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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
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 Posted - 02 Apr 2013 : 23:29:14
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| Finished R. Scott Bakker's The Warrior Prophet. Great book! |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 03 Apr 2013 : 08:00:11
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Originally posted by realmsrider
Masters of Magic by Chris Wraight
Packed full of wizardly duels and a rare insight into the different aspects of magic. The houses of Gold, Amethyst, Shadow and Jade magic are featured and there's the also an orc shaman with powers of the WAAAGH!
I loved that book. It’s actually Chris’s very first Warhammer Fantasy novel. |
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
1591 Posts |
Posted - 03 Apr 2013 : 14:22:39
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Starting on King of Foxes today, I enjoyed the previous book and this one seems to be quite interesting as well.
You were right Dennis Duke Olasko is an intriguing character, I believe the third book is about him?
Yes. And you'll see more of him even after this series.
Feist is one of those rare gems who can make me like non-wizard characters.
Ah that's good to know. Just one more book with him would be disappointing , I really want to know what he gets up to in Novindus but am restraining myself until I get my hands on the third book. |
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
1591 Posts |
Posted - 03 Apr 2013 : 14:25:22
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Just started Fear to Tread a Horus heresy novel by James Swallow.
There are not that many books about the Blood angels and none in which their Primarch Sangiuinius plays a significant part so i hope this book doesn't disappoint. |
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Clad In Shadows
Learned Scribe
Canada
158 Posts |
Posted - 03 Apr 2013 : 18:12:39
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Just finished The Crippled God, by Steven Erikson. That concludes the series. Holy Nine Hells! I'll need a nap after that one!
Now starting Brandon Sanderson's Elantris.
Entreri, expect a PM from me soon. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36968 Posts |
Posted - 03 Apr 2013 : 18:34:25
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| Reading Dragons of the Highlord Skies, now. Then back to Dragons of Winter Night. |
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realmsrider
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 03 Apr 2013 : 18:58:26
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Sword of Vengeance by Chris Wraight
The epic conclusion to Sword of Justice. This paragraph should give you some scope of this story.
"You will take my armies, Volkmar. Empty the Reikland if you have to. The gold in the reserves is yours. Take warrior priests and the holiest devotees of Sigmar. Take magisters from the colleges, war engines and artillery. Take veteran regiments and a core of knights. This is no suppression of a minor rebellion. This is a new war and needs a new army."
Great conclusion to my favorite Warhammer story to date. Though, in truth, my brain has a hard time processing just what 40'000 troops look like. :P) |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 04 Apr 2013 : 02:10:41
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| Reading Book 3 of R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing Series: The Thousandfold Thought. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 04 Apr 2013 : 02:14:31
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Originally posted by Clad In Shadows
Just finished The Crippled God, by Steven Erikson. That concludes the series. Holy Nine Hells! I'll need a nap after that one!
Now starting Brandon Sanderson's Elantris.
Entreri, expect a PM from me soon.
I can't wait to hear what you think about the ending to this series! |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 04 Apr 2013 : 02:15:18
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Originally posted by Clad In Shadows
Just finished The Crippled God, by Steven Erikson. That concludes the series. Holy Nine Hells! I'll need a nap after that one!
Now starting Brandon Sanderson's Elantris.
Entreri, expect a PM from me soon.
Elantris is a fantastic standalone book, though I would love a follow-up sequel from Sanderson in the near future. |
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LastStand
Learned Scribe
130 Posts |
Posted - 04 Apr 2013 : 05:45:25
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I'm very nearly finished with the Hero of Ages - about 50 pages. Sadly, I've not had the time to read a lot lately. The Mistborn trilogy must be my favorite fantasy series to date. The twists and turns! Great stuff.
After this I will probably delve into Brimstone Angels: Lesser evils and then on to Warbreaker by Sanderson - the magic system intrigued me (what Sanderson novel's magic system has not?). |
"Don't. The battlegrounds that you and I have returned from alive are too different."
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9thChapter
Learned Scribe
Canada
110 Posts |
Posted - 04 Apr 2013 : 06:42:42
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Originally posted by Entreri3478
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Originally posted by Clad In Shadows
Just finished The Crippled God, by Steven Erikson. That concludes the series. Holy Nine Hells! I'll need a nap after that one!
Now starting Brandon Sanderson's Elantris.
Entreri, expect a PM from me soon.
Elantris is a fantastic standalone book, though I would love a follow-up sequel from Sanderson in the near future.
I agree with you on Elantris. Great magic system and story. I believe his novella The Emperor's Soul is set in the same world with the same magic system. Might even be a prequel of sorts, not sure.
I am halfway through The Way of Kings. Enjoying it a great deal.
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 04 Apr 2013 : 09:05:13
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Originally posted by LastStand
I'm very nearly finished with the Hero of Ages - about 50 pages. Sadly, I've not had the time to read a lot lately. The Mistborn trilogy must be my favorite fantasy series to date. The twists and turns! Great stuff.
Great twists, indeed.
