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I recently bought Glen Cook's "Sweet Silver Blues". This is a book in the Garrett, P.I. series. Basically, it's a Mickey Spillane (Mike Hammer) type P.I. book, but it's in a fantasy setting. It's not real swords and sorcery type stuff, just a bit of fantasy to make it interesting. I'd read 3 or 4 other books of this series and always liked it. They've got great plots and they're funny as hell. So I read Sweet Silver Blues. I finished it and went to the book store and bought "Old Tin Sorrows." I finished that in about 2 days. I then went back and bought "Bitter Gold Hearts" and "Cold Copper Tears." I just finished both of those. Now I have to find the next two.
Glen Cook is, IMO, one of the best fantasy writers out there right now.
Glen Cook is, IMO, one of the best fantasy writers out there right now.
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Currently reading The Garden of Iden by Kage Baker, first book of 'The Company' series.
Though the towers of the city are denied to we men of clay
still we know we shall scale the heights some day.
Frightened in the silence -
frightened, but thinking very hard,
let us make computations of the stars.
still we know we shall scale the heights some day.
Frightened in the silence -
frightened, but thinking very hard,
let us make computations of the stars.
Just started The Hobbit, and am planning to go continue The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, The Unfinished Tales and The Children of Hurin afterwards. The last two I have never read at all, and the others for the last time in 2002/2003.
On a much less fantasy-like note, I am also reading Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, at the moment.
On a much less fantasy-like note, I am also reading Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, at the moment.
You charge each other for the time and breath it takes to say 'good morning',
But the truth is slowly dawning -- things are getting out of hand,
We all pursue our shattered dreams along the roads to our own ruin --
Watch our empires sink and wash away like castles made of sand.
And so cast off the lies that are your lives and find the truth within. -- Martin Walkyier
Also, Balrogs have wings.
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But the truth is slowly dawning -- things are getting out of hand,
We all pursue our shattered dreams along the roads to our own ruin --
Watch our empires sink and wash away like castles made of sand.
And so cast off the lies that are your lives and find the truth within. -- Martin Walkyier
Also, Balrogs have wings.
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I just read them. They were meh. Not great not terrible. Just meh.Chiri wrote:twilight... grrrrr...
Right now I am reading Wolves of Calla. I am also reading the Time Traveller's Wife for the second time before the movie comes out. It's the most brutally heart wrenching book I have ever read and I just know that the movie is going to destroy it.

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Mike Moorcock's classic "Stormbringer". Moorcock lists it in his own "100 Best of Fantasy" book, but on its own here, with years between me and the last read, it's seeming pretty doltish viz the nondisclosing of any technical data with regards to the magic weapons and their powers, the details of the scientific combat are also undisclosed, and there is zero masterfully written general and didactic tale with to advance we readers in the cause of accomplicing either Chaos, Law or Elric!
Telemachus is reading the dope! Jack Vance is MY FAVORITE WRITER!
I totally recommend "the Complete Tales of the Dying Earth" to anyone who digs Dungeons & Dragons, wild phony language, black humor, timeless apathy, classic fantasy romance, sticks, stones, time machines, frankenstein, satanic orgies, revenge, disfigurement, polyandry, spells of forlorn encystment, sandestin magic, chivalry, mystery, initiation, folklore, fairy tale, cherry red suns, ultramarine skies, hightowers and hoveltries.
Telemachus is reading the dope! Jack Vance is MY FAVORITE WRITER!
I totally recommend "the Complete Tales of the Dying Earth" to anyone who digs Dungeons & Dragons, wild phony language, black humor, timeless apathy, classic fantasy romance, sticks, stones, time machines, frankenstein, satanic orgies, revenge, disfigurement, polyandry, spells of forlorn encystment, sandestin magic, chivalry, mystery, initiation, folklore, fairy tale, cherry red suns, ultramarine skies, hightowers and hoveltries.
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]ariellajem wrote:I just read them. They were meh. Not great not terrible. Just meh.Chiri wrote:twilight... grrrrr...
That sums up my assessment perfectly.
Fahrenheit 451 is amazing. The social commentary is only growing more relevant (iPods? Giant flatscreen TVs? Censorship?), and Bradbury has an incredible and unique gift for the English language.eolas wrote:Fahrenheit 451, it wasn't as interesting as i expected; but I'm only at the 50th page, I still have my hope by myself.
Though the towers of the city are denied to we men of clay
still we know we shall scale the heights some day.
Frightened in the silence -
frightened, but thinking very hard,
let us make computations of the stars.
still we know we shall scale the heights some day.
Frightened in the silence -
frightened, but thinking very hard,
let us make computations of the stars.
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After Beyond the Techno Cave: A guerilla Writer's Guide to Post-Millenial Culture by Harold Jaffe I've just started to read a bunch of stories by Mark Twain:)
I must agree the fact that it was very brave to publish this kind of a book in those times, but I just couldn't get the idea out of my head that it was "very" alike to 1984 or Brave New World. I appreciate the heart and intelligence of Bradbury, but in my opininion everything grows too fast and you can't get into the book. I've read in an article that the first version of the book was half shorter than that; just one magazine was interested in the book, but they had a condition: Bradbury had had to make it longer. For me, that's probably the reason of lack of atmosphere and feelings.Fahrenheit 451 is amazing. The social commentary is only growing more relevant (iPods? Giant flatscreen TVs? Censorship?), and Bradbury has an incredible and unique gift for the English language.
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The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Such an awesome piece of work! this guy is a genius writer! his words are so.. beautiful... it's amazing.... this is a real FANTASY book...
Such an awesome piece of work! this guy is a genius writer! his words are so.. beautiful... it's amazing.... this is a real FANTASY book...
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No, I mean the Last Unicorn. no wings in there.. you know, the story with king Haggard, prince Lír and Schmendrick, the magician?
"And he shut the doors of his house in the face of the mightiest of all the dwellers in Eä"
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Just finished Martin Eden by Jack London, it was great and like his autobiography. It reminds you that you can make changes in your life, actually you should.
But I got a strange feeling that he's describing people like wolves:D "He had a strong chin, powerful shoulders and muscles etc etc" I also though everything happens just too fast and he's making the same descriptions again and again. But still, it was a great one.
Now I'm going to begin a book by Kafka, Sæmtliche Erzæhlungen.
But I got a strange feeling that he's describing people like wolves:D "He had a strong chin, powerful shoulders and muscles etc etc" I also though everything happens just too fast and he's making the same descriptions again and again. But still, it was a great one.
Now I'm going to begin a book by Kafka, Sæmtliche Erzæhlungen.
You're not dreaming but in a dream...
We're only at home when we're on the run!
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I'll now start reading "The Color Of Magic" by Terry Pratchett...
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I'm reading The Shadow in the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.
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I am reading Kushiel's Chosen, second book of Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy. It is a fantasy story centered around the young girl Phèdre nó Delaunay, a sexual masochist working as a courtesan and spy. It is a low-magic type of fantasy, focusing more on political intrigue. I liked the first book, and so far the second one is looking good, too.
The last book I finished was Donald Knuth's The TeXbook, the manual of Knuth's typesetting system TeX. It is a good book, and TeX is a great program.
BTW, is your name Sindarin for "wolf-girl"?
The last book I finished was Donald Knuth's The TeXbook, the manual of Knuth's typesetting system TeX. It is a good book, and TeX is a great program.

