Kevin's Watch

danlo wrote:Never read the book, but the movie scared the pee o/o me when I was a kid...freakiness

I loved that when I was a kid...IIRC, I must have watched it 10 times or more.

Never seen the movie (or the TV serial). You should read the book, it's pretty good.

--A

Nope. Unable to get Malazan out of my head, so I stopped Bakker. I sure wish I could read at even half the pace of Av. It would be nice to be able to read both series in as little as a couple months. But I can't. And Malazan has my soul these days. So I've begun HoC again. Third time for it (I read the first three three times also), then it'll be on to second readings of the others.

Hahaha, reckon I've read them all at least 4 times, except for DoD (twice) and TCG (once).

I'm rereading my Carl Hiaasen books, then it'll be on to the Gap I think.

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i sympathize fist. for the past however many years since i first read GotM i've been able to read little else. the only exceptions were SoIaF, gabaldon's Outlander series, and wm gibson's last 3 books. usually while awaiting the next malazan book. consequently i've read the series,
with the exception of DHG, DoD, and TCG, several times now. i feel like i should have the thing (monster that it is) tatooed on my eyeballs by now and committed to memory. oddly i don't. i couldn't even point out the moment when i realized who Traveler was to Ali (in the recent discussion of that subject.) anyway, i couldn't get my head too far out of malazan to reallly get into much else. probably why i couldn't really get into bakker myself.

Avatar wrote:Hahaha, reckon I've read them all at least 4 times, except for DoD (twice) and TCG (once).

I'm rereading my Carl Hiaasen books, then it'll be on to the Gap I think.

--A

really? you like the hiaasen? much as i'm into crime fiction i've never gotten into hiassen. tried a couple but they just didn't hook me. *shrug*

I can't even find my MoI anymore, I know I didn't throw it away, but...

The only Hiassen I've read is a kids' novel called Hoot. It was cute.

Children of Dune. Kinda stuck halfway through because I'm rapidly losing interest in the characters. I'm at the part where Irulan's evil sister who's name I can't even recall at the moment has had the preacher character brought over to interpret her kid's dream and she's also training sand tigers to eat the children of paul. It's kinda stupid to me at this part. I don't know.

I picked up several Discworld novels at the used book store. All they had were more recent things. Here's what I've got, in the order they got stacked on the nightstand : Sourcery, Guards! Guards!, Making Money and Jingo. Have not read any Discworld heretofore, despite the rave reviews of his stuff I've seen here over the years. In fact, I've not read anything by Pratchett before except Good Omens. Looking forward to digging in.

Altho I'll probably put them off 'til after E-fest so I don't have to lug paperbacks with me on the plane. I'll probably pick up the China Mieville's and Jasper Fforde's newest from the Reader Store this week.

The British Children of Dune miniseries did a very good job dealing with the part you're talking about, Jenn, so they, kinda, helped my understanding of it, but yes when I read that part, so long ago, I thought it was pretty dam stupid too and I tossed the book, that's the farthest I ever got in the series...

I've been spending my bus time playing sudoku instead of my usual readings. I've not read any china mieville yet. Any recommendations on a particular one?

His Perdido Street Station is the one that made him a big name, very creative New Weird-ish fantasy. He's had three stand alnoe novels out recently, The City and the City is kind of a police procedural/detective stroy in a fantastic setting, and the latest (I've not read it but it's getting great reviews) is a sci-fi called Embassytown which is all about language and communication with aliens.

I'd say any of those three would be a good start.


(The other stand alone from last year, Kraken, hasn't gotten as much praise as his other works.)

Ender's Game. Which means the rest of the series after that. Maybe then the Gap. (Didn't feel up to the Gap yesterday.)

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Murrin wrote:His Perdido Street Station is the one that made him a big name, very creative New Weird-ish fantasy. He's had three stand alnoe novels out recently, The City and the City is kind of a police procedural/detective stroy in a fantastic setting, and the latest (I've not read it but it's getting great reviews) is a sci-fi called Embassytown which is all about language and communication with aliens.

I'd say any of those three would be a good start.


(The other stand alone from last year, Kraken, hasn't gotten as much praise as his other works.)

What Murrin said! Leave Kraken well alone!

I'd say you could step into Bas-Lag via The Scar or Iron Council, as well as via Perdido Street Station. Perdido gives you more background info but that could be a reason to start with one of the other two, depending on how you like to read.

Speaker for the Dead.

--A

Finished Xenocide, time for the Gap.

The Gap into Conflict: The Real Story

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The Gap Into Vision: Forbidden Knowledge.

--A

15 minutes short of a full day, Av.

Well come on. The Real Story is tiny, it can be done in one sitting.

How about the days when I used to get through a volume of Wheel of Time in two days or less?

Well, it takes me several days of reading every free moment to get through something I love, whether it's a first reading or reread, like a Malazan book.