Book Thread

Demonta books are much better Ed, I loved that series.

Cam wrote:Read them all, they're great.

The Larten Crepsley books are good as well

"Bec" fucking bored the life out of me.

Superb series as a whole though.

Bec was pretty crap. The ending was a bit jarring as well

I think the level of the writing in the Cirque de Freak series was far more consistent. The end of the Demonata series descended into a lot of macho, quasi-childish nonsense on Grub's part. Haven't read the Larten Crepsley books yet.

Finished Elantris the other day. Not Brian Sanderson's best work - far below his Mistborn Series - but it speaks to his prowess as a writer that I still enjoyed the book despite the less than stellar writing.

Onward to the Witcher books that Eternal unwittingly latched me onto.

Too much fantasy books in here, I want some good olde fashioned classics!

Rei Andros wrote:I think the level of the writing in the Cirque de Freak series was far more consistent. The end of the Demonata series descended into a lot of macho, quasi-childish nonsense on Grub's part. Haven't read the Larten Crepsley books yet.

Finished Elantris the other day. Not Brian Sanderson's best work - far below his Mistborn Series - but it speaks to his prowess as a writer that I still enjoyed the book despite the less than stellar writing.

Onward to the Witcher books that Eternal unwittingly latched me onto.

You'd be surprised.

Mind you, there are only two books translated so far. And one collection of short stories missed out in-between those two, I liked Geralt enough to read the fan translation of those stories, so I wouldn't miss out on character development. I can link you if you ever want.

Ted wrote:Too much fantasy books in here, I want some good olde fashioned classics!

Not a good time to mention I'm currently reading Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood then.

A book of a game

Cam wrote:A book of a game

I do hope this isn't aimed at the Witcher series as well as AC.

No, just Assassin's Creed.

George Orwell is my new favourite author.

Eternal Witcher wrote:You'd be surprised.

Mind you, there are only two books translated so far. And one collection of short stories missed out in-between those two, I liked Geralt enough to read the fan translation of those stories, so I wouldn't miss out on character development. I can link you if you ever want.

Might as well link me now. Thanks in advance.

Cam wrote:A book of a game

Read 2/3 of the Halo books before I came to my senses.

Rei my good man.

http://en.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?/topic/20967-our-community-fan-translations/
These ones:Limits of the Possible
A Shard of Ice


A Little of Dedication
The Sword of Destiny
The Eternal Fire
Something More

I found them well done despite the amateur work.

Ted wrote:George Orwell is my new favourite author.

I've been wanting to read 1984, but I haven't been to the library in ages.

'A Clockwork Orange' is fantastic. And Lolita, I guess they are classic.

what are the Larten Crepsley books?

Ed wrote:what are the Larten Crepsley books?

They're books about Larten Crepsley? They're like a prequel, really good actually, thought they'd be shit.

SBSP wrote:

Ted wrote:George Orwell is my new favourite author.

I've been wanting to read 1984, but I haven't been to the library in ages.

Stop being a noob and read it.

I have just reread A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens. It was as good as the last time I read it, incredibly enough.

Who is this guest?

Glen.

Why did he leave?

Glen, probably.

It was Glen. I assmume he requested it to be admin of RR's forum.

He left because he wasn't enjoying his time on here anymore and because he needs to focus on school.

Sure it was Glen.

Sad that he didn't drop me a PM first.

Two interesting scifi shorts stories I read recently.

http://princeofthorns.com/Locked%20In.html
http://archive.ncsa.illinois.edu/prajlich/forster.html

Rei, do you prefer first person or third person narratives?

Difficult question. I think first person just edges it.

Reading Macbeth for English.

Started reading Robinson Crusoe. About 50 pages in (where he gets shipwrecked) and to be honest I've found it a bit slow so far. Does it pick up later on?