YOU MUST TELL ME ... What else are you reading?

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« Reply #90 on: October 30, 2013, 07:10:42 pm »
How'd you like Ramachandran, Royce?
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« Reply #91 on: October 31, 2013, 05:49:09 pm »
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How'd you like Ramachandran, Royce?

I love that guy :) His curiosity, smartness, and humble techniques were simply amazing. The fact that I can understand what he is talking about(not a neuroscientist) says something about his skills as a writer as well. I am actually re- reading it now :). Had many "Neuropath is actually not fiction" moments, which is kind of disturbing.

He has propelled himself into my top 20 favorite people of all time :)

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« Reply #92 on: November 04, 2013, 01:36:32 pm »
I have finished Dust of Dreams and am making good time on The Crippled God.
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« Reply #93 on: November 05, 2013, 03:35:15 pm »
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How'd you like Ramachandran, Royce?

I love that guy :) His curiosity, smartness, and humble techniques were simply amazing. The fact that I can understand what he is talking about(not a neuroscientist) says something about his skills as a writer as well. I am actually re- reading it now :). Had many "Neuropath is actually not fiction" moments, which is kind of disturbing.

He has propelled himself into my top 20 favorite people of all time :)


Yeah, I enjoy his thought process immensely.

EDIT: And because school is killing me inside - The Aspect-Emperor: The White-Luck Warrior - R. Scott Bakker ;)
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« Reply #94 on: November 14, 2013, 03:06:45 am »
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, just finished it a few days ago. It may be one of my favorite books of all time, seriously. Mantel's a phenomenal writer. Not I'm starting The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell, which I've been meaning to get around to for some time.

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« Reply #95 on: November 18, 2013, 02:27:48 pm »
The kings blood, Daniel Abraham. Book 2 of 4 in a series that just gets better and better.
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« Reply #96 on: November 18, 2013, 04:58:56 pm »
About to finish up The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe (Book 1 of this series The Book of the New Sun).

Its kind of a slow burn but it feels like a setup for things to come. I like the writing so I'll probably read the next book in the series and see where it takes me.
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« Reply #97 on: November 28, 2013, 03:55:34 am »
I have finished The Crippled God. What a trip this has been! Madness, I know you are stuck on Midnight Tides, but I'll just say that it's at the end of The Bonehunters that one can really get a sense of the direction that the story is going.
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« Reply #98 on: November 28, 2013, 12:56:21 pm »
Damnit, Meyna...

Your testimonial compels me. And, I mean, one just has to read an epic like Erikson's twice, you know, to truly appreciate the seeding, foreshadowing, etc :P.

EDIT: Also, for the thread, I'm going to not read Machiavelli, or any of his thrice-damned critics, for a long while.
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« Reply #99 on: November 28, 2013, 12:59:11 pm »
I think that after I recover I'm going to read all of the supplementary material and then reread the main series again (an action unprecedented for me), yeah 8)
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« Reply #100 on: November 28, 2013, 01:17:51 pm »
Seems like it would be worthwhile (especially, as I thought GOTM and DG were two of the strongest books of the first five).
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« Reply #101 on: November 28, 2013, 11:32:26 pm »
One reading of MBOTF was plenty for me.  DG was the only book that really moved me, I read it first.  GOTM was very reminiscent of someone's Monty Hall D&D campaign.
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« Reply #102 on: November 29, 2013, 02:24:57 pm »
Duiker fan, Curethan :D? I also really appreciated Coltaine.
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« Reply #103 on: November 30, 2013, 07:28:37 am »
Just finished Viriconium by M John Harrison. A slow descent into madness,seen from the perspective of a city. I know it sounds weird, and it was.

Started on Gardens of the moon, by Steven Erikson. Wish me luck on the slog of slogs :)

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« Reply #104 on: November 30, 2013, 10:34:35 am »
Started on Gardens of the moon, by Steven Erikson. Wish me luck on the slog of slogs :)
Good luck!

The only slog rule is to go on until you have finished #2, Deadhouse Gates.
GotM is much weaker.

I read the Malazan books up until Bonehunters I think. Then lost interest. The first few books I found ok/entertaining in general, with a few really great parts. But the series was just too haphazard and unfocused for me.