Reading any good books? - Page 39

Serenoli · 12-02-2006, 12:35 PM

In quick succession,

Terry Pratchett - The Wee Free Men
" - A Hat Full Of Sky
" - Wintersmith

are what I've been reading the last 2-3 days. Good ones all around

Lady Ravyn · 12-11-2006, 11:17 AM

YES!!! just got the new tamora pierce book "terrier"!!!

oh, wiat... now i'm reading THREE books at the same time...

hope i have time...

oh, darn, i'll just have to make some

Curubethion · 12-21-2006, 07:51 PM

A Game of Thrones, by GRR Martin...very interesting so far, I'm about halfway through. A little bit of a shock after the mildness of Jordan and Tolkien, I must admit, but a good piece of writing.

Gwaimir Windgem · 01-03-2007, 04:09 PM

Finished Ellman's biography of Oscar Wilde.

Beren3000 · 01-03-2007, 06:36 PM

I'm currently reading a selection of poems by Rainer Maria Rilke. Awesome stuff! The man was a true genius.

Gwaimir Windgem · 01-04-2007, 03:29 PM

Reading Boethius' "Consolation of Philosophy".

Ireth · 01-06-2007, 05:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curubethion

A Game of Thrones, by GRR Martin...very interesting so far, I'm about halfway through. A little bit of a shock after the mildness of Jordan and Tolkien, I must admit, but a good piece of writing.

I'm reading the series too. I'm currently in the middle of book 4.

G.R.R.Martin has a way of shattering stereotypes. Read through to the end. There's more and more coming your way.

Curubethion · 01-07-2007, 03:45 PM

Just started Clash of Kings.

Lief Erikson · 01-15-2007, 03:21 AM

What's it like? Not that I want any spoilers, you understand.

littleadanel · 01-15-2007, 06:17 AM

What is it about spoilers? That's something I never could understand. Okay, some people don't like to know what they will read/see/hear/who's the murderer etc. But why?

The fact that you know (some of) the storyline, does it lessen the enjoyment or what? For me it never "spoiled" anything... but that's just me of course. *shrug*

Lief Erikson · 01-15-2007, 01:08 PM

I'd be glad to explain

. I like suspense, and there is no suspense if I know how the book will turn out.

Curubethion · 01-15-2007, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lief Erikson

What's it like? Not that I want any spoilers, you understand.

Pretty good, it matches the first book. I liked the character changes some of the people went through. There was a gasp moment. At least one gasp moment. Not to mention one of the coolest battle scenes ever.

I thought you'd read A Feast for Crows...or was that just Falathion?

Lief Erikson · 01-15-2007, 03:50 PM

Probably Falathion. I haven't read any books by G.R.R. Martin.

Curubethion · 01-15-2007, 09:11 PM

Oh, wow! Yeah, it was a good book. I like the way the plot's set out, although sometimes it gets complicated. It's also interesting how he uses the elements to portray the Houses of Stark (Ice) and Targaryen (Fire).

GRR Martin has a lot of politics in that series. Although it's easier to understand than WoT.

Lief Erikson · 01-16-2007, 02:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curubethion

Oh, wow! Yeah, it was a good book. I like the way the plot's set out, although sometimes it gets complicated. It's also interesting how he uses the elements to portray the Houses of Stark (Ice) and Targaryen (Fire).

I'm interested

. I'll put them on my fiction reading list. That reading list up to now has only had one book on it, and that book has been on it for months now

. I'm interested in checking GRR Martin's writing out now, though

.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curubethion

GRR Martin has a lot of politics in that series. Although it's easier to understand than WoT.

WoT goes into too much detail on irrelevant plot threads and political situations that have very little to do with the main storyline, IMO.

littleadanel · 01-16-2007, 05:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lief Erikson

I'd be glad to explain

. I like suspense, and there is no suspense if I know how the book will turn out.

I see.

I thought that'd be it... even though I'm different. I like suspense too, but even if I know the story, the what, there is still suspense about the how, you know? And unless someone reads the story to me word by word (

) - well, there is always something to discover.

Lief Erikson · 01-16-2007, 06:13 AM

Hmm. That's got to be nice

. And I enjoy my way of feeling suspense about the what, as well. I'm glad people can enjoy books in different ways.

hectorberlioz · 01-16-2007, 11:43 AM

I've been doing some considerable Lite Reading

....Hank the Cowdog!!!

brownjenkins · 01-16-2007, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lief Erikson

I'm interested

. I'll put them on my fiction reading list. That reading list up to now has only had one book on it, and that book has been on it for months now

. I'm interested in checking GRR Martin's writing out now, though

.

WoT goes into too much detail on irrelevant plot threads and political situations that have very little to do with the main storyline, IMO.

I'd suggest Martin as well. He writes long books like Jordan, but is much better at self-editing. Probably because he spent a lot of time as an editor throughout his life.

From purely the standpoint of prose, I'd say he's arguably the best fantasy writer I've read. His only shortcoming, in my point of view, is that he could add a bit more "big picture" fantasy into his series, but that might be addressed later, since there is still more to come.

Curubethion · 01-16-2007, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lief Erikson

WoT goes into too much detail on irrelevant plot threads and political situations that have very little to do with the main storyline, IMO.

No worries about that in Martin. Pretty much all of the threads key into the main plot, which...well, I can't really tell you, because it's a spoiler, spurred on by something that happens at least midway through the book.

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12-21-2006, 07:51 PM	#763
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	A Game of Thrones, by GRR Martin...very interesting so far, I'm about halfway through. A little bit of a shock after the mildness of Jordan and Tolkien, I must admit, but a good piece of writing. __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

01-03-2007, 04:09 PM	#764
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Finished Ellman's biography of Oscar Wilde. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle Last edited by Gwaimir Windgem : 01-03-2007 at 04:15 PM.

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Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Reading Boethius' "Consolation of Philosophy". __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

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01-07-2007, 03:45 PM	#768
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	Just started Clash of Kings. __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

01-15-2007, 03:21 AM	#769
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	What's it like? Not that I want any spoilers, you understand. __________________ If the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. ~Oscar Wilde, written from prison Oscar Wilde's last words: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do."

01-15-2007, 06:17 AM	#770
littleadanel of the House of Bëor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Eastwards. Posts: 979	What is it about spoilers? That's something I never could understand. Okay, some people don't like to know what they will read/see/hear/who's the murderer etc. But why? The fact that you know (some of) the storyline, does it lessen the enjoyment or what? For me it never "spoiled" anything... but that's just me of course. shrug __________________ I'm good in bed - I can sleep for days

01-15-2007, 01:08 PM	#771
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	I'd be glad to explain . I like suspense, and there is no suspense if I know how the book will turn out. __________________ If the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. ~Oscar Wilde, written from prison Oscar Wilde's last words: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do."

01-15-2007, 03:50 PM	#773
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	Probably Falathion. I haven't read any books by G.R.R. Martin. __________________ If the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. ~Oscar Wilde, written from prison Oscar Wilde's last words: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do."

01-15-2007, 09:11 PM	#774
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	Oh, wow! Yeah, it was a good book. I like the way the plot's set out, although sometimes it gets complicated. It's also interesting how he uses the elements to portray the Houses of Stark (Ice) and Targaryen (Fire). GRR Martin has a lot of politics in that series. Although it's easier to understand than WoT. __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

01-16-2007, 06:13 AM	#777
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	Hmm. That's got to be nice . And I enjoy my way of feeling suspense about the what, as well. I'm glad people can enjoy books in different ways. __________________ If the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. ~Oscar Wilde, written from prison Oscar Wilde's last words: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do."

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