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- Skyweir
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So it was another book fair this weekend .. and I got a big bag full of finds for 25 bucks ..
Unfortunately I bought a few books I already had
Anyhoo .. got a couple more Ian Irvine, hoping their good. I got a couple of Kate Forsythe and I have enjoyed what Ive read of hers previously. Got a couple of more Feist .. and a few I hadnt heard of but looked interesting ..
Unfortunately I bought a few books I already had
Anyhoo .. got a couple more Ian Irvine, hoping their good. I got a couple of Kate Forsythe and I have enjoyed what Ive read of hers previously. Got a couple of more Feist .. and a few I hadnt heard of but looked interesting ..
keep smiling
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My copy of Red Country by Joe Abercrombie arrived yesterday. (The GF ordered a cookbook, but it wasn't enough to qualify for free delivery, so I ordered a book as well.)
Another story set in the world of the First Law, this was the only book of his that I was missing.
Looking forward to it, just have to finish "Night Watch" quickly.
--A
Another story set in the world of the First Law, this was the only book of his that I was missing.
Looking forward to it, just have to finish "Night Watch" quickly.
--A
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Picked up a copy of Paul Hoffman's The Left Hand of God yesterday for 2 quid in a second hand bookshop. I'd been looking at it new at a full price of four times as much in another store - and so it seemed like a serendipitous steer that I could not ignore; I'll let you know how it pans out in due course!
The truth is a Lion and does not need protection. Once free it will look after itself.
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
- peter
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Bought Terry Goodkind's Wizards First Rule the other day, second hand for next to nothing thankfully for this about equated to the value of the entertainment I got thereby. Read it for two nights (surely this should be enough for a book to begin to work for you) after which the contrived plot and badly written and unimaginative characterisation (the obligatory Gandalph clone was called Zedd fer f's sake) began to become increasingly tedious. I re-donated the malignant toad of a book back to the charity shop from whence it came on the basis that it is returning at least some investment on the author's negligible efforts (or talent - which, I'm not sure) in terms of the revenue raised by it's no doubt repeated and rapid circulation of the dissatisfied reader-chaity shop cycle: more certainly, than it gets in terms of 'enjoyment coin' from the victims it unwittingly ensnares!
I'm looking to get hold of a copy of Wizards Apprentice, the first book in the Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb. Expect more evicerating spume filled ranting if that one doesn't stack up either!
I'm looking to get hold of a copy of Wizards Apprentice, the first book in the Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb. Expect more evicerating spume filled ranting if that one doesn't stack up either!
The truth is a Lion and does not need protection. Once free it will look after itself.
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
I got about as far into Wizards First Rule as you.
As a SRD fan, I think you will enjoy the Farseer Trilogy much more. I had problems with the trilogy, and the sequel trilogy, but the first three books are well worth the journey. There is also a parallel trilogy of book by Robin Hobb, set in the same universe, but completely different setting, called 'The LiveShip Traders'. Also highly recommended.
Unfortunately I have not had much time recently to read fantasy/sf due to work and study. By the end of the year I will be ready to deep dive into all the books I have missed in the past few years, like SRD's new stuff.
As a SRD fan, I think you will enjoy the Farseer Trilogy much more. I had problems with the trilogy, and the sequel trilogy, but the first three books are well worth the journey. There is also a parallel trilogy of book by Robin Hobb, set in the same universe, but completely different setting, called 'The LiveShip Traders'. Also highly recommended.
Unfortunately I have not had much time recently to read fantasy/sf due to work and study. By the end of the year I will be ready to deep dive into all the books I have missed in the past few years, like SRD's new stuff.
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C'mon Av! The Sword of Shannara! A masterclass in Tolkien dumbing down and idea plagerism - so barely concealed that you could swap alternate chapters with TLOTR and get a kind of Weiss-Hickman level book as the result. I love it!
The truth is a Lion and does not need protection. Once free it will look after itself.
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard