Happy Ent Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 TDTCB or TFT is probably my favourite though.Ah, yes. The Fourfold Thought. This is the famous unpublished set of prequels describing Moënghus’s discarded plans, together with The Reasonably Short Path and the The Gut Feeling Trance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Ah, yes. The Fourfold Thought. This is the famous unpublished set of prequels describing Moënghus’s discarded plans, together with The Reasonably Short Path and the The Gut Feeling Trance.I deserved that :) I was thinking "thousand fold thought" but four-fold is funnier. I guess that's what they'd call the hollywood version ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talleyrand Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Sir, I defy thee, and I challenge thee to fisticuffs.Over which point? Do people actually like Haestan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durckad Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I prefer Judging Eye over WLW too. I thought the pacing/chapter lengths worked a lot better. TDTCB or TFT is probably my favourite though.Yep, that was what I liked best about it. Plus, TJE added a lot of new ideas to the world, just without all the navel gazing that returned in full force in WLW.I definitely think WLW will benefit quite a bit from a reread though.Ah, yes. The Fourfold Thought. This is the famous unpublished set of prequels describing Moënghus’s discarded plans, together with The Reasonably Short Path and the The Gut Feeling Trance.Don't give Bakker any ideas. I'd totally buy all those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alytha Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Is this a trilogy?It's going to be. The third volume should be out at some point this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkynJay Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 We have not talked about worst covers for the year yet!I present this generic crap as my nominee.edit: link fixed(I hope) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 We have not talked about worst covers for the year yet!I present this generic crap as my nominee.The link is broken, it requires a Goodreads login... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 I am going to buy this book. But it's because of what you said about it, and not because of the book group this person belongs to. There are LOTS of books that come out of that book group that I dislike, including recent Wildcards. (Sorry!)I hope you enjoy it as much as I did :thumbsup:We have not talked about worst covers for the year yet!I present this generic crap as my nominee.edit: link fixed(I hope)This is my pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horselover Fat Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 I refuse to believe that is an actual book cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Wolf Bran Stark Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 When I did a quick glance at the title, I thought it said Demon Squid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkynJay Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 I refuse to believe that is an actual book coverFound it on Goodreads, from Damnation publishing, Kindle only. Gotta be an indi release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Lawrence Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Found it on Goodreads, from Damnation publishing, Kindle only. Gotta be an indi release.Not read it myself, but this guy here: http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/blog/2011/12/31/ryans-2011-fantasy-book-review-awards/ reckons it's the most entertaining book of 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Found it on Goodreads, from Damnation publishing, Kindle only. Gotta be an indi release.Nope, if you so desire, you can own an actual physical copy of that beautiful artwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errant Bard Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Amidst the chaos, Frank must find a way to end the war before the battling hordes of half-breed angels, vampires, and lycanthropes reach Eden and bring about the end of existence. :stillsick: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pineapple Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Amidst the chaos, Frank must find a way to end the war before the battling hordes of half-breed angels, vampires, and lycanthropes reach Eden and bring about the end of existence.Ordered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alytha Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Sranchammer, you are aware that you now have to do regular chapter by chapter reviews of the book, right? See Min's Barbarian Snark for inspiration ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 The thing is, I've seen several reviews of it in my blogroll, and I cannot recall a bad one. :dunno: The synopsis and cover are both awful though (the cover looks like some weird mix of CG and crayon). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 :stillsick:I think a quote from the review Mark linked to makes it sound even worse : "There is never a dull moment to be had in this story, from fighting werebears in the tomb of Adam, to lewd glances at his cousins cleavage."In terms of bad cover art, it's perhaps too easy to pick on Baen Books covers, but I think this gem from the "Upcoming Cover Art" thread might win (although I'm not sure if it's actually a 2011 release).ETA - in terms of good cover art, I think out of the books I read my favourite covers were for Rivers of London (probably not at its best in a small screenshot since you can't see all the detail) and Peadar's The Deserter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkynJay Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 "Amidst the chaos, Frank must find a way to end the war before the battling hordes of half-breed angels, vampires, and lycanthropes reach Eden and bring about the end of existence."Ok, I have read this book. It was called Man with the Golden Torque, by Simon R Green at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caro99 Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Damn, i take my hat off to the people who managed 85 books or more in a year!! i wish i can do that one day, but in the meantime i've only done less than 50. but it makes me really happy to see there are people around the world who still love the written word!! :) i am from mexico and people here barely manage to read 3 books tops on average each year. most hate it, but thanks to my american friend i stopped being one of them 4 years ago. On 2011 i went to the states and bought 30 books. i'd been saving for a couple of years to be able to go to Barnes & Nobles and get all the books i can't get in my city. so my wish finally came true when i got books such asA Song of Ice & Fire 1-5, Howard's End by E.M. Foster, Far From the Madding Crowd by T. Hardy, Vivien Leigh's Biography by Alexander Walker, Bleak House by Dickens, The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle and well, some more... my friends all looked at me as if i had gone crazy when they saw all the books, but my best friend understood: it was $ well spent. Anyways, i haven't read all of them yet since october because i began reading the Song of Ice and Fire books then and i haven't been able to leave them alone since (I'm currently reading ACOK for the third time),and i have now made my best friend involved with the books as well. but still, cheers to all the bookwormds around the world!! :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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