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Post by rj on Jan 9, 2007 14:22:48 GMT
Just finished both The Supernaturalist and The Wish List, both by Eoin Colfer. Shows he can write good books that aren't Artemis Fowl. I read them both within the span of two days by not sleeping. Because I loved them. He has a good writing style.
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Post by Exu on Jan 10, 2007 20:20:11 GMT
Recently I finished Ghosts of Onyx by Eric Nylund, I won't spoil anything or Retro will bite my head off
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Post by robbienekoda on Jan 11, 2007 3:10:17 GMT
Getting near the end of Make Love The Bruce Campbell Way, a semi-factual account of the misadventures of a B movie actor in an A movie setting. It's pretty damn riveting, humourous, and has lots of funny graphics. ;D
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Post by Shadic? on Jan 19, 2007 6:02:04 GMT
Siddartha by Herman Hesse
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Post by Pitt on Jan 19, 2007 17:59:00 GMT
I'm currently drawing ever closer to the end of The Shadow Rising, and I'll no doubt start reading The Fires of Heaven after that.
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Post by Dave on Jan 20, 2007 13:24:52 GMT
Roald Dahl - Boy & Going Solo My girlfriend got it for me for our 5 month anniversary. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by Samface on Jan 20, 2007 16:10:33 GMT
Dave's girlfriend has good taste. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) I'm reading Saturday by Ian McEwan. Essentially Mrs Dalloway set on the day of those major protests against the Iraq war in February 2003, and starring a neurosurgeon instead of a housewife. It's excellent. Henry Perowne, the protagonist, is the most well-rounded character I've come across in a book for a long time.
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Post by Pitt on Jan 20, 2007 17:32:05 GMT
Finished The Shadow Rising about an hour or two ago. Time to start The Fires of Heaven, from the looks of things.
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Post by Cellsai on Jan 26, 2007 20:51:26 GMT
Finished The Shadow Rising about an hour or two ago. Time to start The Fires of Heaven, from the looks of things. Good choice man! XD I'm thirteen pages into Winter's Heart currently... hopefully the final book will be out be the time I finish Knife of Dreams... Although a lot of my friends reckon Fires is the worst book, a lot of great stuff happens.
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Post by Pombar on Jan 26, 2007 21:03:45 GMT
Phantom, by Terry Goodkind.
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Post by Pitt on Jan 26, 2007 21:18:57 GMT
[quote author=sairus board=media thread=1129386899 post=1169844686Although a lot of my friends reckon Fires is the worst book, a lot of great stuff happens.[/quote]
I've been told that Crossroad of Twilight is generally considered to be worst in the series, but I haven't read it myself and therefore can't judge it.
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Post by Pombar on Jan 26, 2007 22:08:09 GMT
Crossroads in the Twilight is a necessary summation of the gaps in every characters' stories, and also the explanation of where they were when the big even of Book 9 happened. Time-wise, hardly any time actually passes, but the book itself was needed. It is the worst of the bunch, though.
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Post by Pitt on Jan 27, 2007 1:21:42 GMT
Big event? Do you mean the cleansing of saidin? I wonder what point there is to the Red Ajah now?
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Post by Pombar on Jan 27, 2007 19:12:16 GMT
Yes, I do mean that big event. And the Red Ajah still exists because, as Robert Jordan always said, Even though the taint has been cleansed, however much of the insanity/taint-ness a person absorbed prior to the cleansing will stay with him following the cleansing. Also, some people don't even believe it happened.
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Post by Pitt on Jan 27, 2007 19:21:55 GMT
I see. But what exactly was the Reds' reaction (if there was any) to the realisation that they'll eventually become obsolete?
And while I'm asking questions, who killed Asmodean (in your opinion)?
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Post by Pombar on Jan 27, 2007 19:27:28 GMT
For the first question, I can't remember. It's been a number of years since I read the tenth book, and I haven't yet read the 11th, despite having it lying around for a fair few months. As for the whodunnit, my personal guess is Graendal, but it could also have been Sammael. And then I did think for a few years that it was Slayer, but I'm not sure about that one. Robert Jordan insists that he shouldn't have to reveal it, because it's really obvious.
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Post by Pitt on Jan 27, 2007 19:37:21 GMT
I think that it was actually Shadar Haran, the so-called 'Super-Fade'.
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Post by Pombar on Jan 27, 2007 19:41:37 GMT
Yeah, I remember thinking that for a while too, at first. Lord knows why I don't now, but the evidence for my current suspicion has been slowly mounting.
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Post by Pitt on Jan 27, 2007 19:47:12 GMT
I'm not sure why the other Forsaken would do it. Alive, Asmodean could have been a valuable agent.
Still, book twelve may well shed some light on the situation.
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Post by Pombar on Jan 27, 2007 19:49:58 GMT
Robert Jordan seems convinced that it should be obvious, though. He said that if he can't find a way to work the revelation into the book, he'll just announce it when the book is released.
And frankly, any of the Forsaken could have any number of reasons.
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Post by Samface on Jan 29, 2007 13:53:23 GMT
I'm reading Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park. Again. He sure does hate those meddling scientists!
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Post by Cellsai on Jan 29, 2007 19:35:47 GMT
Man I frickin' love Jurassic Park, have read that many, many times at this stage... Prey has taken over my rereading of Crichten books these days though...
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Post by Samface on Jan 30, 2007 15:55:42 GMT
On The Lost World now. First time I've read them in a few years, and Crichton's style is looking distinctly threadbare. Methinks a short trip to the charity shop beckons after I've finished it.
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Post by Pombar on Jan 30, 2007 17:01:37 GMT
Samface 2kool4books: confirmed.
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Post by Zerolus on Jan 30, 2007 21:13:18 GMT
Moved a post from a different thread, 'cause I didn't notice this one on the top of the page somehow... I've been reading a new Star Wars book (surprised? ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png) ). Darth Bane: The Path to Destruction. I guess some of you may have heard of him. He's the Sith Lord which started the "Rule of Two". I'm far from finished yet, but so far I've found very enjoyable and hard to put down. I found it great that the author has given Bane the backstory he needed (before he joined The Brotherhood of Darkness, that is), making him more of a believable character rather then a piece of Star Wars history.
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