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mastajake posted:Also K.A. Applegate’s response to people dissatisfied with the end is pretty here, to save other people googling
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Redwall was the series that really got me into reading. The first time Janglur Swifteye cut off a Marlfox's head I was hooked. Dresden was the series that got me back into books as an adult. I stopped reading as much sometime around high school, until I found The Dresden Files my first year of college. Proven Guilty had just come out. I binged the entire series up to that point and haven't looked back. I realize there's some problematic things about the series and that Jim Butcher is a quintessential goon himself but I will read every book he releases because I wouldn't love reading like I do without him.
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Hardy Boys when I was young and then Discworld when I was a bit older got me into reading, Discworld was especially a great start,
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NerdyMcNerdNerd posted:Ya'll making me regret the fact that I stopped reading those at around book three. I think kid me just couldn't find any more of them. Let me make your day: http://animorphsforum.com/ebooks/ K.A. Applegate has said that she's ok with her books out there as free ebooks. At least as far as I remember from a random forum post I read on here back in the day. If it's  I can edit this out.
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Kea posted:Hardy Boys when I was young and then Discworld when I was a bit older got me into reading, Discworld was especially a great start, Lord of the Rings was my gateway into reading when I was a kid. I didn't discover Discworld until I was an adult, but I am glad I did. Night Watch hits me like a hammer every time I read it.
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ImpAtom posted:Animorphs was also INSANELY violent. Like I was reading King at the same age and he was less violent. The protagonists had the ability to heal from any injury and primarily battled "walking razor blades" and cannibal bags of meat and the books took full advantage of it. Also the fact that morphing heals you, so they were allowed to get absolutely brutalized in battle as long as they didn't die. I have a friend who accuses them of being the reason why what story I show him that I've written is so dark. He's right. EDIT: That site has EVERWORLD too. Oh man. I had totally forgotten about that series, but it was also pretty great. Thanks a lot, dude. Kchama fucked around with this message at 02:00 on Aug 14, 2019 |
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first chapter of next Verus book is up. http://benedictjacka.co.uk/extracts/fallen-chapter-1-and-2/
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:first chapter of next Verus book is up. Tasty!
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:first chapter of next Verus book is up. I was a little skeptical about where he chose to start that, but it got better fast. Wanna read that book.
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Soysaucebeast posted:Let me make your day: http://animorphsforum.com/ebooks/ They're $4 each on Kindle, FFS.
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Stiletto, Rook book 2 ( Kindle edition ), is on sale for three bucks on Amazon today. I bought it, figured someone else might be waiting to do the same.
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I just finished Murder Of Mages, it reminds me a lot of the pacing in an Alex Verus book. It takes place in old 1820's, no tech, no cellphones or etc, and mages exist but they aren't the focus. Instead, it deals with two detectives trying to solve a murder. I finished it rather quickly, and the characters are rather intriguing. Only thing I disliked is it's an action novel, rather than a mystery novel. It reminds me a lot of when Dresden would pick up cases and that was the main focus.
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Exmond posted:I just finished Murder Of Mages, it reminds me a lot of the pacing in an Alex Verus book. It takes place in old 1820's, no tech, no cellphones or etc, and mages exist but they aren't the focus. Instead, it deals with two detectives trying to solve a murder. It's actually set in the same world.. and city, as his earlier series - I read the first two books in Thorn of Dentonhill and they were entertaining if a bit cheesy at times. He's apparently written a lot more books in the same setting since the last time I looked, though.
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Wolpertinger posted:It's actually set in the same world.. and city, as his earlier series - I read the first two books in Thorn of Dentonhill and they were entertaining if a bit cheesy at times. He's apparently written a lot more books in the same setting since the last time I looked, though. Ohh, what type of book is Thorn Of Dentonhill? It looked a bit like a high fantasy novel.
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Exmond posted:Ohh, what type of book is Thorn Of Dentonhill? It looked a bit like a high fantasy novel. That's the cheesy part - it's a student in a magical academy that decides to become a vigilante. Apparently the final book in the series which I never read is a crossover with the murder of mages series.
