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darth cookie posted:I'm going crazy. Theres the train station scene where Kincaid says they will grab a happy meal and she says she isnt a kid or something like that.
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darth cookie posted:I'm going crazy. Congratulations on losing a bet! Also that would be more of a Molly thing.
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Rhymenoserous posted:Congratulations on losing a bet! Also that would be more of a Molly thing. Yeah I know, but I specifically remember it as NOT being Molly which is why it stuck out for me. I'm sure it happened in some book I read, but clearly not the Dresden Files with Harry and the Ivy. It's going to annoy me until I figure out where it was. Crap.
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darth cookie posted:Yeah I know, but I specifically remember it as NOT being Molly which is why it stuck out for me. I'm sure it happened in some book I read, but clearly not the Dresden Files with Harry and the Ivy. It's going to annoy me until I figure out where it was. Crap. Sounds familiar. Maybe that little vampire girl in Bill the Vampire?
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EVGA Longoria posted:Sounds familiar. Maybe that little vampire girl in Bill the Vampire? Never read it. 
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Maybe when Sarissa was all dressed up for Harry's birthday party instead of wearing scrubs?
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Wade Wilson posted:Maybe when Sarissa was all dressed up for Harry's birthday party instead of wearing scrubs? Nope. If I ever figure out what it was, I'll report back.
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Not a whole lot of new info from the Dragon Con panel. Two interesting things: "Space stuff" is coming later. We'll see more of the Greek pantheon, and Hades is the most reasonable of that bunch.
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Ornamented Death posted:Not a whole lot of new info from the Dragon Con panel. Two interesting things: Turns out Mac is an alien.
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ImpAtom posted:Turns out Mac is an alien. I don't recall if I said this in here before, I think I mentioned it to Thyrork, but I REALLY want to read a Sanya and Butters spin off series.  Edit: Skin Game spoiler
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mirthdefect posted:StoryBundle has a bunch of urban fantasy up now. Never heard of any of it except Twenty Palaces, look worthwhile to anyone? I was looking at that too and am not sure if its worth getting. Connolly is the only one there that I recognize, and given that I'm already invested in the Dresden Files, Laundry Files, Rivers of London and London Falling series, I really dont know if I should be spending any more time reading even more urban fantasy series unless its something exceptionally good. Mr.48 fucked around with this message at 18:23 on Aug 31, 2014 |
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I've read through Blood Engines, and Poison Sleep. They are not too bad. No long drawn out sex scenes anyway. The world they live in feels very bland and the magic community does not feel 'real' in the book. Decent enough, a few weird lines. Good to pass the time while waiting for other urban fantasy.
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Just buzzed through the latest Rivers of London book. I enjoyed it, but other than the twist at the end was pretty underwhelmed.
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Mr.48 posted:I was looking at that too and am not sure if its worth getting. Connolly is the only one there that I recognize, and given that I'm already invested in the Dresden Files, Laundry Files, Rivers of London and London Falling series, I really dont know if I should be spending any more time reading even more urban fantasy series unless it something exceptionally good. I bought it for 3$ because I read too fast anyways and had already read two of the bonus books so didn't mind missing out on them. Trip report: The Heretic: Gun Description Porn. Dubious Catholic Mysticism. Interesting and unexplained Cabalist Ritual Magic. A few action sequences, and lots of Problem Solving By Sniper Rifle. Crimson Night: Our Heroine is Actually a Demon, guess her Sin. Lust. Sigh. More Abrahamic Mythology, Nephilim and Seraphim and Demons. Choppy vocabulary makes the heroine feel young in ways that exposition contradicts. Interesting twists, conceits, less interesting execution. I haven't gotten into the rest of it yet.
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According to Jim, he has six chapters left to write on the first Cinder Spires book. Once he finishes it and turns the manuscript over to his editor, the publisher will likely announce a release date. So expect to hear news on that front towards the end of next month.
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Speaking of release dates, the newest book in the Alex Verus series, Hidden, comes out tomorrow.
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And the latest Sandman Slim, The Getaway God, came out last week. And the third Bobby Dollar book, Sleeping Late on Judgment Day, also comes out tomorrow. So much urban fantasy!
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Ornamented Death posted:And the latest Sandman Slim, The Getaway God, came out last week. And the third Bobby Dollar book, Sleeping Late on Judgment Day, also comes out tomorrow. So much urban fantasy! So little of it actually worth reading.
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Pfft, Verus and Bobby Dollar are worth reading, though I stopped reading Sandman Slim a long time ago.
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Alex Verus, Hidden spoilers: A lot of it is set in what is basically the castle from ICO, windmill and all. and now I've finished the entire Dresden series, including Skin game again, and the entire Verus series including Hidden again. It wasn't enough. Need more non-poo poo urban fantasy (I've read several of the other series listed in the OP, and turned my nose up at the rest). gently caress.  Maybe I'll go through the Matthew Swift or Felix Castor series again but...  and I'd rather read something new.
