What fantasy/science fiction book are you reading RIGHT NOW?
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well i did 2 full read-throughs of all 16 of lee child's Reacher books (detective/thriller stuf, not scifi fantasy) then i read wind through the keyhole which i liked, then i stumbled onto matthew stover's Caine books
(heroes die, blade of tyshalle, caine black knife, and caine's law which are a really ingenious mash up of fantasy and sci fi that i highly recommend) and
i just now downloaded orb, sceptre, throne, which i reckon i'll start right now.
night ya'll.
(heroes die, blade of tyshalle, caine black knife, and caine's law which are a really ingenious mash up of fantasy and sci fi that i highly recommend) and
i just now downloaded orb, sceptre, throne, which i reckon i'll start right now.
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have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Orb Sceptre Throne has been delivered to my Nook (according to my e-mail)! Will be starting that today. ![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
EDIT to add that early Alzheimer's must be setting in. Looks like I pre-ordered the Kindle version, too. Esslemont's gonna make a fortune off of me....![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
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EDIT to add that early Alzheimer's must be setting in. Looks like I pre-ordered the Kindle version, too. Esslemont's gonna make a fortune off of me....
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I hope you don't mind me admitting that I laughed at that! I've been known to buy the paperback and the ebook, but never multiple versions of the ebook.
I do hope you enjoy it! Which reminds me that I still have Midnight Tides unfinished on my Kindle. I got distracted by psych books again, (amongst other things).
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No worries, Shaun -- I'm laughing at me, too.
I'm blaming Magickmaker. My knee-jerk reaction is to buy Kindle versions, since they make it so bloody easy. But she works for B&N and she talked me in to buying the Nook, and occasionally she shames me into buying stuff for it. Don't tell her, but other than the stuff I sideloaded onto the Nook from my old Sony Reader, I think I have more Kindle books on my phone than I have Nook books.
Oh gods, I just realized something -- I've got apps for both the Kindle and the Nook on my phone. I have *way* too many options for delivery devices for OST.
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I'm blaming Magickmaker. My knee-jerk reaction is to buy Kindle versions, since they make it so bloody easy. But she works for B&N and she talked me in to buying the Nook, and occasionally she shames me into buying stuff for it. Don't tell her, but other than the stuff I sideloaded onto the Nook from my old Sony Reader, I think I have more Kindle books on my phone than I have Nook books.
Oh gods, I just realized something -- I've got apps for both the Kindle and the Nook on my phone. I have *way* too many options for delivery devices for OST.
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Yup, and it's about time. The whole idea was stupid. Publishers learned exactly nothing from the digital music revolution.
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re: John Dies at the End.Avatar wrote:Hey, tell me what it's like. I read his blog and some columns by him...pretty funny.
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I didn't like it. got four or five chapters in and gave up. i found the humor to be forced. too slapstick.
i guess i prefer more straight up horror.
sorry i couldn't give a complete view.
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Still listening to The Prefect by Reynolds and about 3/4 in. It's OK so far, the usual hard scifi big ideas, but one of the main story threads failed to keep my attention much.
Unfortunately I just hit a plot point that was so annoyingly stupid that I was glad I arrived at work. Hopefully it will resolve itself in a satisfactory manner.
Unfortunately I just hit a plot point that was so annoyingly stupid that I was glad I arrived at work. Hopefully it will resolve itself in a satisfactory manner.
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After a whole day and a half, I finished Ready Player One today. I feel a little guilty for enjoying it as much as I did, since it's very YA in tone and plot. But being a geek kid who grew up in the 80s/90s, though, it hit mostly the right notes with me (I thought a few character choices were a little off/simplistic, and most of it is pretty predictable).
Compare that with Murakami's IQ84 which I finally finished the day before yesterday (after reading it off and on over the last couple of months). Highly disappointing book. It's adult (overly so in a lot of areas, if you ask me), it's dense, cryptic, has a ton of literary references and flourishes, and ultimately falls flat. I was hoping there'd be a payoff for finishing it, but I'm not feeling it.
Compare that with Murakami's IQ84 which I finally finished the day before yesterday (after reading it off and on over the last couple of months). Highly disappointing book. It's adult (overly so in a lot of areas, if you ask me), it's dense, cryptic, has a ton of literary references and flourishes, and ultimately falls flat. I was hoping there'd be a payoff for finishing it, but I'm not feeling it.
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Oh yeah -- Orb Sceptre Throne. ![Cool 8)](./images/smilies/icon_cool.gif)
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Well, Av, I'm an English major now, and if I don't have to reread it three times to make sense of it, it's not any good. ![Wink ;)](./images/smilies/wink.gif)
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You're just being nice to us, [Syl], we're on to you now, so you can drop the false modesty act[Syl] wrote:... if I don't have to reread it three times to make sense of it, it's not any good.
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oooh, that reminds me, I need to get the Fourth and Final Audio Book "Out of Oz", I lost track of time, thinking it comes out this November, but, it atually came out last NovemberCameraman Jenn wrote:"A Lion Among Men" by Gregory Maguire. It's the third book in his "Wicked" series.
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Rereading Jacqueline Carey's first trilogy. I should finish her latest trilogy one of these days, but the second book was so disappointing. Her newer works seem so shallow compared to the richness and intrigue of her earlier books.
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