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Post by **matrixman** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:03 am

On this Thanksgiving Monday here in Canada, I'd just like to give thanks to Stephen R. Donaldson for writing Runes of the Earth, and I also want to give thanks to Jay for being an even slower reader than me, because...

I've finished Runes ahead of Jay! I've finished Runes ahead of Jay!

You're on the hotseat by yourself now, Mr. KW! Ha ha!

Ahem, that is all. Thank you.

Post by **variol son** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:10 am

About time MM.

C'mon Jay. your not still sleeping every night are you?

Post by **Avatar** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:47 am

As you'll know if you follow the "reading" threads, I'm sorta stuck for something to read now. I think I'm gonna reread Runes, and see if I can complete my third read before Jay finishes his first.

--A

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 1:49 pm

You've read all the Earthsea and Neverness books? Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged? You must be able to find something here:
kevinswatch.ihugny.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6808
I've never finished Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, by Douglas Hofstader, but the couple hundred pages I read were awesome.

Post by **Nerdanel** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:29 pm

You know you are a slow reader when mass market paperback afficianados like I get finished earlier than you despite you having bought the hardcover, apparently about when it came out too. You really know you are a slow reader when mass market paperback afficianados reading in their second language like I do finish earlier. Donaldson writes so well I couldn't have drawn it out like you if I had wanted to. I took four days to read through The Runes of the Earth which was quite long, considering that I have read Tad Williams bricks in three days, but I had some distractions and started late on a Friday night.

Wayfriend, that was excellent. I laughed so hard I cried.

Post by **Avatar** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 3:41 am

Fist and Faith wrote:You've read all the Earthsea and Neverness books? Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged? You must be able to find something here:
kevinswatch.ihugny.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6808
I've never finished Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, by Douglas Hofstader, but the couple hundred pages I read were awesome.

Fist, the problem is not finding something I want to read, it's getting hold of it to be able to read it.

--A

Post by **kevinswatch** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:57 pm

Blast, even MM finished? I think I'm the last one here who hasn't read it.

As you'll know if you follow the "reading" threads, I'm sorta stuck for something to read now. I think I'm gonna reread Runes, and see if I can complete my third read before Jay finishes his first.

Show off.

You know you are a slow reader when mass market paperback afficianados like I get finished earlier than you despite you having bought the hardcover, apparently about when it came out too. You really know you are a slow reader when mass market paperback afficianados reading in their second language like I do finish earlier. Donaldson writes so well I couldn't have drawn it out like you if I had wanted to. I took four days to read through The Runes of the Earth which was quite long, considering that I have read Tad Williams bricks in three days, but I had some distractions and started late on a Friday night.

Hey, there's no need to rub it in

, I know I suck. Heh.

And, while I'm sure I'm going to piss off every member here by saying this, I wouldn't call Runes the most exciting thing I've ever read from SRD...heh. I was able to read the entire Gap series in one summer. But for some reason Runes just hasn't grabbed me.-jay

Post by **matrixman** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:59 pm

Actually, Jay, I don't think there's anything wrong with reading Runes slowly and incrementally. Look at the folks who blazed through the book in mere days: now all they do is whine about having to wait sooo long for Fatal Revenant.

(Just teasing, people...)

Runes itself wasn't the problem for me, as I felt the story was plenty exciting. I think the main reasons I took so long to read Runes were: a) I got burned out by all the anticipation and discussion leading up to its release, and b) all the early spoilers and spoiler reviews about Runes ruined a lot of my initial enthusiasm. Which is why I'm going to take the drastic measure of avoiding KW completely when the release of Fatal Revenant is imminent. A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do to avoid any whiff of a spoiler.

Anyway, I've been spending the last few days poring over the back pages of the Runes forum, catching up to all the discussions there. Crazy place! And I thought the Think-Tank was having heated debates, sheesh.

Post by **MsMary** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 10:00 pm

I haven't even started Runes.

It's sitting there waiting for me in all its glory.

Post by **The Laughing Man** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 10:04 pm

I felt it was all "build-up" too, so I went and bought the first 2 series "again", heh, to see if it would help to "brush up", and there they sit, still.....

Post by **lucimay** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 10:15 pm

i'm the whiney girl whinning for the next one and the next one and the next one...after ROTE was finished i also went and bought old used pprbks of the first six and went through them and ROTE again! and was still whinning until i found Gabaldon and Erikson!!

(lucimay should NOT drink coffee while reading, makes her read faster!!)

Post by **The Laughing Man** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 10:31 pm

haha. smokin weed makes me read "like jay", heh.

I don't read, much.

Post by **Half Hand** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 2:05 am

Micheal and Arnold send there optimistic support,Kitt has his reservations.

Post by **matrixman** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:46 pm

Is KITT's analysis correct? Or will Michael Knight and friend's stalwart show of support for Jay be rewarded? "Jay gonna read that thang!"

MsMaryMalone wrote:I haven't even started Runes.

It's sitting there waiting for me in all its glory.

Okay, Jay, looks like you're off the hook. Oh, wait a sec--you'll be at the DC Elohimfest next week. Ha ha, the race is still on!

Post by **The Laughing Man** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:12 am

The Esmer wrote:
will jay finish ROTE?

The card represents the critical factor for the issue at hand.
Page of Swords, when reversed:
The dark essence of air behaving as earth, such as a sandstorm:
The approach of an unexpected challenge,
met with muddled thought and unjust action.
A person filled with a destructive appetite for all matters of mind and logic.
Voyeurism, espionage, and misguided witch hunts.
The use of clever argument and eloquent speech to mask the truth.

Post by **kevinswatch** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:06 pm

MsMaryMalone wrote:I haven't even started Runes.

It's sitting there waiting for me in all its glory.

You still have lots of time to beat me, heh. I think I'll be lucky if I finish it before Fatal Revenant.-jay

Post by **MsMary** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:29 pm

Post by **oneliljoker** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:07 pm

I finished the book in about a week. Now I just wish I didn't have to wait until 2007 to read Fatal Revenant

Post by **Romeo** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:35 pm

Don't worry about it - it took me eight months to finish it!

And I'm guessing it will take me about 18 months to finish Fatal Revenant.

Post by **Spring** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:29 am

Finished yet, Jay? I might have missed the topic/post.

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