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YoucriedWolf
Sweden1456 Posts
And the reunion after Hitchens died from 2012. | ||
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elt
Thailand1092 Posts
On June 06 2013 08:11 Explorer86 wrote: I couldn't get through The Books of the South. The series is not written that well but The Books of the North are still fantastic. They go down hill quick after that. I have heard that The Glittering Stone is almost unreadable. I wouldn't exactly call it unreadable, but my beef with it comes mostly from the disjoint between product and expectation. Was hoping for more Black Company hijinks but instead we get... I don't quite know how to describe it. But I'm making decent headway into Soldiers Live now, and the return of a certain Annalist does make things easier. | ||
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Brainsurgeon
Sweden359 Posts
On June 07 2013 19:00 YoucriedWolf wrote: They have met two times here is the original video from 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfNgCaqLIR0 And the reunion after Hitchens died from 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOMjEJ3JO5Q Neat. Now I have something to listen to when I tidy up. | ||
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Vindicare605
United States16097 Posts
![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cd/Feed_Mira_Grant_novel_cover.jpg) Decent so far. | ||
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OsaX Nymloth
Poland3244 Posts
Also: ![[image loading]](http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/osaxnymloth/TheReturnoftheBlackCompany_zps7b2e29ab.jpg) I freaking love the artwork of that guy, he made some awesome things! | ||
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Kleinmuuhg
Vanuatu4091 Posts
On June 07 2013 07:21 SirJolt wrote: So very glad you're enjoying it. We should talk books more often, I think  Do you have to be a native speaker to enjoy it? | ||
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Brainsurgeon
Sweden359 Posts
On June 09 2013 05:18 Kleinmuuhg wrote: Do you have to be a native speaker to enjoy it? Why would you have to be a native speaker to enjoy it? | ||
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Kleinmuuhg
Vanuatu4091 Posts
It's just not the same as if it was your own mother tongue. Depends on the style used / play on words / uncommon phrases etc.. So, there are some books I probably wouldnt enjoy reading in English, because I am not a native speaker. | ||
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Brainsurgeon
Sweden359 Posts
On June 09 2013 05:46 Kleinmuuhg wrote: With my level of English I understand about 85% of all Terry Pratchett jokes and I think that's pretty decent. It's just not the same as if it was your own mother tongue. Depends on the style used / play on words / uncommon phrases etc.. So, there are some books I probably wouldnt enjoy reading in English, because I am not a native speaker. Well, that has got to do with your personal understanding of english, not being a native speaker per se. | ||
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Kleinmuuhg
Vanuatu4091 Posts
I really thought I got my point across, sigh. Goodbye. | ||
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Brainsurgeon
Sweden359 Posts
On June 09 2013 06:06 Kleinmuuhg wrote: Arguing for the sake of arguing. I really thought I got my point across, sigh. Goodbye. See you later, alligator. | ||
BroOd
Austin10833 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/s6yrjDk.jpg) Reading for the second time. Can't recommend it enough. It's a modern American masterpiece, and McCarthy's prose style is impossibly good. | ||
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
I'll have to read it later ! Almost done with Kant's third critic, I need a novel now, I think I'll go with Stalker. | ||
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Bunn
Estonia934 Posts
I also read some books in the MythAdventures series by Robert Lynn Asprin. They were very interesting and funny in their own way. Definitely recommended, if you like fantasy and weird duo's. Now I'm going to read The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov. The first few pages are promising (time travel, controllers of process ( I may be completely wrong  )). | ||
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AUFKLARUNG
Germany245 Posts
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babylon
8765 Posts
Of course it doesn't help that her writing style is dense, veering towards more description than is strictly necessary. | ||
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intothewhite
Australia60 Posts
On June 10 2013 06:27 babylon wrote: I finally managed to find some time to read for enjoyment again, and I keep getting blocked on Robin Hobbs' books. She writes injustices too well, and I just end up feeling all too frustrated for the characters. Or rather, too frustrated to plow through three 600+ page books in a timely manner. -__- Took me ages to finish the Fitz series, and now the Liveship series is just as exhausting in the same way. Of course it doesn't help that her writing style is dense, veering towards more description than is strictly necessary. I found the first two Fitz books to be very interesting and enjoyable, but the third one was incredibly dull and frustrating and I barely managed to struggle through it. | ||
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babylon
8765 Posts
On June 10 2013 10:18 intothewhite wrote: I found the first two Fitz books to be very interesting and enjoyable, but the third one was incredibly dull and frustrating and I barely managed to struggle through it. Don't get me wrong, I think she's enjoyable to read; I just find the sheer number (and nature) of trials she puts her characters through to be brutal. It's very emotionally taxing on me. It's not unlike reading GRRM. (They also both write characters that are just designed to be loathed by the readers. I mean, Regal and Joffrey are the two big ones for me; Kyle in the Liveship series is grating on me too. It's hard to get through books when you just want to strangle some of the spotlight characters.) Yeah, third book of the Fitz series was a drag; nothing happened for the longest time. The ending was really good though. | ||
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templar rage
United States2509 Posts
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
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