What are you reading? (April 2014)
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Wafflecakes
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They are very different styles.
Honestly... I cannot stand ASOIAF, while I love WoR.
enemyairship
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After seeing a post by a fellow GAFfer about how the moviegoers won't understand the story, I decided to pick this up. Ended up seeing the movie before it arrive in the mail, but hopefully I will enjoy the book more picutre Scarlett Johansson.
I know there are a few fans of Brian McClellan's Promise in Blood on NeoGAF, so I thought I'd let you all know that Brian and I have teamed up to give away his Powder Mage short story, "The Girl of Hrusch Avenue", for free on my blog, A Dribble of Ink. No strings attached.
Tragicomedy
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I want one!
You are the bizarro version of me. I put down the GRRM saga two hundred pages into the first book. Love the show, hate what I read.
I loved The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance.
brianjones
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(The Double)
both are pretty slow going so far
After seeing a post by a fellow GAFfer about how the moviegoers won't understand the story, I decided to pick this up. Ended up seeing the movie before it arrive in the mail, but hopefully I will enjoy the book more picutre Scarlett Johansson.
i just finished it cause i really liked the movie and i thought it was pretty silly tbh
movie does more with less
nakedsushi
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After seeing a post by a fellow GAFfer about how the moviegoers won't understand the story, I decided to pick this up. Ended up seeing the movie before it arrive in the mail, but hopefully I will enjoy the book more picutre Scarlett Johansson.
Oh, I didn't know the movie was based on the book. I haven't seen the movie, but the book sounds creepy and is available for loan at my library. I may read it next. The cover reminds me of the Social Network movie posters.
Jag
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I know there are a few fans of Brian McClellan's Promise in Blood on NeoGAF, so I thought I'd let you all know that Brian and I have teamed up to give away his Powder Mage short story, "The Girl of Hrusch Avenue", for free on my blog, A Dribble of Ink. No strings attached.
Very cool! The series is in my queue to read, but haven't gotten around to it. I'll have to bump it up a few spaces.
I know there are a few fans of Brian McClellan's Promise in Blood on NeoGAF, so I thought I'd let you all know that Brian and I have teamed up to give away his Powder Mage short story, "The Girl of Hrusch Avenue", for free on my blog, A Dribble of Ink. No strings attached.
Awesome!
I am excited to see what's new with Ka-Poel in the next book! The best character!
j0hnny_385
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Started this yesterday.
Was blown away by Hyperion/Fall of Hyperion.
Eager to see what's next.
Loving The Shock of The Fall. I don't think it'll be a 5/5, as some of the reasons I love it are also some of the reasons that keep it from a 5, but definitely trending towards something to recommend.. edit: as I near the end, this is definitely trending back to a 5/5. I think I'll finish this tonight because it's at that point where it's hard to stop.
whatevermort
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After seeing a post by a fellow GAFfer about how the moviegoers won't understand the story, I decided to pick this up. Ended up seeing the movie before it arrive in the mail, but hopefully I will enjoy the book more picutre Scarlett Johansson.
The book is incredibly good, but if you manage to picture ScaJo when reading it, you're a better man than I. The character in the book is extremely physically strange.
I really really liked warbreaker.
nephilimdj
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Nearly finished it, bought in Johannesburg airport 2 weeks ago
I found the later half very disappointing. It can never again reach the levels of of tension or atmosphere, I feel, he developed in Derry. It almost feels like two different books. I was really let down by how little he does with the concepts built in the first half and it basically turns into (slight spoilers)
a period romance
Make sure you share your impressions you're finished. I'll be interested to see how your feelings line up with mine considering I'm close to how you feel about the first half.
One positive I can say about the book is it has made me want to learn more about the history of that period. I'm Canadian, so the JFK assassination was never something I studied or took interest in, but now I'm looking for some more reading material on the tensions during that time.
Actually, I came to the thread looking for recommendations of a book or books that look at the Cuban Revolution. Preferably something that focuses on the events and ideas rather than the people involved.
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B001NEKA6G/
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00HU85DVG/
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B005FMK9O0/
Those are some that I have found. A few of the books I was looking at aren't available for Kindle, which is unfortunate.
The original book that the movie got its name from (edit: nevermind, they got it from the burroughs version i talk about below.) It's a totally different story-- one about a national healthcare system that admits people based on some eugenics heuristic, which spawns an underground medical economy with rogue doctors, medical suppliers, and patients who can't go through the national healthcare system because they will be sterilized in exchange for healthcare. it's a really interesting dystopic world he's got there--and I know it because that's all the characters can talk about. They just talk about everything, all the time, like it's a Metal Gear game. I actually put it down halfway through because they just talk about shit non-stop. The world and concept for the story are really interesting, but wasted in an ocean of expository and explicatory dialogue that just makes you want to go to sleep.
I suggest instead:
Bladerunner: A Movie by William Burroughs, which is a screeplay based on the Nourse book (nothing to do with the Scott movie.) It's about half the length, contains all the world building, a 1/10th of the dialogue, along with plenty of Burroughs' drug-induced satirical horror. It's about as obscure and underrated as Burroughs' work gets, but has become more relevant over time, in my personal opinion. It reads like a complete satire of conservative "elderly death squad" nightmares about nationalized health care. It's small, takes about an hour to read, and so damn over-the-top, you can't help but laugh.
Maklershed
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Sorry buddy, I didn't realize til I was at work this morning that it was a new month already and I can't post at work. :/
Oh well, new thread is up now ...
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=811654
Wiktor
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Finished:
Liked it a lot, especially the fight scenes. Nice fast read. The only bad thing was the main hero, who obviously is a realization of some author's sort of personal fantasy - excellent at everything, genius intellect, chosen one, strongest will etc. Also ugly as hell, but still gets the preeties woman in the book.
Started (and about halfway through):
Excellent so far, especially the prose. The first person narration is just wonderfully done and colours the whole story with strong personality of main character.
Liked it a lot, especially the fight scenes. Nice fast read. The only bad thing was the main hero, who obviously is a realization of some author's sort of personal fantasy - excellent at everything, genius intellect, chosen one, strongest will etc. Also ugly as hell, but still gets the preeties woman in the book.
Started (and about halfway through):
Excellent so far, especially the prose. The first person narration is just wonderfully done and colours the whole story with strong personality of main character.
There's a new thread up for May guys:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=811654
Old thread usually gets closed though.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=811654
Old thread usually gets closed though.
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