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- Birthday 09/11/1957
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- The Artist Formerly Known as Dagger
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a lonely, distant corner of North Dakota
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Reading (Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Mysteries/Thrillers, Historical Fic, general literature), writing, exercise, music, complaining about Minnesota sports teams.
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Jerol reacted to a post in a topic: Pat Rothfuss XVIII: Whereof one cannot speak...
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Jerol reacted to a post in a topic: Dune. Book discussion. (Spoilers welcome) KJA’s fanfiction sucks… right?
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Jerol reacted to a post in a topic: Dune. Book discussion. (Spoilers welcome) KJA’s fanfiction sucks… right?
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Good news on that front https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3803050/clive-barker-making-final-convention-appearances-to-focus-entirely-on-writing-heres-whats-coming-exclusive/
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Reactor, TOR's new blog site, post this last week and it dredges up a few things I had forgotten. It generated quite a bit of talk and further recommendations on another forum I hang out on. I suspect it will generate OPINIONS here. A couple of these haven't aged well for me, but what do I know. YMMV. Have fun. https://reactormag.com/10-iconic-fantasy-novels-ripe-for-rediscovery/
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Pellert reacted to a post in a topic: Scott Lynch's Thorn of Emberlain is Not Completed
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See the ongoing thread for Patrick Rothfuss for behavior b). Come for the misguiding, stay for the misdirection and outright lying.
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Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir The Age of Ash by Daniel Abraham Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (why did it take me so long to pick this up?) A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark Starter Villain by John Scalzi I am currently reading the Blacktongue Thief and damn, I'm loving it.
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A man is pleased with the final scene
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I think Daniel Abraham's Dagger and Coin series is pretty deep. Plenty of history in the background, multiple races, and several nations involved. I stuck out Malazan for all ten books and a few tangent projects but something always felt broad about it.
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My copy is late, Bezos has issues with shipping out to West Bumhole. I do have a few (hundred) in the TBR list. But I look forward to reading it slowly, enjoying all the morsels.
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The old thread had reached its limit so given that the new season is out on Netflix, I hope that generates new talk about the books. I tried reading the Last Wish but the writing seemed clunky. I think the translation may be partially to blame as the second book seemed a little better. The dialog is a bit rough but the worldbuilding is very impressive. My question is will the writing change/improve/deteriorate as I go forward? Do I want to purchase and plow through all the books when there are so many great books out there. Is there a payoff if I continue or should I just pick up the next Daniel Abraham?
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Pat Rothfuss XVII: Games, Bets, and Minecraft
Jerol replied to Ser Scot A Ellison's topic in Literature
I almost bought this book as I read some hype that made it seem original. I read an exerpt and noped out of it HARD. I suspect they will get away with it. Hell, no one sued Christopher Paolini for his transgressions. -
Sometimes it takes a few months for the spell to work. Or one could just ask him of Twitter (which likely has the same likelihood of success).
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Damn, damn, damn. This show had so much potential, especially when we learned of the time travel aspect. Shed a few Whedon tropes and we'd have a real compelling genre show. I guess I'll have to check out Tubi at some point on my FireStick.
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For the first time in three years, Scott made a Tumblr post. For him, that's a tremendous surge in activity. With Twitter in a freefall, he's apparently renewing his other "online contact points". Can't say I blame him. https://www.tumblr.com/scottlynch78
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Some titles from TOR on sale for Black Friday: https://www.torforgeblog.com/2022/11/25/black-friday-ebook-sale/?fbclid=IwAR1G-LQG6R_Vn7Z1VlPysQLGIZ7RRrDNbEw88iq02a7H836cOY0N7yb7JY8
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I just got my copy of the new one but it's going to have to go in the pile until I've finished a few others. Even then, I'll have to read a synopsis of the last book to get my head around where we are at.