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Post by wildfire on Mar 31, 2011 10:43:46 GMT -4
So, I haven't read any comics because I was re-reading/Reading the new Patrick Rothfuss book.. Wise Man's Fear.
If you like fantasy even a little bit, run (don't walk) to the store and by Name of the Wind (the first book in the series)... definitely the best straight fantasy story in the last 10 years.
It's got a little Harry Potter in it (there is a wizard's school), but in a much more logical, adult way. It's also got what I think is the best framing sequence ever.. the plot of the framing sequence is just as good as the real story.
It IS pretty flowery.. a fair amount of the 1000-ish pages in the new book is description that could be more concise, but he's a great world builder, so it's really good stuff.
My quick little summary:
Kvothe (the main character) is a Magician/hero/trouper who is the most well known hero in the land, or he was. Now a innkeeper in the hinterlands with the same fiery red hair name Kote has a story to tell, and the Chronicler of the king would very much like to hear it...
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Post by tyguy on Mar 31, 2011 11:11:47 GMT -4
I've always read a lot and recently got myself back to reading every day to break up the time sitting at the computer. I've read The Age of Ra and The Age of Zeus by James Lovegrove. They are military sci-fi but not heavy on the arms and weapons aspects like some other books that kill you with all the details. The last of the series, though the trilogy isn't connected each book stands alone, is The Age of Odin. Each book is about how one pantheon has came out on top and governs the world, and the people who resist.
Also reading the restart of George R.R. Martin's Wild Cards series. These are superhero stories where an alien virus allows for possible powers at birth. You are either a joker with minimal powers and a physical deformity or an ace with better powers. I'm done with Inside Strait and Busted Flush and close to finishing Suicide Kings. I put pdfs of the original series books 1-9 on my mediafire site.
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Post by wildfire on Mar 31, 2011 11:27:27 GMT -4
I read the 1st few Wild Cards books back in the day... pretty cool concept, though, like most mosaics, the actual stories were kinda hit or miss. I've never heard of James Lovegrove.... sounds kinda neat though.... I'm a sucker for a good dose of Norse Mythology. If you like that sorta thing, Mickey Zuckert's series is pretty good... the 1st book in the series is the Winter Wizard, or some such... That's probably not quite right since I can't look it up to get the correct title, but I can when I get home
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Post by Havoc on Mar 31, 2011 11:30:56 GMT -4
So, I haven't read any comics because I was re-reading/Reading the new Patrick Rothfuss book.. Wise Man's Fear. If you like fantasy even a little bit, run (don't walk) to the store and by Name of the Wind (the first book in the series)... definitely the best straight fantasy story in the last 10 years. It's got a little Harry Potter in it (there is a wizard's school), but in a much more logical, adult way. It's also got what I think is the best framing sequence ever.. the plot of the framing sequence is just as good as the real story. It IS pretty flowery.. a fair amount of the 1000-ish pages in the new book is description that could be more concise, but he's a great world builder, so it's really good stuff. My quick little summary: Kvothe (the main character) is a Magician/hero/trouper who is the most well known hero in the land, or he was. Now a innkeeper in the hinterlands with the same fiery red hair name Kote has a story to tell, and the Chronicler of the king would very much like to hear it... I fully agree. I'm in the process of reading it, the last George RR Martin, and the last book in a trilogy by Joe Abercrombie. Of course, once I'm done reading this book, Rothfuss will take until 2015 to put out the next book.
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Post by wildfire on Mar 31, 2011 11:44:48 GMT -4
Yeah, that's the downside.. damn perfectionist writers.... The next George RR Martin book is about 3 years overdue now... supposed to come out in June though I gotta pull the Joe abercrombie book out again... I definitely read the Blade itself when it first came out, but I can't say I remember much from it... he gets alot of good press..seems worth a re-read.
