|
Really enjoying Gideon the ninth. It was a slow starter with the crap on the home planet tho. It’s really odd/interesting reading a book using contemporary “extremely online” English
|
#
¿
Oct 3, 2019 15:26
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ Apr 19, 2024 09:11 |
|
|
Uncanny Collateral by Brian McClellan (powder mage guy, protege of Brandon Sanderson) is currently free on the kindle store. It's a fun read and the kickstarter for the sequel is closing in another day.
|
|
#
¿
Oct 7, 2019 18:43
|
|
|
SSJ_naruto_2003 posted:Does anyone have suggestions of books similar to The Lies of Locke Lamora? I'm not sure what about it, maybe it's just the heist aspect because I also liked the Great Train Robbery. Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson is a neat fantasy heist novel. It kicks off a big series that aren't heist-like at all, though
|
|
#
¿
Oct 7, 2019 22:31
|
|
|
Finished Gideon the Ninth. Great book. One thing that I really enjoyed early in the novel was that the fight scenes were short and brutal as you'd expect fights with live weapons to be. Was a little disappointed it escalated into "fight to end all fights" by the end, but I guess that's the nature of dramatic tension.
|
|
#
¿
Oct 8, 2019 20:56
|
|
|
CaptainCrunch posted:My Gideon “issue.” Huge spoilers don’t read this My understanding was that they integrated. Gideon is there briefly, making quips, but they become one soul. Gideon is dead after all
|
|
#
¿
Oct 22, 2019 04:56
|
|
|
CaptainCrunch posted:Ah. I suppose it just didn't come across as "integration" so much as "dissipating/fading." As in, she gone, she gets no afterlife even when Harrow dies eventually. I hope it's at least addressed slightly in the next one. (Also I hate when they kill my favorite character in whatever story I'm consuming. :grump:) She's still there, like the novel makes a big point that the necro instantly learns swordplay in the manner of their cavalier, it's just that they aren't separate people anymore. I suspect Harrow is going to have Gideon-esque moments in the next book
|
|
#
¿
Oct 22, 2019 16:13
|
|
|
Larry Parrish posted:[sets down book of the new sun] what the hell... the main character is a torturer? i cant read this lovely backwards book, theres no hero This is literally what critics were saying about Joker recently
|
|
#
¿
Oct 30, 2019 00:28
|
|
|
MockingQuantum posted:I recently read Prince of Thorns, which I enjoyed but it didn't really blow me away (I'm a big fan of the post-post-apocalypse fantasy idea). Now I'm on to King of Thorns, and maybe a little shy of a quarter of the way through, and it feels very slow and aimless. I'm kind of lost as to what the bigger picture is in this book, it kind of feels like Jorg just loving around and pointedly not letting the reader know why. Does the pace pick up at all, or start going in a different direction? I'm getting kind of bored with it but would soldier through if it's worth it. The weird thing about Jorg is the author goes hard on the antihero thing in the first book and then can’t really sustain it and Jorg ends up as sort of a generic tortured protagonist. The other two books are worth reading tho, I enjoyed them. The Jorg plotting stuff generally pays off
|
|
#
¿
Nov 9, 2019 11:05
|
|
|
ulmont posted:Generic tortured protagonist was a significant improvement over book one grimdark antihero, though, so I enjoyed the other two books more than the first (and the following Red Queen's War series, first book Prince of Fools, with a different protagonist even more than those). Well I sort of enjoyed the thought experiment of what a talented leader would do as a complete sociopath but yeah the other two books felt better with a more conventional plot
|
|
#
¿
Nov 9, 2019 18:12
|
|
|
quantumfoam posted:I've never read the Broken Earth series so all the snippiness/looming meltdowns about WarCriming and MasterRaces in it has me confused/not over-inclined to read it. The bullshit surrounding the trilogy is incredibly unfortunate since if you just read the books without the surrounding political debate they're good novels.
|
|
#
¿
Nov 14, 2019 21:12
|
|
|
NK Jemison was streaming some video game on twitch last night, it was kinda fun. Only 40 viewers lol
|
|
#
¿
Nov 20, 2019 22:38
|
|
|
I recommended Gideon the Ninth to someone and they recommended the Abhorsen series by Garth Nix back. I read all of them and they were great. Is there other necromancer canon I should be reading?
