It doesn’t seem that long, does it?
Empire magazine has an anniversary issue out next week that has Mr. Wood and Mr. Radcliffe reflecting together on their respective franchises, and seeing the cover shot of the two of them just made my inner young man sit up and say “Nah. It hasn’t been that long. Mr. Wood was in Sin City not too long ago… right?”
And then I rememberd that Sin City came out in 2005, and felt old. :)
I remember seeing Star Wars when it came out. I don’t remember the where’s or when’s for seeing the first installment of those two franchises, though. I never actually finished Potter’s story in the theaters, I was content waiting for the DVD. I remember The Return of the King, because the best theater in Seattle had a marathon, where they played the director’s cut of the first two movies and followed it with the premiere of the third, the day it came out, and we had to camp out in line practically overnight …
Locke Lamora has been recommended to me for so long and I finally got around to reading it. It was incredible, and as good if not better than what everyone on this subreddit made it out to be. Thank you Scott Lynch. It’s moving right towards the top of my recommendations now. If you liked GRRM’s characters, wit, prose, plot twists, and writing style, you’ll probably also love this. For the uninitiated, I’d describe this as a cross between A Song of Ice and Fire and Ocean’s 11, but only until the third act.
I’ve been (fairly) chriticized in the past for praising books without giving specifics about why I liked it so much, so I’ll try not to repeat that here. The following is everything I can remember enjoying (and that can be put in words), in no particular order.
First, the non-linear story telling, even intra-chapter, was fascinating, and set up some incredible twists and payoffs. One example is when we see >!Midnighters visit Don Salvara …
I am kind of sick of all the books that have the same goody-two-shoes or naive female protagonist that falls in love with a guy. I need something different with a good story. I want a protagonist that is complicated and can even be cruel at times to get what she wants. I don’t mind romance as long as it isn’t too cliche.
I really prefer books that do not constantly switch between point of views. I just want the whole book to be in the girl’s perspective, preferably first person. I don’t mind YA as long as it is a little darker but would prefer a more adult fantasy novel.
Books I have already been recommended are: The Traitor Beau Cormorant and Best Served Cold.
I know this is a fantasy forum but I wouldn’t mind sci fi as well if it fits what I am looking for.
I’m looking for books with gods as protagonists, but I’m specifically looking for gods with truly mythical power levels. Something like The Sandman or Lucifer comics where the protagonists are more powerful than most of reality combined. For contrast I’m not looking for something like Marvel’s Thor where the protagonist is one of the gods of mythology but can be fought by mortals with superpowers
Hey all, I’m glad that this day has finally come.
First off, a little about myself:
Now onto the book!
Note: This is an 8 book series, 3 of which are completed. I’ve just released Book 1 (Veil of Rage), but the next two will come soon.
Veil of Rage
My gorgeous (and expensive) cover:
Link to Amazon Store (It’s on KU!):
Blurb:
The fight to save a life started with a mysterious black granite box. What lay inside thrust him into a …
I’ve noted this many times before: I’ve played Bioshock which I’ve found amazing and heard it was based on Atlas Shrugged. “Wow”, I though, “this AMAZING game is based on a book, must be doubly amazing, I must read it!”
Oh no, and so I have. Atlas Shrugged is a terrible book. It reads like fanfic. Atlas Shrugged is like “50 shades of gray”, but for the economy.
It’s a long winded love letter to capitalism, with engineers and CEOs being by far the smartest, purest and best beings on our Earth, basically Disney princesses in suits, with doves landing on their lapels and everything.
Being an inventor or a capitalist basically means you’re the world champion of philosophy, limbo and sex.
This goes for women too! Well, A woman who’s equal to them in every way, except when she gets horny and requires a good tending to, you know, like a silly woman does. But only by her intellectually and entrepreneurial equal, …
I’ll go first. I prefer my Kindle to the point that I’ll download a book on my Kindle even if we already own the hard copy. A Little Life was ok but not great and did not make me cry. I did not finish Circe by Madeline Miller because it was boring.
How about you? What are your unpopular book opinions?
My wife and I are working on consolidating our book collection and we came across the 1965 Book club edition of Dune. We can’t find any major differences between the 2 novels, except for the hardcover. Mine is a bright red and hers is a maroon/grey cover.
Is it common for the same edition of a novel to have variants or do we unknowingly have different copies of the same edition?
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EDIT: I learned something new today with the introduction of gutter codes. Thanks to everyone for your help. Very educational!
I started reading Pride and Prejudice last December, but discontinued. I started it again January with a goal to finish it before buying other books. When I am halfway through the book, I can’t put it down. The book is that engaging.
The characterization of Darcy and Elizabeth, showing the faults of one another and still falling for each other is outstanding.
The pride and justification for that, the prejudice and realization of the mistake and love the other half even in fault. It is brilliant.
It became easily one of my favourite books.
Yesterday I finished reading Mythos by Stephen Fry. I (18/f) have always been interested in the idea of learning about the Greek myths, but never really knew where to start. Most books on the topic seemed a bit daunting, but I believe that Fry has provided a perfect first read. No prior knowledge or understanding was required to appreciate the myths and to enjoy not only the stories but his light hearted, humorous writing style. I would truly recommend this book to anyone who wants to take their first step into the world of Greek myths.
I originally wrote this post months ago for another subreddit, but I think its natural home is here. Although I am aware that Julian wrote other novels, the post focuses on her most well-known series: Saga of Pliocene Exile and Galactic Milieu.
Julian May was an exceptional writer. She was born 89 years ago and sadly died, aged 86, on the 17th October 2017. I first discovered her works in the 1990s, when I stumbled across the Saga of the Pliocene Exiles, published a decade before. The four books that make up the series are set 6 million years ago on Earth, and follow a group of time-travellers from the 21st century as they journeyed to what was promised to be an Eden; a place where they could live without all the technology and trappings of their overly-regulated modern age. Naturally, things didn’t go to plan, as a dimorphic race were already living on Earth.
The books are a heady mix of myth (linking to our shared memories of elves, dwarves and gods) and sci-fi. The main …
Tau Zero - Poul Anderson
Windup Girl - Paolo Bacigalupi
In the Ocean of Night - Gregory Benford
Heart of the Comet - David Brin
Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
The Songs of Distant Earth - Arthur C. Clarke
Triton - Samuel R. Delany
Permutation City - Greg Egan
Rocheworld - Robert L. Forward
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlein
The Children of Men - P. D. James
Pink Noise - Leonid Korogodski
Beggars in Spain - Nancy Kress
His Master’s Voice - Stanislaw Lem
InterstellarNet: Origins - Edward M. Lerner
The Three-Body Problem - Cixin Liu
Learning the World - Ken MacLeod
The Collapsium - Wil McCarthy
The Speed of Dark - Elizabeth Moon
A World Out of Time - Larry Niven
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel - George Orwell
The Quantum Thief - Hannu Rajaniemi
2312) - Kim Stanley Robinson
Cold as Ice) - Charles Sheffield
The Compleat McAndrew - Charles Sheffield
The Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson
Saturn’s Children - Charles Stross
New to sci fi, My apologies if this is an improper post for this sub. But basically what im asking is what would make, say, American Sci Fi different from British, or Czech from Russian? I know not all authors will conform to a regional “style” or whatever, but I am curious if there is such a thing?