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The Last Continent (Terry P). Decided to catch up on my reading last night. Seriously funny book this. Was in the spare room - C and I both have colds and as we don't cough/sneeze in unison thought this the best way to both get some sleep. Had to shut the door in case I woke him laughing out loud. The sheep shearing scene and what follows was the funniest thing I've ever read - not joking. Never laughed that loud at a book before. Shauny and Stevie you must, must read this book if you haven't already done so.
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I'm trying to read Beyond the Event Horizon and it's decent writing with a brisk pace, but I'm at 33% on Kindle, no idea what page? 190? And the Bible is
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trying to weedle it's way in from two directions. Everything's in outer space so it might be somewhat interesting to see what biblical prophesy has to say post Apocalypse, we'll see...
fall far and well Pilots!
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I'll put it on the list! I'm in Bronte Land at the moment, (Shirley, Charlotte), but intending to head on over to Discworld shortly; which will be rather a change of pace I imagineIolanthe wrote:The Last Continent (Terry P). Decided to catch up on my reading last night. Seriously funny book this. Was in the spare room - C and I both have colds and as we don't cough/sneeze in unison thought this the best way to both get some sleep. Had to shut the door in case I woke him laughing out loud. The sheep shearing scene and what follows was the funniest thing I've ever read - not joking. Never laughed that loud at a book before. Shauny and Stevie you must, must read this book if you haven't already done so.
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I'm reading Black Sheep by Ben Peek. Dystopian novel about a future where the UN has enforced racial segregation into Black, Asian, and Caucasian cities, and multiculturalism - believed to be the cause of the world's problems, particularly the "Racial Wars" - is illegal. The main character has migrated from Asian-Tokyo to Asian-Sydney, is convicted of being Japanese, and sentenced to Assimilation, a process where all your body's pigment is removed, your identity erased, and your mind altered so that you become, essentially, a passive, mindless slave.
Interesting so far. Very 1984, but less about the politics and more about race and identity.
Interesting so far. Very 1984, but less about the politics and more about race and identity.
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Let me know what Shirley is like. I've never read it!Shaun das Schaf wrote:I'll put it on the list! I'm in Bronte Land at the moment, (Shirley, Charlotte), but intending to head on over to Discworld shortly; which will be rather a change of pace I imagineIolanthe wrote:The Last Continent (Terry P). Decided to catch up on my reading last night. Seriously funny book this. Was in the spare room - C and I both have colds and as we don't cough/sneeze in unison thought this the best way to both get some sleep. Had to shut the door in case I woke him laughing out loud. The sheep shearing scene and what follows was the funniest thing I've ever read - not joking. Never laughed that loud at a book before. Shauny and Stevie you must, must read this book if you haven't already done so.
I am playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order!
"I must state plainly, Linden, that you have become wondrous in my sight."
"I must state plainly, Linden, that you have become wondrous in my sight."
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I liked the first books too much. By the end of 10 it was a disaster, but I couldn't leave it. Luckily, from then on it got steadily better again, IMO anyway.I'm Murrin wrote:I've read all of the Robert Jordan books. I just don't feel any particular desire to go back to it.
Probably my favourite Rincewind book.Iolanthe wrote:The Last Continent
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I'm reading Carpe Jugulum rite now...I've come to like his witchy ones.Iolanthe wrote:Read Equal Rites yesterday. Excellent, another gripping book, another very late night/early morning.
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the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
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The problem for me with the early Pratchett books is that the characters feel a little flat. I loved them at the time, but they develop so much, and become so rounded, that the early and later books can scarce be compared.
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Had to finally stop Beyond the Blue Event Horizon, too bad really it was well written and had a lot of potential, but when it went in to Bible thump, prayer-fest Born Again mode it just wasn't something I could hang with. Kindle is a weird beast, never read a Sci-Fi before that went into such heavy-duty religious overload...
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Hmmm...seems like the author lives in Ohio... can't trust anyone from Ohio...
I wonder if he lives in the Zanesville area?
I wonder if he lives in the Zanesville area?
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Hi, Lady Revel! I don't believe we've met. What's your opinion of the later Feist books? I only read up to the first couple of the Conclave of Shadows books, and I got bored. Nothing he's done since Serpentwar has really grabbed me the same way.Lady Revel wrote:Reading: Raymond E. Feist - A Kingdom Beseiged.
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Ah, that was the last one I read. Reading The Last Continent again, because I enjoyed it so much the first time. And it's March already, time to download another one.Shaun das Schaf wrote:Equal Rites, my first Pratchett.
And hello Lady Revel. I too am yet to make your acquaintance.
Hello Lady Revel, I haven't met you before either.
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"I must state plainly, Linden, that you have become wondrous in my sight."
"I must state plainly, Linden, that you have become wondrous in my sight."
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Hello! Hello! It is nice to meet all of you!
The later Feist books are not nearly as good as the early ones, I must admit....but I do enjoy getting my dose of Pug. I am about halfway into this book, though....and well, I haven't really picked out a storyline. Things are happening, but I am not sure why the main characters are so alarmed, and doing what they are doing. I will let you know if it improves.
I feel about Feist the way others feel about Jordan. Not as interested as I used to be, but I need to know what is going on, because I have made it this far. I feel that way about the WOT, too. Although, I must confess I haven't picked up a memory of light....I am waiting for the softcover version. Or maybe a trip to the library.
The later Feist books are not nearly as good as the early ones, I must admit....but I do enjoy getting my dose of Pug. I am about halfway into this book, though....and well, I haven't really picked out a storyline. Things are happening, but I am not sure why the main characters are so alarmed, and doing what they are doing. I will let you know if it improves.
I feel about Feist the way others feel about Jordan. Not as interested as I used to be, but I need to know what is going on, because I have made it this far. I feel that way about the WOT, too. Although, I must confess I haven't picked up a memory of light....I am waiting for the softcover version. Or maybe a trip to the library.
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Hi Lady Revel. welcome back!
I think most of Feist's work (the first book excepted) suffers from what I'd call 'roleplayingitis'. The 'plots' do not feel integrated, they feel like they have been generated in a roleplaying-type manner. I gave up reading his Midkemia books after failing to finish Prince of Blood. With the honourable (pun intended ) exception of Honoured Enemy I don't reread any of the books set in that world written after Magician (which I also regularly reread.)
I did (and still do) enjoy The Empire Trilogy (especially the first two books), but I credit a lot of that to the writing of Janny Wurts (funnily, I can't read her own books at all Probably I'm just weird ).
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I think most of Feist's work (the first book excepted) suffers from what I'd call 'roleplayingitis'. The 'plots' do not feel integrated, they feel like they have been generated in a roleplaying-type manner. I gave up reading his Midkemia books after failing to finish Prince of Blood. With the honourable (pun intended ) exception of Honoured Enemy I don't reread any of the books set in that world written after Magician (which I also regularly reread.)
I did (and still do) enjoy The Empire Trilogy (especially the first two books), but I credit a lot of that to the writing of Janny Wurts (funnily, I can't read her own books at all Probably I'm just weird ).
u.
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