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Wolpertinger posted:That's the cheesy part - it's a student in a magical academy that decides to become a vigilante. Apparently the final book in the series which I never read is a crossover with the murder of mages series. Note though (very minor structural spoilers) there is almost no magical academy stuff in it. I gave it a pass for a while because I thought it was gonna be an uninspired Harry Potter knockoff, but most of the dude's time is spent running around the city getting involved in gang politics and being a vigilante.
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mastajake posted:Also K.A. Applegate’s response to people dissatisfied with the end is pretty Wow. Good for her.
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I'm really disappointed that Craig Schaeffer has slowed way down with Daniel Faust. I have a strong urge to continue the series but I'm all up to date and it feels like more than a year since I read the last one. I tried my best with the Harmony Black series, but it isn't clicking with me. I've pretty much written off Butcher/Dresden at this point.
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Peace Talks has been written so maybe we'll see it published some time next year. I'm mostly looking forward to Nov 12 and Nov 19 which see the release of Action at a Distance a collected comic miniseriesfrom Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series and then False Value the next book in the actual series.
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Necrotizer F posted:Peace Talks has been written so maybe we'll see it published some time next year. New Alex Verus comes out Sept 24th, too.
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Mr Scumbag posted:I'm really disappointed that Craig Schaeffer has slowed way down with Daniel Faust. I have a strong urge to continue the series but I'm all up to date and it feels like more than a year since I read the last one. He's picking back up, though. He had two back to back books from his publishers this year and they wouldn't let him release any of his self-published stuff too close to that, so he's been sitting on a finished Faust book for a while. And apparently another will come pretty quickly after that, because he's hinted the next one ends with some massive plot upheaval and he doesn't want to make people wait too long to see what happens next.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:New Alex Verus comes out Sept 24th, too. I'm way more interested in this, honestly.
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biracial bear for uncut posted:I'm way more interested in this, honestly. I looking forward more to the Rivers books, but a new Verus books will be an excellent appetizer. Am I the only idiot who somehow kept thinking his name was Versus? Like Alex Versus [insert various opponents].
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It's Verus, which is Latin for "true".
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Necrotizer F posted:I looking forward more to the Rivers books, but a new Verus books will be an excellent appetizer. Am I the only idiot who somehow kept thinking his name was Versus? Like Alex Versus [insert various opponents]. No, I always refer to it as the Versus series.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:New Alex Verus comes out Sept 24th, too. Apparently Barnes & Noble is already selling it at some stores.
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Mr Scumbag posted:I'm really disappointed that Craig Schaeffer has slowed way down with Daniel Faust. I have a strong urge to continue the series but I'm all up to date and it feels like more than a year since I read the last one. Just checking but you've read the Wisdom's Grave trilogy, right?
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Junkenstein posted:Just checking but you've read the Wisdom's Grave trilogy, right? No, gotta read the Revanche Cycle first.
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Mr Scumbag posted:No, gotta read the Revanche Cycle first. Well, you don't *have* to, but its more fun if you do.
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Le sigh. Well, pushbacks happen. At least he hasn't gone full Game of Thrones yet.
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Audiobook isn't out yet, but I just downloaded Fallen. Chapter 3 has a strong start. It was tomorrow, and I was on trial for treason. 
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New Verus is good. Stuff happens. Short book but action-packed.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:New Verus is good. Stuff happens. Yeah, it goes. One third of the way through now. Parts of it feel a little abrupt but I prefer the pacing to some of the slower books, like 5.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:New Verus is good. Stuff happens. I see I was right all along about Drakh's magic type. That part was pretty obvious to me, the source of the special stuff seemed a lot more in the air.
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I know this is nitpicky, but it's not reassuring to see an author spell "definitely" wrong.
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thrawn527 posted:I know this is nitpicky, but it's not reassuring to see an author spell "definitely" wrong. Authors are often horrible spellers, that's one reason why proofreaders exist.
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Ornamented Death posted:Authors are often horrible spellers, that's one reason why proofreaders exist. Fair point. I'll take my petty complaints and go.
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