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Timstar

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  • Birthday 10/20/1989

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    Horror, Sci-fi, fantasy, historical fiction and non-fiction, classics and to a lesser extent thrillers.

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  1. 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...
  2. 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.
  3. 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!
  4. 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!
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Want to know what a Neil Gaiman story about Marvel characters in the Elizbethian period would look like?
  8. 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
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. I hated it in School as well! No desire to give it a second chance though Read over 100 books this year!
  12. 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.
  13. 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!
  14. 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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