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Ornamented Death posted:Yep.
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Oct 5, 2017 15:27
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Ornamented Death posted:Yep. I admit I'm in the "love it" part regarding Jennifer Morgue but it helps to realize both the premise and source material are really silly and the tribute only amplifies the fact.
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Oct 5, 2017 22:31
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anilEhilated posted:Thing about these: the first bunch of books are all pastiches of different authors and styles; it only really starts doing its own thing by book 4-5. The IT thing, at least, will end pretty soon. Well, I admit once I realized the style was almost a perfect Flemming Bond tale my enjoyment of it immediately increased. It took a few chapters because I'm dumb, but until that point I was kind of "eh, it's not... bad." When I twigged onto the style, the implications for how that would shape the plot hit me and I was 100% on board for the ride.
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Oct 6, 2017 00:04
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Ornamented Death posted:The books get better, though the second one is divisive among Stross's fanbase; you either love it or hate it. I hated The Jennifer Morgue on the first read and quit reading the series for a couple of years. I liked it pretty well on the second read, but the first two are my least favorite ones now. I also didn't like The Rhesus Chart much at first, but it grew on me a lot as it progressed. I think my initial reaction was because I'm loving sick of modern vampires rather than anything wrong with the actual story.
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Oct 6, 2017 08:02
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Oh my God The Concrete Jungle ends in another anti-climax. Building up toward a solid enough finale, all the pieces are there, and then... his boss just resolves the whole thing off screen while they're trapped in a closet. The story even teased getting to see Mister Skeletal roll up his sleeves ( "Oh, that's right. You've never seen Angleton in action, have you?" ) and then that. I haven't read such masterful anti-climaxes since Anita Blake.
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Oct 6, 2017 15:54
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NerdyMcNerdNerd posted:Oh my God The Concrete Jungle ends in another anti-climax. Building up toward a solid enough finale, all the pieces are there, and then... his boss just resolves the whole thing off screen while they're trapped in a closet. The story even teased getting to see Mister Skeletal roll up his sleeves ( "Oh, that's right. You've never seen Angleton in action, have you?" ) and then that. You're in for a treat in The Fuller Memorandum.
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Oct 6, 2017 17:23
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So, I made a thing. Jim got a cackle out of it.
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Oct 6, 2017 20:35
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Captain Capacitor posted:So, I made a thing. Jim got a cackle out of it. You should make one for the Olympian Affair Also the Cinder Spires needs an outrageous France caricature too
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Oct 6, 2017 23:01
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biracial bear for uncut posted:You're in for a treat in The Fuller Memorandum. Eh? I'm not sure we're thinking the same book. Maybe you mean Rhesus Chart, but I loving love the construction of the climax and denouement there. Respectable contender for my favorite Laundry sequence.
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Oct 6, 2017 23:02
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Captain Capacitor posted:So, I made a thing. Jim got a cackle out of it. How is this estimate calculated? Or is it just an arbitrarily large number for laughs?
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Oct 9, 2017 15:33
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Blasphemeral posted:How is this estimate calculated? Or is it just an arbitrarily large number for laughs? it looks like its actually the page's viewcount. it increases every time i refresh
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Oct 9, 2017 16:56
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Law Cheetah posted:it looks like its actually the page's viewcount. it increases every time i refresh While funny, that's disappointing. It shouldn't be too hard to simply calculate it from the estimates Jim has given about how done the book is versus how long it's been. Then, simply update the data behind the calculation whenever he gives a new estimate.
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Oct 9, 2017 17:18
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Blasphemeral posted:While funny, that's disappointing. Then it would stop being a joke. Which is kind of central to that page's existence.
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Oct 9, 2017 17:20
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Blasphemeral posted:While funny, that's disappointing. In fact, here's some back-of-the-napkin math: Something like, "on July 16, 2017 at Alaska ComiCon Jim Butcher was quoted as saying the book was 40% complete," Ok, it's been 3 years since Skin Game, so (X * .4) = TElapsed, where TElapsed is the time since Skin Game released ( TNow - TReleased; right now, ~3 years). So, solve for X... X = 7.5yr. Therefore, take TReleased (2014, skin game release) + 7.5 years: Estimated Release Date = Late 2021. The script simply uses the current TElapsed Whenever the page is loaded, so whenever a time goes by without a progress improvement, the estimated time gets later. Proteus Jones posted:Then it would stop being a joke. Which is kind of central to that page's existence. It can be both practical and a joke. Practical jokes are a thing.
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Oct 9, 2017 17:26
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Blasphemeral posted:It can be both practical and a joke. Practical jokes are a thing. That is not what a practical joke is.
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Oct 9, 2017 18:47
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Blasphemeral posted:
Practical jokes are things like pranks, not the juxtaposition of 'practical' and 'joke'.
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Oct 9, 2017 19:35
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The next Alex Verus book has been slated for June 2018 and is being worked over by the publisher at the moment.  Oh-eee. I guess if Jim gets the book done soon and off to his publisher we might see Peace Talks by October 2018. Maybe more like April of 2019 though. Probably before 2020.
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Oct 10, 2017 06:23
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NerdyMcNerdNerd posted:The next Alex Verus book has been slated for June 2018 and is being worked over by the publisher at the moment. Not analogous really. Publishers prioritize bestsellers and high-profile authors. Wheel of Time books used to have a one month turnaround from manuscript to store shelves (which explained a lot of the problems). Less well known authors have to wait longer for press time.
