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virtuadept
  
 
| | #1 posted June 13, 2009 at 10:30am (EST) |
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vDub
 
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| | #41 posted July 16, 2009 at 11:30pm (EST) |
yes, it is...and because of the small print, it feels like it's taking longer to read. 
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nihon
| | #42 posted July 17, 2009 at 6:47am (EST) |
I tossed it down in disgust after about 60 pages (still preparing for the festival at that point). The only books I'm likely to read completely are the ones being worked on by Brandon Sanderson right now. At least he writes interesting stories. :)
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koster
| | #43 posted July 17, 2009 at 10:59am (EST) |
Finished Dororo volume 1 and volume 2, and now on volume 3...
These books are the basis for the PS2 game Blood Will Tell, which closely follows the storyline of the books (at least as far as I've read)... |
sgtshaggy
  
| | #44 posted July 17, 2009 at 6:02pm (EST) |
nihon wrote:
> I tossed it down in disgust after about 60 pages (still preparing
> for the festival at that point). The only books I'm likely to read
> completely are the ones being worked on by Brandon Sanderson right
> now. At least he writes interesting stories. :)
It is a slow starter, but an amazing book if you make it through it.
shags
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mentalpowers
 
| | #45 posted July 17, 2009 at 6:05pm (EST) |
Roald Dahl-My Uncle Oswald
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sgtshaggy
| | #46 posted July 17, 2009 at 7:29pm (EST) |
Oh, and I just finished Heir To The Empire by Timothy Zahn. Great Star Wars book, like reading a movie - gotta snag the 2nd in the trilogy soon.
shags
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nihon
| | #47 posted July 17, 2009 at 8:02pm (EST) |
sgtshaggy wrote:
> Oh, and I just finished Heir To The Empire by Timothy Zahn. Great
> Star Wars book, like reading a movie - gotta snag the 2nd in the trilogy
> soon.
I liked that trilogy. If they were to make a sequel trilogy to the original Star Wars movies, they should make it from those books. Zahn is an excellent author.
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vDub
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| | #48 posted July 17, 2009 at 9:26pm (EST) |
just finished Raven's Gate tonight. Thinking about moving onto Evil Star, but I'd rather work on finishing The Eye of the World
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sgtshaggy
| | #49 posted July 17, 2009 at 9:45pm (EST) |
nihon wrote:
> I liked that trilogy. If they were to make a sequel trilogy to the
> original Star Wars movies, they should make it from those books. Zahn
> is an excellent author.
It's the first book I've read by Zahn, but I really like it. His prose is clean and the pace is great.
It'd make an outstanding CG movie, in the right hands.
shags
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nihon
| | #50 posted July 18, 2009 at 5:17am (EST) |
As long as Lucas didn't write the script or direct, it would be fine. :)
You should read some other Zahn books.
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sgtshaggy
| | #51 posted July 18, 2009 at 7:03am (EST) |
Aye, leave Lucas away from it for sure  .
I was checking up on some other Zahn books on Paperback Swap last night. I may snag a few after I finish the trilogy.
shags
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vDub
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| | #52 posted July 18, 2009 at 2:03pm (EST) |
Shags - I have Time Bomb by Timothy Zahn if you're interested.
I decided to read Evil Star. The Gatekeepers series is good enough that I think I'll read all the books before I go back to Eye of the World.
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nihon
| | #53 posted July 18, 2009 at 2:09pm (EST) |
sgtshaggy wrote:
> Aye, leave Lucas away from it for sure .
He's fine as long as someone else does the directing and scriptwriting. He has some great ideas.
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> I was checking up on some other Zahn books on Paperback Swap last
> night. I may snag a few after I finish the trilogy.
The Icarus Hunt was a good one. He also has a series called the Conqueror's Trilogy. They're pretty good, too.
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sgtshaggy
| | #54 posted July 18, 2009 at 7:34pm (EST) |
The Conqueror's Trilogy is the one I was leaning toward last night, while browsing. Sounded interesting.
shags
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nihon
| | #55 posted July 19, 2009 at 4:53am (EST) |
IIRC, Icarus Hunt was a standalone, so it might be a quick one to read.
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sgtshaggy
| | #56 posted July 20, 2009 at 8:22pm (EST) |
I ran by the local used paperback store today, to snag the Dark Force Rising; unfortunately, they didn't have a single Star Wars book  . However, they did have a single Timothy Zahn book: Conqueror's Pride, which suited me just fine. Gonna read it while I wait for the 2nd and 3rd books in the trilogy from PBS  .
shags
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vDub
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| | #57 posted July 20, 2009 at 11:50pm (EST) |
methinks Shags is ignoring me. 
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sgtshaggy
| | #58 posted July 21, 2009 at 12:42am (EST) |
My bad, Dubbers, it was unintentional. Is Time Bomb good? I'm quickly becoming a fan of Mr. Zahn .
shags
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vDub
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| | #59 posted July 21, 2009 at 1:31am (EST) |
