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Gaston de Foix reacted to a post in a topic: What Are You Reading? 2024 Quarter 1!
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Yes fair. I read as an adult (and never read Covenant). If you like Tchaikovsky try his space opera series starting with Shards of Earth. It does not have that bleakness. Have you read The Three Body Problem and its sequels? I found mind blowing (second book was my favorite). I also enjoyed the Neal Asher polity books, but he isn’t loved on this board because of his politics (which impact his books for sure). I thought the Dark Intelligence series was great, but hard to start there as there is a lot of history you need for context.
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Larry of the Lawn reacted to a post in a topic: What Are You Reading? 2024 Quarter 1!
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Gaston de Foix reacted to a post in a topic: What Are You Reading? 2024 Quarter 1!
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What you are looking for is The Gap Cycle by Stephen Donaldson.
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Peadar reacted to a post in a topic: What Are You Reading? 2024 Quarter 1!
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A few items. Absolutely loved The City of Last Chances and House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky. That guy writes so many different types of books. These are two of my favs of his. Think fantasy not sci-fi. Thank you to those that recommended them in these threads. Also just finished Seth Dickenson’s Exordia. I thought I was going to love it. Ended up liking it. There are some really interesting ideas mixed up in the book, which I enjoyed. And some interesting Bakker-esque philosophy, but in a good way, not a grim dark navel gazing way. I thought it was a stand alone when I started it, but it seems to me to be the start of a series or at least in need of a sequel. Anyone know?
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Iskaral Pust reacted to a post in a topic: Mysteries: More Murders, More Minor Misdemeanors, More Moors, More Pies
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unJon reacted to a post in a topic: The Last Dangerous Visions
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Larry of the Lawn reacted to a post in a topic: What are you reading? Fourth Quarter 2023
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No weepers on the Slog!
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unJon reacted to a post in a topic: What are you reading? Fourth Quarter 2023
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Pellert reacted to a post in a topic: What are you reading? Fourth Quarter 2023
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It gets easier to follow. It also gets very much grimmer and darker. But mostly that’s the second trilogy.
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Peadar reacted to a post in a topic: What are you reading? Fourth Quarter 2023
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Winterfella reacted to a post in a topic: What are you reading? Fourth Quarter 2023
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AncalagonTheBlack reacted to a post in a topic: What are you reading? Fourth Quarter 2023
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I enjoyed the latest KJ Parker trilogy (Saevus Corvax). While it was more of the same with his protagonist (too clever by half sympathetic sociopath archetype) I thought the trilogy overall had emotional impact and depth that some of his recent works lacked. I still yearn for the high points of Folding Knife and Sharps, or the insane twists of Belly of the Bow or The Hammer, but this latest was a local high point for me. Recommended for fans of his work.
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Mysteries: More Murders, More Minor Misdemeanors, More Moors, More Pies
unJon replied to Datepalm's topic in Literature
I just finished The Thursday Murder Club series. Really enjoyable. A group of elderly living in a retirement community solve murders. Some great characters and moving moments. Some of the plot is a little too cute, but overall I recommend to folk that enjoy this genre. -
unJon reacted to a post in a topic: The books coming out in 2023/2024
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I recommend going to Noble House right after Tai Pan.
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unJon reacted to a post in a topic: What are you reading? Fourth Quarter 2023
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unJon reacted to a post in a topic: What Are You Reading? Third Quarter, 2023
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I thought he died before he could finish?
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Put it in the 4th quarter thread
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Just bought three of the books in here. Thanks!
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I just finished House of Odysseus by Claire North, book 2 in her Songs of Penelope trilogy. I have found North to be very hit or miss since her amazing debut novel The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. That said I have really enjoyed these first two Penelope books. It tells the story of Penelope while Odysseus is lost at sea after the Trojan war, with a goddess narrating the book (Hera the first books and Aphrodite the second). Great focus on how a smart and strong woman Queen can get by and thrive in an island with very few adult men (since they all went off to Troy and haven’t come back). I would recommend for anyone that enjoys Greek myths or the characters from the Iliad/Odyssey.
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I just finished Dogs of War, which I loved. And now I see there is a sequel, Bear Head, so I am diving into that.
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Agreed but I can’t imagine it will matter. It is interesting he’s teasing a follow up MMA battle. I’m super skeptical that’s anything but building up the hype for the boxing match. Man tonight’s UFC card is one of the weaker PPVs I can remember.
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unJon reacted to a post in a topic: Pat Rothfuss XVIII: Whereof one cannot speak...
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Pat Rothfuss XVIII: Whereof one cannot speak...
unJon replied to Gaston de Foix's topic in Literature
No sobbers on the Slog!