Timewaster's Guide Archive

problem is that dan wells and brandon sanderson are the only listed admins on this forum. They don't have time to read it anymore.

which I find very funny.

Scott Lynch has medical issues that are apparently incapacitating him.
George RR Martin just doesn't want to work on that hard on the series. He is clearly using his fame from Ice and Fire to make money off of easier projects (short story books that he edits, public appearances, the TV Series).

These are too different things. I have never had an illness like Scott Lynch. I would cut the poor guy some slack. His life appears to be a mess.

I read that they will start filming in march. My understanding is that they had alot of issues financing the  movie due to the bad economy.

I shouldn't be allowed to buy books in a bookstore, because this is what happens:
Dreadnought  Cherie Priest  (The lady said this one was much better than the first.)
Scar Night Alan Campbell
The Osiris Ritual George Mann
Leviathan Westerfeld
Behemoth Westerfeld.
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Grand total = $72.

EDIT:  Oh, and I bought a copy of The Time Machine, I hope to god I don't have to tell you who wrote that one, for my sister, because she has never read it.

you could use your library card? I constantly have books and audio books checked out.

Been playing fallout alot. This has put me in the mood for post-apocalyptic sci-fi of some sort.


I have read:
The Stand by Stephen King
The Road by Cormac McCarthy (he doesn't consider this sci-fi... it also won a pulitzer. really terrific book)
Lamentation series by Ken Scholes is post apocalyptic fantasy (these are pretty good)
Know about Terry Brooks post apocalyptic stuff, but I am not interested.
A Canticle for Leibowitz (I think this was basically the first one. This is a real classic).
Safehold books by David Webber (great idea, mediocre writing)
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson (can be argued as post apocalyptic)

Prefer books more current than some 1950s ones like Earth Abides. I am open to a wide variety of books.

I don't know of any other fantasy or science fiction review sites that are close to Elitist Book Reviews. I stopped reading fantasy books for years (other than Robert Jordan) in large part because I could not tell from the blurb in the book if it would be any good. The blurbs all read the same. The best part of your reviews is because if you like a book, I can often tell from the reasons that you like it that probably would not like it. If you don't like a book, I can tell from your reasons for not liking it that I might like it.

To me that is the sign of a good book review site. I hope its ok to make one suggestion. Since you review so many books, I think you could use another category.

books we like that are pretty good
books that are great which you think are the best books.

There is a big difference between finishing a book and thinking it was pretty good and finishing a book with the feeling wow, this was terrific.

these are my favorite book forums. I was worried they would never come back.

Finished Joe Abercrombie's series. He is fantastic writer. He did alot of things the opposite of current trends in fantasy. Instead of creating a vast world with lots of nations and histories, he simplified it to 3 nations and no map. However, this left him room to work on a deep plot and stunning characters. The battle scene in the 3rd book may be my favorite battle scene of all time. I also really liked the way he wrote the northmen. He did a great job with them in the 3rd book. It is the kind of depth I would expect to only see in a very good and very well researched historical fiction novel. Oh and of course, he has canibals and a torturer is a viewpoint character. I think I might end up liking Abercrombie more than George RR Martin in the dark genre. Its too early to tell.

I am on Ken Scholes second book. I am reading this due to the good reviews on the Elitist book review site. I like the post-apocalytpic fantasy. The first book starts with a robot getting repgrammed, to cast a spell, that nukes a city. He also has a neat twist on the catholic church. In his books, the church is a group of archeologists. I like that his books are short and he is very efficient in his writing. A couple of things bothered me. First off, I think he was too brief in a few places. I remember thinking, a few times, how did we get here so fast? Also, the book starts with a catastrophe, but I don't think Scholes does that good of a job describing the sense of grief and horror that people would have gone through. Some of the main characters spent months burying an entire city. I would think that would be horrifying. Scholes doesnt doesn't really describe that well.
All that being said, I like him and will stick with him. I started on the second book and I think his writing has improved immediately.
I also really like the concept that he is running with. I have wanted to read fantasy books that mix magic and technology. This is the
first that I have found. I believe Brandon Sanderson said he is going to do that on his next Mistborn book.

I also picked up a Daniel Abraham book. I had never heard of him. I don't know anyone who has. I am reading him due to reviews
on the Elitist book review site and I think Brandon said he liked him at one of his book signings.

Also, audioing the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. I read the first two in the 1990s. They are as good as I remember. These
are books where you can tell, the author must have spent an incredible amount of time on. They are done very well. It is about the
colonizatin and terraforming of Mars.