Timstar
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I'm afraid if that's the DC style, I'll be passing on it!
It's an ongoing issue not limited to DC I'm afraid. I hate it too. It tends to be better with some of the more serious stuff like The Dark Knight Returns and Year One etc.
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I have 5 of 6 at the moment, but the last one I need is pretty expensive at £15 so I've held off buying it. Aiming to re-read the Stand this year then will just bite the bullet and buy the final part.
Let us know what you think if you start them before I do!
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Received The Word for World is Forest by Ursula le Guin from the lovely Laura and read it in two days. A fantastic short novel written in the backdrop of the Vietnam War with the anti-war message unashamedly clear.
This was actually my first le Guin novel despite owning a few others, I didn't realise it was part of her larger 'Hainish Cycle' which I will go on to read more of now
Thanks Laura!
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Just finished the first collected edition of The Sword by the Luna Brothers and really enjoyed it. Brilliant artwork and great story line. I will certainly be buying the 3 remaining books.
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Didn't you just love how the story and the concept unfolded ever so slightly during the first few chapters? I thought it was wicked cool!
Yeah it was very good. I'm not even sure how you could go about writing an accurate blurb for it!
I did see the film a couple of years ago but quickly realised the book is a very different entity.
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I am up to the last film of the MCU. Just Age of Ultron left. Watched Thor 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy last night.
Don't forget about Antman!
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The Michael Faber is always described as so dark and the cover is creepy, it keeps putting me off! I don't know why. It was listed as one of the most disturbing reads in a thread. Have you read The Crimson Petal and the White?
And Sanderson's Calamity will be out February 16th... although with the mess that was Firefight...
I haven't read any other Faber, would you recommend it?
Firefight wasn't as good but I still enjoyed it, I just hope the series has a satisfactory conclusion, it might be the first of his own series he has properly finished
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Congratulations on reading over 100 books
!Good to see you again, Tim
.Thanks! Been busy in my 'sort of' new job and also went to Amsterdam for 3 nights!
The Dunk and Egg tales were enjoyable but not to the same level as the normal books. I felt the same about Small Gods, there was only so many times he can say "I'm a god... but I'm also a tortoise" and it be funny. Under the Skin is very weird but much better than and nothing like the film. The good writing was compelling but the focus on her breasts did get a bit tedious.
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Yeah I am restricting mine as much as possible. Library if possible, or eBay if your patient. Amazon is always cheaper than a bookstore unless you can find an offer.
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I read Lord of the Flies later in life and hated it, tried it again and still hated it!
I hated it in School as well! No desire to give it a second chance though
Read over 100 books this year!
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Image are putting out some amazing graphic novels at the moment but it is very expensive keeping up with them! My favourites in general are:
Saga
Y: The Last Man
Preacher
Outcast
Alex and Ada
Peter Panzerfaust
Locke and Key
Rat Queens
Anything by Craig Thompson
Pretty much anything my Mark Millar.
Ones I really want to check out:
The Walking Dead
Invinsible
Ex Machina
Revival
Daytripper
Birthright
Autumnlands
Low
Descender
Fight Club 2
have a look at the B&N SF/F blog, it's American but they do have some great recommendations and tonnes of different articles for all types of GN readers.
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Finished a few books lately:
Shadows of Self - Brandon Sanderson - 8/10
Small Gods - Terry Pratchett - 7/10
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - George R.R. Martin - 9/10
The Golem and the Djinni - Helene Wecker - 8/10
Under the Skin - Micheal Faber - 9/10
Which has taken my total for the year to over 100 for the first time ever!
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Yay you finally started Sharpe!
Glad you liked it! I really enjoyed the first 3 set in India and the Copenhagen one. Be interesting to see how you think Sharpe's Trafalgar measures up to the O'Brian books.
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Finished Only to Die Again by Patrick Lee, the follow-up novel to the brilliant Runner last year. Really enjoyed it again, there were times when I was glued to the page for hours, always a good sign. Didn't enjoy it quite as much as Runner though, I found it didn't really leave me quite as breathless, I also think the technology/SF element of it wasn't used to it's full potential, I was expecting something to shock and amaze me in a 'I never thought of that!' sort of way but it didn't. There was a few times when I was ahead of the characters in understanding the implications of events.
Still though, a fantastic read!
Overall 9/10
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Shame you didn't like it, I have it on my TBR pile as I thought it would be something different. There is certainly a right time and wrong time for gloomy, depressing books.
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I can't watch the video at work but I assume it's the Jessica Jones trailer, looks awesome doesn't it. Really didn't think much of the comics though, poor art and boring story lines.
You'll have to watch Daredevil as well, it's brilliant.
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The Land Before Time. Such a good film! More traumatic then I remember from my childhood though.
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I quite liked that one, although it's a shame it got kind of hijacked for the Pirates of the Caribbean movie. The Anubis Gates is still my favourite of his that I've read.
Yeah that was pretty dire. I have The Anubis Gates, Last Call and Declare by Powers still to read. Certainly heard good things about TAG
I'm still soldiering on with The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.
Is it hard work then?
Im whizzing through Only to Die Again by Patrick Lee, making slow progress through The Golem and the Djinni and A Tale of Two Cities. Been too tired and busy to read a lot lately
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Just finished On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers. A bizarre but fun piratical fantasy.
Also finished Pyramids by Terry Pratchett which was up to his usual standard.
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No Direction - er, I mean One Direction fans.
It's strange... they look like normal people!
Looks like you had a great time
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Great review, Tim
I won't be going anywhere near that book for a long time.Doesn't surprise me, I was reluctant at first with such a long series planned, but luckily the first at least is stand-alone ion terms of the story.
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Hmm, see now that is what bothers me...I have only ever not finished one of his books and he seems to have this thing about not giving happy endings. I mean Doctor Sleep? Cujo?
I am loving the Dark Tower series though.. it is very easy to get into. Should I be worried?
Opinions vary, I personally didn't mind the ending. I didn't find it very satisfying but then again I couldn't think of an ending that would have satisfied me. Song of Susannah is by far the worst book of the series so if you like that you should like the final book.
I thought the whole series went very downhill after the 4th book and by the end I just didn't really care. But if you're still enjoying it then that's great.
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Without revealing anything...how is the ending?
... unconventional.
Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
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It's a nice idea but not sure it really works like others said it's meant to be something you imagine.
I'm sure there will be another petition to call it Bowium any day now...