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You prefer the later ones?wayfriend wrote:After admiring some of Bank's later works, I have gone back and read some earlier ones, like Phlebas and Player. I have to say there's a big difference from the early Culture books to the later ones in terms of his writing skills.
Unfortunately the only others I've got apart from Phlebas and Surface Detail are Player of Games (which I love) and Use of Weapons.
I've read a few of the others, should really increase my collection of them. Two of my favourites aren't Culture books...Against A Dark Background and Feersum Endjinn.
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I really loved Excession. Its my favorite in the series so far. I think Banks has improved greatly as he has gone along. I would recommend to anyone to keep going in the series if you like the beginning.Avatar wrote:You prefer the later ones?wayfriend wrote:After admiring some of Bank's later works, I have gone back and read some earlier ones, like Phlebas and Player. I have to say there's a big difference from the early Culture books to the later ones in terms of his writing skills.
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Reading Mockingjay, third in The Hunger Games series.
Previously had started reading Old Man's War; I've put it down for a bit though.
Previously had started reading Old Man's War; I've put it down for a bit though.
"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
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"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
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They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
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I sometimes pick This Day All Gods Die off the shelf and just read the first few Hashi chapters.Cambo wrote:Chaos and Order.
I'd like to just note that I'd forgotten how much I love Hashi Lebwohl. Not as a person; a little amoral to really like him; but as a character. He is mesmerising.
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Bah I feel a Gap reread coming. And I've so much other stuff yet to read!
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Yeah, I didn't like it much. Many years since I read it though.Holsety wrote:Rereading Red Mars, which I believe a number of users on this site expressed distaste for.
Finished my Banks, (must say I remember not liking Excession that much when I read it first...will see if I can find it again).
Decided to reread the last 3 WoT books, starting with Knife of Dreams.
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Just finishing, The Claw of the Conciliator, book 2 in The Book of the New Sun. Wondering whether to take a break before the next two and read China Mieville's The City & The City. But worried if I do, I'll do a Danlo!...
And as for Mieville, I've never read any of his stuff. Actually, that phrase - 'I've never read any of <insert-SF/Fantasy Author here>'s stuff' is going to be coming up a bit from me as I took a rather long detour (two-decades long!) away from this area and am just coming back now.
I enjoyed it a lot, especially some of the writing, but it didn't dig its claws (pardon the pun) into me and I got that feeling towards the end I get sometimes with nutritional low-sugar/low-fat foods, that I was reading because it was good for me and not because I couldn't put it down!Danlo wrote:I've never read the last two...need to get on it...
And as for Mieville, I've never read any of his stuff. Actually, that phrase - 'I've never read any of <insert-SF/Fantasy Author here>'s stuff' is going to be coming up a bit from me as I took a rather long detour (two-decades long!) away from this area and am just coming back now.
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Stick with it SJ, AATE is the best of the Last Chrons yet.
1-6 were good, they got worse up 'til 10. 10 was the worst ever. 11-13 have been huge improvements...the series has found its way again. Looking forward to the last one.
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Hahaha, if you knew how many times I'd read them, you'd be arguing for committal, not praising commitment.Shaun das Schaf wrote:I did try WoT, but I don't think I made it through the first one, let alone the 12th! Go you! You deserve a commitment medal
1-6 were good, they got worse up 'til 10. 10 was the worst ever. 11-13 have been huge improvements...the series has found its way again. Looking forward to the last one.
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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 characters I know and love.
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Is Fool's Errand the first of the 3d trilogy? It gets off to a slow-ass start, but those are definitely good books.
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The Bonehunters by Steven Erikson
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