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Oct 10, 2017 13:11
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NerdyMcNerdNerd posted:The next Alex Verus book has been slated for June 2018 and is being worked over by the publisher at the moment. Didn't Jim say recently he's less than 10% done with the book, or something like that? He's no where near getting done soon.
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Oct 10, 2017 13:29
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GreyjoyBastard posted:Eh? I'm not sure we're thinking the same book. I was making a joke about you wishing for an Angleton-cuts-loose scenario. Because that's as close as we actually get. Bob does some pretty badass stuff on his own once Angleton is out of the way though. I liked how he told Bashful Incendiary that he could have single-handedly dealt with the group they worked together on the first time they met if he met the same group again as he is in the last book. But the problem is that once he cuts loose it's a bit indiscriminate.
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Oct 10, 2017 18:57
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Not analogous really. Publishers prioritize bestsellers and high-profile authors. Wheel of Time books used to have a one month turnaround from manuscript to store shelves (which explained a lot of the problems). Less well known authors have to wait longer for press time. I havn't heard of them doing that for any big SF/F authors lately, which is a good thing the 6-9months turn around time gives time for beta readers.
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Oct 10, 2017 20:19
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Considering I was hanging out with Jim while making the site, I'd say it's an accurate figure. People have just started getting a bit...persistent. To the point that there were comments asking about Peace Talks on Jim's engagement video. Word of Jim: He intends to be submitting Peace Talks within 6-8 weeks of Brief Cases coming out.
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Oct 11, 2017 09:13
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Captain Capacitor posted:Considering I was hanging out with Jim while making the site, I'd say it's an accurate figure. People have just started getting a bit...persistent. To the point that there were comments asking about Peace Talks on Jim's engagement video. If he publishes it before Winds of Winter I'm content. Which gives him just another 20 years or so...
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Oct 11, 2017 13:40
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Captain Capacitor posted:Considering I was hanging out with Jim while making the site, I'd say it's an accurate figure. People have just started getting a bit...persistent. To the point that there were comments asking about Peace Talks on Jim's engagement video. Good deal. I'm sure the constant haranguing gets old quickly. That said... Any word on the Olympian Affair 
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Oct 11, 2017 15:27
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Captain Capacitor posted:Considering I was hanging out with Jim while making the site, I'd say it's an accurate figure. People have just started getting a bit...persistent. To the point that there were comments asking about Peace Talks on Jim's engagement video. Oh? Then he is way further along than the last time he mentioned his progress. Which is good.
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Oct 11, 2017 15:49
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So if Brief cases is coming out in the summer 2018 that means he is submitting it probably around Sept/Oct which means what May 2019?
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Oct 14, 2017 04:29
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Winds of Winter will come out 3 months after GRRM dies and sanderson steps up to bat.
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Oct 18, 2017 14:06
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wheres the book butcher
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Oct 27, 2017 11:06
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Ramadu posted:wheres the book butcher GRRM is writing the prologue you see
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Oct 27, 2017 12:27
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smertrioslol posted:GRRM is writing the prologue you see no one cares abolut your bbq or college football george!!!! get back on the typewriter
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Oct 27, 2017 12:46
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Cold Spectrum, the new Harmony Black book, dropped today. http://craig-schaefer-v2.squarespace.com/blog/2017/10/31/cold-spectrum-the-truth-is-now And there are two more books dropping by next April, so yes, Schaefer continues to write like a madman.
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Oct 31, 2017 13:05
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OmniBeer posted:Cold Spectrum, the new Harmony Black book, dropped today. But are those "two more books" Harmony No-Interest books, too? Or are they Daniel Mainline-Awesome books?
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Oct 31, 2017 17:55
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Hey, I like Harmony. Well, liked, Glass Predator was a whole lot of nothing. But the first two are good.
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Oct 31, 2017 18:02
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Looks like the next two are going to be the next Faust novel (after Double or Nothing, I am so ready for that) and the first book of a trilogy about Nessa and Mari from the Revanche Cycle.
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Oct 31, 2017 18:18
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From what I've read the new trilogy seems like a big cross-over event? It definitely features Faust and Black anyway.
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Nov 1, 2017 01:31
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StonecutterJoe posted:Looks like the next two are going to be the next Faust novel (after Double or Nothing, I am so ready for that) and the first book of a trilogy about Nessa and Mari from the Revanche Cycle. Hell yes, Revanche Cycle was great.
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Nov 1, 2017 02:25
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StonecutterJoe posted:Looks like the next two are going to be the next Faust novel (after Double or Nothing, I am so ready for that) and the first book of a trilogy about Nessa and Mari from the Revanche Cycle. Oh, man, so I need to finally get around to reading those, huh? anilEhilated posted:Hey, I like Harmony. Well, liked, Glass Predator was a whole lot of nothing. But the first two are good. I haven't read her personal books because she was soooo one-dimensional and boring when she appeared in Faust. Maybe she got better in her own books (hell, I really hope so) but I just didn't care enough. I have plenty of other stuff to read that I don't have reason to believe might be bad from the word "spin-off".
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Nov 4, 2017 19:39
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FWIW I liked Harmony Black and Red Knight Falling more than anything with Faust but that's probably just me.
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Harmony Black is terrible for the unrealistic logistics, technology, organizations, and tactics, plus the wooden, cliched characters. (Narrator: He read each one as soon as it came out.) The “I don’t know how GPS, a common and well understood technology, works” moment at the end of this latest book was particularly egregious.
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