Kevin's Watch

The question, EL, is are you finished yet?

I re-read HP and the Half-blood Prince between Saturday night and Sunday night in anticipation of the new book. My roommate is finishing the book as we speak, so I think I'll have new reading material for tomorrow night!

Wyldewode wrote:The question, EL, is are you finished yet?

I re-read HP and the Half-blood Prince between Saturday night and Sunday night in anticipation of the new book. My roommate is finishing the book as we speak, so I think I'll have new reading material for tomorrow night!

I read it for one hour on my break, and finished it about 4 hours after I got off work.

I read so slow!!

I am up to page 79 of my initial read of DH.

I do admit that I have been a little distracted by events in the Pantheon the past few days though...

Ok, picked up Dark Tower 6 "Song of Susannah" and Dark Tower 7, "The Dark Tower" in paperback.

At the rate I'm currently reading Dark Tower 4 "Wizard and Glass" (20 to 30 pages a day) I'll have the series done by the end of the year. So slowly.

I FINIALLY found a paperback copy of The Gap into Ruin at another Lassley's Used Paperbacks in a town nearish mine. It'll be in on Sat. Untill then I've got some King paperbacks. That'll tide me over.

duke wrote:Ok, picked up Dark Tower 6 "Song of Susannah" and Dark Tower 7, "The Dark Tower" in paperback.

At the rate I'm currently reading Dark Tower 4 "Wizard and Glass" (20 to 30 pages a day) I'll have the series done by the end of the year. So slowly.

Duke, I relate. I am so close to finishing book seven, having followed Avatar's suggested reading order since, what...March? Lemme check...

A Fresh Journey to the Tower

Yeah, first post was in March, after I finished The Gunslinger. And I've had all of the books in Av's order here, no waiting inbetween. But, I can't stick with the journey consistently. I don't think I've picked up book seven in five days. Yet I only have 250 pages to get to what Beorn calls the "non-ending," whatever the heck that means...

You'll see. (Watch out for spoilers in that thread Duke (if you visit it)...can't remember if there are...but probably.

--A

Avatar wrote:You'll see.

Yeah...if I ever find the time to pick it up again.

Avatar wrote:(Watch out for spoilers in that thread Duke (if you visit it)...can't remember if there are...but probably.

*nodding*

I think I phrased my reactions to the journey ambiguously, but I am not one to judge...

Thanks Menolly and Avatar. I really loathe being exposed to any spoilers, so I've only had a little peek at "A Fresh Journey to the tower". I figure that once my journey is complete I'll summarise my thoughts and throw them into that thread.

Apart from the main DT books, I've only read Eyes of the Dragon, and I'll read Insomnia before DT7.

And to keep this post vaguely on topic, it is nice having the books sitting on my shelf waiting to be read, and not having to wait years for the author to write them first.

duke wrote:Thanks Menolly and Avatar. I really loathe being exposed to any spoilers, so I've only had a little peek at "A Fresh Journey to the tower". I figure that once my journey is complete I'll summarise my thoughts and throw them into that thread.

I'll look forward to that. It's almost felt like a blog, and I am so not a blogger.

duke wrote:Apart from the main DT books, I've only read Eyes of the Dragon, and I'll read Insomnia before DT7.

Have you already read 'Salem's Lot? Of Av's suggested order, while I feel everyone was pretty much essential to understand where certain characters come from, I think 'Salem's Lot is absolutely necessary to read before DT V: Wolves of the Calla.

No I haven't read 'Salem's Lot. Oh, the shame! Ok, you've convinced me, I'll add it to my Journey to the Tower, once I finish "Wizard and Glass".

It really is a "Journey" to the Dark Tower!

duke wrote:No I haven't read 'Salem's Lot. Oh, the shame! Ok, you've convinced me, I'll add it to my Journey to the Tower, once I finish "Wizard and Glass".

I really think it's needed, although you won't understand why as you read it. At least, I didn't. But it all became clear inWotC...

duke wrote:It really is a "Journey" to the Dark Tower!

*vigorously nodding*

I have found it to be so.

With the occasional rest area breaks needed. Perhaps I'll begin those last 250 pages later tonight...

After all of these years, Terry Brooks just gave me first editions / first printings of his first three Shannara novels. So I'm pretty excited about that. Signed.

They go up there with my signed collection of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials and signed Stephen King Dark Tower books. Sweet.

Yeah, well I have every SRD book, except one signed, as well as 4 GRR Martins, 3 Walter Jon Williams and one Ray Bradbury and I was blessed with the "will of Corwin" by Roger Zelazny, so there!!!

....my brother has a signed copy of Billy Corgans poetry book......

.....not that anyone cares....

duke wrote:And to keep this post vaguely on topic, it is nice having the books sitting on my shelf waiting to be read, and not having to wait years for the author to write them first.

Yeah...I had to wait 15 years between first reading The Gunslinger and getting The Dark Tower. It sucked. Sorta. It can have benefits as well, as we've discussed somwhere.

--A

And as I stated, my Daddy had the issues of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction that contained the serialized versions of The Gunslinger that I read in the late '70's as a teen. Well, I know I read the first installment anyway. The story did not grab me then, and I seem to remember I skipped the rest as he received them.

I know I have his entire collection of TMoF&SF somewhere (he was a charter subscriber and kept his subscription until he died in 1981). But when I boxed it up, I truly had no idea what I had inherited (my sister had no interest in them at all and probably would have just tossed them). If I ever hear of King coming locally to speak, I guess I'll need to get serious about trying to find them.

Danlo, I have those first three Donaldson Holt hardcovers signed, and they are in great shape but I really wish we as Donaldson fans could get a nice looking re-released hardcover.

Every year that passes, I get more and more passionate about starting a Grant Books type of publishing house, just so I can have the books I want in nice editions on my shelves. haha

Those are some very good books you have there, signed. I am envious of the Zelazny.

Shawn

Well, since I found the local used bookstore...

Sword of Shannara
Elfstones of Shannara
Wishsong of Shannara

Got those three for $8 total.

Hmmm....also got House of Chains by Erikson
and The Icewind Dale Trilogy Collector's Edition

Got those two for about $20 after using some coupons.

All in one month! Can someone say addict?

Amazon order arrived today:
Fatal Revenant - Stephen Donaldson (Hardcover, slight damage to dustjacket on corner)
Black Juice - Margo Lanagan (Hardcover, dustjacket mostly scuffed--not surprising, the HC has been out of print for nearly a year, this copy must have been lying around the Amazon warehouse for a very long time.)