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Post by elkawho on Mar 26, 2022 21:11:10 GMT
Well, if we count listening to audiobooks as reading....
I just finished Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir and loved every single second of it. I'm glad I listened to it rather than actually reading it because the actor who read it, Roy Porter, was terrific. I never read The Martian, but it has been on my list of books to read for a long time. I think it's jumping up the order.
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Post by shallacatop on Mar 26, 2022 23:12:40 GMT
I have decided I am finally going to read the 007 books. Just Ian Fleming's books and short stories though, not the licensed ones from after his death. Blew through Casino Royale yesterday (it's short) and really, really enjoyed it. The 2006 film did a fabulous job of taking various elements of the book and modernizing them, but I'm a fan of Cold War stuff in general so it was really enjoyable to me to re-experience the story in a totally different context. Bond on the page is a really fascinating character...not the suave charming globetrotter of the films, more cold and isolated--often not even particularly likeable, but still a fascinating character to read. I feel like how they've written Craig's Bond, at least in the Casino Royale movie, is strikingly close to the original text in a way that just wasn't the case with most of the previous Bond actor eras. Have moved on to Live and Let Die now and holy crap. I thought the movie version of this was racist af, but it's got nothing on how racist the book is. I understand intellectually / in the abstract how the 1950s (when the book was published) are absolutely not the world that we live in today, but it's still pretty jarring to turn the page and see that the title of the next chapter along is '[N-word] Paradise,' and then to read entire pages of dialogue of a white Englishman writing what he imagines Black Americans to sound like (think of the most offensively stereotypical version of 'jive' you can think of). That said, I'm still enjoying how much more in tune the books are with the Cold War, as opposed to the films that often go off into flights of fancy. It's far clearer here how Mr Big is a Soviet agent, how the Brits and Americans both want him because he's the channel through which Soviet intelligence is financing much of their spy network in North America, the breakdown of American/British jurisdictions, etc. That is entirely my jam, and I'm enjoying it. Great post. I read them all for the first time in the first lockdown and loved the experience. Based on your comments on the first two, I’m looking forward to reading what you think of Moonraker. It’s my favourite of his, along with Casino Royale & On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.
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There’s a horror movie called Alien? That’s really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you.
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Post by shutupbanks on Mar 27, 2022 3:26:12 GMT
I have decided I am finally going to read the 007 books. Just Ian Fleming's books and short stories though, not the licensed ones from after his death. Blew through Casino Royale yesterday (it's short) and really, really enjoyed it. The 2006 film did a fabulous job of taking various elements of the book and modernizing them, but I'm a fan of Cold War stuff in general so it was really enjoyable to me to re-experience the story in a totally different context. Bond on the page is a really fascinating character...not the suave charming globetrotter of the films, more cold and isolated--often not even particularly likeable, but still a fascinating character to read. I feel like how they've written Craig's Bond, at least in the Casino Royale movie, is strikingly close to the original text in a way that just wasn't the case with most of the previous Bond actor eras. Have moved on to Live and Let Die now and holy crap. I thought the movie version of this was racist af, but it's got nothing on how racist the book is. I understand intellectually / in the abstract how the 1950s (when the book was published) are absolutely not the world that we live in today, but it's still pretty jarring to turn the page and see that the title of the next chapter along is '[N-word] Paradise,' and then to read entire pages of dialogue of a white Englishman writing what he imagines Black Americans to sound like (think of the most offensively stereotypical version of 'jive' you can think of). That said, I'm still enjoying how much more in tune the books are with the Cold War, as opposed to the films that often go off into flights of fancy. It's far clearer here how Mr Big is a Soviet agent, how the Brits and Americans both want him because he's the channel through which Soviet intelligence is financing much of their spy network in North America, the breakdown of American/British jurisdictions, etc. That is entirely my jam, and I'm enjoying it. Yeah, it’s cringey and terrible, but he makes an effort to understand the places and people he’s portraying. It seems awful to us but Fleming was quite PC for his day, despite his very obvious colonialism: there’s a wonderful scene in The Man With The Golden Gun where Bond is sitting chatting to the receptionist at a brothel and taking in what she says and treating her opinions seriously which is quite refreshing compared to a lot of comparable literature. And treating Mr Big as a legitimate threat and a genuine criminal mastermind does come across as quite interesting (In the later books, there’s a lot of yank-bashing to the extent that he portrays US gangsters as little more than thugs, while European gangsters are highly sophisticated and urbane, despite being even worse than their American counterparts). For all its faults, though, I love Bond’s walk underwater to Mr Big’s hideout: it’s one of the best descriptions of he ocean floor I’ve ever read. Sorry, I know they have ideological faults but I’m a huge apologist for Fleming: when he’s on point (and he usually is in the Bond books), he’s a wonderful writer.
