Author Topic: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings (Read 292248 times)

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #770 on:** February 07, 2016, 04:34:43 AM »

Quote from: Fluffy Lothario on February 07, 2016, 12:40:32 AM

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on February 05, 2016, 11:06:07 AM
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare
What's this obscure shit?

lol

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #771 on:** February 10, 2016, 05:20:34 AM »

The Bug Wars by Robert L. Asprin

ozzy554 · « **Reply #772 on:** February 10, 2016, 08:17:08 AM »

The Complete Drive-In by Joe R. Lansdale

WDADU · « **Reply #773 on:** February 10, 2016, 10:11:31 AM »

The Hour I First Believed, by Wally Lamb.

senecadawg2 · « **Reply #774 on:** February 10, 2016, 11:23:13 AM »

Absalom, Absalom! Faulkner
The Town Faulkner
And a couple collections of short stories. One by Jonatahan Lethem and the other Anton Chekhov

Cyclopssss · « **Reply #775 on:** February 11, 2016, 02:41:01 AM »

The Guilty, by David Baldacci.

ozzy554 · « **Reply #776 on:** February 13, 2016, 10:43:30 AM »

Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett

masterthes · « **Reply #777 on:** February 13, 2016, 12:13:17 PM »

Now reading a biography on David Bowie by Marc Spitz

lucky7 · « **Reply #778 on:** February 14, 2016, 11:19:41 PM »

Ashley Bell by Dean Dean Koontz .. Great read!

ozzy554 · « **Reply #779 on:** February 15, 2016, 11:24:06 AM »

Mort by Terry Pratchett

ariich · « **Reply #780 on:** February 15, 2016, 12:26:51 PM »

Quote from: ozzy554 on February 15, 2016, 11:24:06 AM

Mort by Terry Pratchett

You're getting through them at a nice pace!

Have you read them before? I have so I'm gradually going through them again but generally reading a couple or more other books between each one.

kaos2900 · « **Reply #781 on:** February 15, 2016, 01:10:12 PM »

Still reading Imajica. Holy hell this is a long book.

ozzy554 · « **Reply #782 on:** February 15, 2016, 04:30:45 PM »

Quote from: ariich on February 15, 2016, 12:26:51 PM

Quote from: ozzy554 on February 15, 2016, 11:24:06 AM
Mort by Terry Pratchett
You're getting through them at a nice pace!

Have you read them before? I have so I'm gradually going through them again but generally reading a couple or more other books between each one.

I have not. I only discovered discworld shortly before Pratchetts death from my reccomendations list on goodreads. He died about a week after I read the Light Fantastic.

Quote from: kaos2900 on February 15, 2016, 01:10:12 PM

Still reading Imajica. Holy hell this is a long book.

I actually just ordered this book online. Waiting for it to come in the mail.

TAC · « **Reply #783 on:** February 15, 2016, 04:42:19 PM »

I read Imajica back when it came out. After 3 or 4 tries, I'm not sure I ever finished.

Phoenix87x · « **Reply #784 on:** February 16, 2016, 12:15:14 PM »

I hope that it helps

kaos2900 · « **Reply #785 on:** February 16, 2016, 01:30:27 PM »

Quote from: TAC on February 15, 2016, 04:42:19 PM

I read Imajica back when it came out. After 3 or 4 tries, I'm not sure I ever finished.

I've got a little more than 200 hundred pages left so I'm going to finish it. It's not terrible, but it's not great either. I've been going through all of Barker's stuff and honestly this may be my least favorite thing I've read so far. The foundation for an amazing story is there but he jumped around to much and there are so many twists that it's hard to really care about any of the characters.

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #786 on:** February 17, 2016, 01:26:32 PM »

Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein

senecadawg2 · « **Reply #787 on:** February 17, 2016, 01:42:10 PM »

Any connection to the Yes song?

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #788 on:** February 18, 2016, 05:35:58 AM »

Apart from the title I don't see any connection, although I don't really know what the Yes song is about.

Fluffy Lothario · « **Reply #789 on:** February 18, 2016, 05:37:39 AM »

It is connected to the Starship Troopers movie, though kind of loosely, I've heard.

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #790 on:** February 18, 2016, 06:38:29 AM »

The song is maybe connected to the book, the movie is definitely connected to the book because it is based on it, maybe loosely, haven't finished the book yet, so can't comment on the differences. So if the song is connected to the book it is also somehow connected to the movie (which came some 20 years after the song). I'm still not sure if the song has more in common with the book other than the title.

