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OT: Time for another thread on books? (Retorical)
I'm currently reading what I presume is the latest Flinx and Pip book, Flinx's Folly. I also have a bag and a half of mostly hardbacks from the library; just finished rereading The Raven Ring by Patricia C. Wrede, also finished R.A. Salvatore's latest Drizzt book (Which has a suprising twist at the end that will be after some spoiler space) and one by Martha Wells called Wizard Hunters, moving from the career of her illustrious crime lord/sometimes hero and his sometimes drug-addicted sorceror friend to his daughter...(Uh, I'll skip the rest of the intro here except to say that if you like dark humor, intelligent heroes and light somewhere off in the tunnel, even if the tunnel is stinky and filled with sewer water crawling with slimey and squishy things, you'll like this series) as an invasion pumels the nation of Ill-Rien.
I also finished a book of short stories called Swords and Sorcerors (Or maybe Sorceries) (Not to be confused with the simalairly-named anthology editied by Marion Zimmer Bradley (At least, I think it's she)), which includes, among other things, an excerpt from the book 'The Princess Bride'. I didn't even know there was a book. Twelve spoilers, then the snerk, then eight more spoilers. Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Drizzt does not, in fact, kill the big bad. Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler |
Re: OT: Time for another thread on books? (Retorical)
hey man at what age does Wizard Hunters take place in? like wizardry or is there tech like guns and space or what:-d?
The best series is "song of ice and fire" first book is game of thrones really really great and the perseptive is one the greatest:-) |
Re: OT: Time for another thread on books? (Retori
About 1800s to early 1900s for technology. Magic is real in the books and has about as much effect as technology. Magical creatures also have a definitive effect.
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Re: OT: Time for another thread on books? (Retori
Sounds Interesting.
I'm just starting the third and final installment of the K-PAX Trillogy by Gene Brewer. After seeing the film I managed to pick up all 3 in one book for less than £10. (And that was in Major Corporate expensive bookstores!) I highly recommend this book, If you thought the film was good, then you'll love the way they've expanded it, although in the second book the focus slowly shifts away from Prot. The way it's been set out and portrayed, and the character development, is almost flawless. This is the "Firefly/SG1" of my bookshelf. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif |
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Re: OT: Time for another thread on books? (Retori
I am reading about the French Secret Service. Very interesting.
I tried to read guns, germs and steel but the style was rahter dry |
Re: OT: Time for another thread on books? (Retori
Currently recommending -
Quicksilver (Neal Stephenson) - fiction Thick book, quite interesting, though First of three, the other two are out in HB Mister Monday (Garth Nix) - children's fiction Fun fantastical adventure, first of seven :O books but short, next two are out already. Founding Brothers (Ellis) - historical Short essays on the various founding fathers of the US He also wrote a new Washington book and Ameican Sphinx about Jefferson |
Re: OT: Time for another thread on books? (Retori
Flinx's Folly was good. However, it was a transitional book, so not much happened and if you havn't read the series you're probably going to be lost. The series, however, is well worth reading and starts with 'For the love of Mother-Not'.
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Re: OT: Time for another thread on books? (Retori
Brotherhood of war series.
Dirk Pitt series. |
Re: OT: Time for another thread on books? (Retori
Um...Info?
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