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Khizan posted:There's also a 6-7 dollar Kindle version of that book. I already have that; I just want something on my physical bookshelf. There are very few dead tree books that I actually buy these days, and "everything penned by Butcher" is on that list.
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For some reason, I really really enjoyed the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews. I like the characters and I think I've read, like, six books o the series (there may be 8 total). It's definitely on the chick side of Urban Fantasy (sex and romance and silly alpha male shapeshifter bullshit, like seriously shut the gently caress up about that crap you silly gits) rather than the dude side of UF (well, all the other silly stupid poo poo that guys tend to focus on like m'ladying and whatever Harry Dresden does these days), but it finds a reasonable balance. I liked the characters and much of the dynamics, and it's got an interesting world. The shapeshifter pack politics are kinda cool, and the vampires are mindless husks psychically inhabited by corporate necromancers blah blah. Pretty dope. It's really actiony. John Ford's The Last Hot Time is fuckin' fantastic, however. Drifter fucked around with this message at 02:37 on Oct 16, 2015 |
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jivjov posted:The Bigfoot stories aren't going to be exclusive to the $35 hardcover, are they? I mean, as far as we know, they'll get re-re-printed in Side Jobs 2 eventually, right? Most likely, but we won't know for certain until a table of contents is released, and I'd wager that's still a year or two away at least.
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Drifter posted:For some reason, I really really enjoyed the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews. I like the characters and I think I've read, like, six books o the series (there may be 8 total). I agree about Kate Daniels- if you can deal with the alpha/romance BS, they're pretty enjoyable.
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torgeaux posted:Kate griffin midnight mayor series. The Fool mentioned it a few posts up, I added it to my list. I also had The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins jotted down somewhere and forgot to mention it before. At least that one's not a 10 volume series; it's awesome discovering a new author/character and finding out you have 10something more books to go through, but sometimes it can be a bit daunting. I'll probably give Kate Griffin a shot, followed by Garret P.I. (since those are the two that are getting mentions, aside from the massive "no" that Nightside got); that should keep me busy for a while. I also have The Croning here, but I may be too much of a wuss to start it. 
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Oct 16, 2015 03:00
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Drifter posted:John Ford's The Last Hot Time is fuckin' fantastic, however. Ford also wrote How Much For Just The Planet, the best Star Trek novel there ever has been, or ever will be.
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Oct 16, 2015 03:23
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docbeard posted:Ford also wrote How Much For Just The Planet, the best Star Trek novel there ever has been, or ever will be. Never having read any star trek novels, is it good standalone, or are you saying it's good like how the best Forgotten Realms/Dragonlance novel is good, but still mostly poo poo compared to real books.
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Drifter posted:Never having read any star trek novels, is it good standalone, or are you saying it's good like how the best Forgotten Realms/Dragonlance novel is good, but still mostly poo poo compared to real books. I'm saying it ends with a pie fight, is what I'm saying.
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Seconding How Much for Just the Planet. It ain't high literature or anything, but it is hilarious.
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Just saw that you mentioned the Pax Arcana books. They're pretty solid so far, I'd definitely recommend them.
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Khizan posted:Just saw that you mentioned the Pax Arcana books. They're pretty solid so far, I'd definitely recommend them. As a secondary opinion, I listened to the first one and found it wholly unremarkable. It seemed somewhat generic and I felt like it was far too much "tell, not show". I also really disliked the romance subplot. Reminded me of Correia's bullshit in MHI. I didn't hate it, but I have felt no compulsion to continue the series.
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Russad posted:As a secondary opinion, I listened to the first one and found it wholly unremarkable. It seemed somewhat generic and I felt like it was far too much "tell, not show". Monster Hunter International was something I read and thought had I been 15 or 16 I would've found it pretty awesome. Four years ago, however, it was slightly above mediocre. Definitely not a book I'd recommend to anyone.
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Russad posted:As a secondary opinion, I listened to the first one and found it wholly unremarkable. It seemed somewhat generic and I felt like it was far too much "tell, not show". Things can always change in book 4, but the series has yet to hit any cringeworthy bullshit when it comes to that aspect of the story. Personally I enjoy the series, although the first two books do kind of drag a little. Drifter posted:For some reason, I really really enjoyed the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews. I like the characters and I think I've read, like, six books o the series (there may be 8 total). Also, an artifact of one of authors being a big Paranormal Romance author is that once a book there's an unnecessary poorly written sex scene that just kills the momentum dead. Whatever happened to a good fade to black? Mars4523 fucked around with this message at 06:05 on Oct 16, 2015 |
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Edmond Dantes posted:So, all that introduction text is so I can ask you guys for recommendations. So far I have these on my list: Twenty Palaces series. Start with Child of Fire. It's about a secret modern-day organization of sorcerers which has their goal to eliminate magic, which is heavily lovecraftean. Main character is a sorcerer's flunky.
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Oct 16, 2015 11:26
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Check out The Bone Key by Sarah Monette.
