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Reply #825 on: February 08, 2009, 12:46:08 PM
Finished "Guards Guards". It's just as good as ever.

"Eric" is next -- my least-favorite of the books.

I don't really like "The Last Hero" only because it's so hard to read at that size. The story's good though.

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Reply #826 on: February 11, 2009, 02:12:51 AM
ummm... maybe old news but its new to me...
Kindle 2
looks a lot better, and i thought the first one was awesome!  if only i had the moneys... :(

and on a semi related note but not really...
http://www.constitution.org/mac/prince00.htm
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Reply #827 on: February 11, 2009, 10:53:59 AM
Now up to Pratchett's "Moving Pictures".

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Reply #828 on: February 11, 2009, 11:22:40 AM
I'm almost through The Handmaid's Tale, and I'm looking to start something a bit sillier after that. Perhaps I'll pick up some Pratchett.



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Reply #829 on: February 11, 2009, 02:28:25 PM
Halfway through The Dirty Pair Strike Again; will start in on the book from LibraryThing after (Modern Magic by Anne Cordwainer).

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Reply #830 on: February 11, 2009, 07:30:40 PM
goldarn it I've lost my copy of The Truth...

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Reply #831 on: February 12, 2009, 10:58:09 AM
goldarn it I've lost my copy of The Truth...

For a very long time mine was a mousepad in the living room. I put it away after six months.

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Reply #832 on: February 15, 2009, 08:58:48 PM
Picked up 5 Cherryh books.



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Reply #833 on: February 16, 2009, 01:04:51 AM
Picked up 5 Cherryh books.

... and the titles of said books are ...

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Reply #834 on: February 16, 2009, 04:56:53 AM
Gate of Ivrel, Well of Shiuan, Fires of Azeroth, The Pride of Chanur and Fortress in the Eye of time.  I hope I didn't grab any too out of order.  There isn't a list of Cherryh's other books in the front of any of these.  They had book 3 of Cyteen, but not books 1 or 2, so I passed on it for now.  The Pride series looks familiar, I don't know if I've read any, though.

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Reply #835 on: February 16, 2009, 05:15:18 AM
Gate of Ivrel, Well of Shiuan, Fires of Azeroth, The Pride of Chanur and Fortress in the Eye of time.  I hope I didn't grab any too out of order.  There isn't a list of Cherryh's other books in the front of any of these.  They had book 3 of Cyteen, but not books 1 or 2, so I passed on it for now.  The Pride series looks familiar, I don't know if I've read any, though.

Gate, Well and Fires, in that order, are the three volumes of the "Morgaine" trilogy.  There's a later fourth volume continuing that series, Exile's Gate.

The Pride of Chanur is the first of the "Chanur" set; I mentioned it upthread as a possible recommendation.

Fortress in the Eye of Time is the first in a fantasy series; the others you bought are all sci-fi.  Of the five you bought, it's the only one I haven't read.

Sounds like you're off to a good start.  I'd begin with Gate of Ivrel or The Pride of Chanur ... maybe the former since you already possess its following volumes.


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Reply #836 on: February 16, 2009, 07:59:10 AM
I've been having issues with posting.  Sometimes if I take too long to type, it won't let me post.
I know what you mean.  This fucking shitcock board has been really pissing me off of late.

I had the same problem a few times today.  I gave up on one of my posts because of it.

Heads up to whomever is the Admin for the boards:  you should upgrade to 1.1.8, as it fixes some bugs that may be the cause of the problems.



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Reply #837 on: February 16, 2009, 08:11:37 AM
I've been having issues with posting.  Sometimes if I take too long to type, it won't let me post.
I know what you mean.  This fucking shitcock board has been really pissing me off of late.

I had the same problem a few times today.  I gave up on one of my posts because of it.

Heads up to whomever is the Admin for the boards:  you should upgrade to 1.1.8, as it fixes some bugs that may be the cause of the problems.

It's already been passed onto Steve.

