Thu, 23 May 2013 20:57:33 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8934#Comment_8934 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8934#Comment_8934 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:56:44 -0800 MidgetRadio http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8937#Comment_8937 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8937#Comment_8937 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:12:46 -0800 Severin http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8945#Comment_8945 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8945#Comment_8945 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:04:04 -0800 Kosmopolit
It's "fantasy for people who hate fantasy" - no elves, no dwarves, next to no magic; actual well-rounded characters and a storyline that actually makes military and social sense. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8951#Comment_8951 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8951#Comment_8951 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:41:26 -0800 Joe Paoli
It's heavy on medieval politics, battles, and scheming. Fantasy elements eventually come into play, but mesh seamlessly.

It's epic in scope and adult in nature. Totally worth reading. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8965#Comment_8965 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8965#Comment_8965 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:25:36 -0800 ravnos
Also, he's written a few other things, my favorite of which is The Armageddon Rag, which is about 60's/70's rock, Armageddon, and a journalist trying to figure it all out, great book. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8968#Comment_8968 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8968#Comment_8968 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:28:20 -0800 C.O. http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8970#Comment_8970 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8970#Comment_8970 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:53:15 -0800 Severin http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8972#Comment_8972 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8972#Comment_8972 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:50:10 -0800 Carnadine http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8979#Comment_8979 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8979#Comment_8979 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:09:53 -0800 Vespers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8982#Comment_8982 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8982#Comment_8982 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:56:51 -0800 eggzoomin http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8986#Comment_8986 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8986#Comment_8986 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:40:28 -0800 fogus
-m ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8991#Comment_8991 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=8991#Comment_8991 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:36:09 -0800 Jacen
George actually has had an interesting career. He wrote for the Twilight Zone back in the day and had a sort of first career as a horror novelist back in the 80's when it was still a thriving genre in bookstores. He's also written award winning sci-fi (multiple Hugo, Nebula, Quill and Bram Stoker awards) and some Conan stuff.

Avatar is actually adapting his most famous horror piece, the novel Fevre Dream. We released a review book not too long ago but the series doesn't have a definite launch date just yet. I'm betting someone around here could post some of the gorgeous art from that book...

Cover of the Preview:
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Not at all, I do too. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9004#Comment_9004 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9004#Comment_9004 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:00:02 -0800 branjo I always always recommend these books with no apologies for the last one... by the time anyone gets to it, they love the story.

The free iTunes downloads (There is a podcast and a similar interview) of the author speaking are fantastic. I wish he would read the whole series to me. His voice is delightful. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9012#Comment_9012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9012#Comment_9012 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:10:38 -0800 Elohim http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9018#Comment_9018 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9018#Comment_9018 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:26:03 -0800 KitsuneCaligari Fevre Dream is the best vampire story ever. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9025#Comment_9025 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9025#Comment_9025 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:59:05 -0800 RenThing
1. Do not become too attached to the characters. GRRM has no problem with horrifically killing ANY of them at any time. Be warned.
2. He's very slow to write the series. It's been at least two years since the last book came out and he has no idea when the next one, A Dance For/Of (can't remember which) Dragons, will be coming out. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9044#Comment_9044 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9044#Comment_9044 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:40:00 -0800 JoeViturbo As just about every person in the series I've cared about is now dead I'm trying to figure-out just where he's going with the series. I'm starting to wonder if he knows. I keep coming back though.
Samwell FTW ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9048#Comment_9048 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9048#Comment_9048 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:56:12 -0800 ravnos
@branjo
Actually I've always HATED Cersei, but... I hate her so much I hate about what she does, so I guess it still ties in.
The only character that bored me was Daenerys, and that was only until Feast for Crows, I liked her in that one... I dunno.
I really like that he has no problem killing someone off, I get really annoyed when a character slips by death a lot. "Stop being a pussy and kill him already." ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9054#Comment_9054 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9054#Comment_9054 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:37:59 -0800 Rachel
Then I rush over and dust it off, say sorry and give it a hug. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9056#Comment_9056 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9056#Comment_9056 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:58:31 -0800 TechnocratJT We have had both a steady increase in "magic" and a clear line of development of several characters into the people, and more exactly hero's journey archetypes, they will be for the narrative to come to its end.

