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Salteador Neo
Andorra5591 Posts
With that said, First Law started promising and then went down at the end. Other than Glokta, which is a great character imo, the rest is forgettable. Not a book I'd recommend to classic/high fantasy fans that's for sure. For me its a page turner/light read, you can't go into it expecting a masterwork or you will be felt down. | ||
Flicky
England2675 Posts
On March 11 2017 02:04 Redox wrote: I liked the First Law trilogy. I guess I prefer most that there is no classic good vs bad situation and the generally mature approach. And I much prefer when magic is not so omnipresent. Although the build-up is indeed slow. It is a trilogy though, without the 3rd book evaluating the overall arch does not really work. Also I dont agree at all on "no character development". E.g. the development of self-centered golden boy Jezal is one of the main story lines. Logen also has development even though his path kinda takes him full circle and he ends up where he started. Never had any trouble remembering characters. They are indeed often cliche-ed but all super different from each other. I'd say that the story is still pretty black and white compared to other books. Also, development of Jezal? You mean + Show Spoiler + he's a cliché, then he gets hit with a mace and gets nicer? Such a sudden change of tone is not good development, in my opinion. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
![[image loading]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/519cAIT848L._SX323_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg) ![[image loading]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51am8V2N91L._SX330_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg) ![[image loading]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41VQ0tIJMiL.jpg) ![[image loading]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51j0AyyRqgL._SX327_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg) | ||
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Flicky
England2675 Posts
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farvacola
United States18869 Posts
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
![[image loading]](https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51-EAB0ZTgL.jpg) Aurora was really good and the mars trilogy is still one of my favourite series, so I am excited | ||
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[[Starlight]]
United States1578 Posts
 Wonder why? http://www.vulture.com/2017/03/george-r-r-martin-opens-film-studio-instead-of-writing-book.html | ||
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fpivan15
United States63 Posts
Novel by J. D. Salinger xD | ||
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Flicky
England2675 Posts
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goody153
44309 Posts
![[image loading]](http://images.gr-assets.com/books/1480096580l/34897.jpg) the 3rd book of Wheel of Time out of 14 lol oh man totally got what i expected from the series + Show Spoiler [I waited 3 books for this to happen] + He raised Callandor above his head. Silver lightning crackled from the blade, jagged streaks arching toward the great dome above. “Stop!” he shouted. The fighting ceased; men stared at him in wonder, over black veils, from beneath the rims of round helmets. “I am Rand al’Thor!” he called, so his voice rang through the chamber. “I am the Dragon Reborn!” Callandor shone in his grasp. He was so damn naive. Now finally this series is so fun | ||
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Alucen-Will-
United States4054 Posts
On March 15 2017 05:11 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Ironically enough I've been reading the same bio of Oppenheimer lately. Have a professor currently who co-authored it. | ||
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IgnE
United States7684 Posts
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farvacola
United States18869 Posts
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IgnE
United States7684 Posts
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Yurie
12175 Posts
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/horus-heresy-warhammer-book-bundle | ||
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B.I.G.
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123Gurke
France154 Posts
On March 30 2017 03:38 Yurie wrote: Anybody have experience with Warhammer 40k books? Humble bundle doing a bundle about them and curious if it is worth getting if you aren't a huge 40k fan. https://www.humblebundle.com/books/horus-heresy-warhammer-book-bundle I actually started reading Warhammer 40k a few weeks ago. Since I had no idea where to start, I searched online and found these recommendations. I simply started with the first book recommended which is ![[image loading]](http://b-i.forbesimg.com/jenniferbosier/files/2013/04/eisenhorn-eisenhorn-omnibus-14738197.jpeg) For the background, I spent some hours in this wiki which I found very helpful. As far as I see the books in the bundle are the Horus Heresy series. After everything I have read, this seems to be more for people who already have lots of W40k background, so probably it is not the starting point you are looking for. Some comments on the Eisenhorn books I am reading: Generally an OK book. This is obviously supposed to appeal more to young (as in highschool) american males. I am only the latter, so some of the book is quite cheesy to me. For example, the main character is supposed to be the stoic, cool type that I guess appeals to younger guys. To reinforce this, in one encounter his facial nerves are hurt which results in him being unable to show any facial expressions (no, I am not kidding!). Most of the characters are pretty one-dimensional; everything is pretty simple good versus evil. Many of the things the characters do are neither well motivated nor intelligent (like attacking a cult nest containing an unknown number of heretics with unknown special powers with just a team of a handful people despite many more being available). That being said, on a mechanical level it is rather well designed. I imagine that this is the kind of book you learn to write if you pay attention in writing courses. There is nothing wrong with this, easy to read, it's just very formulaic. Overall, this is more of a guilty pleasure for me. I imagine that reading, say, 40 shades of grey or watching telenovelas must be similar for some people. I mostly started this because I wanted to see what the universe is like (kind of as expected, large but not very deep) and I needed something easy to read for a long train trip. And for this purpose these books are fine. So while I am not going crazy about this book or the world, I could see myself reading more W40k books in the future (I have more train trips coming up). | ||
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Yurie
12175 Posts
On March 30 2017 20:53 123Gurke wrote: Overall, this is more of a guilty pleasure for me. I imagine that reading, say, 40 shades of grey or watching telenovelas must be similar for some people. I mostly started this because I wanted to see what the universe is like (kind of as expected, large but not very deep) and I needed something easy to read for a long train trip. And for this purpose these books are fine. So while I am not going crazy about this book or the world, I could see myself reading more W40k books in the future (I have more train trips coming up). Thank you for the information. Based on your post I am skipping that bundle. I still have a 50 book backlog (due to starting to read web novels) so no rush finding more. It seems I am a huge fan of LitRPG, didn't really know that until recently when the genre started expanding and the selection increased. These are books where you can talk about guilty pleasure, I can imagine most other stuff people talk about in that style actually being less of it. | ||
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Flicky
England2675 Posts
A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell - Don't think I have much to say about this beyond the standard response. Super interesting in some places but a little all over. Lists the history nicely and expands on the philosophy of certain points too. My issue is that certain people that Russell doesn't like or agree with get lampooned pretty heavily which leads to entire chapters being pretty weak. | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18469 Posts
On March 06 2017 23:23 Manit0u wrote: No. It's a prequel to the others. The entire idea behind is that both people new to the Sandman and those who read all the other parts will enjoy it. There's plenty of references to the other stories that shed new light on them so the proper reading order is actually this, then all the others, then this again (and again and again, you can read it in circles). My bookstore finally had it, so I picked it up. First impressions are that the artwork is absolutely gorgeous. Absolutely beautiful just to look at. | ||
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