All About Books/Periodicals

[Passionario]

So anyone else finish Book 14 of Wheel of Time yet/

I did, just now.

[Mannstein]

So anyone else finish Book 14 of Wheel of Time yet/

I did, just now.

No spoillers please....

Did you like it???
I have 13 in paperback, i'm struggling to not buy the hardback for the last :S

[Passionario]

Did you like it???

Oh yes.

It probably had tons of flaws, plotholes and inconsistencies that I haven't noticed on my first reading, but frankly, I don't care. It was still awesome.

[Klaudandus]

Having finished the Rifters trilogy, I started to read comics, more specifically Transformers: More than meets the Eye

I had my doubts at first seeing how it has a character I hate with all my guts (Poochie, I mean Drift) but damn, the writing is so good they managed to salvage him from the scrappy heap.

[Fenrìr]

Did you like it???

Oh yes.

It probably had tons of flaws, plotholes and inconsistencies that I haven't noticed on my first reading, but frankly, I don't care. It was still awesome.

Yea, there's a few things I'm still trying to mull over to figure out, but overall, it was a decent ending.

[KysenMurrin]

Last WoT book I read was Knife of Dreams (which was an improvement on earlier books, but seemed rushed). I'm still not sure how interested I am in finishing the series.

[Paxen]

Last WoT book I read was Knife of Dreams (which was an improvement on earlier books, but seemed rushed). I'm still not sure how interested I am in finishing the series.

I guess Knife of Dreams can be called rushed when you compare it to drek light Crossroads of Twilight. I mean, stuff actually happened in that book.

[KysenMurrin]

I mean it felt rushed even without that context. There were some scenes, particularly action ones, where things just happened, quickly, and with little sense of import. On the other hand, it was a big improvement, and the first book in a long time where it was possible to like Egwene.

[Paxen]

I mean it felt rushed even without that context. There were some scenes, particularly action ones, where things just happened, quickly, and with little sense of import. On the other hand, it was a big improvement, and the first book in a long time where it was possible to like Egwene.

Hmm, could be true. The first time I read it I was just so happy that it wasn't just another Crossroads, and the second time I read The Gathering Storm right after.

Man, how Jordan ever managed to convince himself that it was just "one more book" when he died I'll never understand.

[Passionario]

On the other hand, it was a big improvement, and the first book in a long time where it was possible to like Egwene.

She becomes even better in the next one, particularly near the ending. And as for the final book... in my opinion, she gets the single most badass scene in it (Lan's moment comes close, though).

[Fenrìr]

/agree with that, Passionario.

But still..the ending has me so confused, lol.

[Klaudandus]

Finished Watts' Rifters trilogy, picked up Larsson's Millennium trilogy.

Also...



Just part of my comic book collection.

One of these is not like the others =P

[Nooska]

FiM?

[Klaudandus]

Yeah =P

Although kinda obvious when you realize who yer talking to. I actually organized my comic collection further. Not pictured in that pic is my Alex Ross collection, my batman collection, v for vendetta and others. =P

[Klaudandus]

Halfway thru the first book in the millenium trilogy... the mystery is good, but larsson's prose annoys me at times....

[Arnock]

I mean it felt rushed even without that context. There were some scenes, particularly action ones, where things just happened, quickly, and with little sense of import. On the other hand, it was a big improvement, and the first book in a long time where it was possible to like Egwene.

Hmm, could be true. The first time I read it I was just so happy that it wasn't just another Crossroads, and the second time I read The Gathering Storm right after.

Man, how Jordan ever managed to convince himself that it was just "one more book" when he died I'll never understand.

I remember hearing an interview with Sanderson saying that Jordan was expecting the final book to be ~900,000 words long, which is about 3 times the length of most of the other books, I'm pretty sure the publisher would have managed to convince him that it wouldn't exactly be feasible =P


Only about halfway through MoL myself, seems pretty good so far.

[Nooska]

Well, when Jordan was expecting that it included the last 2 books as well (really need to finish the Earths Childrne book I'm on so I can start on aMoL)

[Cogglamp]

Read an interesting book about sugar plantations called Sugar Barons. Amazing the amount of wealth and outright greed that occurred during that age.

To lighten things up a bit, I'm now reading Gulag: The History. Sweet jesus, no wonder Russians like to drink themselves to death. Terrible things recounted in this book. Makes you feel darn lucky to live where and when I do.

[Passionario]

Pariah: Eisenhorn vs. Ravenor is awesome.

[Klaudandus]

Have I mentioned that Sidebooks is awesome for reading comics on an iPad?

[Cogglamp]

I'm finishing up The Better Angels of our Nature: Why Violence has Declined by Stephen Pinker. It's been a great book that is a wonderful voice for logic and reason and very well written. Highly recommend it.

[Nooska]

Just from the title, does he actually document that violence has declined? (compared to when?)

[Cogglamp]

Yes, it's a complete history of violence and the book catalogs the decline for the first 5 (massive) chapters. It goes back prehistoric archaeological sites and brings it forward to current events.

[Klaudandus]

w00t! Peter Watts is writing a sequel to "Blindsight"!

[KysenMurrin]

In the last year or so I've gotten increasingly into comics. I've gone from buying the occasional graphic novel to regularly buying series trades - I'm keeping up with Hawkeye, Batwoman, Locke & Key, Saga, Prophet, The Unwritten. I'm buying Chew in the hardback editions as they come out. I'm working through some older, completed stuff too, currently Transmetropolitan and Y: The Last Man.

The first time I'd even bought a comic that wasn't a self-contained single volume was when I read the Sandman series last August. But now I'm buying something every couple of weeks.

There is really some great work out there in comics right now.

Anyway, I'm just feeling impatient because the latest Locke and Key and Hawkeye trades are out tomorrow and I'll be buying them on Saturday.