Fantasy and/or Historical Fiction
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Demilich
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i can't remember the last time i read a book cover to cover, but i'll try!
i'm off work for 4 days straight and plan to just hang out at home! this'll be my first time with 2 consecutive days off since school ended, so the R&R is both needed and deserved.
so am I the only Robert Jordan fan around here? granted, the series went to absolute shit pretty fast (~book 5-6) but I loved the first 4.
i'm off work for 4 days straight and plan to just hang out at home! this'll be my first time with 2 consecutive days off since school ended, so the R&R is both needed and deserved.
so am I the only Robert Jordan fan around here? granted, the series went to absolute shit pretty fast (~book 5-6) but I loved the first 4.
Conspicuously Absent
Linguistically Confused
grazim
this is moon music
Same here, but I don't know if I'll be able to wait all summer... It doesn't go paperback until sometime in late September, I think.Conspicuously Absent said:
Demilich
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You know what's awesome? Knowing people who work for publishing companies. My girlfriend's mom takes her to these huge book sales put on by Penguin to unload extra stock. Hardcovers - even current or recent bestsellers - for as little as $1! She comes home with a good 50+ books every time she goes
Lies and Perfidy
Gentleman of the Road
I've read Feast like four or five times by now. <_< I really liked it cause I'm a sucker for that political intrigue/medieval soap opera kinda thing, plus Jaime is one of my favorite characters. His showdown with the Blackfish was one of the best dialogue scenes Martin's ever written. The introduction of two pretty much countering new viewpoints–Brienne (showing the life of the "smallfolk") and the various Greyjoys (go senseless violence!) did a lot to make up for the saddening lack of Tyrion.
So yeah, good book.
So yeah, good book.
Ellestin
one-click buy
Anyone read/mentioned Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle? A mammoth series of three books novelizing the history of Natural Philosophy and the first-fruit of the Industrial Revolution. Just halfway through the 1st volume ("Quicksilver"). This shit is very well-written and funny enough to counterbalance the enormous amount of science-related information. Gonna occupy most of my reading time until Christmas. At least.
and then Boudica's brother gets his brokeback on! streams of arcing ejaculate across the fields of Gaul!! wtflizard said:
other than that, pretty good. good battle scenes written by a chick rule.
Almost done, an excellent intro to the series. He doesn't copy Martin but you can tell he's a fan. Next up: Keyes' The Charnel Prince