|
|
#
¿
Nov 22, 2019 02:53
|
|
|
Doctor Faustine posted:If your sense of humor leans towards “British” and “gallows” and you don’t mind fuzzy settings and wild genre switches between books, Jonathan L. Howard’s Johannes Cabal books loving whip. They’re funny as poo poo but also have parts that are really moving and the characters are great. Possibly. I love dry brit humour but I don't enjoy the wit of Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams - don't know why. I'll check this one out, thanks for the recommendation.
|
|
#
¿
Nov 22, 2019 12:34
|
|
|
my bony fealty posted:I don't understand any of this but it makes "fandom" seem like a real no fun zone WTF Dance Moms 4: Sarah Divorces Howard is some of my best work
|
|
#
¿
Dec 22, 2019 02:11
|
|
|
It seems Brian McLellan's new epic fantasy series will be with Tor rather than Orbit (who published all his powder mage books)
|
|
#
¿
Jan 9, 2020 16:42
|
|
|
quantumfoam posted:That is sad. I don't even understand how those two are so completely dogshit at writing
|
|
#
¿
Jan 18, 2020 19:36
|
|
|
I accidentally read a romance novel via Tor's "free ebook a month" thing. It was Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon. For some reason it was 1800 pages. The first half of the book was in ancient greece/atlantis and was kinda OK but the entire thing was just the title character being tortured over and over again. The second half of the book was in the present day, eleven thousand years later(???), where the title character falls in love with a mortal woman who is completely unlike anyone else who's ever lived - she's nice to him. The most notable part about the second half was how it exposed how the author has bad taste about everything in the real world. She describes these punk rock clothes that Acheron wears and they sound so dumb like something a teenager would wear, he seduces the mortal woman by singing her a Nickleback song, he rides a fuckin busa, bro e: hahaha if I had been paying attention they offered a 2nd one of her books that I'd never read mewse fucked around with this message at 22:56 on Jan 18, 2020 |
|
#
¿
Jan 18, 2020 22:54
|
|
|
Black Griffon posted:What's my next Sanderson if the first I've read is Elantris? IMO read the emperor's soul (standalone novella) then dive into mistborn
|
|
#
¿
Jan 19, 2020 17:20
|
|
|
pradmer posted:Age of Myth by Michael J Sullivan - $1.99 I never read riyria so I'll disagree with the poster above - you can read the new books without knowing the older ones. HOWEVER, I strongly agree on the "smart character invents the wheel" is hackish. I've enjoyed the books and I chipped in for the last kickstarter. Kinda nice supporting an indie(ish?) author. I think he replies to all emails.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 28, 2020 04:01
|
|
|
I really liked greatcoats 
|
|
#
¿
Jan 28, 2020 17:37
|
|
|
Gideon was pretty special. Is there any word when Harrow will be released?
|
|
#
¿
Feb 20, 2020 20:47
|
|
|
Black Griffon posted:I really enjoyed the Powder Mage Trilogy. Weird, fun, magical gun fantasy with cool rear end bullet bending. 
