nickg Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I'm reading Soul Hunter by Aaron Dembski-Bowden. Yeah its Warhammer. So what, wanna fight about it?I like it btw. But I'm a nerd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitestripe Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I've been on a Colum McCann kick. I seriously want to go to the man's house and tell him how awesome I think he is. Read Everything in this Country Must in one sitting.I also just read Donald Ray Pollock's The Devil All the Time which I was pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datepalm Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I finished Iain M. Banks' Feersum Endjinn. I started it once and the phonetic narration just killed me. Finished Gardens of the Sun, sequel to The Quiet War (Paul MacAuley) and liked that one too. Also Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, which I had read before, it turns out, but I remembered nothing. Now reading Michael Flynn's Eifelheim which is a bit weird atm, and I got through most of the second Flashman yesterday over a couple of long bus rides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vrana Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Sorry, it was in the prior issue. This should be the cite: Connell, Dan and Frank Smith. “Africa’s New Bloc.” Foreign Affairs. March/April 1998, pp. 80-94.Found it! Thanks a lot. It's more depressing than I thought it would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peadar Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I really enjoyed What it is like to go to War by Karl Marlantes. I think any writer who writes about battle without having been there should read something like this.I have just started John Love's Faith. Intriguing so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3CityApache Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Just started reading Snuff by Terry Pratchett. Sadly it's much less enjoyable than Discworld series in general, and than the latest books of the series in particular. I'm beginning to worry, that PTerry's disease starts influencing his work.Just finished Tigana (Guy Gavriel Kay) and, though it's somewhat repetitive to his earlier books, enjoyed it. Also reading Cemetary in Prague (Umberto Eco). It started promisingly, but then became increasingly boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkynJay Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Just started reading Snuff by Terry Pratchett. Sadly it's much less enjoyable than Discworld series in general, and than the latest books of the series in particular. I'm beginning to worry, that PTerry's disease starts influencing his work.I don't believe that. He has had lulls before, then hit with something big. I really struggled through Theif of Time, then a few books later he blows us all away with Night Watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3CityApache Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Well, I sincerely hope it's not the case. But since Night Watch, now that you mentioned it, only Going Postal and Making Money (not including Tiffany Aching stories) IMHO met high expectations. Thud! and (especially) Unseen Academicals were moderate disappointments and Snuff seems to be an even bigger one. But I do hope there will be another big thing. Scouting for Trolls, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickTidal Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I just finished Changes... fuck me.Game-changer.Love that book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alytha Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Well, I sincerely hope it's not the case. But since Night Watch, now that you mentioned it, only Going Postal and Making Money (not including Tiffany Aching stories) IMHO met high expectations. Thud! and (especially) Unseen Academicals were moderate disappointments and Snuff seems to be an even bigger one. But I do hope there will be another big thing. Scouting for Trolls, perhaps?There's a saying that if you ask 30 Pterry fans for their favourite Discworld novel, you get 30 different answers, but still...I didn't like Making Money much, but adored Thud!. Unseen Academicals was really a bit weak, but the Tiffany book I Shall Wear Midnight, which came out around the same time was pretty good.I quite liked Snuff. It's not one of the best, but pretty solid in terms of plot and themes. I think Terry tends to concentrate on morals and politics rather than action lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datepalm Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Thief of Time is one of my favorites. :dunno: I'm looking forward to the SF thing he's doing with...Stephen Baxter? I'd quite like to read something from Pratchett that isn't overtly humor, actually, though I don't know if this is supposed to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I started it once and the phonetic narration just killed me.I don't think I could have made it through the book if it had all been in that style. One chapter out of every four I could cope with, although I suspect Bascule's chapters took about as much time to read as all the other POVs put together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Imp Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Just started reading American Gods and so far its kind of boring. I am about 300 pages in so hope it starts to pick up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verboten Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Am reading Gulag Archipelago, and I just finished The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay. I found the latter rather disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronson Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Im reading Abrahams Merritt's Dwellers in The Mirage . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkynJay Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Just started reading American Gods and so far its kind of boring. I am about 300 pages in so hope it starts to pick up.It doesn't really "pick up." It is certainly not an action novel. If you don't like at 300, there may be no hope. Though this means we can never be friends.............. Ok, fine, maybe we can be friends despite this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Just finished writing a review of Zora Neale Hurston's excellent debut novel, Jonah's Gourd Vine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuchulain Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Finished The Books of the South, the second Black Company omnibus. This series is getting better and better imo, though I was a bit bothered by the lack of resolution at the end of Dreams of Steel. The spin-off, The Silver Spike, is great too.I'm now reading Michael Chabon's The Mysteries of Pittsburgh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3CityApache Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Just started reading American Gods and so far its kind of boring. I am about 300 pages in so hope it starts to pick up.Heh, one of the best books I've ever read, but I had this feeling from the very beginning, so I don't think it would 'pick up' for you. Probably it's just not your cup of tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickTidal Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Heh, one of the best books I've ever read, but I had this feeling from the very beginning, so I don't think it would 'pick up' for you. Probably it's just not your cup of tea.Indeed, ^^This.IMHO, AG is indeed one of the best books ever written, but yeah if you aren't impressed by page 300, sadly chances are you won't be later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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