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MrBubbles on 22 February 2011
Doobie_wop said:
MrBubbles said:

i think a certain someone would be offended at the use of the word "assassin" to describe them ;)


I didn't think anyone know what I'm talking about if I called the main character a 'wetboy'. I'm reading the new book by Brent Weeks, different style, but similar tone, you might like it if you enjoyed the Shadows series.


just finished it a couple weeks ago actually :)



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Spankey on 22 February 2011
zarx said:

Currently reading Children of Dune By Frank Herbert. A very interesting read, great science fiction though the style in which it is written may be a tad impenetrable to casual readers, with lots of internal monologue and concurrent plot lines.

Still if you are a fan of hard sci fi and haven't read some of the Dune novels I highly recommend you do so, lol.


easily one of my favorite series of all time.

I've just finished the awesome "Surface Detail" by Iain M Banks. I love 'hard' Sci-fi

Currently re-reading "The Shape of Things to Come" by H.G. Wells, bloody good author for a commie lol



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MrBubbles on 22 February 2011

currently reading:

 

after that i will get started on the Wess'har Wars series by Karen Traviss, who i became a fan of after reading her Republic Commando novels... a real pity she will not be finishing that series due to that stupid fucking clone wars tv show *enraged face*



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sapphi_snake on 22 February 2011
oldschoolfool said:

I haven't read a bood in 13 yrs. I hate to read and the last book I read was the time machine in high-school.

Oh my. You're 30!!! Read something man!



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NotStan on 22 February 2011
Doobie_wop said:

 

(Ignore how generic the cover is, it doesn't truly represent the book)

I'm also currently reading 'The Black Prism' by Brent Weeks and I've just picked up 'American Gods' by Neil Gaiman.

 

I read that and loved it very much, the ending was sort of so-so of the trilogy but it wasn't too bad I guess. That book can get really explicit at times .

I'd also recommend

The image could have been better, I think authors struggle to find non-generic covers for their books :p



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Doobie_wop on 22 February 2011
NotStan said:
Doobie_wop said:

 

 

(Ignore how generic the cover is, it doesn't truly represent the book)

I'm also currently reading 'The Black Prism' by Brent Weeks and I've just picked up 'American Gods' by Neil Gaiman.

 

I read that and loved it very much, the ending was sort of so-so of the trilogy but it wasn't too bad I guess. That book can get really explicit at times .

I'd also recommend

The image could have been better, I think authors struggle to find non-generic covers for their books :p

They've progressed a fair bit at least. They use to be so much worse.

Also

 



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NotStan on 22 February 2011

Can't see teh images :p, but yeah, read the mistborn trilogy if you haven't yet, just as, if not a tad bit better than the Shadow assassin



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zarx on 22 February 2011
Spankey said:
zarx said:

Currently reading Children of Dune By Frank Herbert. A very interesting read, great science fiction though the style in which it is written may be a tad impenetrable to casual readers, with lots of internal monologue and concurrent plot lines.

Still if you are a fan of hard sci fi and haven't read some of the Dune novels I highly recommend you do so, lol.


easily one of my favorite series of all time.

I've just finished the awesome "Surface Detail" by Iain M Banks. I love 'hard' Sci-fi

Currently re-reading "The Shape of Things to Come" by H.G. Wells, bloody good author for a commie lol


Yea they are great books

I will try to get my hands on some of Iain M Banks' The Culture series next I really liked Use of Weapons and aparently that's not even the best in the series so I imagine that the others are fantastic lol. I will try to start on the oldest one this time Consider Phlebas if I can find it and work my way up to Surface Detail. 

Then again I might look into some dark fantasy instead of more sci fi, it is possible to get burnt out on the stuff no matter how good it is.



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NotStan on 22 February 2011

Would also recommend:

The Painted Man, followed by Desert Spear

Bartimaeus Trilogy,

Simon Scarrow's Roman books.

Mark Robson's books. - Imperial trilogy and also the series beginning with the "Forging of the sword".

And Belgariad series, first book being Pawn of the Prophecy.

I like fiction :p



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Wagram on 22 February 2011

I really should read my college textbooks, but....i'm lazy.... :(