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Post by Digi on Mar 27, 2022 3:44:00 GMT
I have decided I am finally going to read the 007 books. Just Ian Fleming's books and short stories though, not the licensed ones from after his death. Blew through Casino Royale yesterday (it's short) and really, really enjoyed it. The 2006 film did a fabulous job of taking various elements of the book and modernizing them, but I'm a fan of Cold War stuff in general so it was really enjoyable to me to re-experience the story in a totally different context. Bond on the page is a really fascinating character...not the suave charming globetrotter of the films, more cold and isolated--often not even particularly likeable, but still a fascinating character to read. I feel like how they've written Craig's Bond, at least in the Casino Royale movie, is strikingly close to the original text in a way that just wasn't the case with most of the previous Bond actor eras. Have moved on to Live and Let Die now and holy crap. I thought the movie version of this was racist af, but it's got nothing on how racist the book is. I understand intellectually / in the abstract how the 1950s (when the book was published) are absolutely not the world that we live in today, but it's still pretty jarring to turn the page and see that the title of the next chapter along is '[N-word] Paradise,' and then to read entire pages of dialogue of a white Englishman writing what he imagines Black Americans to sound like (think of the most offensively stereotypical version of 'jive' you can think of). That said, I'm still enjoying how much more in tune the books are with the Cold War, as opposed to the films that often go off into flights of fancy. It's far clearer here how Mr Big is a Soviet agent, how the Brits and Americans both want him because he's the channel through which Soviet intelligence is financing much of their spy network in North America, the breakdown of American/British jurisdictions, etc. That is entirely my jam, and I'm enjoying it. Great post. I read them all for the first time in the first lockdown and loved the experience. Based on your comments on the first two, I’m looking forward to reading what you think of Moonraker. It’s my favourite of his, along with Casino Royale & On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Well I think it's a great sign that I went from CR directly into the next book. As a rule I try not to do that with series, but I wanted more immediately
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Post by Digi on Mar 27, 2022 4:00:21 GMT
I have decided I am finally going to read the 007 books. Just Ian Fleming's books and short stories though, not the licensed ones from after his death. Blew through Casino Royale yesterday (it's short) and really, really enjoyed it. The 2006 film did a fabulous job of taking various elements of the book and modernizing them, but I'm a fan of Cold War stuff in general so it was really enjoyable to me to re-experience the story in a totally different context. Bond on the page is a really fascinating character...not the suave charming globetrotter of the films, more cold and isolated--often not even particularly likeable, but still a fascinating character to read. I feel like how they've written Craig's Bond, at least in the Casino Royale movie, is strikingly close to the original text in a way that just wasn't the case with most of the previous Bond actor eras. Have moved on to Live and Let Die now and holy crap. I thought the movie version of this was racist af, but it's got nothing on how racist the book is. I understand intellectually / in the abstract how the 1950s (when the book was published) are absolutely not the world that we live in today, but it's still pretty jarring to turn the page and see that the title of the next chapter along is '[N-word] Paradise,' and then to read entire pages of dialogue of a white Englishman writing what he imagines Black Americans to sound like (think of the most offensively stereotypical version of 'jive' you can think of). That said, I'm still enjoying how much more in tune the books are with the Cold War, as opposed to the films that often go off into flights of fancy. It's far clearer here how Mr Big is a Soviet agent, how the Brits and Americans both want him because he's the channel through which Soviet intelligence is financing much of their spy network in North America, the breakdown of