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Thank you very much Mortice Root.
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Anytime, EL. :) If you pick it up, let me know what you think when you're done, would ya?
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Mortice Root wrote:Anytime, EL. :) If you pick it up, let me know what you think when you're done, would ya?
Oh, I read it a long, long time ago.

I was just wondering what you thought of it.

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Well, :P . :) So what did you think?
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Mortice Root wrote:Well, :P . :) So what did you think?
At the time? I hated it. That book was one of the big reasons I didn't read the Dune series until a few years ago. Looking back on it, I would probably enjoy it if read again today.
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Finally reading Fatal Revenant and re-reading The Stars My Destination at the same time.
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I"ve got two chapters to go on Fatal Revenant. I haven't had much opportunity to read these last few years (since the having kids and working the overnight shift).

Thankfully Fatal Revenant is here and though I am only able to read it at a snail's pace, it has inspired me to "somehow" find time to read once again.

I am going to pick up Dan Simmon's Ilium from where it sits unread on my bookshelf as soon as I am done.

(Simmon's and Donaldson are my two favorite authors, so that should be inspiration enough).
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I finally finished "Dune" on a plane flight to New Zealand a couple of weeks ago. A lot of cool ideas in Dune, but I found it a real slog to read through all the political intrigue. I do wish more Australians would read it though, because we're running out of water and could use a wake-up call showing us just how frugal we may need to be with it in future.

Gotta finish the Dark Tower series...Low Men then DT6 is next according to Avatar's list. :)
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duke wrote:Gotta finish the Dark Tower series...Low Men then DT6 is next according to Avatar's list. :)
Ah...

If you hadn't said, I was just going to ask if you had finished the series, duke.

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Stone of Farewell by Tad Williams. Good stuff!
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An absolutely fascinating series by Scott Westerfield that begins with Uglies.

Really sharp stuff.
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I just finished reading 7th Son by Orson Scott Carde, and am in the Middle of The Gunslinger by Stephen King. I'm pretty much set for reading material for a while I think. (LOVED 7th son, I'm still a little Tepid on The Dark Tower. I have enjoyed pieces, and I caught a part of the comic book recently... thought it was pretty cool)

I'm also tied up in the 1st book of the Baroque Cycle by Neil Stephenson. (Yes, I typically read a couple of books at once.)
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Finally started Scardown by Elizabeth Bear, second in the Jenny Casey trilogy.
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Just finished Joe Abercrombie's latest!

Last Argument of Kings is an excellent conclusion to what turned out to be a very entertaining series.

Check the blog for the full review. :)

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The Real Story. An excellent book!
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Forbidden Knowledge.
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I'm reading Reave the Just. I really enjoyed the story The Killing Stroke. It made me think. :)
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'Declare' by Tim Powers.

Struggling so far. Anubis Gates by Powers is one of my fave all-time books, everything else I've read by him is rubbish with some cool ideas. I'm hoping Declare will turn out to to be another Anubis Gates. But I doubt it....
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Sailing to Satantium by Kay.

Just started; I like it so far...except for one line, where someone said "
Up the Blue's; in their butts"
BUTTS?

He could have said asses or something.
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Beyondthe Breach wrote:I am going to pick up Dan Simmon's Ilium from where it sits unread on my bookshelf as soon as I am done.

(Simmon's and Donaldson are my two favorite authors, so that should be inspiration enough).
I've read Hyperion and Endymion as well as Song of Kali by Simmons within the past year. I had never read Simmons before and I've enjoyed him immensely. I just picked up his "The Terror" and I'm loving it as well. If you haven't read this one, I'd highly recommend it.
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