Thanks danlo! Farm ur Ted - yeah Fool's Errand is the first book in the 3rd series ('Tawny Man' from what I hear) from Hobb.

I'm back reading fantasy again after a long break. Although my hardcover copy of AATE keeps staring at me from the bookshelf, I've started Robin Hobb's "Fool's Errand". Only two chapters in, but I'm really enjoying it so far. For me Hobb is an easy read, and I'm excited by returning to cha...

Guilty. I am yet to read Against All Things Ending for various reasons. I was going to start FR last night, but as I picked it up I realised I probably should re-read Runes again as well. But I read so damn slowly that its a month per book, so I'm even tempted to wait until mid-2013 and read them al...

Back into reading Fantasy after a break of a few months for personal reasons. Continuing with my Robin Hobb kick, have just started "Mad Ship". I liked "Ship of Magic", and although Hobb can be a bit longwinded, she's a joy to read after the train wreck that was Dan Brown's "...

Nice to see you too aliantha! It feels good to be back on the Watch. Work and other personal commitments (promised the wife I'd read "The Brothers Karamazov") have conspired to keep me away. Good to hear you're re-reading Fatal Revenant. I've got that penciled into my reading schedule for ...

Back to Fantasy, and back to Robin Hobb for me. 140 pages into Ship of Magic. Hobb is a pleasure to read.

Starting "This Is How" by MJ Hyland...

Finished Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb a week or so ago. Just finished Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. I dont normally read SF, but my wife twisted my arm, and I'm glad she did. A powerful, moving, tragic story, that had me in tears more than once. Unashamedly the best SF novel I've ever read...

Working my way through "Assaassin's Quest" by Robin Hobb. I had to stop for a while after Royal Assassin, the ending of that novel really hurt. Not quite as tragic as "Wizard and Glass", but pretty close. A great series.

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Better late than never, I've just started Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb.

I should comment on the content of what I read. I read parts of the first draft of LFB, parts of the first draft of TPTP and basically all of the Lord Mhoram's Victory chapter. Unfortunately I didnt have my copies of LFB and TPTP to compare with the drafts, so I had to work from my memory of the nov...

oh, and I picked up a KSU t-shirt as well. Tshirts are my typical souvenir from places, as theyre simple and practical.

Hey Lucimay! Well I've been busy, but I do pop in here from time to time and see what everyone's chatting about. I trust you're well! :) Had a blast at KSU this afternoon, took some pics too like you suggested, one of me out the front of the library, then a whole bunch of various pages of the first ...

Good news! I'm here at Kent State Uni, in the library. The special collections section is only open from 1pm to 5pm, so once it hits 1pm I'll go up there (12th floor) and check our some of SRD's early drafts. Very excited! And in more good news, I managed to drive here from Cleveland on the wrong si...

Sorry I should've clarified, I meant freshwater. We have plenty of salt water surrounding Australia of course, but Australia is the driest continent on the planet, so I'm a little gobsmacked at the size of the lakes!

Thanks for the tips guys! I'll give them a call later today and see if I can see SRD's drafts. Will let you know how I go.

RRHFM it is today! Great Lakes Science Center sounds like fun too - coming from Australia, I've never seen so much water in my whole life!!

Hey Everyone, I'm currently at Cleveland Ohio, not too far from Kent State University, where SRD's early drafts of his novels are kept for posterity. I was wondering, have any of you visited Kent State Uni and taken a look at these drafts? Does the Uni let tourists (ie I'm Australian) access to SRD'...

Gotta be Se7en. I was 19 when this came out, and I went to see this with a girl on a first date. I knew it'd be scary, but I was both moved (the emotional last scenes) and disturbed (all the murders) by this movie. What a unique first date experience! :) The technical Fincherisms in this movie, the ...

I've finished "The Lies of Lache Lamora" by Scott Lynch, and I enjoyed it so much I'm going straight into "Red Seas Under Red Skies".