American/British jurisdictions, etc. That is entirely my jam, and I'm enjoying it. Yeah, it’s cringey and terrible, but he makes an effort to understand the places and people he’s portraying. It seems awful to us but Fleming was quite PC for his day, despite his very obvious colonialism: there’s a wonderful scene in The Man With The Golden Gun where Bond is sitting chatting to the receptionist at a brothel and taking in what she says and treating her opinions seriously which is quite refreshing compared to a lot of comparable literature. And treating Mr Big as a legitimate threat and a genuine criminal mastermind does come across as quite interesting (In the later books, there’s a lot of yank-bashing to the extent that he portrays US gangsters as little more than thugs, while European gangsters are highly sophisticated and urbane, despite being even worse than their American counterparts). For all its faults, though, I love Bond’s walk underwater to Mr Big’s hideout: it’s one of the best descriptions of he ocean floor I’ve ever read. Sorry, I know they have ideological faults but I’m a huge apologist for Fleming: when he’s on point (and he usually is in the Bond books), he’s a wonderful writer. Oh absolutely still enjoying myself. Still think there's room to have a laugh and a gape at things that didn't age well, but definitely having a grand old time. Didn't mean to suggest otherwise
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There’s a horror movie called Alien? That’s really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you.
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Post by shutupbanks on Mar 27, 2022 14:24:53 GMT
Yeah, it’s cringey and terrible, but he makes an effort to understand the places and people he’s portraying. It seems awful to us but Fleming was quite PC for his day, despite his very obvious colonialism: there’s a wonderful scene in The Man With The Golden Gun where Bond is sitting chatting to the receptionist at a brothel and taking in what she says and treating her opinions seriously which is quite refreshing compared to a lot of comparable literature. And treating Mr Big as a legitimate threat and a genuine criminal mastermind does come across as quite interesting (In the later books, there’s a lot of yank-bashing to the extent that he portrays US gangsters as little more than thugs, while European gangsters are highly sophisticated and urbane, despite being even worse than their American counterparts). For all its faults, though, I love Bond’s walk underwater to Mr Big’s hideout: it’s one of the best descriptions of he ocean floor I’ve ever read. Sorry, I know they have ideological faults but I’m a huge apologist for Fleming: when he’s on point (and he usually is in the Bond books), he’s a wonderful writer. Oh absolutely still enjoying myself. Still think there's room to have a laugh and a gape at things that didn't age well, but definitely having a grand old time. Didn't mean to suggest otherwise Apologies for coming over a little strong, then. I get defensive of older books that get derided because their authors were basically ok but lived in a time that didn’t value all the same values as we do.
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Post by Digi on Mar 28, 2022 16:46:27 GMT
Finished Live and Let Die this morning. Surprised to find elements of the films Licence to Kill and Dr No were in this book. Pleasantly surprised, they fit what was going on here like a glove. Overall I don't think I enjoyed this one quite as much as I did Casino Royale, I found it kind of lost the plot on a couple of different fronts...the Soviet connection pretty much vanished, the villain vanished from the story for basically the entire second half of the book until the end, the Voodoo stuff that was emphasized in the briefings early in the book ended up having no meaning or consequence to the story. And then it seemed to come to its climax at breakneck speed and without satisfying conclusion. Overall though, I still enjoyed it. Looking forward to seeing how different prose Moonraker is from film Moonraker.
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There’s a horror movie called Alien? That’s really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you.
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Post by shutupbanks on Apr 14, 2022 0:08:30 GMT
Discovered that I have a new favourite author this week. The downside? He died in 1978.
