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Latin: god from machine.
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More Ninjas, More Samurai
A couple of days ago I finished the second book of the "Tales of the Otori" series, "Grass For His Pillow", and now I'm about half-way through the third, "Brilliance Of The Moon". If I didn't explain it well enough before, let me just say that this is really a great series.
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The Curse Of Chalion
Lois McMaster Bujold's "The Curse Of Chalion" is a fun little book. It's a bit more of a "popcorn" read than some of my recent undertakings, but at least it has a engrossing story and enjoyable characters---unlike a certain other fantasy book.
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Across The Nightingale Floor
Today I finished Lian Hearn's amazing first book in the "Tales of the Otori" series, "Across The Nightingale Floor". Ninjas and samurai are totally sweet!
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A Truly Suck-tastic Book
I finished reading "The Dragon's Son" by Margaret Weis today. It's quite amazing how much that book sucked. No, seriously. Through the entire book I kept asking myself, "Who cares?" I have one of those life-size cardboard cut-out Stormtroopers. You know the kind you could take your picture with and say, "Hey, look I'm in Star Wars!" Well that Stormtrooper has more personality than the characters in this book.
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A Storm Of Swords
Tonight I finished reading the third book in George R.R. Martin's "A Song Of Ice And Fire" series, "A Storm Of Swords". I'm almost speechless. I previously wrote about finishing the first book, "A Game Of Thrones". Since then I've read the other two. This one of the best fantasy series, in fact one of the best series of any genre, that I've read.
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A Game Of Thrones
I just finished reading "A Game Of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin. What a great fantasy novel! Or maybe I should say, what a great medieval novel. There's definitely a touch of fantasy in there but it's not full of wizards and goblins like many fantasy books. This one sets up a mysterious and possibly supernatural event right from the start and proceeds into the tangled web of politics.
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Ender And The Net
I've started listening to my next audiobook, "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card. I first read this book about 10 years ago and loved it. Enough time has passed since then, that I remember that I loved the book, and I remember the basic story but most of the specifics were gone. So experiencing it again but in a different format, audio, is a real pleasure.
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Oh Nigel, Wherefore Art Thou?
I am almost done reading the Discworld series of books. Or I should actually say, I am almost done “reading” the Discworld series. For about a year and half now I have slowly been making my way through listening to the audiobooks of all the Discworld books from audible.com.
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Sci Fi And Fantasy Books To Read
This is a list of all the all the books in the Sci Fi Masterworks Series and the Fantasy Masterworks Series put out by the British publisher Gollancz. These books and stories are all considered to be “classics” by the Sci Fi and Fantasy community.
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To Read Or Not To Read, That Is The Question
I read a lot. Or let's put it this way: averaged out over the years, I have read a lot. It kicked in pretty hard when I was in third grade. That year I read "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien. The next year I read the complete "Lord Of The Rings". And I've never looked back since. By the time I was in junior high and all through high school, I was devouring books. Sometimes one every couple of days.
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Damn Damn Damn
I just finished reading "Crossroads of Twilight" by Robert Jordan, the tenth book in his Wheel of Time series. Damn! This series is really good, and there aren't anymore books to read yet. I'm having a hard time figuring out how large it will be by the time he's finally done. At this point it would seem that it could easily reach 20 books. Massive.
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A Crown Of Swords
I finished up book 7 of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, "A Crown of Swords", and started on book 8.
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The Pattern Weaves
I just finished reading "The Dragon Reborn", the third book of the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. I have to say that these books are amazing! I've read the first three one right after another and I think I'm going to go out tomorrow and buy a few more. (The first two books are "The Eye of the World" and "The Great Hunt".)
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