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Post by tyguy on Mar 31, 2011 11:59:20 GMT -4
Yeah the Wild Card novels take a little getting used to. There are some that are straight up regular books, but most are written by several different people. The official website of the series has pretty good reviews and info on all the books. I have pdfs of the Gurps Wild Cards sourcebook and Mutants & Masterminds Wild Cards rpg sourcebook.
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Post by jasonjaconetti on Mar 31, 2011 12:43:23 GMT -4
I'm currently reading Jericho's new book. Hard finding time to read anything these days, but I am trying.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2011 10:31:46 GMT -4
Not reading anything right now, rather waiting for this to arrive...
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Post by ljacone on Apr 6, 2011 9:06:02 GMT -4
Just recently read 2 books.
The Black Hole by Alan Dean Foster -- This novelization of the 1979 scifi movie was pretty damn awesome. I am a big fan of the movie but Foster is a very good author and he really brings the mateial to life. Great trippy ending as well.
Crisis on Centaurus -- This ST:TOS novel by Brad Ferguson was decent, not great but not bad either. Some neat stuff included a love interest for Chekov, while my major fault with it was that the midpoint climax was a lot more exciting than the true climax, and there was a severe lack of McCoy.
Reading the novelization of Dark City by Frank Lauria right now... my local used book store has novelizations at 50 cents a pop so how could I go wrong?
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Post by jasonjaconetti on Apr 6, 2011 9:24:51 GMT -4
Reading the novelization of Dark City by Frank Lauria right now... my local used book store has novelizations at 50 cents a pop so how could I go wrong? Really? That is pretty cool. I have found some of them to be really interesting takes on the film.
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Post by wildfire on Apr 6, 2011 10:01:29 GMT -4
Alan Dean Foster is great at movie Novelizations... his origiinal stuff is pretty good, too... He has a trilogy called 'Spoils of War' that I remember liking, it was sci-fi/space based where a bunch of alien races were all trying to get humans to fight for them, since humans were the most barbaric killers in the galaxy. I read a couple of crappy books on my trip, but I'm also re-reading Gregory Keyes 'Age of Unreason' series. It's pretty fun if you like wacky alternative history... the basis is that Newton discovers alchemy when he write the prinicipia mathematica and young Ben Franklin goes to Europe to be his apprentice... then there's some angels and demons, and a comet hitting London... fun stuff, if a little over the top
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Post by ljacone on Apr 6, 2011 10:23:32 GMT -4
Reading the novelization of Dark City by Frank Lauria right now... my local used book store has novelizations at 50 cents a pop so how could I go wrong? Really? That is pretty cool. I have found some of them to be really interesting takes on the film. Yeah, I picked up the novelizations of Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Dark City, Sudden Impact, and Godzilla 1998 from them for a couple of bucks all told. Now I am on the lookout for more of them.
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Post by tyguy on Apr 6, 2011 10:35:57 GMT -4
Finished Suicide Kings in probably 3-4 days. The Wild Cards novels have a lot of characters to keep straight, but this last one of the current triology I was into. The next book Fort Freak is due out in the summer.
Right now I'm tearing through The Age of Odin. The other two books, Ra and Zeus, the story was that specific pantheon was in control of the world and how a group of people resisted. This one is a little different, it starts with the Nine Worlds do exist, but the Asgardians are fighting against another force on Midguard and have a group of mortals to help.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2011 22:10:39 GMT -4
Started reading Kurt Angle: It's True, It's True which I've had for a while but completely forgot I had. It's pretty awesome so far, especially the part where Kurt talks about his dad being the toughest guy ever. Apparently, he fell head first from a crane 15 feet in the air, cracked his skull in 3 places and broke his shoulders, got up, WALKED TO THE HOSPITAL, and made sure someone called his family before he slipped into a coma. If that whole thing is true, then Angle is probably right about his dad being the toughest guy ever.
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Post by tyguy on May 16, 2011 23:01:01 GMT -4
I'm reading Enemies & Allies. It's a Superman & Batman book set in the 1950s during the Cold War and both are new to the superhero gig. I'm just in the beginning where it's setting up who each of them are. Lex Luthor is working something with the Russians.
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