Books, motherf*ckers.

[MeanderBot]

Just finished reading Devil Said Bang, the fourth book in the Sandman Slim series. I really enjoyed it. Urban fantasy done right. Can't wait for the next one in July.

[JumpWoman]

I'm so happy and sad at the same time. Cuz it's over, and it's complete.


I need something to replace the void that is a great audiobook constantly being with me


Any fellow WoT fans? What else do you recommend?

I have game of thrones slated, haven't started it yet.

[Caostotale]

I've wanted to read the Wheel of Time series for years, but only got through the first one and have long since forgotten it. I had a hippie roommate during my freshman year of college whose entire life consisted of doing drugs, listening to 1970s jazz fusion LPs, and reading and rereading the nine-or-so Robert Jordan books that were out at the time. Despite that unflattering description, he was actually a really smart dude and offered some pretty convincing insight on why those books were worth reading (and why the Star Wars books I was reading at the time were kind of shit).

[bbrigg]

I'm about 200 pages into A Game of Thrones and I'm still really not feeling it very much. Is there some pivotal experience that will drastically change how I feel about the book before the halfway point?

For me it was about the characters developing really well. But the/more shit hits the fan at the end, so if you can make it there and still not want to continue, then I don't think there's much hope for you.

That said, I let someone borrow my copy this weekend, which makes about 5 people in all I've turned into fans. Not that it's that hard.

[ArchdukeFerdinand]

Currently? I'm trying to parse meaning from Judith Butler's interesting but completely impenetrable Gender Trouble, while simultaneously casting my eye on a copy of Olympos that's been just sitting there ever since I cracked it open. Yeah, I loved Ilium, but I'm not sure I'm ready to completely emotionally commit myself to another 600 pages of historically informed pulp sci fi just right now. I should get around to it though before I forget all the names.

[djnealb]

Finished up American Gods again last night. Man, I really love that book.

[Panzadolphin56]

Finished 'The Survivor', well, that was a load of old bollocks. Spent most of the book being about a malevolent ghostly presence that seemed to be swallowing up Eton.

Then right at the end...

Spoiler!

...turned it all around and just made it about some random Airline owner *cough* Howard Hughes-alike *cough* getting revenge for losing out on a business deal. And apparently the ghosts were just secondary :/

[ArcticFox Esq.]

So... Over the last week I read Joe Abercrombie's the First Law Trilogy. How he fucked up the last book is beyond me.

It went from a darkly humerous book with a lot of promise into an exercise in nihilism. Still somewhat enjoyable, but I cant shake the feeling that what started as a great story with great characters and a lot of promise ended up being empty. And mostly just because it seems like he didnt really care, he just wanted to avoid tropes.

The worst part, was that it worked out for one or two characters, but was just plain wrong for others.

[digtastik]

So... Over the last week I read Joe Abercrombie's the First Law Trilogy. How he fucked up the last book is beyond me.

It went from a darkly humerous book with a lot of promise into an exercise in nihilism. Still somewhat enjoyable, but I cant shake the feeling that what started as a great story with great characters and a lot of promise ended up being empty. And mostly just because it seems like he didnt really care, he just wanted to avoid tropes.

The worst part, was that it worked out for one or two characters, but was just plain wrong for others.

Well that's discouraging. I've only read the first volume and it was pretty good. It's no Locke Lamora, but it was good. It will be a while before I circle back around to it.

I have 100pp left in Locke and then on to the Erikson's new Malazan trilogy. Can't wait!

[Steven Hansen]

Man, Pudd'nhead Wilson is real good.

[Fandango]

Currently reading Andrzej Sapkowski's 'The Last Wish' and would recommend to fans of the Witcher games.

[Caostotale]

Now that my degree shit is out of the way, I've decided to start reading some of the Star Wars Expanded Universe novels that I never got around to years ago. The lot I picked up on eBay includes the unofficial trilogy of books that starts with Children of the Jedi by Barbara Hambly, so I decided to start with that one. I'm about 60 pages in and it's pretty unusual so far. Hambly obviously has a decent command over language, but her approaches to plotting, pacing, introducing characters, etc... are completely chaotic and confusing. She'll rattle two paragraphs ornately describing the mist in some valley and then quickly hit you some key plot point that you didn't realize was there.

[space man spiff]

I finished The Gun Machine by Warren Ellis, and it was great! It's a quick read but Ellis did a great job of making some interesting characters. Highly recommend.

I started Ready Player One on the kindle that I've been reading a few pages of every night before bed, and also started Terry Pratchetts Nightwatch as a audio book I'm listening during the day at work.