Podaar · « **Reply #791 on:** February 18, 2016, 06:46:59 AM »

The Way of Kings - by Brandon Sanderson

Shadow Ninja 2.0 · « **Reply #792 on:** February 18, 2016, 06:50:24 AM »

^ One of the best books I've read.

Podaar · « **Reply #793 on:** February 18, 2016, 08:24:17 AM »

You know what I really dig about it?

It's a fantastically unintuitive setting (world), yet the author feels no compulsion to hold your hand and bring you along gently. He just tells the story at a proper pace without spending unnecessary time describing the settings. He just trusts the reader to get it, eventually. It's very off putting at first but as you go along the story takes on a personal(?) feeling because your own mind has had to fill in the details of the painting.

Also, dialog is this Sanderson's strong suit. His characters have their own distinct way of talking and a few are quite funny!

Anyway, yeah, great book!

kaos2900 · « **Reply #794 on:** February 18, 2016, 08:28:41 AM »

Once I finish going through Clive Barker, I'm going to jump into Sandersons stuff. Would the Mistborn trilogy be a good place to start?

Evermind · « **Reply #795 on:** February 18, 2016, 08:45:50 AM »

Yeah, I love The Way of Kings. Great book, if a bit difficult to get into at first. When you do, it totally pays off though. One of the Sanderson's best IMO.

Mistborn trilogy is probably the best way to start with his stuff. The writing may feel a bit amateurish on the first book, but I actually think The Final Empire is his best book so far. Great pacing, setting, everything. I wasn't too big on the second and third books, but I'm rereading the series now and half-way through The Well of Ascension I must say I like it much better on re-read.

Shadow Ninja 2.0 · « **Reply #796 on:** February 18, 2016, 10:16:17 AM »

The first Mistborn book is my favorite too, even though the series as a whole is still fantastic.

Sacul · « **Reply #797 on:** February 18, 2016, 10:27:02 AM »

I thought the second one was excellent

I'll get into the new Mistborn trilogy only after it's completely released

Evermind · « **Reply #798 on:** February 18, 2016, 10:34:54 AM »

I still haven't read Shadows of Self, since I decided to re-read the series first. And I've ordered Bands of Mourning too.

With Calamity (third and final book in YA Reckoners series) being released these very days, I'm thinking of giving those series a shot. The description sounds like something I totally won't enjoy, but it's Sanderson so there's a chance I will like it. Have any of Sanderson's fans read it and what are your opinions?

Fluffy Lothario · « **Reply #799 on:** February 19, 2016, 04:19:22 AM »

Quote from: Podaar on February 18, 2016, 08:24:17 AM

Also, dialog is this Sanderson's strong suit.

I've seen people say the exact opposite.

That he's brilliant at pretty much everything but.

masterthes · « **Reply #800 on:** February 19, 2016, 05:30:50 AM »

Reading Beatlebone by Kevin Barry and Maus by Art Spiegleman

Podaar · « **Reply #801 on:** February 19, 2016, 09:17:06 AM »

Quote from: Fluffy Lothario on February 19, 2016, 04:19:22 AM

Quote from: Podaar on February 18, 2016, 08:24:17 AM
Also, dialog is this Sanderson's strong suit.
I've seen people say the exact opposite. That he's brilliant at pretty much everything but.

Seriously? Huh, well I'm only half-way through the only book of his I've ever read and the dialog has engaged me... so, what do I know. Not much, as it happens.

Shadow Ninja 2.0 · « **Reply #802 on:** February 19, 2016, 10:00:17 AM »

I've always found Sanderson's characters/dialogue to be his strongest point.

Though that's not to say he's weak elsewhere, because I find his worldbuilding/plotting to be really intricate and well thought out as well.

Basically what I'm saying is I like everything he does, I guess.

Randaran · « **Reply #803 on:** February 19, 2016, 01:47:01 PM »

Quote from: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on February 19, 2016, 10:00:17 AM

I've always found Sanderson's characters/dialogue to be his strongest point.

Really? I haven't read any of his work beyond Mistborn and the existing Stormlight novels, but the characters stand out as his biggest weakness. He does a good job with his main characters, but everyone beyond that is shafted.

Sacul · « **Reply #804 on:** February 19, 2016, 04:25:27 PM »

Same here. Excellent dialogues, but the characters are, eh... Now that well constructed, unlike his worldbuilding which is extraordinary.

News: Track-by-track video for Fall Into the Light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ezfzdMpRc0

Author Topic: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings (Read 292248 times)