Thomas Burnett Swann wrote a heap of novels from around the mid-60s right up u til his death. Most of them, I think, were based on Classical mythology. I’ve read two of them in the past month - Day Of The Minotaur and The Weirwoods- and they’re both superb. I’m going to be looking out for the rest of them but none of them are in print and few are available on Kindle so it looks like I have a quest.
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Post by tuigirl on Apr 24, 2022 11:50:24 GMT
The latest Peter Grant novel, Amongst our Weapons. I love this series. I like the quirky characters, the mythology, the magic and the whole setting. I also enjoyed this book. It is great to be back at the Folly, to go home with Peter and experience the weird insanity at his home: his river goddess wife being pregnant, while at the same time studying for her final exams, all the while there are talking foxes taking over the house and preparations for the birth celebrations are made. Plus there is a new magical case to be solved, involving a religious cult and an avenging Angel of Death. This was fun, entertaining and pleasantly bonkers. However, there are some of the plot which are a re-hash of previous ideas. Plus, there were so many pop culture references! This was basically an Easter egg hunt for every Whovian (which I did not mind one bit). And, of course nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition... If you like Peter Grant and this series, you will get more of what you know and love. There are a few interesting developments, however, nothing in this story is radically new or revolutionary.
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Post by shallacatop on May 31, 2022 7:49:23 GMT
With a Mind to Kill - The last of Anthony Horowitz’s Bond trilogy. I loved it. It’s a proper sequel to The Man With the Golden Gun whilst driving Bond and the plot forward but bringing in those unresolved elements. The chapter with the Magic Room is suitably grim, on par with the torture Bond endured in Forever and a Day, and offers us insights into the lead up to TMWTGG. If I had any criticism, I think the last part is a bit fleeting and I missed some of the Fleming-esque descriptions and Bond’s tics, although I think the nature of the story addresses the latter two. A part of me hopes he gets to play in the sandbox some more, and perhaps carry on where WAMTK left off, but this a worthy addition to the canon and all three of his instalments are better than some of Fleming’s own.
As an aside the Acknowledgements section is really interesting to see the sheer depth of research for the book and to understand just how much of it is real life.
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Post by elkawho on Jun 3, 2022 15:41:19 GMT
So I'm reading a book from the 80's called Geek Love. It's somewhat an enigma. It's well written and fascinating, the imagination of the author is amazing. But the characters are, well, can we say, difficult to like. The whole concept and execution of this story is like watching a terrible car accident, awful and disgusting but something pulls you in. Although that pull is getting less and less for me. I'm not sure if I'll be finishing this one or not.
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Post by tuigirl on Jun 15, 2022 15:26:17 GMT
Re- reading one of my absolute favorite books ever. Rumo and his miraculous adventures by the German author Walter Moers. Some people call Moers the German version of Terry Pratchett, which makes them right in some sense ( creation of a weird fantasy world full of social commentary) and also totally wrong (he is also a totally politically incorrect cartoonist who is on the death list of neo- Nazis for some of his caricatures). He has humor, yes, but it is very dark, very weird and very unlike Pratchett. His fantasy world is even more absurd, strange and inventive than the discworld, and it is also a lot darker. His books can be described as „children‘s books for adults“. They might look cute with all the fantastic drawings by the author, but- the plot is extremely brutal and explicit. There is a lot of gory violence, there is cold blooded torture and there is psychological horror. It looks cute, but it does get dark. Very dark. Very quick. And there is buckets of gore. Not for children. I would not even recommend Rumo to any 12 year olds, especially not those with good imagination. Adults could get nightmares. Why do I like this even if it also makes my skin crawl and makes we feel uncomfortable? It is extremely inventive. It is absolutely crazy. It does not pull any punches. It does it‘s own thing, not doing as anyone expects or following narrative standards. The drawings by the author are outstanding. And creepy. And extremely weird. This is one of the rare books where you can say it is truly like no other. It captivates you. It makes you care about the characters. It makes you even feel for the villains who commit unspeakable and graphic torture to the heroes. It makes you laugh and cry while you read it, it makes you a part of the story, and it will rip your heart out and when it is over, you will cry because sadly, the sweet ordeal is over. This is one of the rare books that are an experience.