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darth cookie posted:Alex Verus, Hidden spoilers: Try the InCryptid series? They are surprisingly good stories about a mostly normal human dealing with a world of magical creatures. It also has magical talking mice, and it's amazing. Discount Armageddon Midnight Blue-light Special Half-Off Ragnarok
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SystemLogoff posted:Try the InCryptid series? They are surprisingly good stories about a mostly normal human dealing with a world of magical creatures. It also has magical talking mice, and it's amazing. Chiming in to support Discount Armageddon, it reminded me of Buffy if she'd been raised as the Slayer from childhood. Particularly pleased with its high number of good female characters. Also, new from Badali jewelry:  Bob the Skull pendant, in both good and evil varieties.
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darth cookie posted:Alex Verus, Hidden spoilers: I emailed Benedict Jacka about it and he confirmed that the castle, the windmill and the shadow beasts were indeed, all inspired by ICO.
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So I knew it was coming thanks to these threads, but I just finished Iron Druid #3 and....woo boy, its like the author suddenly decided he wanted his target audience to be 13 year old boys. Also Sandman Slim is so absurdly over the top that I can't help but love it.
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I'm listening through the audiobook of the first Alex Verus book and so far I'm not a fan of how he's writing women. Luna alternates rapidly between bland, useless, and emotional wreck without any other character traits that I've been able to pick up. Not to mention he calls the feminine air elemental dumb, whereas when describing the masculine lighting elemental the phrasing is "elementals aren't dumb, just limited". I still prefer it to the bullshit in the Mercy books but it's still bothering me. Does that get any better as the series progresses?
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SystemLogoff posted:Try the InCryptid series? They are surprisingly good stories about a mostly normal human dealing with a world of magical creatures. It also has magical talking mice, and it's amazing. I hated this so much. So. Much.
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-Fish- posted:I'm listening through the audiobook of the first Alex Verus book and so far I'm not a fan of how he's writing women. Luna alternates rapidly between bland, useless, and emotional wreck without any other character traits that I've been able to pick up. Not to mention he calls the feminine air elemental dumb, whereas when describing the masculine lighting elemental the phrasing is "elementals aren't dumb, just limited". I still prefer it to the bullshit in the Mercy books but it's still bothering me. Does that get any better as the series progresses? Mostly yes, IMO. That's literally Luna's character in the first book. e: I should say I haven't read the early ones in a while. sharknado slashfic fucked around with this message at 18:49 on Sep 4, 2014 |
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If you haven't checked out or heard of the latest Dresden comic War Cry yet, you can read the first issue here for free.
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-Fish- posted:Does that get any better as the series progresses? Yes. The characters get better defined and less dumb/bipolar as the series goes on.
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I bought the first Alex Verus book recently. For some reason the whole "dark mages" thing really put me off - like, once you use that kind of terms there's no ambiguity at all! Add some really plain characters to the mix and boom, what a disappointment. That said, I found the way Verus' powers were used was really interesting, so I'm not sure if I should get the next book in the series or not. In any case, I just bought the sequel to London Falling today so I guess I'll focus on that once I have some spare time to read, although I thought the first book kinda tied the whole thing together pretty well. Has anyone read the sequel? Is it any good, or did I just waste six euros today?  I'm really looking forward to the next Rivers of London book, and I enjoyed the hell out of the last Laundry Files one. drat, that was a fun read, is the rest of Charles Stross' stuff as funny? I love the dark humour in those books. Any other books by him I should read? Or is there any similar weird fiction + black comedy books I should read? Lots of questions, I know
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Mendigo posted:I bought the first Alex Verus book recently. For some reason the whole "dark mages" thing really put me off - like, once you use that kind of terms there's no ambiguity at all! This gets fleshed out as a much more "collective of manipulative Sith Lords" as time goes by FWIW.
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darth cookie posted:This gets fleshed out as a much more "collective of manipulative Sith Lords" as time goes by FWIW. well, that's nice to read. It felt really dumb when I first read it... basically for some reason on the first couple of times I felt like the writer was trying to set up this ambiguous world before getting to the real stuff - but, drat, that's a really dumb name. I think I read somewhere that he used to be a Young Adult writer, so maybe that explains it, but still... A couple of posts ago I read that Luna improves a little as the series goes on, so that's good. In a sense it felt like reading a Harry Potter-esque novel, and maybe I was expecting something a bit more mature? I'm not sure. I mean, I enjoy the hell out of the silly stuff on Dresden so I can't say I'm not juvenile at times, but still. The thing is, the seer's powers were very fun to read. They felt very different to other 'magic systems' - I just didn't like the rest of the stuff that much, haha. Maybe I'll give the sequels a chance at some point, then. We'll see!
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Mendigo posted:In any case, I just bought the sequel to London Falling today so I guess I'll focus on that once I have some spare time to read, although I thought the first book kinda tied the whole thing together pretty well. Has anyone read the sequel? Is it any good, or did I just waste six euros today? "Severed Streets" is a mostly decent sequel; if you liked the first book, you'll probably like the second one too. Not my favourite series, but not a waste of money either. You should give Alex Verus another shot though, I quite liked those books (just finished the most recent one) despite the "dark/light mages" thing. Refreshing to have a protagonist who actually has to run away sometimes.
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Was there a fifth Rivers of London book released recently, or am I dreaming?
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