Der er i hvert fald én.Draugwen wrote:A short version of Alladin in Danish. Are there actually Danes here? o.o

BTW, is your name Sindarin for "wolf-girl"?
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Agasin the ebst book ever written, a wholly remarkable book on the whole:
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Finished "Besuch der alten Dame" and "Die Physiker" by Dürrenmatt and started Sergej Lukianenko's (sp?) "Nightwatch" (amazing book, really... )
I'm also fighting my way through the "Nibelungenlied".. which takes a while, as it is written in Middle High German...
I'm also fighting my way through the "Nibelungenlied".. which takes a while, as it is written in Middle High German...
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Finished Nightwatch yesterday... one of the greatest books I've ever read... this guy is such a talented writer!
Should I manage to get "Daywatch" (2nd volume) any time soon, it will be the book I'll read next
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Should I manage to get "Daywatch" (2nd volume) any time soon, it will be the book I'll read next
(@Draug: I *will* finish the Tamuli. soon. I promise.)
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it's weird, isn't it? reading Otherland and the Dark Tower are somehow connected... (blame Hansi...?)
I managed to get vol. 2 : Day Watch (or whatever it's called in English) by Sergej Lukianenko.. And of course I started it this afternoon...
I managed to get vol. 2 : Day Watch (or whatever it's called in English) by Sergej Lukianenko.. And of course I started it this afternoon...

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Yes, especially the first Volume. And of course I somehow blame Hansi
First time reading I thought "WTF... Going from one scenario to the next without a hint concerning connections..."
I really needed the hint that you see more clearly at the end of Vol 1.
But I still wonder what it all will lead to
How is "Nightwatch" ? I read another book by Lukjanenko (Das Schlangenschwert- no idea about the title in english...) and I'm not quite sure if I like it...

First time reading I thought "WTF... Going from one scenario to the next without a hint concerning connections..."
I really needed the hint that you see more clearly at the end of Vol 1.
But I still wonder what it all will lead to

How is "Nightwatch" ? I read another book by Lukjanenko (Das Schlangenschwert- no idea about the title in english...) and I'm not quite sure if I like it...
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Good choice, Arwen! Nightwatch is one of my favourite books and Lukianenko indeed is a great author.
I like the atmosphere he creates, placing the whole storyline in Russia is something I´ve never read before.
I like the atmosphere he creates, placing the whole storyline in Russia is something I´ve never read before.
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Free are those who conquer in vain but won't stop to run
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Indeed...the books are exciting and humorous at the same time.. and full of characters you just have to likeSentinel wrote:Good choice, Arwen! Nightwatch is one of my favourite books and Lukianenko indeed is a great author.
I like the atmosphere he creates, placing the whole storyline in Russia is something I´ve never read before.

I just don't know why Alissa is the main character in the 2nd volume

@Ripley: Nightwatch is one of the greatest books I've ever read

as for Otherland.. it's really not easy to get past page 100-300 (~)

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