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Post by tuigirl on Jun 26, 2022 13:44:07 GMT
Started on the "Thursday Next" series. I got this a couple of years ago because somebody told me "this is very much like Doctor Who".
Well, it IS very much like Doctor Who. Even a bit weirder. It is very weird, full of time travel shenanigans, alternative universes, quirky characters and a whole multiverse of madness.
So yes, this is right up my alley.
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Post by Kestrel on Jul 2, 2022 9:09:32 GMT
Oof, that cover is hideous. But I'll add it to my list.
I'm currently reading Old Bones -- also at your recommendation -- and enjoying it so far. Really curious how this mystery will play out, as on the face of it something like the Donner Party doesn't really seem like the kind of historical event that lends itself easily to multigenerational conspiracies.
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Post by Kestrel on Jul 4, 2022 14:21:02 GMT
Well, I just finished The Old Bones. Modern mysteries generally ain't my thing, but I enjoyed it (lovely avalanche-pacing). Nora and Connie both seem fun, and I'll probably give the next book a read sooner or later... not really sure what to make of Pendergast, who seems kinda like a vampire, popping up at the end to put a bow on the story. A bit odd, that. Couldn't really say I noted any supernatural elements, so assuming that wasn't misdirection, I'll have to assume that those elements are introduced slowly--building up in the background until suddenly there's no room for doubt. Which is definitely an approach I can appreciate. Started on the "Thursday Next" series. I got this a couple of years ago because somebody told me "this is very much like Doctor Who". Speaking of which, you might like Under Fortunate Stars. It borrows a bit more from Star Trek than Doctor Who, but it's a fun, competently-written time travel mystery that takes a lot of inspiration from both. It's exactly the kind of bizarre situation you can just see a blue box popping up in just to make things messier. (And speaking of time travel, have you read Bernard Hennen's The Elven / Die Elfen? Usually time travel fiction tends to disappoint me, but I really loved the time travel there... but then, I've always been a sucker for the whole Rip van Winkle-style fish-out-of-temporal-water stories.
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Post by tuigirl on Jul 4, 2022 18:56:41 GMT
Well, I just finished The Old Bones. Modern mysteries generally ain't my thing, but I enjoyed it (lovely avalanche-pacing). Nora and Connie both seem fun, and I'll probably give the next book a read sooner or later... not really sure what to make of Pendergast, who seems kinda like a vampire, popping up at the end to put a bow on the story. A bit odd, that. Couldn't really say I noted any supernatural elements, so assuming that wasn't misdirection, I'll have to assume that those elements are introduced slowly--building up in the background until suddenly there's no room for doubt. Which is definitely an approach I can appreciate. Started on the "Thursday Next" series. I got this a couple of years ago because somebody told me "this is very much like Doctor Who". Speaking of which, you might like Under Fortunate Stars. It borrows a bit more from Star Trek than Doctor Who, but it's a fun, competently-written time travel mystery that takes a lot of inspiration from both. It's exactly the kind of bizarre situation you can just see a blue box popping up in just to make things messier. (And speaking of time travel, have you read Bernard Hennen's The Elven / Die Elfen? Usually time travel fiction tends to disappoint me, but I really loved the time travel there... but then, I've always been a sucker for the whole Rip van Winkle-style fish-out-of-temporal-water stories. Great that you liked the Preston/ Child book! I just fell in love with these guys. I also adore Pendergast, but Pendergast has his own series ("Main Series" starting with Relic, he just pops in and out of the other series, just as all the other characters do, it is one big universe).
He is an acquired taste, you have to get to know him to appreciate him and to actually starting to love him- because he is not an easy character to love.
As for the supernatural elements.... yeah, they start out slow, and some books have more or less of them (or none).