This is not a complaint just an observation, and one more then in part linked to the narratives of Jon Snow and Danerys as they are clearly on parallel journeys in very classic sense, and more so are almost certainly the central characters of the entire work when all is said and done. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9062#Comment_9062 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9062#Comment_9062 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:30:25 -0800 J. Thaddeus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9073#Comment_9073 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9073#Comment_9073 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:01:28 -0800 eggzoomin http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9076#Comment_9076 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9076#Comment_9076 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:05:39 -0800 Kosmopolit
Yeah, midway through book 2 people start dying - including one of the main characters up to that point who dies an inglorious off-stage death which is described almost offhandedly. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9093#Comment_9093 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9093#Comment_9093 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:55:53 -0800 Joe Paoli eggzoomin
Jordan was never gonna finish, though. He reckoned there was another TWENTY books to come - even if he hadn't been ill, he was pretty old to be writing some 20 000 pages or so - old age would have got him before it finished.
Word is that he was determined to have the upcoming book 12 be the final book even if it was so long they had to invent a new bookbinding process to make it. There were reports on his blog that he worked on it as much as he was able before dying, and shortly before his death spent about two hours telling a room full of people how the plot unfolds. I'm pretty confident we'll get the final book posthumously. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9097#Comment_9097 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9097#Comment_9097 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:41:30 -0800 JoeViturbo Brandon Sanderson to finish the Last Book in the Wheel Of Time Series
Announcement ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9098#Comment_9098 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9098#Comment_9098 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:48:56 -0800 J. Thaddeus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9103#Comment_9103 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9103#Comment_9103 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:08:11 -0800 eggzoomin http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9104#Comment_9104 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9104#Comment_9104 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:17:16 -0800 Joe Paoli @JoeViturbo
Tor has Already selected Brandon Sanderson to finish the Last Book in the Wheel Of Time Series AnnouncementThanks for the info and links, Joe. I hadn't heard this. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9113#Comment_9113 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9113#Comment_9113 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:03:58 -0800 Unsub
Any fans of Bernard Cornwells historical fiction here? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9120#Comment_9120 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9120#Comment_9120 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:35:54 -0800 eggzoomin http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9164#Comment_9164 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9164#Comment_9164 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:08:40 -0800 Elohim http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9211#Comment_9211 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=9211#Comment_9211 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:39:21 -0800 MidgetRadio http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=10655#Comment_10655 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=10655#Comment_10655 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:27:14 -0800 AdiTantimedh http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=10658#Comment_10658 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=10658#Comment_10658 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:41:02 -0800 TechnocratJT http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=10665#Comment_10665 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=10665#Comment_10665 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:14:08 -0800 tulpa http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=10673#Comment_10673 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=10673#Comment_10673 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:52:15 -0800 Unsub
The thing I don't like about most sword and sorcery books is the characters are usually way to 2 dimensional.
That's one thing i liked about Cornwalls Viking series is the people acted like real people.

I would actually like to read a really well written sword and sorcery book. Do you think Song of Fire and ice would be a good choice for someone who does not usually like the genre? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=10687#Comment_10687 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=10687#Comment_10687 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:05:17 -0800 Wilf http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=10715#Comment_10715 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=10715#Comment_10715 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:02:59 -0800 Elohim
J.V. Jones is a good stepping stone between Hobb and Martin.

@ Unsub - There is a Cornwell book called Redcoat set during the American War of Independence. Also, Patrick Lassan in the Starbuck Chronicles is the son of Sharpe and his French girlfriend/wife. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=10759#Comment_10759 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=10759#Comment_10759 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:35:06 -0800 Elohim http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=10760#Comment_10760 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=10760#Comment_10760 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:39:43 -0800 TechnocratJT As an afterthought, does anyone know when HBO are planning to start showing Song of Ice & Fire or Preacher?

Last i heard they are both "in development" - simply properties HBO has the rights too and some work has proceeded on, so a possible answer,in fact likely answer, is never. A few years away at the earliest if they happen. Judging by comments made by Ennis and Martian, Preacher is in more active development by far. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=10915#Comment_10915 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=10915#Comment_10915 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:01:42 -0800 MichaelGreen http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=10921#Comment_10921 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=10921#Comment_10921 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:46:07 -0800 Necros
One High Fantasy Author I would recommend as extremely good is R. Scott Bakker: The Darkness that Came Before, The Warrior Prophet, and The Thousand Fold Thought. It is a complete trilogy, but I really hope he has some more to write about these characters. It is just really deep, epic worldbuilding of the best sort.

I am going ot have to read the Song of Fire and Ice, series though I will admit to being leary of starting a series that isn't finished yet. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=10928#Comment_10928 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=10928#Comment_10928 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:33:58 -0800 Elohim
He is doing I think another trilogy and a set of short stories in the same world, roughly the same timeframe. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=11196#Comment_11196 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=11196#Comment_11196 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:43:08 -0800 Vorn http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=11202#Comment_11202 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=11202#Comment_11202 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:57:21 -0800 Unsub I had my heart broken so badly I said I would never let myself be hurt again. Constantine the Movie!
Still there are people out there who could do a good job. No I have been hurt to many times.

Good catch Elohim about Redcoat. I forgot that Lassan was Sharpes kid. It was thinking of him as french that threw me off.
Are there any other authors who do history as well as Cornwell? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=11204#Comment_11204 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=11204#Comment_11204 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:11:38 -0800 Kosmopolit
Did you watch Carnivale? In particular the episode where Ben Hawkins finds his father's inbred redneck clan?

If HBO can capture the atmosphere of that , they should do well with Preacher.

"Always room at the table for kin." ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=11214#Comment_11214 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=11214#Comment_11214 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:06:50 -0800 Unsub I difd not see Carnivale but I may have to check it out now that you have totally creeped me out. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=11269#Comment_11269 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=354&Focus=11269#Comment_11269 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:18:52 -0800 Wilf
I've also recently read Steven Pressfield's Gates Of Fire (about the battle of Thermopylae that 300 was based on), which was very good - I believe he's got a few more out there, too. ]]>