Apparently I did not order The Stars My Destination, but A Fire Upon the Deep by Verner Vinge. This one features a race of mind-linking dog aliens and that's about all I know so far!
I've consumed about 400 pages in the last couple days, and while I find it totally absurd that sentient mind-linking dog aliens would develop medieval technologies and architecture even remotely resembling human analogues, they sure are charming to read about. :x
I have been reading a bit of science fiction lately (which is very off brand for me), but I've been enjoying it. Finishing up Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness before moving onto Joan D. Vinge's The Snow Queen.
I'm a huge fan of Jim Butcher in general, with a preference for Dresden Files and Cinder Spires. The first is a noir detective series set in the modern world, with wizards, fae, vampires and such. The latter is a steampunk fantasy set in a world of huge, nation-spires separated by monser-laden mist, where trade and travel are done by airships.
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Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff. Not my favorite thing she's written but still good.
"Oh yeah, you're a naughty mayor, aren't you? Misfile that Form MA631-D. Comptroller Shevat's got a nice gemstone disc for you, but yer gonna have to beg for it."
Is Elantris one of Sanderson's High school works, because it feels really unpolished compared to Mistborn + Wax and Wayne, and Words of Radiance/Way of Kings
Is Elantris one of Sanderson's High school works, because it feels really unpolished compared to Mistborn + Wax and Wayne, and Words of Radiance/Way of Kings
As far as I'm aware it's his first published book, so yeah, it is on the rougher side. Personally I feel like a lot of his post finishing wheel of time stuff is markedly better than his pre finishing wheel of time.
I also found it really interesting to look at the excerpts from the earlier drafts of Way of Kings he has on his website and compare it with the finished product.
I'm in the same position waiting for Jim Butcher to release more info for Peace Talks, his next Dresden Files book, which I am fully expecting to DEVOUR the day after it's released...
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Reading Dancing in the Baron's Shadow, a historical fiction thriller set in Haiti during Papa Doc's infamous dictatorship, where one man tries to free his brother from the notorious Fort Dimanche prison. It's pretty good so far. (Also the author is one of the nicest people you'll ever meet.)
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My wife picked up the newest Harry Potter book, and was entranced by it enough to read it in one night
Everiine said: The reason population is low isn't because there are too many orgs. It's because so many facets of the game are outright broken and protected by those who benefit from it being that way. An overabundance of gimmicks (including game-breaking ones), artifacts that destroy any concept of balance, blatant pay-to-win features, and an obsession with convenience that makes few things actually worthwhile all contribute to the game's sad decline.
I was surprised to find that the "Lord Dreamer" is used quite often in Le Guin's The Word for the World is Forest. It is lovely, though a bit different than her other works. Finished The Dispossessed a couple days ago, and I will say that that is probably one of my favorite books in a long time.
You know your werewolf book is reaching for the bottom of the barrel when: 1) All the characters, who range in age from 16 to 60 so far, use the same tone, vocabulary, and cadence in spite of what the narration says and the fact that one is technically a PhD, two are cops, one is a waitress, a reporter, a trucker, a 'crazy' drunk, and two teens. One of the cops and one of the teens are mentioned to be part of the local first nations tribe, but don't even pay lip service to that. Haven't met the werewolf, but prospects aren't looking good. 2) The narration uses almost the same tone, vocabulary, and cadence as all of the characters. 3) The 'perspective chapters' all read the same, which is the same as point 2. 4) The PhD in Cryptozoology A - thinks it's Bigfoot in spite of seeing huge wolf tracks, wolf fur, canine tooth impressions, and claw marks, B - had to be told what a loup-garou was. By the drunk. C - recieved the 'eureka' moment via seeing The Wolf Man. Yes, that one. 5) The wolf has a howl that has been described as both unearthly and ear splitting, but the only people who've heard it are either suddenly dead or never mention it again. They'll talk all night about how they saw a little fur, or smelled wet fur, or heard growling or just felt uneasy. But the unnatural and unearthly howling? Not worth mentioning, they'll figure it out.
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Lmao, werewolf fiction, oh man. I had a friend who edited freelance for some of those and the things he'd tell me. Did not envy him.
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@Luce it sounds like one of those where the point of the plot is to make the beast with two backs out of the Main Characters as quickly as possible. XD
Which one is it? just out of curiosity?
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I suggest Lynn Flewelling - Luck in the shadows series. No werewolves. Features a dashing pair of agent provocateurs who dash from one adventure to another. Completely PG with plenty of sweet tasty fade to black action.
Do RPG rulebooks count? 'Cause Promethean: The Created's new edition just came out, and this is some great stuff. The fluff sections are borderline literature.
Any sufficiently advanced pun is indistinguishable from comedy.
I've been really feeling a need to just read in general, so I went back and read the first HP book.
The apple is cold, crisp, and sour as the juices fill your mouth. As you consume the fruit, you glimpse, for a moment, a massive, shadowy figure, Her snow-white hair framing a perfect, icy-eyed visage. Beneath you, a vast, perfect web of silken strands lies - and, for a moment, you realize that you too are part of it, weaver and strand both - and home.
I cannot recommend Jim Butcher highly enough. I've read one book of his that I haven't liked, and it's because he wrote it on a bet (he won) and the sequels were much better.
I cannot recommend Jim Butcher highly enough. I've read one book of his that I haven't liked, and it's because he wrote it on a bet (he won) and the sequels were much better.
Furies of Calderon?
I'm Lucidian. If I don't get pedantic every so often, I might explode.
I read Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer in a day. Pretty cool, if lacking a little in resolution. I guess that's what the other two books are for. I did discover that it's going to become a movie by the guy behind Ex Machina, so I'm certainly excited to see how that shapes up.
I'll be going through the Circle Open series by Tamora Pierce again (haven't read it in AGES) after I finish the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (though honestly why isn't it named after Perenelle, she's definitely the better of the two).
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I've consumed about 400 pages in the last couple days, and while I find it totally absurd that sentient mind-linking dog aliens would develop medieval technologies and architecture even remotely resembling human analogues, they sure are charming to read about. :x
Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."
1) All the characters, who range in age from 16 to 60 so far, use the same tone, vocabulary, and cadence in spite of what the narration says and the fact that one is technically a PhD, two are cops, one is a waitress, a reporter, a trucker, a 'crazy' drunk, and two teens. One of the cops and one of the teens are mentioned to be part of the local first nations tribe, but don't even pay lip service to that. Haven't met the werewolf, but prospects aren't looking good.
2) The narration uses almost the same tone, vocabulary, and cadence as all of the characters.
3) The 'perspective chapters' all read the same, which is the same as point 2.
4) The PhD in Cryptozoology A - thinks it's Bigfoot in spite of seeing huge wolf tracks, wolf fur, canine tooth impressions, and claw marks, B - had to be told what a loup-garou was. By the drunk. C - recieved the 'eureka' moment via seeing The Wolf Man. Yes, that one.
5) The wolf has a howl that has been described as both unearthly and ear splitting, but the only people who've heard it are either suddenly dead or never mention it again. They'll talk all night about how they saw a little fur, or smelled wet fur, or heard growling or just felt uneasy. But the unnatural and unearthly howling? Not worth mentioning, they'll figure it out.
Which one is it? just out of curiosity?
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I suggest Lynn Flewelling - Luck in the shadows series. No werewolves. Features a dashing pair of agent provocateurs who dash from one adventure to another. Completely PG with plenty of sweet tasty fade to black action.
Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."
Ixion tells you, "// I don't think anyone else had a clue, amazing form."