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ImpAtom posted:I used words poorly and meant more around 4-ish. ive never read any sex scene in every dresden book
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It takes me a couple of days to read Dresden books, I like to take my time and sometimes lose track thinking about stuff while reading
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AllTerrineVehicle posted:Just accidentally found out that Harmony Black 2 is out tomorrow
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AllTerrineVehicle posted:Just accidentally found out that Harmony Black 2 is out tomorrow What. That's awesome. Mars4523 posted:That and Pax Arcana 4. Trying to decide which to crack open first. Aaahhhhhhhhhh. My free time just died.
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Apr 26, 2016 06:28
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Also Joe Abercrombie's short story collection Sharp Ends. And Steven Erikson's Fall of Light.
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Khizan posted:And Steven Erikson's Fall of Light. AllTerrineVehicle posted:Just accidentally found out that Harmony Black 2 is out tomorrow
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Just finished The Girl with Ghost Eyes and I was pleasantly surprised by it. Definitely a strong start to a (potential) series
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Beefeater1980 posted:Girl with the ghost eyes was good. I loved the Felix Castor books! But be warned, the last book ends in a cliffhangar and the author apparently has stopped writing the series.
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I dunno, I'm kinda fifty-fifty on Felix Castor. I get that its trying to do the hardboiled noir detective with magic thing, but the universe doesn't work for me. I mean, sure, Felix is an rear end in a top hat who can't shut up and makes things worse with his big mouth, but so does Harry Dresden, and I give Dresden a pass for it too. Fine, main character's an rear end, I get it. What bugs me is that the whole rest of the universe is all assholes too. Harry's prickishness is counterbalanced by some genuinely good people in his life showing that while Harry may be a miserable misanthrope, that's not the only option. But in Felix's world its pretty much nothing but assholes. Cops? They're all thugs who beat potential suspects without a shred of due process. Priests? Sanctimonious pricks or religious zealots. Exorcists? Miserable assholes taking advantage of the dead for their own profit to a one. The people trying to protect the rights of the dead? Fanatic murderers. There are like two genuinely decent people in the first two books and they both get hosed over and abandon Felix. Its just too bleak and dreary and not fun to read, despite being well written with some interesting ideas.
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Apr 26, 2016 17:17
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Agreed. Daniel Faust worked much better as an alternative to Dresden than Castor. I liked the one with the guys that ran a reincarnation ring through a mortuary, that was from Castor, right?
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jng2058 posted:I dunno, I'm kinda fifty-fifty on Felix Castor. I get that its trying to do the hardboiled noir detective with magic thing, but the universe doesn't work for me. I mean, sure, Felix is an rear end in a top hat who can't shut up and makes things worse with his big mouth, but so does Harry Dresden, and I give Dresden a pass for it too. Fine, main character's an rear end, I get it. What bugs me is that the whole rest of the universe is all assholes too. Harry's prickishness is counterbalanced by some genuinely good people in his life showing that while Harry may be a miserable misanthrope, that's not the only option. But in Felix's world its pretty much nothing but assholes. Cops? They're all thugs who beat potential suspects without a shred of due process. Priests? Sanctimonious pricks or religious zealots. Exorcists? Miserable assholes taking advantage of the dead for their own profit to a one. The people trying to protect the rights of the dead? Fanatic murderers. There are like two genuinely decent people in the first two books and they both get hosed over and abandon Felix. I like the bleak dreariness  its kind of like the medium's equivalent of the gritty bleak british indie films/tv series.
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Different strikes for different people, I guess. I tried reading Daniel Faust and gave up with the first book still unfinished, but I read through all Castor-novels in one go, thirsting for more. And I don't think Castor and the people around him are assholes, they just act more like genuine real humans instead of the often cartoony characters in other series. Daniel Faust had me rolling my eyes practically every page, for example.
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jng2058 posted:the real world is pretty much nothing but assholes. Cops? They're all thugs who beat potential suspects without a shred of due process. Priests? Sanctimonious pricks or religious zealots. Exorcists? Miserable assholes taking advantage of the dead for their own profit to a one. The people trying to protect the rights of the dead? Fanatic murderers. Sounds accurate to me!
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MeLKoR posted:I liked the one with the guys that ran a reincarnation ring through a mortuary, that was from Castor, right?
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Libluini posted:Different strikes for different people, I guess. I tried reading Daniel Faust and gave up with the first book still unfinished, but I read through all Castor-novels in one go, thirsting for more. Up Circle posted:Sounds accurate to me! Right, goons. I forgot for a second. Never mind. 
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Up Circle posted:Sounds accurate to me! Anyways, I'm enjoying Pax Arcana #4. Compared to the previous three books the scale of the conflict is massive. Mars4523 fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Apr 26, 2016 |
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Apr 26, 2016 21:38
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anilEhilated posted:Hell yes. Spoiler: "Craig Schaefer" is just a pen name for Brandon Sanderson, under which he writes books the Mormons wouldn't approve of. (For reals, has anyone seen them in the same place at the same time?)
