making that up. There's also a bunch of stuff about memory altering drugs, rugged survivalists manufacturing guns for the revolution, and Mexico taking over California with a "reconquista" movement. The idea of Flashback as a drug that lets you viscerally remember certain events is great. It's a drug I could easily see myself getting addicted to. That novel is not good.
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Aug 10, 2018 15:49
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first book was loving amazing. probably top 5 scifi world building. and then it goes down hill.
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Aug 10, 2018 15:53
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the first one I liked, the second one was about an old man scared of technology.
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Aug 10, 2018 16:24
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best tale from the first one??? probably the soldier's tale.
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Aug 10, 2018 16:24
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