From a Guardian article on Stewart:
Throughout the first season of The Next Generation, I was continually getting these invitations to attend something called ‘conventions’. And my reaction was no because that had nothing to do with what I was trying to achieve: I wanted the show to have an impact on screen, not me standing on a platform talking about it.
“But at the end of the season, I accepted one in Denver. They took me to the back of this big building and I said, ‘What if no one turns up?’ And they looked at me like I was talking gibberish. I walked out and there were more than 3,000 people in this vast auditorium. And it overwhelmed me – not just the enthusiasm for my being there but an intense sense of affection and respect. Which wasn’t something I’d always experienced in this profession. After that, I’d do three or four of these conventions in each season.”
Thought you all might appreciate it :D
(It’s a great profile, BTW)
There is a great story and great world, somewhere in there. I may uncover it one day, but for now I’m ending my journey halfway through book 5. My criticism is like so many others, way too many POV characters to keep track of.. as well as not enough worldbuilding for my liking. I was hoping to get that same feeling of awe and scale like I got the first time I read Wheel of Time, but I didn’t. The entirety of the 5 books I did read were harder to make it through the so called slog in WoT.. (which I was so engrossed I didn’t think there was a slog all). Anyway, I’m jealous of everyone that loved Malazan, I really did try.
I just finished the Powdermage trilogy and I think I just caught a bug for flintlock fantasy.
When I picked up His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik, I already knew I liked her works. Spinning Silver is fantastic, Uprooted is charming, and the Scholomance books were very entertaining. Even so, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed His Majesty’s Dragon. The writing style was charming and Captain Will Laurence is a great fish out of water character, doing a great job of channeling outdated propriety wrapped around a truly noble and believable character. Of course, the highlight was the absolutely heartwarming relationship between Temeraire and Laurence, which felt both believable and was deeply gratifying.
So I blew through the first book and proceded to read all nine between March 6th and March 13th. My favourites were definitely books 1, 5, 6, and 9, with 3 and 7 being the weakest, in my opinion.
I haven’t been sucked into a series of books like this since Martha Wells’ Murderbot Diaries. While the Temeraire books aren’t perfect, they’ve got …
Thought i could hear if anyone know guys like this from any books?
Something that made you go “damn I can’t believe I read this with my eyes”.
My vote is this passage from A Feast For Crows:
“Ten thousand of your children perished in my palm, Your Grace. Whilst you snored, I would lick your sons off my face and fingers one by one, all pale sticky princes. You claimed your rights, my lord, but in the darkness I would eat your heirs.”
Nasty shit. There’s also a bunch in Black Leopard, Red Wolf
For me it’s Enders Game. When I was younger I thought the book was about a military genius who was so cool! I wish I was him!
Now that I’m older I see it’s a book about sacrificing a child and pushing someone past their limits for the good of mankind.
What books feel different now that you’re older for you?
I bought Fahrenheit 451 just before midday today its now 4pm and I’ve just finished it! I’ve already put post-it notes on all my favourite parts! I am just in SHOCK at how amazing it was! It is even so relevant for what’s going on in our world right now! I wish it was 3 times as long as it is! Although, I always say that after I read a good book. Please can we have a discussion on why it’s so great? No one in my family really “reads” and I need to talk to someone about this before I BURST! As the saying goes, “I could flip it over and start it all over again!”
Edit: Thank you all so much for the comments and interesting information! It’s so nice to have a community where like minded book lovers can express their opinions. I actually read F451 because some one recommended it on r/books and I am still really glad I did! I live in a tiny town in South Africa, so I’m going to have to order his other books, but rest assured …
THIS BOOK IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN ITS PREDECESSOR. A documentary in a book form. Wait a BOOKUMENTARY 😂. The movie and the book differs a LOT LIKE A LOT LOT. Loved the book from start to finish. How Brooks portray each part of the war in different perspectives taking place around the world is the real highlight of the book. OVERALL READ THISS!!!
I’ve read a few horror books here and there but this one genuinely scares me. I’ve been texting my husband, who’s up working, to come to bed because I don’t want to be by myself right now. 2⁄3 of the way through.
I can’t pinpoint exactly what I’m feeling except scared. I can’t tell you why I find it so scary. But I’m scared.
I feel as though I’ve invited Hill House to my home, or my mind, by reading it alone, while in bed - the wind is howling, doing me no favours. I feel like Hill Houde and Eleanor are so close to me, in a way, it feels real. The characters are so opaque and the dialogue so natural, it makes me feel like I’m in the house with them, observing. Too tangible for my liking right now.
The thing is, I know it’ll be best if they all leave yesterday, but I don’t want them to leave either.
It’s peak sinister. It slowly builds up, but it also sneaks up on you. There isn’t anything melodramatic. The shocks are gentle, nothing garish - but more terrifying as a result. I …
Looking for games of thrones in space.
if anyone could recommend me some books that would be greatly appreciated. Something along the lines of legend of galactic heroes.
im currently reading through Anne lecki, Hyperion, peter Hamilton, etc.
thanks so much in advance.
There is a vast amount of Soviet-era science fiction, and it appears much of it had never been translated into English. To give an example of a writer I have enjoyed since my younger years is Vadim Shefner. On Amazon I can only see one hard-cover story of his in English.
I am thinking of translating some of it into English. Is there much appetite for classic sci-fi, or would my efforts to translate something of the genre be a waste of time? Your feedback or suggestions/requests are welcome (although it does not escape me that it would be hard to know what to request unless you either can read Russian or if a translation already exists).
I’ve read these three novels but for the life of me I can’t remember what they are called:
1) A long line of women (extraterrestrials?) are tasked with advancing earth technology and the task is handed from mother to daughter. The original reason is lost thanks to the eleventh woman, who renounces the task. There’s also a line of male assassins trying to kill them.
2) A family from a middle-eastern flavored dimension are exiled to a near future version of the United States, where the end up in an internment camp and are smuggled out by a woman who buys them fake identities as Afghani refugees.
3) First in a fantasy trilogy maybe? A group of siblings, children of the royal family, are split up after their kingdom is conquered by barbarian raiders from the northern wastes. They escape and grow up separately, one becomes a pirate.
Thank you!