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Magius · August 1st, 2008, 12:43 PM

Midnight Tides- Steven Erikson

Locust0311 · August 1st, 2008, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by jaimek

I finally got Scott Lynch's Red Sea Under Red Skies in paperback - freakin' Books A Million is 0 for 2 in getting in new books on release day, so I had to make a fairly long trip out to the local Barnes & Noble just to get it. It's turning out almost as good as the last one so far, although I kinda rolled my eyes at the fast-forward on Locke's trip through self-pity. That was only a minor stumbling spot, though.

Finished this a little while ago. I enjoyed it, dunno if its as good as the first but it was definitely fun. I'm looking forward to the next one in the series.

Now I'm about 100 pages into Neal Stephenson's The System of the World. So far it hasn't put me to sleep yet

Pellaz · August 2nd, 2008, 12:39 PM

I just finished Fleet Of Worlds and was extremely pleased. For those who have read Larry Niven's "Known Space" books and stories, this is a great, unprecedented look at his celebrated alien species, the Pierson's Puppeteers, and their flight from the massive supernova explosion at the galactic core.

For those who haven't read Niven's stuff and would like to delve into some really good SF, I suggest the following introductory reading order, which instantly ensnared me back in high school:

Neutron Star (short-story collection focusing on his character Beowulf Schaffer)
Tales of Known Space (another collection but spanning the full timeframe in Known Space, in chronological order)
Ringworld (one of the finest SF novels ever written)

The first two are out-of-print, although the stories have since been collected in other anthologies. They should be findable used, online.

From there, if you've liked what you've read, you can't really go wrong with any other Niven books, although after having finished Ringworld, the sequels would probably beckon -- The Ringworld Engineers would be next.

Up next, Student Of Kime by Storm Constantine, which just arrived in the mail

Yippee38 · August 5th, 2008, 01:47 AM

We went to the mall tonight. I needed some stuff from the Sears Hardware dept. and I needed to pick up "Legacy," the next book in the Drizzt Du'orden series. When we left, it was drizzling. The mall is about 5 miles away. By the time we got there, it was dark. I had to turn the headlights on, even though sunset was 2 hours away. It had started raining pretty hard, so I dropped Yardley off at the door to Barnes & Noble and went to park. It let up a bit after I parked, so I didn't get to wet. As I was walking into the store, I noticed quite a lot of sirens going off. Not the kind from emergency vehicles, but the kind that go off when there's a tornado. Ut oh. I get inside and Yardely tells me that she was waiting in the vestibule and an employee came and asked her to come into the store and away from the windows as a tornado had been spotted. More ut oh. We started poking around the store a bit. I noticed that there was some kind of announcement repeating in the mall. It wasn't a "will the parents of Jimmy Thompson, please come get your brat from the customer service desk." We walked out to check it out. They were saying that a tornado warning had been issued, "please move to a service hallway and move away from all windows." Some of the stores started closing the grates that secure the store when they are closed. We went back into B&N. After a couple more minutes, they made an announcment that they were going to close the store, "please move to the hallway near the restrooms." Yardley had found a cookbook from The Berghoff Restaurant and was very excited about it. She really couldn't have cared less about a tornado. I walked over to the next isle and grabbed a book about U.S. flyers participating in The Battle of Brittain, then we went to hang out near the restrooms. We hung out there for about 10-15 minutes until mall security told the B&N employees that the tornado warning had ended. We put our books back and headed over to Sears. Got the stuff there and went back to B&N to get our books. On the way out of the B&N on the way to Sears, Yardley spotted a book and pointed it out to me. When we returned, I grabbed a copy, she got her cookbook, and I got a copy of "Legacy." We left the mall, both a bit giddy because we had each found an exciting book. Hers is the cookbook. Mine is "Jhegaala" by Steven Brust. The Vlad Taltos books are one of my all-time favorites, and I'll be reading that as soon as I finish "Exile." Drizzt will have to wait.

So the moral of the story is, if you are going to be caught out in a tornado warning, you can do a lot worse than getting stuck in a book store.

But I'm pretty damn happy that Steven Brust has released a new Vlad book!!

Pellaz, what's the story with "Elric: To Rescue Tanelorn?" Is it a collection of shorts? Are they from other authors, or they MM's works? I noticed Elric at the End of Time is included. Looks like another compilation, but I didn't have much time to thoroughly check it out. Horrible cover art though.

Magius · August 5th, 2008, 12:59 PM

Sounds like an awful lot of trouble just to buy a couple of books.

Cheiron · August 5th, 2008, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Pellaz

Up next, Student Of Kyme by Storm Constantine, which just arrived in the mail

Awesome. I'll need to pick that up. But I still haven't read The Hienama: A Story of the Sulh, so I need to read that first.

SharkBlack · August 5th, 2008, 02:43 PM

I need to start another book, I've just been to addicted to Sudoku lately...

Yippee38 · August 5th, 2008, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by SharkBlack

I need to start another book, I've just been to addicted to Sudoku lately...

I played it once. I figured out that it is virtually impossible to not win. Therefore, I quit playing. To me, it just seems like a pure timewaster, since there really isn't much of a challenge.

SharkBlack · August 5th, 2008, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Yippee38

I played it once. I figured out that it is virtually impossible to not win. Therefore, I quit playing. To me, it just seems like a pure timewaster, since there really isn't much of a challenge.

They come in different difficulties. I bought Sudoku for dummies and they have easy ones, tricky ones and some seriously difficult ones. Yes you always win but it's more of a how fast can I finish it thing, than a will I finish it thing. The more I play the more logic skills I gain and I solve the puzzles faster and faster.

