[Madness]

Gene Wolfe - Book of the New Sun...

Has anyone read it?  Thinking of doing a re-read pre-TGO...

It sets a really high standard for fantasy literature, IMO.  One of the best. 

Yikes - I can already feel the groaning gears of not having to source threads for people for a couple years.

But I figured we had a Wolfe thread. I believe a couple of people who participated in the thread then might have read some of it since.

[rhizome]

Measure is unceasing... 

[Madness]

Yikes was totally directed at me, rhizome.

I mean, I know we have something like a thousand topics but previously I was good at remember them when my associations are pinged .

[SilentRoamer]

Forgive my rubbish updating - Ok so I finished Farseer #3 which I actually really enjoyed - I think with Hobb it just took me a while to get used to her style.

Reading epic fantasy in the first person is still quite odd for me but I got inside Fitz mind a lot more with books 2 and 3.

[SilentRoamer]

Started Heinlein's Starship Troopers recently.

[Madness]

I'm a big fan of Heinlein, though I believe most classic SF skates through because I read so much of it as a child and a teenager.

The movie is very well done for that medium and for the specific feel that the director wanted - but the book is way better.

[Wilshire]

Gene Wolfe - Book of the New Sun...

Has anyone read it?  Thinking of doing a re-read pre-TGO...

It sets a really high standard for fantasy literature, IMO.  One of the best. 

I shouldnt judge it too harshly because I never read it through, but it wasn't to my liking. Though I know there are those around here who did very much like it.


Hey SR/anyone, did you read Night's Dawn by Peter F Hamilton? I think it starts with The Reality Dysfunction.

[rhizome]

Yikes was totally directed at me, rhizome.

I mean, I know we have something like a thousand topics but previously I was good at remember them when my associations are pinged .

Yeah, I got that -- sorry if I implied otherwise.

There are a lot of similarities between Bakker & Wolfe:  really good writing, weird books, heavy theological undertones...

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unreliable narrator....

So, I'm not surprised by the reaction in that thread.  I had a really hard time with it the first time through, and I certainly see how it's not to all tastes... much more so than Bakker, actually.

[rhizome]

Gene Wolfe - Book of the New Sun...

Has anyone read it?  Thinking of doing a re-read pre-TGO...

It sets a really high standard for fantasy literature, IMO.  One of the best. 

I shouldnt judge it too harshly because I never read it through, but it wasn't to my liking. Though I know there are those around here who did very much like it.


Hey SR/anyone, did you read Night's Dawn by Peter F Hamilton? I think it starts with The Reality Dysfunction.

Have you read anything else Hamilton? If you have, chances are you'll really like it.

If not... be warned that like everything else of his I've read, it takes a while to get going and is *very* long.  The ideas are really interesting once you're far enough in that things start taking shape.

[Madness]

I really feel I should try Wolfe again but sadly the omnibus editions I have of BOTNS are up north in storage .

[SilentRoamer]

Finished Heinleins Starship Troopers.

[Madness]

Reviewing it, SR?

EDIT: I'll have to update later but I finished The King's Blood in the second of five in The Dagger and the Coin series by Daniel Abraham.

Burned through, actually.

[Wilshire]

Finished The Wise Man's Fear. Another brilliant installment from Rothfuss. Highly recommended.

[MSJ]

Oh, SR don't forget I was part of the slog and The Afflicted Few. So add 6 on to my count.

Almost done with Dancer's Lament, and if you're a fan of Malazan, then you'll love, love, love this. I give a good review of it when I'm done. But, it starts with the very first time Dancer met Kellanved. Awesome.

[MSJ]

Reviewing it, SR?

EDIT: I'll have to update later but I finished The King's Blood in the second of five in The Dagger and the Coin series by Daniel Abraham.

Burned through, actually.

I've got Dagger and Coin, and something always comes up and I never get to them. Should I quit putting them off?