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cultureulterior posted:Twenty Palaces series. Start with Child of Fire. It's about a secret modern-day organization of sorcerers which has their goal to eliminate magic, which is heavily lovecraftean. Main character is a sorcerer's flunky. I'll second this, I enjoyed these.
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cultureulterior posted:Twenty Palaces series. Start with Child of Fire. It's about a secret modern-day organization of sorcerers which has their goal to eliminate magic, which is heavily lovecraftean. Main character is a sorcerer's flunky. These were pretty great.
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Drifter posted:Never having read any star trek novels, is it good standalone, or are you saying it's good like how the best Forgotten Realms/Dragonlance novel is good, but still mostly poo poo compared to real books. It's basically a parody of star trek novels that he got away with writing under the official license. He never got a contract for another star trek licensed novel again.
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cultureulterior posted:Twenty Palaces series. Start with Child of Fire. It's about a secret modern-day organization of sorcerers which has their goal to eliminate magic, which is heavily lovecraftean. Main character is a sorcerer's flunky. Hasn't Twenty Palaces been cancelled?
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Edmond Dantes posted:Hasn't Twenty Palaces been cancelled? Yes, but the three existing books are still pretty good.
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The two Eric Carter books by Stephen Blackmoore are pretty good. Dark, but still pretty good. Twenty Palaces is frustrating because it got cancelled due to lack of sales just as it was picking up.
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Ika posted:Wouldn't you start with the prequel though? You start with the first book, as it is the first one written. Do things by date published.
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Drifter posted:You start with the first book, as it is the first one written. Do things by date published. I strongly disagree for Twenty Palaces The first book is confusing as hell. Start with the Prequel.
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"Starting with the first book" is the entire reason why the series stopped at three books. 
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Mars4523 posted:The two Eric Carter books by Stephen Blackmoore are pretty good. Dark, but still pretty good. Seconded on the Eric Carter books.
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Drifter posted:You start with the first book, as it is the first one written. Do things by date published. I'm pretty sure the first book written was the prequel, it just wasn't the first book published. But really you can start with either. Starting with the prequel will make certain aspects of the first book a lot less mysterious, but if you're easily confused then it's definitely the way to go.
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So, I'm not sure how long we're Spoil Blocking Cinder Spires stuff so I'm just going to spoiler this whole paragraph to be safe. In chapter seven, Grimm is on his way to see the Spirearch (presumably about Predator and her needed repairs) when he is ambushed by the Silkweaver. Right before the attack, Bayard was going to retrieve Grimm for the Spirearch. This is all before the raid, so it has caused me to wonder why the Spirearch was sending for him then. Perhaps he already had suspicions the Aurorans had spies within the Spire? Perhaps he just saw an opportunity to subtly strong arm Grimm into his service, as he does after the attack? What do you think?
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Rygar201 posted:So, I'm not sure how long we're Spoil Blocking Cinder Spires stuff so I'm just going to spoiler this whole paragraph to be safe. I think the former, but suspicions only. The Spirearch was always planning on shanghaiing Grimm. This conversation convinces me it had already been decided (before the meeting with the Spirearch): quote:
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flosofl posted:I think the former, but suspicions only. Oh that passage definitely refers to that. I was just wondering what has got Addison looking for him beforehand. I get that Ferrus may see the future, I just wonder where Addison is coming from.
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Continuing with The Rhesus Chart: This chapter I've just finished had Bob investigating the bank, only to find out Mhairi has already asked for the vampires to join the Laundry in the interim. As a result, the entire first third of the book now feels like the first two or three hours of Kingdom Hearts II, i.e. The longest prologue ever.
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Cinder Spires So long guns are cooled by water tanks, does the text say what cools Airship cannons?
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Rygar201 posted:Cinder Spires Probably rate of fire and air flow due to actually flying. Or if we want to be accurate, authorial fiat.
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Can I ask about Dracula here? Specifically, is there a good "origin story" for Dracula I could read? If I recall correctly, in Stoker's novel, Dracula has spent centuries mastering alchemy and black magic and now wants to realise his dreams of conquest, but the most we hear about his early years (and, based on what I remember) is Harker's guess that he could be the same man as Vlad the Impaler. Obviously there's not going to be anything "official" but has anyone written a good story exploring how Dracula became a vampire, and how he was before?
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Has anyone ever written a good story about Dracula period?
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anilEhilated posted:Has anyone ever written a good story about Dracula period? The original Dracula is quite good so yes.
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Wheat Loaf posted:Continuing with The Rhesus Chart: Now you can read my spoiler. 
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jng2058 posted:Now you can read my spoiler. Thanks! <goes back; reads> Exactly! The bit in the very next chapter where he introduces Old George would have made for a perfectly good prologue.
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anilEhilated posted:Has anyone ever written a good story about Dracula period? I enjoyed The Historian.
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ImpAtom posted:The original Dracula is quite good so yes. Ornamented Death posted:I enjoyed The Historian.
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