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Reply #838 on: February 16, 2009, 01:53:31 PM
Now up to Pratchett's "Reaper Man".

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Reply #839 on: February 16, 2009, 02:11:33 PM
Sounds like you're off to a good start.  I'd begin with Gate of Ivrel or The Pride of Chanur ... maybe the former since you already possess its following volumes.

Followup: Though it's first in a series, The Pride of Chanur satisfies by itself, so you won't feel compelled to immediately go find Chanur's Venture (which I haven't read) right away.  But from what I've heard, Chanur's Venture, The Kif Strike Back, and Chanur's Homecoming do not work as standalones, and one should not read Chanur's Legacy without having read the four preceding.

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Reply #840 on: February 16, 2009, 02:47:26 PM
I planned on the trilogy first.  I did take the time to look for series.  I grabbed Fortress in the Eye of Time because it was fantasy, and wanted to get a good sampling.

I also bought another copy of Ender's Game for the boy and the original Princess Bride for Zobmie.



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Reply #841 on: February 17, 2009, 03:49:39 AM
I planned on the trilogy first.  I did take the time to look for series. 

Oh, and I just remembered ... what does the cover of The Fires of Azeroth look like?  I sure hope it's not the one with Morgaine in a chainmail bikini, engaged in midair combat with some kind of dragon thing, against a backdrop of hellish flame?

That's among the worst book covers ever ... painted by somebody who not only hasn't read the book but hasn't even a rudimentary notion of what it's about.

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Reply #842 on: February 17, 2009, 01:04:31 PM
Nope, she's on horseback.  The cover of Gate of Ivrel has her in a bikini holding the Dragon Sword over her head.  It would have been enough to make me pass it up, if not for your recommendation.



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Reply #843 on: February 17, 2009, 02:07:21 PM
Nope, she's on horseback.  The cover of Gate of Ivrel has her in a bikini holding the Dragon Sword over her head.  It would have been enough to make me pass it up, if not for your recommendation.

Like this?  This one's almost as bad as the infamous Fires of Azeroth cover, but at least there's no dragon.


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Reply #844 on: February 17, 2009, 03:22:19 PM
Yup, that's the one!



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Reply #845 on: February 17, 2009, 04:58:28 PM
Ah, interstellar bikinis.


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Reply #846 on: February 17, 2009, 07:08:03 PM
Now up to Pratchett's "Witches Abroad".

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Reply #847 on: February 17, 2009, 07:10:22 PM
I'd just like to note that this thread is about to break 30k views. Also, I've been here for a month (by the forum's clock anyway, so in reality probably more like two weeks).

Edit: To get on topic, I just finished The Graveyard Book and Nation.
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Reply #848 on: February 20, 2009, 04:32:17 PM
I just went on holiday and read a fair deal:

Double Cross - Malorie Blackman (out of flagging faith for what once was a readable series)
Year Of Our War, No Present Like Time and The Modern World, all by Steph Swainston (one of my favourite trilogies of all time, amazingly imaginative and well built up characters ect.)

Going Postal and Feet Of Clay by Terry Pratchett

Philip K Dick - Human Is?

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Reply #849 on: February 20, 2009, 05:07:46 PM
I just finished Kim Harrison's 'Dead Witch Walking.' I was hesistant to pick it up, because yes, its ANOTHER hot chicks and vampires story, but to my surprise it was actually not half bad. Some interesting world building there (with a couple quibbles I'd love to ask her about).

Intend to pick up the sequel this weekend.

Also, was thrilled to find out Richard K Morgan has a new book out.. and its FANTASY, rather than the excellent sci fi he's known for. It's pretty good, though not as good as his sci fi. I am also slightly thrown that his characters, in this fantasy setting use the F & S cuss words a lot and all their various relatives. I donno, seems to me most fantasy writers come up with a whole different set of cuss words for any given world. Not a big deal I suppose just threw me for a bit as one or two of the characters are pretty profane.