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     CommentAuthorCorey Waits
   • CommentTimeApr 7th 2011

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   @Jamie Heron
   
   Yeah, Ron does a fantastic job, but I'm pretty sure he didn't do the narration of the second one, so I'll probably just track down the regular book and read it myself (maybe imagining Ron's voice throughout...). Audio books are so much slower than normal reading for me that it has to be a really fantastic narrator for me to actually stick to it.
2. • CommentAuthorSoviet Rocket No. 9
   • CommentTimeApr 7th 2011

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   Finishing up "Pride and Prejudice". After that, probably Terry O'Reily's Book "The Age of Persuasion". If you don't know who he is, he's a Canadian broadcaster, who talks about the many tricks and oddities of the advertising industry. His podcast is a must, for those who enjoy random information, about the men in suits who decide what you like.
3. • CommentAuthorundulatingungulate
   • CommentTimeApr 7th 2011

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   The Neuroscience of Religious Experience - Patrick McNamara
   
   Darwin, God, and the Meaning of Life - Steve Stewart-Williams
   
   Herzog on Herzog. (book of interviews with Werner Herzog.)
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     CommentAuthortmcd02
   • CommentTimeApr 7th 2011

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   I've just finished John Scalzi's Old Man's War and I think next I'll start on Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds.
   
   OMW was great, by the way. Science fiction with a good dose of wit and sarcasm.
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     CommentAuthornigredo
   • CommentTimeApr 8th 2011

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   CHASM CITY was pretty awesome too, as far as I remember.
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     CommentAuthorFauxhammer
   • CommentTimeApr 8th 2011

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   BONECRUSHER is baller thus far; I'm about a quarter of the way in.
7. • CommentAuthorDC
   • CommentTimeApr 8th 2011

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   After Game of Thrones and Clash of Kings, I made a small break with Fitzgerald's Tales of the Jazz Age. Next is I am Legend and back into A Song of Ice and Fire with A Storm of Swords.
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     CommentAuthorFauxhammer
   • CommentTimeApr 8th 2011

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   I'm not picking up any more ASoIaF until the series is done. I got burned with The Wheel of Time (though that had the opposite problem; too many books with not enough happening), so I'm very skittish of series. The First Law books will have to scratch my bleak fantasy itch until the last Martin book comes out.
9. • CommentAuthorDC
   • CommentTimeApr 8th 2011

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   Fortunately I didn't got burn with The Wheel of Time but I always think about that when I'm reading AsoIaF.I had the first two books for a while but only read one a long time ago. Before the new book comes out I still have time to read the ones I'm missing and pray he finishes the last one.
10. • CommentAuthorltwill
    • CommentTimeApr 8th 2011

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    Just finished Deadfolk by Charlie Williams. I really enjoyed it, but it probably isn't for everyone. Main character is pretty much a violent sociopath. Next up- three sheets by Zane Lamprey, a drinking journey.
11. • CommentAuthorltwill
    • CommentTimeApr 8th 2011

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    Also Charlie Huston is great. The Shotgun Rule was spot on for its portrayal of1980's mild juvenile delinquency. Sleepless was a different sort of book for him, I think, but I thought it was one of last years best books.
12. • CommentAuthorDC
    • CommentTimeApr 9th 2011 edited

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    I need some help from you. I usually write for a comics festival about a given author that is invited so I'm used to investigate a bit and selecting some of the author's most interesting and meaningful books and write about common themes and trends but this time, the task is a bit overwhelming. I have to write about Pat Mills and he has a huge body of work. I have a couple of books he wrote (Requiem Vampire Knight, 2 Star Wars comics, Marshal Law: Super Babylon) but seeing his list of works, I just can't see which ones are the most meaningful of his career. I'm looking for 2 or 3 books (preferably without sequels) that you think are the most important and interesting ones he wrote.
    Edit: I should add that I've interviewed him once despite not knowing very much about his work (now I do) and I've identified a lot of themes in his work but I think I could get a better general idea of these trends by reading some books he wrote.
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      CommentAuthorWarped Savant
    • CommentTimeApr 9th 2011 edited

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    So, I finally finished Cherie Priest's Dreadnought. It took me longer than I though. The first half of it was pretty slow going with not a whole lot happening. The second half was great fun to read. Priest can write a captivating chase scene. (Anyone that has read it know exactly what I mean.) I liked it but I don't think it's really one that I would suggest to people unless they really liked Boneshaker and Clementine. I plan on reading her book, "Bloodshot" but not yet.
    