But yeah in the end, it's just a puzzle, after a puzzle after a puzzle...

I have a couple of Michael Connelly books waiting for me one of these days...

OrbWeaver · August 5th, 2008, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by SharkBlack

I need to start another book, I've just been to addicted to Sudoku lately...

I have a book full of cryptograms I've been doing. Dirk Gentley's Holistic Detective Agency has ended up on the backburner for now.

August 1st, 2008, 12:43 PM	#676 (permalink)
Magius ................. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,469	Midnight Tides- Steven Erikson __________________ Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think.

August 2nd, 2008, 12:39 PM	#678 (permalink)
Pellaz Tigron of Immanion Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 5,789	I just finished Fleet Of Worlds and was extremely pleased. For those who have read Larry Niven's "Known Space" books and stories, this is a great, unprecedented look at his celebrated alien species, the Pierson's Puppeteers, and their flight from the massive supernova explosion at the galactic core. For those who haven't read Niven's stuff and would like to delve into some really good SF, I suggest the following introductory reading order, which instantly ensnared me back in high school: Neutron Star (short-story collection focusing on his character Beowulf Schaffer) Tales of Known Space (another collection but spanning the full timeframe in Known Space, in chronological order) Ringworld (one of the finest SF novels ever written) The first two are out-of-print, although the stories have since been collected in other anthologies. They should be findable used, online. From there, if you've liked what you've read, you can't really go wrong with any other Niven books, although after having finished Ringworld, the sequels would probably beckon -- The Ringworld Engineers would be next. Up next, Student Of Kime by Storm Constantine, which just arrived in the mail __________________ http://www.paulcashman.com pellaz1@comcast.net Proud sponsor of Amorphis, Sonata Arctica, Mercenary, Therion, PoS, Nightwish and Devin Townsend Band for ProgPowers past and current! On SeismicRadio as DJ-Pellaz: http://www.seismicradio.com Also on WREKage, 11:59pm Fri - 5am Sat: http://www.wrekage.org 91.1 FM Atlanta -- Atlanta radio's true home of metal for more than 20 years, also streamed live and archived for a week! Last edited by Pellaz : August 2nd, 2008 at 12:42 PM.

August 5th, 2008, 01:47 AM	#679 (permalink)
Yippee38 Living the dream! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Somewhere at 37,000' Posts: 1,642	We went to the mall tonight. I needed some stuff from the Sears Hardware dept. and I needed to pick up "Legacy," the next book in the Drizzt Du'orden series. When we left, it was drizzling. The mall is about 5 miles away. By the time we got there, it was dark. I had to turn the headlights on, even though sunset was 2 hours away. It had started raining pretty hard, so I dropped Yardley off at the door to Barnes & Noble and went to park. It let up a bit after I parked, so I didn't get to wet. As I was walking into the store, I noticed quite a lot of sirens going off. Not the kind from emergency vehicles, but the kind that go off when there's a tornado. Ut oh. I get inside and Yardely tells me that she was waiting in the vestibule and an employee came and asked her to come into the store and away from the windows as a tornado had been spotted. More ut oh. We started poking around the store a bit. I noticed that there was some kind of announcement repeating in the mall. It wasn't a "will the parents of Jimmy Thompson, please come get your brat from the customer service desk." We walked out to check it out. They were saying that a tornado warning had been issued, "please move to a service hallway and move away from all windows." Some of the stores started closing the grates that secure the store when they are closed. We went back into B&N. After a couple more minutes, they made an announcment that they were going to close the store, "please move to the hallway near the restrooms." Yardley had found a cookbook from The Berghoff Restaurant and was very excited about it. She really couldn't have cared less about a tornado. I walked over to the next isle and grabbed a book about U.S. flyers participating in The Battle of Brittain, then we went to hang out near the restrooms. We hung out there for about 10-15 minutes until mall security told the B&N employees that the tornado warning had ended. We put our books back and headed over to Sears. Got the stuff there and went back to B&N to get our books. On the way out of the B&N on the way to Sears, Yardley spotted a book and pointed it out to me. When we returned, I grabbed a copy, she got her cookbook, and I got a copy of "Legacy." We left the mall, both a bit giddy because we had each found an exciting book. Hers is the cookbook. Mine is "Jhegaala" by Steven Brust. The Vlad Taltos books are one of my all-time favorites, and I'll be reading that as soon as I finish "Exile." Drizzt will have to wait. So the moral of the story is, if you are going to be caught out in a tornado warning, you can do a lot worse than getting stuck in a book store. But I'm pretty damn happy that Steven Brust has released a new Vlad book!! Pellaz, what's the story with "Elric: To Rescue Tanelorn?" Is it a collection of shorts? Are they from other authors, or they MM's works? I noticed Elric at the End of Time is included. Looks like another compilation, but I didn't have much time to thoroughly check it out. Horrible cover art though. __________________ "Step out of line And I'll teach you how to fly Then away we'll go" http://www.myspace.com/yippee38

August 5th, 2008, 12:59 PM	#680 (permalink)
Magius ................. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,469	Sounds like an awful lot of trouble just to buy a couple of books. __________________ Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think.

August 5th, 2008, 02:43 PM	#682 (permalink)
SharkBlack Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Jose, Ca Posts: 1,980	I need to start another book, I've just been to addicted to Sudoku lately... __________________ www.myspace.com/raiderblack Is he smiling? Or does he want to eat you?