EPTWhat Are You Reading 2013 - Page 123
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
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lungic
Sweden123 Posts
![[image loading]](http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1327881551l/3227063.jpg) Some parts were very good fantasy, but the "feelings" part made me cringe. Up next is: ![[image loading]](http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1316738623l/1875580.jpg) | ||
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qqK
Germany282 Posts
On September 09 2013 03:05 lungic wrote: Just finished: Haha, what a terrible cover. | ||
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
edit: to the lighthouse will have to wait a little bit, I just got a copy of the gospel according to jesus christ by saramago and it doesn't wanna wait to be read | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
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Iceman331
United States1306 Posts
http://parahumans.wordpress.com/category/stories-arcs-1-10/arc-1-gestation/1-01/ (link is to chapter 1) Worm is a serial web novel set in a universe of the author's creation where humans with superpowers (parahumans) are a fairly common phenomenon. I can't possibly give a short description that both does it justice and avoids spoilers, but the story follows a young female protagonist who is (at the start of the story) attempting to find her place in the world of superheros/villains. The story is epic in scale, and last time I checked with the author a few weeks ago it was in the neighborhood of 1.5 million words (for perspective, the entirety of George RR Martin's works are around 1.4 million now). The writing is technically excellent, the story is engaging, and a lot of attention is paid to developing the many minor and major characters that appear throughout. It updates 2x a week and the author has not missed a single scheduled update in over 3 years,so it is on pace to finish within the next 6 months or so I think. Anyways, I highly recommend checking this out if you are into this type of story and can stand the suspense of 1-2 cliffhangers a week from now until whenever it concludes. Mandatory disclaimer because someone is going to ask: this is not my work. Not sure I really have any way to prove that, but you can take my word for it or not as you please. | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
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lungic
Sweden123 Posts
On September 09 2013 03:35 qqK wrote: Haha, what a terrible cover. I've got the Trilogy ed. and it got a sword hilt on the cover. But now that you mention it, I realized now that I never really had a good look at the cover I posted. I guess that goes from reading too much Sci-Fi and Fantasy, which way too often really has nothing to do with the actual story. | ||
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Ryndika
1489 Posts
During that I managed to visit library and got Nikolai Gogol collected tales. | ||
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Doppelganger
488 Posts
Agreed. That line! Could it be any more cliché? | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
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Syn Harvest
United States191 Posts
On September 09 2013 22:30 Ryndika wrote: OH SHIT Okay new "dude who just finished norwegian wood" here.: D That book was SO cute and decently bitter. It was exactly what I was promised; 'full of life, entertaining, sexy and funny.' I was walking around city, my nose in the book. Good thing I didn't get under car. During that I managed to visit library and got Nikolai Gogol collected tales. I loved Norwegian Wood if your looking for continued thoughts of his on a similar subject check out Sputnik Sweetheart | ||
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Frudgey
Canada3367 Posts
Hopefully they'll tie me over until Winds of Winter comes out. | ||
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lungic
Sweden123 Posts
Another of those books that didn't feel anything special. Nothing particularly wrong, but I wasn't engrossed in it. Not sure what to read next. | ||
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Animzor
Sweden2154 Posts
On September 10 2013 08:16 sam!zdat wrote: military sf is so pointless. Supposedly 'the forever war' is like the best one, but it sucks. Miles better than fucking john scalzi at least Started reading both those books, could not finish either one. Why do people recommend them? Old Man's War in particular is terribly written. edit: i assumed you were talking about old man's war  | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
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TOCHMY
Sweden1692 Posts
On September 10 2013 09:21 Syn Harvest wrote: I loved Norwegian Wood if your looking for continued thoughts of his on a similar subject check out Sputnik Sweetheart I can only agree with this fellow. I loved Norwegian Wood and I read Sputnik Sweetheart the day after I read Norweigian Wood, and i loved Sputnik even more than Wood. Damn Murakami you're awesome <3 | ||
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DVNO911
14 Posts
![[image loading]](http://darcymoore.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/310.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://thompsonhotelssocial.com/blog/cms/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/rum-diary6.jpg) I was surprised how accurate the Fear & Loathing movie was compared to the book. The Rum Diary movie is just absolutely worthless in comparison, though. Both great reads, I'm not sure which one i preferred. | ||
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radiatoren
Denmark1907 Posts
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