|
|
#
¿
Mar 5, 2020 00:20
|
|
|
McCoy Pauley posted:There was a sequel trilogy, wasn't there? Anyone know if that was any good? Did it involve the same characters? I enjoyed it as well. The primary characters are a bit different. Instead of Tamas / Taniel / Adamat it's Michel Bravis, Ben Styke, and Vlora Flint. Same world, though.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 5, 2020 15:02
|
|
|
I've been reading Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly because Brandon Sanderson said it was one of his formative reading experiences, and it is really good. I read on Goodreads that I should ignore the sequels, though.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 12, 2020 20:49
|
|
|
pradmer posted:Supposedly Redshirts by John Scalzi is the Tor free ebook, but the page is currently down. Came here to ask if this is good, haven't read anything by Scalzi
|
|
#
¿
Mar 18, 2020 00:39
|
|
|
biracial bear for uncut posted:It only makes sense if you're a Star Trek nerd and think you'd like a book that is basically an excuse to mock it. Yeesh. I'll give it a shot, thanks for the replies everyone
|
|
#
¿
Mar 18, 2020 02:48
|
|
|
Tor fixed the redshirts download around mid-day
|
|
#
¿
Mar 18, 2020 21:38
|
|
|
pradmer posted:Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald - $2.99 Just read this and really liked it, it's the first of a trilogy. Stupid tagline is "Game of thrones in space" because there's 5 industrial families on the moon competing with each other quote:The Crown Tower (Riyria Chronicles #1) by Michael J Sullivan - $2.99 Have been reading his legends of the first empire series, I should check this out
|
|
#
¿
Mar 21, 2020 20:31
|
|
|
|
|
#
¿
Mar 23, 2020 16:06
|
|
|
Black Griffon posted:I ended the month with Recursion by Blake Crouch (oh, dear reader, I lie, but if I said I read Recursion in between MrDrBt #3 and #4, as I did, it would make for a poorer narrative). I picked it up on a whim after it got posted as a kindle deal, and I'm always so very happy when a purchase like that turns out good. I read Dark Matter by this guy and was not a fan. I ended up summarizing the plot to my family while laughing so hard I got tears in my eyes, it was so silly.
|
|
#
¿
Apr 1, 2020 03:31
|
|
|
pradmer posted:The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastards #1) by Scott Lynch - $1.99 get this quote:Dark Matter by Blake Crouch - $2.99 don't get this
|
|
#
¿
Apr 5, 2020 20:53
|
|
|
I've been using goodreads exclusively to track which/how many books per year, which is like extremely low effort journaling
|
|
#
¿
Apr 15, 2020 23:05
|
|
|
Everyone in this thread is visiting my house in canada virtually so it's totally legal to say they're downloading from canada
|
|
#
¿
Apr 20, 2020 16:16
|
|
|
space marine todd posted:What Gibson book to read after Agency? I loved Peripheral and I am enjoying the poo poo out of Agency, but quickly running out of pages and trying to figure out what to read next of his. My friends keep recommending Pattern Recognition, but I also somehow haven't read Neuromancer yet... You should read neuromancer eventually but the trilogy beginning with pattern recognition mewse fucked around with this message at 20:40 on Apr 25, 2020 |
|
#
¿
Apr 25, 2020 20:23
|
|
|
TheAardvark posted:But maybe the U.S. just does better at educating us on other countries' measurement systems.  
|
|
#
¿
May 1, 2020 05:29
|
|
|
TheAardvark posted:The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton I'm reading this right now as well and it is very rapey e: on the 2nd book rn
|
|
#
¿
May 4, 2020 23:42
|
|
|
Are you reading it because of Sonnie's Edge as well? Because that felt empowering whereas these books feel like white male power fantasy
|
|
#
¿
May 5, 2020 00:09
|
|
|
TheAardvark posted:Sorry for continuing the derails. For content, I finally gave up on Reality Dysfunction. I got to a scene where three hot chicks were all hanging off the main character's dick and realized I don't like reading anything Peter F. Hamilton has to say about women, ever again. I'm 2/3rds through the second book right now and I think you made the right call. It's just a slog right now and if the whole thing ends with "oh, god did it" he can gently caress right off. Might read some of his short stories after this but at least now I know why he's not a more recognizable name. This was my goodreads review of Reality Dysfunction a couple weeks ago: quote:Sort of a strange novel. Very long. The first maybe third of the novel I thought I was reading hard(ish) sci-fi because everything in space was being described in kilometers. The story gets a little bit silly and there is a lot of magic involved. I'll be reading the sequels but I'm not sure how strongly I'd recommend it. It is very white male fantasy.
|
|
#
¿
May 6, 2020 21:08
|
|
|
quantumfoam posted:The Codebreakers: The Story of Secret Writing I read it like 20 years ago now but The Code Book by Simon Singh was the most readable book about codes and cyphers I've ever come across. It discusses the history of how simple cyphers were used in medieval Europe and stuff, up to the modern day. Highly recommend.
|
|
#
¿
May 8, 2020 16:45
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ Apr 19, 2024 09:11 |
|
|
Baru's Happy Ending 
|
|
#
¿
May 15, 2020 02:42
|
|