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Mars4523 posted:Anyways, I'm enjoying Pax Arcana #4. Compared to the previous three books the scale of the conflict is massive. Pax Arcana is probably my new favorite UF series at the moment. Well-written. Great chapter names. Main character is considerably more self-aware than Dresden/Verus/Faust. Love interest is actually interesting. Great supporting cast. No real notable weak areas.
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Does it get better after book 1 because that book hit my ick factor. Can't remember quite why though
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tithin posted:Does it get better after book 1 because that book hit my ick factor. Can't remember quite why though I guess you could say that the protagonist's love interest is a hot blonde nearly half his age, but they both have exceptionally long lifespans and she's (ballpark) in her 30s, so it's not exactly Peter F Hamilton. One thing that book 2 does do is dial back on the "we've known each other for a week in a stressful situation now we love each other"-ness of John and Sig's relationship in a big way, so if that bothered you then rest assured.
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tithin posted:Does it get better after book 1 because that book hit my ick factor. Can't remember quite why though There's quite a bit of describing hot women. There's also the terrible writing. And every supernatural just explains who and what they are as part of their conversations. It's the kind of thing first books do, but it's really badly done.
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torgeaux posted:There's quite a bit of describing hot women. There's also the terrible writing. And every supernatural just explains who and what they are as part of their conversations. It's the kind of thing first books do, but it's really badly done.
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Apr 27, 2016 17:15
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Apr 27, 2016 22:41
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The Rook.
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A. Beaverhausen posted:Is there urban fiction without a love interest at all? Twenty Palaces
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Megazver posted:Twenty Palaces First book had one. So did the prequel.
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ConfusedUs posted:First book had one. So did the prequel. Did it? Oh right, he hosed someone for information, right? Meh.
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I couldn't get into Twenty Palaces. Not because it's so dark or whatever (I liked Eric Carter well enough, and the tone is similar), but I found it exceedingly difficult to give a poo poo about the main character.
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Mars4523 posted:Wait, what? Maybe it's because my standard for "Egregious Male Gaze" is Harry Dresden but I didn't see anything like this. Really? Is there ever a time he's talking about Sig he doesn't mention her body? Her rear end, her curves? Buxom?
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torgeaux posted:Really? Is there ever a time he's talking about Sig he doesn't mention her body? Her rear end, her curves? Buxom? Mars4523 fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Apr 28, 2016 |
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Apr 28, 2016 01:17
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Mars4523 posted:Eh, yes. The first person narration establishes that Sig is attractive in the first chapter, and then doesn't talk about her in terms of her body parts for the rest of the first book. And even then, John thinking about how attractive his future love interest is doesn't go through half of the same detail that you'd see in a lot of other urban fantasy. Going through my ebook, the random barfly that hooks up with Ted is more sexualized than Sig is. That's good. I stopped reading when it hit my pet peeve of having the characters just tell everyone everything, so didn't get but about half way. Does he get better about that after this first book?
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torgeaux posted:That's good. I stopped reading when it hit my pet peeve of having the characters just tell everyone everything, so didn't get but about half way. Does he get better about that after this first book?
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In Shining Armor was pretty drat good. Book 1 was the roughest of the bunch but enjoyable, and from then on each book has been better than the last.
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Wolpertinger posted:In Shining Armor was pretty drat good. Book 1 was the roughest of the bunch but enjoyable, and from then on each book has been better than the last. I'm still trying to process the avalanche of action. This was a very active novel.
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Mars4523 posted:I'm not exactly sure what you're talking about, so... maybe? When characters meet, they "explain" who they are, what they are, how things work. Telling instead of showing, basically.
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navyjack posted:I'm still trying to process the avalanche of action. This was a very active novel. No kidding - if he wanted to, he could have practically cut the book into two and stretched out the kidnapping and skinwalker drama and then turned the redcaps, banshee, and half-elf conspiracy into a second book. The skinwalkers were a little too easily ferreted out, though, you'd think they'd be able to turn off the invulnerability thing that gave them away. Wolpertinger fucked around with this message at 14:23 on Apr 28, 2016 |
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torgeaux posted:When characters meet, they "explain" who they are, what they are, how things work. Telling instead of showing, basically. Wolpertinger posted:No kidding - if he wanted to, he could have practically cut the book into two and stretched out the kidnapping and skinwalker drama and then turned the redcaps, banshee, and half-elf conspiracy into a second book. The skinwalkers were a little too easily ferreted out, though, you'd think they'd be able to turn off the invulnerability thing that gave them away. Also, the preview for book 5 was great. It's good to know that there will be a book 5 but it's going to suck waiting for it to come out. Mars4523 fucked around with this message at 21:51 on Apr 28, 2016 |
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Whens the next dresden book geez its been like 2 years chop chop hurry it up butcher
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Ramadu posted:Whens the next dresden book geez According to the website he's not even all the way through writing the next book. Still we might get it sometime this year if he gets back into the same pace he was at while writing Dresden/Alera novels at 1 each per year.
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