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Busy reading 'Mustaine - A Life In Metal' which has me hooked!!!!
My next book will be 'The Interrogator' by Andrew Williams.
My next book will be 'The Interrogator' by Andrew Williams.
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Read two of the Death's Head series books it's a lot of fun
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"Except for a battle lost, there is nothing so terrible as a battle won."
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You know when you get the feeling that an author is just circling the runway a little too much, and that the plan will probably run out of fuel before it comes in to land?
Even by Stephen King standards, this one is astonishing. I am 53% of the way through, according to the Kindle software, and a good 70% of what I have read so far has proven entirely superfluous. I'm sure the story will move somewhere at some point.
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Not what I would usually bring home with me at all, but one of the volumes I borrowed from the library and started reading last night is Naomi Wolf's "Promiscuity"
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I decided to stop reading 'Dragon Keeper' and put it back on the shelf. I've been reading it for more than a year and can't remember some of the plot elements anymore. Started 'The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend' instead.
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I started reading "The Faith Healers" by James Randi last night. Carl Sagan's foreword is not altogether complimentary.
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On Tuesday, Tom Doherty Associates, which publishes Tor Books, the world's largest science fiction imprint, announced that it would be making all of its e-books available in a DRM-free format by early July 2012.
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Anyone here use Kindle? Considering giving it a go.
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Ask the mouse if I remember correctly
"I hear voices in my head but they are my own this time"
"Except for a battle lost, there is nothing so terrible as a battle won."
"Sanity is for the weak!!"
"Except for a battle lost, there is nothing so terrible as a battle won."
"Sanity is for the weak!!"
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You looking at getting an actual kindle device or using the Kindle software on a phone/tablet?Mystical_Titan wrote:Anyone here use Kindle? Considering giving it a go.
I love Kindle either way. I sold my Kindle device when I got my iPad because it was pointless having so many devices. These days I do most of my Kindle reading on my Galaxy Note. It's generally cost saving (cheaper than buying hard copy books) and you have quicker access to the books that you want. You get used to reading on an electronic device very quickly. The actual Kindle device with the e-ink is by far the easiest on the eyes, but you get used to reading with a backlight too after a while.
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iPhone / iPad. I'm actually trying to see if the Mrs will like it. If she does, I'll get her a Kindle device.
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While some of you topped up Valve's coffers over the weekend, I pigged out on Sale Books at Exclusive Books this weekend.
<cough> Nearly R500 </cough>
All well worth it, I tell you!
<cough> Nearly R500 </cough>
All well worth it, I tell you!
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I am busy with "The Complete Asimov" series, which contains a large chunk of the huge body of work from the master. Always rewarding.
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KALSTER wrote:I am busy with "The Complete Asimov" series, which contains a large chunk of the huge body of work from the master. Always rewarding.
If I remember correctly, "Foundation and Earth" was a hefty volume. I trust that this series includes all of the "Tales of the Black Widowers".
Does this collection include his non-fiction?
It has been years since last I read any Asimov.
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Only fiction. Yeah, the Foundation series was pretty large. Don't think the Black Widower series is in there (love those too!), only SF afaik. The cool thing is he prefaces and post faces a lot of his short stories with anecdotes, like when he published his first story, etc.
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Vampire romances and sundry are the new M&B
//blegh//
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Just finished The Dunwich Horror.
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Earlier this year (at Dragoncon) the son of the late artist, Darrell K. Sweet revealed what his father was working on shortly before he died.
This was to be the cover for A Memory of Light.
When I saw this for the first time, two things came to mind
Min‘s Viewing
Eye of the World, Chapter 15, Strangers and Friends
“Three women standing over a funeral bier with you on it.”
2. Egwene’s Dream
Crown of Swords, Chapter 10, Unseen Eyes
A man lay dying in a narrow bed, and it was important he not die, yet outside a funeral pyre was being built, and voices raised songs of joy and sadness.
Due to the untimely passing of the Darrell K. Sweet, the publisher had to find a new artist. They eventually settled on Michael Whelan.
If you are not familiar with his work, he did the cover of Meatloaf’s Bat out of Hell II
Michael did some research on the series and characters. He produced the following
I’m impressed but I do feel that the Darrell K. Sweet cover evokes a lot of emotion in long time fans of the series.
Sadly, we (South Africa) won’t be getting the Whelan cover.
This is what we’ll be getting.
I’ll do everything in my power to get the Michael Whelan version.
Anyway I'm busy reading Tintin in America.
This was to be the cover for A Memory of Light.
When I saw this for the first time, two things came to mind
Min‘s Viewing
Eye of the World, Chapter 15, Strangers and Friends
“Three women standing over a funeral bier with you on it.”
2. Egwene’s Dream
Crown of Swords, Chapter 10, Unseen Eyes
A man lay dying in a narrow bed, and it was important he not die, yet outside a funeral pyre was being built, and voices raised songs of joy and sadness.
Due to the untimely passing of the Darrell K. Sweet, the publisher had to find a new artist. They eventually settled on Michael Whelan.
If you are not familiar with his work, he did the cover of Meatloaf’s Bat out of Hell II
Michael did some research on the series and characters. He produced the following
I’m impressed but I do feel that the Darrell K. Sweet cover evokes a lot of emotion in long time fans of the series.
Sadly, we (South Africa) won’t be getting the Whelan cover.
This is what we’ll be getting.
I’ll do everything in my power to get the Michael Whelan version.
Anyway I'm busy reading Tintin in America.
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I am so looking forward to this!
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I'm also waiting for the last book. Currently rereading the whole series, busy with Knife of Dreams. Should be done before the end of the month, sadly the holidays are almost over.
I agree that Darrell K. Sweet concept was better. Can't see why they couldn't just use it like that. Would have been worth more IMO seeing that neither artist could finish before his death.
I agree that Darrell K. Sweet concept was better. Can't see why they couldn't just use it like that. Would have been worth more IMO seeing that neither artist could finish before his death.
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I agree, that pirate guy looks cheesy, should have stuck with the 1st one.
Speaking of Asimov, anyone here ever read Azazel? It was a collection of short stories centered around a man and his adventures with his 2 inch demon.
Speaking of Asimov, anyone here ever read Azazel? It was a collection of short stories centered around a man and his adventures with his 2 inch demon.
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A personal message from Iain Banks
The man has terminal cancer. The docs give him less than a year. I am deeply saddened that an intellect such as his will be no more. He is and always will be one of my favourite authors, with an unparalleled imagination.
You can send messages to him here.
The man has terminal cancer. The docs give him less than a year. I am deeply saddened that an intellect such as his will be no more. He is and always will be one of my favourite authors, with an unparalleled imagination.
You can send messages to him here.
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damn...
just started re-reading his culture novels a week back...
very few authors of his calibre around
just started re-reading his culture novels a week back...
very few authors of his calibre around
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recently finished Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide and Children of the Mind - Orson Scott Card - hope they don't slaughter it with the movie
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