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Movies and TV / Re: Inception

« on: July 30, 2010, 12:23:15 AM »

Yes, it was pretty good. Certainly a mind-twister like Momento. The husband wanted to compare it to the Matrix (a favorite of his), since it makes you question what's real and etc.

What do you guys think?

Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3

« on: July 30, 2010, 12:20:06 AM »

Quote from: Silk on July 26, 2010, 12:45:52 AM

Hmm. I'll be curious to hear what you think of Under Heaven.

Whoa boy, I HAD to write a review after reading that one, cuz I had to vent. Dunno when the EBR Overlords will get around to posting it. But here's the gist:

Awesome setting.
Awesome characters.
Beautiful prose.
Stupid ending.

Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3

« on: July 26, 2010, 12:16:05 AM »

Began THE LAST STORMLORD by Glenda Larke and got about 100 pages in before I got bored and then read...

Patricia Brigg's 5th Mercy Thompson Book SILVER BORNE, which was fabulous, as should be expected.

Instead of going back to Larke's, I'm now about 1/3 of the way through Guy Gavriel Kay's UNDER HEAVEN.

I'll get back to Larke's book when I have the stamina again to wade through more world-building.

Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3

« on: July 12, 2010, 08:58:11 PM »

Just finished SM Stirling's gritty urban fantasy A Taint in the Blood. I liked his The Change books, but this one was a little over-the-top with all the vampire/blood/sex/torture.

Tomorrow I should have Novik's newest Temeraire book in my hot little hands. *Squee*

Books / Re: Sci-Fi authors

« on: July 12, 2010, 06:21:54 PM »

Quote from: Recovering_Cynic on July 12, 2010, 03:26:29 PM

Harry Harrison is great if you're into science fiction/satire. The Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat was/is awesome.

I haven't read those in years. I loved them when I was in high school. They're hilarious.

Books / Re: NPR's Summer Genre Reading List

« on: July 11, 2010, 04:16:20 PM »

I haven't read any of them, but anything by Gaiman is sure to be good. Bookstore guy wrote a review on Kraken.

Books / Re: review: City and the City

« on: July 08, 2010, 06:27:28 PM »

That review was by Silk. I just post them, so sometimes it seems like it's me reviewing it when I'm really not.

I'll be exclusively doing reviews on http://elitistbookreviews.blogspot.com/. Two of mine have been posted so far, and right now I have 4 or 5 in the queue.

Books / review: City and the City

« on: July 08, 2010, 04:52:39 PM »

review by Silk: http://www.timewastersguide.com/review/1700/The-City-and-the-City

Everything Else / Re: Cool Stuff Found on the Internet, again

« on: July 07, 2010, 01:53:46 AM »

Star Wars cookie cutters. Full of awesome.

Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3

« on: July 02, 2010, 02:35:35 AM »

Quote from: guessingo on July 02, 2010, 02:03:02 AM

Stonehenge by Bernard Cornwell (thanks to the Writing Excuses guys for recommending Cornwell)

Stonehenge was ok, not Cornwell's best, but a good standalone if you don't want to get into his series. If you like that, you'll like his other stuff, such as the Richard Sharpe series, which takes place during the Napoleonic Wars. I recommend the series done in the UK with Sean Bean as lead character. He has some of the best villains you just love to hate.

Books / Review: The Hollow Crown

« on: June 26, 2010, 10:40:03 PM »

review by Silk: http://www.timewastersguide.com/review/1699/The-Hollow-Crown

Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3

« on: June 26, 2010, 09:50:18 AM »

Got about 2/3 of the way through The Wayfarer Redemption by Sara Douglass before giving up. Ug. Just, ug. I tried, really I did, but I stopped caring.

Instead of bothering to finish Douglass, I'm starting JV Jones' The Baker's Boy, unless there's another of hers you'd recommend I start with. Here's to hoping it's better written...

Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3

« on: June 26, 2010, 12:22:05 AM »

Quote from: Renoard on June 24, 2010, 10:36:10 PM

Fair warning, if you can't tolerate rape and incest in the context of fiction, don't read Donaldson. It's not gratuitous, but it is impossible to avoid.

Which is probably the main reason why I could never care enough about what happened to Thomas Covenant. And it's pretty dang hard to like a series, no matter how well written, if you can't stand the main character. It's one reason why I've never recommended those books to anyone.