Shags - I never read it. I actually got it with a bunch of other books from someone on FreeCycle. I just figured since you wanted to read Zahn's stuff, you might be interested in that book.
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vDub
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| | #60 posted July 21, 2009 at 1:36am (EST) |
I just finished Evil Star. Now I'll have to wait for Nightrise to come in at the library before I can continue with the Gatekeepers series
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sgtshaggy
| | #61 posted July 21, 2009 at 7:44am (EST) |
Sure, I'm interested .
shags
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vDub
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| | #62 posted July 24, 2009 at 12:58pm (EST) |
Currently reading Nightrise.
Shags - I'll just send you Time Bomb & Zahndry Others for free.
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sgtshaggy
| | #63 posted July 24, 2009 at 5:33pm (EST) |
You ain't gotta do that, silly. I'll run across it one day. Thanks for the offer, though .
shags
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vDub
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| | #64 posted July 25, 2009 at 10:39pm (EST) |
finished Nightrise tonight, moving onto the last book of the Gatekeepers series, Necropolis.
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sgtshaggy
| | #65 posted July 26, 2009 at 4:20am (EST) |
I've been in a bit of a holding pattern, waiting for the next Star Wars book in the series, Dark Force Rising. It showed up yesterday, woot .
shags
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vDub
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| | #66 posted August 2, 2009 at 11:01pm (EST) |
finally finished First King of Shannara by Terry Brooks tonight
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SmarmySir
| | #67 posted August 3, 2009 at 10:54pm (EST) |
You know what book you should finish now, dublet? Do you? Hmm????
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vDub
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| | #68 posted August 3, 2009 at 11:35pm (EST) |
ya....the Eye of the World.
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oulzac
| | #69 posted August 4, 2009 at 1:47am (EST) |
I just finished The Last Wish, and just started Blood of Elves.
Sapkowski has a great writing style, his dialog is between charters is fast, witty and smooth, it really kept me enthralled in the story, it was one of those books I read in two days as I just couldn't put it down.
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vDub
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| | #70 posted August 4, 2009 at 1:49am (EST) |
I enjoyed those books too, although the translation is a bit spotty at times.
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oulzac
| | #71 posted August 4, 2009 at 2:05am (EST) |
Yeah there were a few spots where the translation was choppy. I also work with a dude from Poland, and he says there is a ton of meaning that does not translate at all into English, and a lot of the text was cut.
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SmarmySir
| | #72 posted August 4, 2009 at 6:19am (EST) |
Blackthorne wrote:
> ya....the Eye of the World.
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No, you should finish reading the only book of quality you've started in the past several months... I think we both know where I'm going with this.
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sgtshaggy
| | #73 posted August 5, 2009 at 12:52am (EST) |
I know where you're going with it; I wholeheartedly agree.
shags
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nihon
| #74 posted August 5, 2009 at 2:15pm (EST)
edited August 5, 2009 at 3:29pm (EST) |
Now reading Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber. Pretty good so far. It's the first in a new series by Weber (there are three books out in the series so far).
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vDub
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| | #75 posted August 5, 2009 at 5:03pm (EST) |
sgtshaggy wrote:
> I know where you're going with it; I wholeheartedly agree.
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> shags
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I don't get it
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SmarmySir
| | #76 posted August 5, 2009 at 7:16pm (EST) |
Think about it, dublet. What is the only worthwhile book you have started to read in the last several months, but quit because you were too lame to absorb any of the supremacy?
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Feeb
| | #77 posted August 5, 2009 at 8:15pm (EST) |
SmarmySir wrote:
> Think about it, dublet. What is the only worthwhile book you
> have started to read in the last several months, but quit because
> you were too lame to absorb any of the supremacy?
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Seems like he may have tried to read Game of Thrones once... |
sgtshaggy
| | #78 posted August 5, 2009 at 8:52pm (EST) |
I hand +1's out to Smarmy like candy to a baby  .
shags
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vDub
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| | #79 posted August 5, 2009 at 9:38pm (EST) |
I figured that was what you were getting at after I posted....except A Game of Thrones sucks and I'm in no hurry to finish it.
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SmarmySir
| | #80 posted August 5, 2009 at 10:53pm (EST) |
Yeah. A Game of Thrones sucks... and the droves of Star Wars and game-based books you read are top-notch titles
Heir to the Empire and its sequels are exempt from that assault of smarminess.
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