Kevin's Watch

Currently re-reading Vurt by Jeff Noon. Holds some odd memories for me as when I read it originally I was breaking up with my girlfriend of the time who'd actually lent me the book.

Having said that, I do love the book. Something about the story and the way it's written really clicked with me. It just throws you into this world with no explanation to the language, the setting, how stuff works and just lets you get on with it.

Finished Gap. Holy crap, the last installment was intense, so full of intrigue and sheer bad-assness. Honestly, it got better with every book. Must be some kind of an achievement in itself, as so many other series have their climax somewhere in the middle and then just tend to shrivel into a half-hearted circus of characters bumping into one another. Plus, Angus makes all those Sith Lords and other space-whatsits feel like petty piddlers that gloat manically over the successful theft of a baby's paficier. Still thinking that ASOIAF's Ramsay Bolton's more disturbing than he, though.

Hmh. Not sure what to listen to next. Still on a mood for something gloomy and gritty.

Zorm wrote:Finished Gap. Holy crap, the last installment was intense, so full of intrigue and sheer bad-assness. Honestly, it got better with every book. Must be some kind of an achievement in itself, as so many other series have their climax somewhere in the middle and then just tend to shrivel into a half-hearted circus of characters bumping into one another. Plus, Angus makes all those Sith Lords and other space-whatsits feel like petty piddlers that gloat manically over the successful theft of a baby's paficier. Still thinking that ASOIAF's Ramsay Bolton's more disturbing than he, though.

Hmh. Not sure what to listen to next. Still on a mood for something gloomy and gritty.

Haven't gotten to the point where I've met Ramsay Bolton. So we'll see

I agree, This Day All Gods Die was (for me) a book long climax. Could not leave it alone until I finished it, to hell with the preparations for my brother's wedding!

Just stared reading a Game of Thrones.

No, its not because of the Mini-Series...I've never seen it as I do not own a television.

The GF has seen it though, and she knows I like Fantasy Books, so she picked it up for me for Christmas.

Only a third of the way in, but enjoying it so far =)

Orlion wrote: Haven't gotten to the point where I've met Ramsay Bolton. So we'll see

I agree, This Day All Gods Die was (for me) a book long climax. Could not leave it alone until I finished it, to hell with the preparations for my brother's wedding!

While I can put a book down even during a thrilling section, I have a horrible habit of spoilering myself if I become strongly attached to some character. This occurred several times with ASOIAF, not to mention that I completely managed to ruin the suspense of WGW's ending by rushing to Wikipedia to see if The First and Pitch would survive. Now, however, steeled my resolve and shunned even the Gap forum until the very end.

Zorm wrote:not to mention that I completely managed to ruin the suspense of WGW's ending by rushing to Wikipedia to see if The First and Pitch would survive.

You did WHAT? Blasphemer! Apostate! Defiler! Raver!

I do agree with you on TDAGD, though. I read it in one sitting, from one morning through to the next, stopping only to get food.

Zorm wrote:Finished Gap. Holy crap...

Yeah, good innit?

I've got 100 pages of House of Chains left. Skipped the first 100 odd pages though.

--A

Avatar wrote:

Zorm wrote:Finished Gap. Holy crap...

Yeah, good innit?

So good it rhymes!

Cambo wrote:

Zorm wrote:not to mention that I completely managed to ruin the suspense of WGW's ending by rushing to Wikipedia to see if The First and Pitch would survive.

You did WHAT? Blasphemer! Apostate! Defiler! Raver!

Hey. It's my book and reading experience. I still managed to cry my head off. And re-read the whole sod almost instantly thereafter, which merely lead to more bawling.

Perchance I shall read Mordant's Need entirely from back to front when I succeed in getting a copy! *plots evilly*


Back to topic: Started Sanderson's The Way of Kings. A 45-hour audio clump, hopefully it's worth the time.

Just teasing, Zorm. Enjoy Mordant's Need!

Midnight Tides.

--A

Cambo wrote:Just teasing, Zorm. Enjoy Mordant's Need!

I know. Though, if one becomes elevated to the evilness rank of a Raver by thus self-spoilering WGW, would reading MN both upside down and back-to-front then equal Foul?

You may be on to something, Zorm...

Blindsight by Peter Watts. Liking it so far.

The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon.

aliantha wrote:The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon.

oh crap i haven't gotten that yet!


still on the Reacher thing. not fantasy in the strictest sense but Reacher is kind of a fantastical hero (clock in his head, drifter, carries no belongings except a toothbrush, no fixed address, always gets the bad guys, can solo fight up to 8 adversaries at once and put em all down, drinks ungodly amounts of coffee, and gets laid nearly every book by the most awesome women!! lol! child said of his most recent book and the reacher love interest that he'd gone 2 books without reacher getting laid and he just couldn't see his way clear to go 3 books without reacher getting laid!!! )

i keep meaning to restart malazan but haven't yet.
i keep meaning to reread all of ASOIAF but haven't yet.
i keep meaning to reread all of outlander but haven't yet.

Reacher just does it for me.
in case you are not familiar there are 16 books in the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. Reacher is my new favorite and Lee Child is just an awesome guy to listen to talk about writing and about what he writes in particular.

I'd managed to forget that The Scottish Prisoner was coming out, and then the author started posting excerpts every day on Facebook and I realized that Jamie was in it. I can take or leave Lord John, but Jamie made this one worth reading for me.

Mr Hat wrote:Currently re-reading Vurt by Jeff Noon. Holds some odd memories for me as when I read it originally I was breaking up with my girlfriend of the time who'd actually lent me the book.

Having said that, I do love the book. Something about the story and the way it's written really clicked with me. It just throws you into this world with no explanation to the language, the setting, how stuff works and just lets you get on with it.

Nice, Vurt is a personal favourite of mine, but no-one seems to know it. And I agree, I also like it when a book just dumps me in a world and lets me figure stuff out.

Currently listening to Rainbow's End by Vernor Vinge.


Question: how do you people pronounce 'Vinge'? I always said something like "vindʒ", but the narrator says "vindʒiː".

I just finished Iron Council. Now I know who you are, Spiral Jacobs!

Now he'll have to kill you.

wayfriend wrote:I just finished Iron Council. Now I know who you are, Spiral Jacobs!

heh, i had that same experience when i read Iron Council!

The Bonehunters.

--A