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07-13-2006, 10:01 AM

If it's Lope de Vega , I don't mind .

Ibby · 10-10-2006, 08:26 AM

Hm, I'm itching for something to read. Anyone have any suggestions? Since Amazon takes weeks, then I'm lookin' for something well-known enough to Torrent.

Clodfobble · 10-10-2006, 10:09 AM

I think you'd really dig Neal Stephenson, Ibram. You should definitely start with "Snow Crash," and then do either "Diamond Age" or "Cryptonomicon."

Happy Monkey · 10-10-2006, 10:16 AM

I'm currently reading "A Feast for Crows", the latest book in "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R. R. Martin. This volume is OK, but it doesn't follow some of my favorite plots in the series at all. Not a whole lot has happened so far, and I'm almost done with the book. Hopefully this series doesn't go where people tell me the Wheel of Time series ended up going.

Double hopefully the next book doesn't take as long to come out as this one did.

Clodfobble · 10-10-2006, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Double hopefully the next book doesn't take as long to come out as this one did.

It shouldn't--the only reason there's a "next book" yet at all is the draft for book four became ridiculously long, and the publisher insisted he cut it into two books. That's why "A Feast for Crows" ignores some characters entirely; their story arcs all got shifted to the second book (by which I mean the fifth book, don't know if it has a title yet or not.)

Happy Monkey · 10-10-2006, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

It shouldn't--the only reason there's a "next book" yet at all is the draft for book four became ridiculously long, and the publisher insisted he cut it into two books. That's why "A Feast for Crows" ignores some characters entirely; their story arcs all got shifted to the second book (by which I mean the fifth book, don't know if it has a title yet or not.)

Cool. I knew it felt incomplete in some way.

Spexxvet · 10-10-2006, 11:16 AM

I admit it - I'm reading Dance, Dance, Dance

Ibby · 10-10-2006, 03:08 PM

The new SoIaF is out?!

Damn, I GOTTA get it, I've been waiting so long I stopped checking.

Ibby · 10-10-2006, 10:19 PM

PSST, buddug's been gone for months, theres no need to point her towards your neocon wishlist.

morethanpretty · 10-10-2006, 10:54 PM

I'm reading Wolfblade, one of those wonderful fantasy books. I read lots of fantasy... I'm tired of The Wheel of Time Series though I think they have pretty much lost any sense of suspense or "OMG I can't believe that just happened!" Because the plots are just so slooooow, and the author throws in way too many frivolous details. The last "substance" book I read was The Grapes Wrath a couple of months ago, good literature piece with wonderful historical insight.

Happy Monkey · 10-10-2006, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by morethanpretty

I'm tired of The Wheel of Time Series though I think they have pretty much lost any sense of suspense or "OMG I can't believe that just happened!"

If you want those, the Song of Ice and Fire series has them - and big ones. Only one in this latest book so far, but it's a doozy.

morethanpretty · 10-10-2006, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

If you want those, the Song of Ice and Fire series has them - and big ones. Only one in this latest book so far, but it's a doozy.

Thanks I might try that...my local library has a fairly poor stock, normally they'll have the 2nd book of a series but never the 1st, I really need to get cards to some of the larger libraries around...just been laze.

Urbane Guerrilla · 10-11-2006, 07:24 PM

Robert Jordan, right? True, that guy seems to have an utterly Swedish sense of dramatic pace. I'm a voracious reader, but trilogies that would stop an elephant gun are things I avoid picking up except to improve my muscle tone. Too many pages for not enough literary virtue -- kind of like the Shannara shelf-full. Though better written, which in the Shannara case isn't saying much.

Happy Monkey · 10-11-2006, 07:35 PM

Wheel of Time is Robert Jordan. A Song of Ice and Fire is George R. R. Martin.

Ibby · 10-11-2006, 08:27 PM

Just checked out A Feast Of Crows from the school library!

10-10-2006, 08:26 AM	#2
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Hm, I'm itching for something to read. Anyone have any suggestions? Since Amazon takes weeks, then I'm lookin' for something well-known enough to Torrent. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

10-10-2006, 10:16 AM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I'm currently reading "A Feast for Crows", the latest book in "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R. R. Martin. This volume is OK, but it doesn't follow some of my favorite plots in the series at all. Not a whole lot has happened so far, and I'm almost done with the book. Hopefully this series doesn't go where people tell me the Wheel of Time series ended up going. Double hopefully the next book doesn't take as long to come out as this one did. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

10-10-2006, 11:16 AM	#7
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	I admit it - I'm reading Dance, Dance, Dance __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

10-10-2006, 03:08 PM	#8
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	The new SoIaF is out?! Damn, I GOTTA get it, I've been waiting so long I stopped checking. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

10-10-2006, 10:19 PM	#9
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	PSST, buddug's been gone for months, theres no need to point her towards your neocon wishlist. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

07-13-2006, 10:01 AM	#1
Buddug Guest Posts: n/a	If it's Lope de Vega , I don't mind .

10-10-2006, 10:09 AM	#3
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I think you'd really dig Neal Stephenson, Ibram. You should definitely start with "Snow Crash," and then do either "Diamond Age" or "Cryptonomicon."

10-10-2006, 10:54 PM	#10
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	I'm reading Wolfblade, one of those wonderful fantasy books. I read lots of fantasy... I'm tired of The Wheel of Time Series though I think they have pretty much lost any sense of suspense or "OMG I can't believe that just happened!" Because the plots are just so slooooow, and the author throws in way too many frivolous details. The last "substance" book I read was The Grapes Wrath a couple of months ago, good literature piece with wonderful historical insight. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

10-11-2006, 07:24 PM	#13
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Robert Jordan, right? True, that guy seems to have an utterly Swedish sense of dramatic pace. I'm a voracious reader, but trilogies that would stop an elephant gun are things I avoid picking up except to improve my muscle tone. Too many pages for not enough literary virtue -- kind of like the Shannara shelf-full. Though better written, which in the Shannara case isn't saying much. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

10-11-2006, 07:35 PM	#14
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Wheel of Time is Robert Jordan. A Song of Ice and Fire is George R. R. Martin. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

10-11-2006, 08:27 PM	#15
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Just checked out A Feast Of Crows from the school library! __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

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