Timewaster's Guide Archive

So I hit DI (second-hand everything store in Utah) this morning and got two hardbacks in perfect condition.

Red Seas Under Red Skies by Lynch-- $4
The Passage by Cronin -- $5

I couldn't believe how I made off with those, but it's the solid truth.

Had to mention them after the recent love for Red Seas on this thread.

Anyhow.

I'm reading Midwinter by Sturges right now.  Just over halfway through.  Going to be doing a review for the second book in the series (Office of Shadow) and figured it might be a bit easier to do so if I'd read the first in the series.  I'm kind of conflicted about the setup of reviewing books for which I haven't read prior books in the series.  This was an easy catch-up though.

Quote from: Patriotic Kaz on July 20, 2010, 06:45:52 PM

Red Seas under Red Skies... not sure if it was better or worst than Lies of Locke Lamora, anyways it's an excellent read.

Currently reading this as well and enjoying it immensely. Also reading Grave Peril, the third book of the Dresden Files, The City and the City by China Meilville, and every Calvin and Hobbes book (currently partway through Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink'),

I didn't like Red quite as much as I did Lies, but it was still a good book.

And I thought I'd throw this pic up on the forum because it's cool to run into other Calvin & Hobbes lovers.

http://www.timewastersguide.com/forum/index.php?topic=7716.0

So on the cover of the ARC that I'm currently reading it says:

Uncorrected Advance Reading Copy -- Not For Sale

And I was wondering how "Uncorrected" the book is.  At what point in the iterative process of editing between publisher and author do ARCs get printed?  Anyone?

Finished Leviathan Wept.  Interesting.  Alternately fantasy and literary, with some futuristic sci-fi stuff thrown in.

Finally getting around to finishing Twelve by Jasper Kent, then I'm going to read my copy of God Engines by Scalzi.  Couple quickies before diving into  The Dark Age trilogy by Mark Chadbourn.

The new line of Old Spice ads are all awesome. Exhibit 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE

So, I know this post is a bit old, but I just watched the clip.  Love the ad as well.  But, did anyone else happen to watch the "making of" clip associated with this commercial?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDk9jjdiXJQ

Twenty minutes long and really interesting.  Radio guy has a bet going with a video editor that posits the whole thing was done in a single shot.  Pretty cool stuff indeed.

I'm reading Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham.

Ah, one of my favorites.  Enjoy it.   And read the rest of the series.    In fact, buy them.     Well worth it.

Finally finished House of Chains.

I so need to get to this one.  After finally making it through the first three in the series and getting completely smashed by Erikson's awesome factor, the fact that I've so much else to read has been bothering me to the extreme.  Maybe in a month or so.

Close to finishing up the Adamantine Palace by Stephen Deas.  Lots of good here.

Ditto everything that Cynic said.

Finished Red Wolf Conspiracy.  Good and bad.

Starting The Adamantine Palace by Stephen Deas tonight.

I probably won't get to the God Engines until I finish Palace and Twelve as well.  Just found out that Amazon canceled my order of Leviathan Wept because it got delayed a few weeks and I didn't explicitly tell them that I still wanted it.  Grumble, grumble.  I think I'm going to weep.