Since you've read The Alloy of Law, you probably know by now who the Hero of Ages actually is. |
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Entromancer
Senior Scribe
USA
388 Posts |
Posted - 04 Apr 2013 : 18:42:13
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I am halfway through Hawkmoon: The Runestaff and restarting Deadhouse Gates. I love how Moorcock likes to yank the rug out from under his heroes. As for DG, I'm falling in love with Tavore, Coltaine, and Baudin. Felisin...ugh. 
Is this your first trip through the world of Malaz?
This is my first time in Malaz. I felt bad for Felisin at first. Then she turned into a whinning cynic. |
"...the will is everything. The will to act."--Ra's Al Ghul
"Suffering builds character."--Talia Al Ghul |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 06 Apr 2013 : 00:01:08
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| Finished The Thousandfold Thought by R. Scott Bakker. |
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Entromancer
Senior Scribe
USA
388 Posts |
Posted - 07 Apr 2013 : 00:36:17
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I just finished The Warhound and the World's Pain by Michael Moorcock. If you're interested in playing a cleric, I'd recommend you give this one a read.
The story is set in Europe during the Thirty Years' War. The protagonist is Captain Ulrich von Bek, a Lutheran who is struggling with his faith in light of the atrocities he has seen Christians commit in the war.
von Bek finds a forest and a castle, both seemingly uninhabited. He meets the castle's owner, Sabrina. Sabrina is a witch, who introduces von Bek to her master, the fallen angel Lucifer.
von Bek is coerced into seeking out the Holy Grail for Lucifer, the Cure for the World's Pain. The rest of the story detail's von Bek's quest through Europe and the Mittelmarch to seek the Grail. His enemy is Klosterheim, a disciple of Arioch who masquerades as a Knight of Christ and carries out atrocities to shake peoples' faith in Christ.
As I said, its great if you're into pacts and clerical magic. |
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"Suffering builds character."--Talia Al Ghul |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 07 Apr 2013 : 02:44:51
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I'm attempting to go a completely different way with my reading, now, by catching up with the New 52[+/- 2 or 5]'s Batman book. It's embarrassing for me to admit in conversation with my fellow comic book nerds that I've only now just finished the "Court of Owls" storyline.  |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 07 Apr 2013 : 03:07:37
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| Reading Book 5 of the Sword of Truth: Soul of the Fire |
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Jeremy Grenemyer
Great Reader
USA
2717 Posts |
Posted - 07 Apr 2013 : 08:03:50
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On the recommendation of a friend (and former Marine) I check out With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by E.B. Sledge.
What an amazing book.
I've since moved on to a book I found at a local antique shop: The Boys' Second Book of Great Detective Stories. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 07 Apr 2013 : 08:37:18
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I'm halfway through College Boys by Daisy Harris. Excellent characterization so far. Harris certainly knows how to build up tension. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 07 Apr 2013 : 12:07:50
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Originally posted by Jeremy Grenemyer
On the recommendation of a friend (and former Marine) I check out With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by E.B. Sledge.
Oooo! I've actually had this book offered to me on a recommendation as well. Have either you or your friend provided a review that I might be able to peruse before I [eventually] tackle this book myself?
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realmsrider
Acolyte
USA
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
1591 Posts |
Posted - 09 Apr 2013 : 15:27:54
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So I finished Fear to Tread yesterday, a very good book one of my favorite Horus heresy era novels.
It starts not with a sort of horror vibe with the loyalist Blood angels legion encountering the foulness of Chaos for the first time but the action becomes with epic in the second half with an entire legion of a 100000 space marines pitted against an army of daemons.
I look forward to more epic tales featuring this legion and their noble primarch now. Frankly they were hardly a legion in which I had anything more than a vague interest in before this novel. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 09 Apr 2013 : 23:58:30
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| Finished Goodkind's Soul of the Fire. |
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
1591 Posts |
Posted - 10 Apr 2013 : 15:15:47
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| Been catching up on the Bleach manga, the current Thousand Years Blood war arc is awesome! |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 11 Apr 2013 : 03:43:33
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| Reading the Second Book of Swords by Fred Saberhagen. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36968 Posts |
Posted - 11 Apr 2013 : 04:49:11
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Originally posted by Entreri3478
Reading the Second Book of Swords by Fred Saberhagen.
Been curious about those... Care to share some thoughts? |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36968 Posts |
Posted - 11 Apr 2013 : 04:51:20
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| Finished Dragons of the Highlord Skies, today, and started Dragons of Winter Night. I would have already been done with this one, but I had a digestive rebellion this weekend that flat out knocked me down, and the normally scheduled reading was pre-empted by the festivities. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 12 Apr 2013 : 00:54:52
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Entreri3478
Reading the Second Book of Swords by Fred Saberhagen.
Been curious about those... Care to share some thoughts?
They are pretty interesting and are gold mines for RPG ideas. Quick and easy-to-follow solid Sword & Sorcery fantasy. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 12 Apr 2013 : 00:55:47
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| Finished The Second Book of Swords and now continuing with The Third Book of Swords. |
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