What Are You Reading?

[Shin Johnpv]

It's the best book by far. Have fun reading through that one.

That third book was so good, but the fourth book is such a slog. Ugh.

This is what everyone who has read the series has said. So I'm really looking forward to it.

I ended up reading Dorothy and The Wizard in Oz, and then started Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter. I loved the Wicked series, so I've been trying to read through the original Oz stuff. They're short enough that I can read them in a day or so, in between other books. They would all be so much better if they didn't 50 - 100 pages of bullshit after the climax of the story. They seem to all end with a bunch of bullshitting around Oz with no story purpose.

I'm halfway through ALVH, and I'm loving it, specially the way vampires are portrayed here. None of the "they're beautiful, sexy beings that everyone falls in love with" bullshit that has taken over the modern vampire. I should be done with it tonight or tomorrow night, and I don't want to say much else about it just yet.

[kingoffighters]

This is a great read for those who love the Malazan, I missed so many things it is not even funny.

http://www.tor.com/features/series/m...-of-the-fallen

[sedition]

Is it possible he had the entirety of the ten book arc planned out in detail in advance?

Well, the Malazan world and story is based on Steven Erikson and Ian Cameron Esslemont's GURPS campaign from the early 80s. People have theorized that Erikson played Kellanved and Esslemont played Dancer. I think the basic road map was laid out.. but I think he put a lot of thought into as he went along. When he was on a podcast I remember him saying he wrote the start of House of Chains as a direct response to some criticism that his story jumped around too much. He's pretty crazy, he wrote a 3 million word series in 12 years.

[sedition]

This is a great read for those who love the Malazan, I missed so many things it is not even funny.

http://www.tor.com/features/series/m...-of-the-fallen

Oh man... I'm not doing anything at work today. Dangerous.

Here is a link to an podcast interview with Steven Erikson that is interesting. It might have some spoilers in it.

Also, check out Life a A Human. Steven Erikson's journal. Most of it is advice on how to write, but it's really a good read.

[kingoffighters]

Well, the Malazan world and story is based on Steven Erikson and Ian Cameron Esslemont's GURPS campaign from the early 80s. People have theorized that Erikson played Kellanved and Esslemont played Dancer. I think the basic road map was laid out.. but I think he put a lot of thought into as he went along. When he was on a podcast I remember him saying he wrote the start of House of Chains as a direct response to some criticism that his story jumped around too much. He's pretty crazy, he wrote a 3 million word series in 12 years.

I thought Erikson confirmed that he roleplayed Shadowthrone.

[Shin Johnpv]

Finished Abraham Lincoln yesterday. Was a pretty great read, a huge improvement over Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. PPZ just felt haphazardly thrown together. Ideas, and concepts just felt really forced into the story, and elements were combined that didn't make sense. It really felt like he didn't research the things he was adding into the story. This is the complete opposite of that. I feel like I'm seeing the difference between a writer at the very beginning of his career, and one that is much further along in his craft. I'm really looking forward to the movie now, hopefully it does the book justice. I read the Road to Oz this morning, same problem as all the Oz books, I think I'm just going to stop with them soon. On the Train ride home I started A Storm of Swords, and already it's so god damn good.

[Mzo]

The Hunger Games is Battle Royale for 15 year old girls. It's all pretty dresses, crushes, convenient avoidance of any morally ambiguous kills, then more teenage romance.

I thought someone said this was good.

It was well written and had excellent pacing, but I'm just not the audience at all.

[Josh]

Yeah, Locke & Key is really good.

Everything he has done has been really good.

Great track record.

[A Robot Bit Me]

The Hunger Games is Battle Royale for 15 year old girls. It's all pretty dresses, crushes, convenient avoidance of any morally ambiguous kills, then more teenage romance.

I thought someone said this was good.

It was well written and had excellent pacing, but I'm just not the audience at all.

The first act was terrific, though.

[MechDeus]

I thought someone said this was good.

Post-accident Stephen King did. That should've been your first clue.