    Any suggestions for the next one? I'm thinking either The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Kraken, or The Once & Future King. Opinions?
    
    Allana -- Yeah, Did you like the... what was it? 100 page speech? (It's been a few years since I've read it so I don't remember how long it was anymore.)
14. • CommentAuthorAnanzitusq
    • CommentTimeApr 9th 2011

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    Does anyone know if the rumor I heard about Clementine being re-released as a trade in the fall is true or not?
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      CommentAuthorWarped Savant
    • CommentTimeApr 9th 2011

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    @Ananzitusq -- On Cherie Priest's FAQ Page I found this answer for you:
    

    Clementine came out in a hardback limited edition, which sold out very quickly. This is why it has become rather difficult to track down and/or why it’s so expensive if you do locate a copy. However, it will be released in a trade paperback format sometime in the late summer/early fall of this year (2011), and it is in the process of becoming available in ebook form as well.

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      CommentAuthorNeila
    • CommentTimeApr 9th 2011

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    I'm currently reading "Mad Skills" by Walter Greatshell. Last few books I read were bloody fantasy, which were great. Then a rodeo book which was ok, but I found hollow, and the writer's take on women was almost offensive (all the female characters were wooden). The only character to really have any development in the rodeo book, was the bad guy, who wasn't even a bad guy. So I wanted to read a sci-fi book this go round; Mad Skills is pretty good so far I'm about halfway through, it's kinda predictable, but not as much so as the rodeo book was.
    Wow, I'd be awful at giving reviews, I never want to drop names of books I didn't like. D:
17. • CommentAuthorDavie
    • CommentTimeApr 10th 2011 edited

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    Just got a collection of all the Lovecraft stories I hadn't read. I'll be delving into that quite soon. I'm in the middle of Josh Dysart's Unknown Soldier, which manages to be relevant, heart-wrenching, and completely badass at the same time. I finished The Name of the Wind a few weeks ago just in time for the sequel to come out, which has sold out virtually everywhere in my area. Must be good.
18. • CommentAuthorallana
    • CommentTimeApr 10th 2011

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    @Warped Savant, i skipped it, actually. i was warned by the librarian when i checked it out, and just sort of paged past it. she said "80-page;" i think you're both accurate enough.
    my friend told me last weekend that what happened is that Ayn Rand was dating a philosopher while writing TF; during AS she was single. i believe it.
19. • CommentAuthordkostis
    • CommentTimeApr 10th 2011 edited

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    @DC
    
    I would highly recommend Charley's War. Nemesis the Warlock would be a good second. Slaine is solid but barbarian fantasy is not really my genre.
    
    Marshall Law peaks before Super Babylon. It is representative of the series, but the central theme had played out earlier.
    
    If you're looking at Mills work as a whole you really need to look at his 2000 A.D stuff.
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      CommentAuthorWarped Savant
    • CommentTimeApr 10th 2011

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    @Allana, the speech pretty much lays out her philosophy and what she believes in. You can find shortened audio versions online, or a really shortened version Here. I read the entire thing in one sitting while I was reading the book (it took about 3 hours to read the entire speech). At the time it was worth it, I don't think I'd do it again. Rand was married to someone while writing Fountainhead, and while she was writing Atlas Shrugged she was still married to him as well as dating a psychotherapist and allowing a group of her highly devoted fans to read the drafts so they were likely giving input and, at the very least, were discussing in front of her what they thought of it.
    I would honestly suggest picking up a copy of "The Early Ayn Rand". Most of it is various short stories she wrote that weren't published while she was alive, very little philosophy in most of the stories, and some of them are pretty funny (ie: "Good Copy").