Kevin's Watch

Haven't read StoneWielder, but have the Bauchlin & Korbal Broach novellas.

They're ok. Amusing. But Crimson Guard was better.

--A

I have sunk back into "Kraken" by Mieville. It is so totally different from the other two books but I like it for it's difference. It's set in modern day London and it's basically him making fun of underground secret magical worlds, London's underground crime world and religious cultism. It's quite funny in several ways, dark absurd humor, typical funny humor and excellent absurd plot twists and slightly horrifying but still amusing character "abilities." It took me a few chapters to adjust to the completely different writing style that I had come to expect from him but once I settled in I am enjoying it immensely.

Avatar wrote:Never read that one, but have read a couple of his others. Pretty good stuff.

--A

You should read the diaries. A bit like Gulliver in space - or Baron Münchhausen. It's full of humor, mixed up with scientific facts, deep philosophical thoughts and social criticism.

The Mistborn series. Figured I needed something "lighter" after 9 TCs and ASOIAF re-read + ADWD, something neither resembling an emotional swampland bubbling with oozing, sludgy misery nor describing in detail all the bodily fluids of a googolzillion main characters.

Rather addictive so far, plus Michael Kramer as a reader appears pleasant-voiced and engaging.

Right now, I'm focusing on The Pickwick Papers, but afterwards I'll take on the Earthsea Trilogy and then decide whether or not to go with Crowley's Aegypt cycle or Riddlemaster (depends on how ponderous I want my reading to be).

i finished The City and The City. pretty good detective yarn. he said in an interview somewhere that he wanted to write a book that his mother (who was an avid detective fiction fan and who is also passed away) would love.
i think he accomplished that.

i've started on Iron Council now and i must say as much as i liked The Scar i may even like this one a bit better.

lucimay wrote:i finished The City and The City. pretty good detective yarn. he said in an interview somewhere that he wanted to write a book that his mother (who was an avid detective fiction fan and who is also passed away) would love.
i think he accomplished that.

I didn't know that.

Glad you ended up liking it, after all.

lucimay wrote:

i've started on Iron Council now and i must say as much as i liked The Scar i may even like this one a bit better

IC is amazing! Enjoy!

I'm reading The Wild by David Zindell.

Also from the library, I got War in Heaven and Gardens of the Moon. Starting to feel like Fist's protege .

Doesn't it feel good?!?!?

Go WILD Cambo!!! (don't be totally like Fist, read the Final Chrons )

Way ahead of you on that one, my friend.

currently hanging out with the Grey Swords in Capustan

Just finished a re-read of Daughter of Regals.

I previously only read a borrowed copy, but recently bought my own.

I enjoyed Daughter of Regals itself, kinda felt a bit about the end (I'd forgotten it it was so long ago that I'd read it) the way I feel about the Last Chrons, a bit too much of the magic algebra going on for my taste.

Not sure about any of the rest of the stories, probably liked Ser Visal's Tale the best. I liked the creeping oppressive feel of the Templemen and the unlikely nature of the heroes. In general, however, I didn't think that the form suits SRD's style of extended character development. Still, nice to have it in my collection. Must get my hands on Reave the Just as well.

u.

Better stories in Reave in my opinion.

--A

I agree- that one about the martial artists and the black magician (Killing Strike?) is sheer awesomeness.

(Edit to avoid double posting) Just finished The Wild, and started War in Heaven. These books are the first to rival Covenant for their capture of my imagination. I couldn't be happier with them.

Nearing the end of Dust of Dreams and planning to continue straight away with The Crippled God. After that, I've had it with Erikson for a few years

Cambo wrote:I agree- that one about the martial artists and the black magician (Killing Strike?) is sheer awesomeness.

The Killing Stroke. My favourite short story of his bar none. Would love a series set in that world...

(There's a thread in Gen SRD on the story, if you wanna give your thoughts...)

--A

Spiral Jacobs wrote:Nearing the end of Dust of Dreams and planning to continue straight away with The Crippled God. After that, I've had it with Erikson for a few years

oh...and since i'm reading iron council i have a whole new appreciation of your name!!

right now i'm at the part just after the train goes thru the tunnel and across the bridge and is starting to take up the track behind them.

lucimay wrote:

Spiral Jacobs wrote:Nearing the end of Dust of Dreams and planning to continue straight away with The Crippled God. After that, I've had it with Erikson for a few years

oh...and since i'm reading iron council i have a whole new appreciation of your name!!

right now i'm at the part just after the train goes thru the tunnel and across the bridge and is starting to take up the track behind them.

Iron Council is a great book, I need to reread it soon.

Finally finished Dust of Dreams. Erikson pulls the same trick in every book but man, it can be exciting. In the last 100 pages the book suddenly goes into overdrive.

Spoiler

An aerial battle of sky keeps?!

Oh man.