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I was thinking of getting that - I enjoyed his story in Zenith Lives.
I'm onto my second Lavie Tidhar book of the month, Gorel and the Pot-Bellied God, a guns and sorcery novella. It's an interesting book, reminding me of Elric in the way it attacks the conventions of the genre. You read it assuming that Gorel is a Conan-type hero, but as he does bad things it's almost as if the author is saying, this is your hero? He's *still* your hero? Even when he does *this*?!
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« Reply #361 on: May 12, 2012, 09:01:08 AM » |
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The Croning by Laird Barron,
Where The Bodies are by Kim Newman
and Evil Eternal by Hunter Shea
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« Reply #362 on: May 12, 2012, 09:04:18 AM » |
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Currently mixing it up with
The Croning by Laird Barron,
Where The Bodies are by Kim Newman
and Evil Eternal by Hunter Shea Interested to hear what you think of Evil Eternal, Jim. I loved Hunter's first novel 'Forest of Shadows'. The Croning is lurking in my to read pile but could be there some time as I've just started Justin Cronin's The Passage. |
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« Reply #363 on: May 12, 2012, 09:14:05 AM » |
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I'm about halfway through Hunters Book, and I am really enjoying it. Not to do it any disservice, but it is a great big dumb action packed horror, but a lot of fun.
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« Reply #364 on: May 12, 2012, 09:40:32 AM » |
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« Reply #365 on: May 14, 2012, 05:30:06 PM » |
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On to my third Lavie Tidhar book of the month: this time it's a novel, The Bookman, set in a world where (I think - not far into it yet) Caliban's species have installed themselves as rulers of Britain, and Moriarty is prime minister.
Books two and three in this series are in the review pile, and so is Osama, so I could well be reading Tidhar for the rest of the month...
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« Reply #366 on: May 17, 2012, 12:50:02 PM » |
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Anne Lyle's debut. Very good so far.  |
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« Reply #367 on: May 18, 2012, 12:19:52 AM » |
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« Reply #368 on: May 18, 2012, 03:07:02 PM » |
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Back to old school sword and sorcery for me these past few weeks to get in the mood for writing another one.
I've recently read
The Broken Sword: Poul Anderson
The Ship of Ishtar and Dwellers in the Mirage by A.E. Merritt
Ghost King: David Gemmell
The Hour of the Dragon: Robert E Howard
The Chronicles of the Runestaff: Michael Moorcock
The Drawing of the Dark: Tim Powers
and today I'm on to Ill Met in Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber
It's all reminding me of the early '70s and what it was like to be in my early teens and full of wonder. That's the feeling I want to use in my next book.
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« Reply #369 on: May 20, 2012, 12:42:36 AM » |
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The only one I have not read on your list is Ghost King: David Gemmell, but all the have others been most enjoyable reads. |
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« Reply #370 on: May 20, 2012, 09:16:35 PM » |
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Prince of Thorns - Mark Lawrence
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« Reply #371 on: May 30, 2012, 02:03:29 PM » |
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I finished Kristine Katherine Rusch's Alien Influences a week back, and am finally about half way through Dance With Dragons - Mr G R R Martin of course.
It's been a while since I have read anything thanks to having kids - I forgot how relaxing it can be!
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« Reply #372 on: June 05, 2012, 11:30:57 AM » |
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Just finished Moon over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch. Really like this series, about Peter Grant, the son of a jazz musician, and an apprentice wizard in the Metropolitan Police. As an ex-Londoner, I appreciate that the feel of the city is right and there is some wonderful, cynical humour. I recommend reading Rivers of London first, as there are some spoilers in the second book. The third, Whispers Underground is out soon, and I've heard hints that he's writing some more.
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« Reply #373 on: June 06, 2012, 09:31:30 PM » |
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I've finished Michael Logan's Apocalypse Cow, the one that has Zombie Cows in it, rather good it is.
Started on Ken MacLeod's the Highway Men.
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« Reply #374 on: June 08, 2012, 12:23:57 PM » |
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Back to old school sword and sorcery for me these past few weeks to get in the mood for writing another one.
I've recently read
The Broken Sword: Poul Anderson
The Ship of Ishtar and Dwellers in the Mirage by A.E. Merritt
Ghost King: David Gemmell
The Hour of the Dragon: Robert E Howard
The Chronicles of the Runestaff: Michael Moorcock
The Drawing of the Dark: Tim Powers
and today I'm on to Ill Met in Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber
It's all reminding me of the early '70s and what it was like to be in my early teens and full of wonder. That's the feeling I want to use in my next book.
All great stuff, Willie. Strangely, just finished reading three of them myself for that sense of wonder. haven't read Ghost King before. |
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