I am just a sucker for this type of story.
Haha- Bernhard Hennen is one of my favorite German authors. (surprise!)
He wrote one of my all-time favorite books "Nebenan" (I do not even know if that was translated into other languages). It is urban fantasy with obvious autobiographical scenes and starts out slow and realistic... and then introduces the alternative worlds and the creatures from the alternative worlds (all creatures from German folk tales). It is weird and wonderful and adventurous and has lots of edge of the seat action.
It is absolutely HILARIOUS. When I am in one of my depressive moods, this is one of the books I read.
I also read quite of few of his other books, including some of "Die Elfen". Hennen is a great guy, and he also is always at the German FedCon convention and I got a few signed books and told him how much I love and adore "Nebenan" and we had a great chat about the book and the autobiographical bits and how he came to write it.
Back when I was reading it, I was studying and on later re-reads, I did my PhD. The main character of the book is also a student writing his thesis, and he is suffering very much under his professor. I could feel his pain.
But then, he gets a fantastic opportunity for pay-back........ (no more spoilers!)
If you love the "fish out of temporal water" stories- Nebenan will leave you in stitches.
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Post by Kestrel on Jul 5, 2022 1:51:54 GMT
Hahaha.... I had a feeling I might be preaching to the choir there, so to speak.
Re: Pendergast, yeah, he definitely felt like a cameo. Within the confines of 'Old Bones,' he was used more as a narrative device than a proper character, which felt a bit weird. Took me out of the story a bit. But, yeah, I'll definitely keep going with this series at least until I get to this promised awesomeness with Connie. I do love the core conceit of murder + history. Norah feels a lot like a (relatively) more grounded Bernice Summerfield (complete with continuity baggage and contrived love-interest subplots that end poorly) which is pretty great.
I also really love how they depicted the American West. I've spent a fair bit of time out there (backpacking in Utah, hiking through the Medicine Bow mountains in Wyoming) and even with all of the accoutrements of modernity (not really sure how to best convey the idea, but you get it? Maybe?) it's still very easy -- and very terrifying -- to suddenly find yourself utterly isolated and alone. And in the mountains, weather can change so rapidly....
You don't even have to leave "civilization" to be a hair's breadth away from peril. Roads through vast, empty, arid tracts of land... with no other cars around. No inhabited settlements... no fresh water. Run out of gas and you're in for a bad time... and if you don't have a working cell phone, you're dead. There's a tension to simply *being* in places like that which was captured quite well in 'Old Bones,' even before the (thankfully only ever implicit) eventual looming threat of the storm.
Re: Hennen, right?!? I read 'The Elven' for the first time a few years ago and immediately fell in love. It's so good! One of my all-time favorite fantasy books--I put it right up there with Tolkien. I was a bit less enamored with the second book in the series -- largely due to its much less ambitious scope -- and haven't read the third one yet. AFAIK only those first three have been translated into English.
And, of course, my sole and only motivator for ever learning other languages has been impatience with the translation of books I want to read!
So, yeah, I'm definitely gonna hunt down a copy of this, 'Nebenan.' I'll be honest, most of the German I've read is... pretty old (late 19th/early 20th century stuff) so it'll be a bit of a change of pace for me. Actually, come to think of it, most of what I read is 80+ years old. Huh. I guess you could say I have... geriatric tastes. Sorry, sorry.
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Post by relativetime on Jul 11, 2022 1:15:11 GMT
I finally finished The Silmarillion late last night! Wow, that was an experience like no other. Definitely not the easiest read - I swear it’s going to take years before I’ve even somewhat grasped who’s related to who and how - but surprisingly also easier to read too than I was expecting. Once I started viewing it kind of like separate “episodes” instead of like a traditional narrative, it was a lot easier to digest. How on earth did all of this come from one man’s mind though?! I’m so glad Christopher Tolkien was able to put this together for us and so many more works that I’ll absolutely get to someday soon.
For now, though, I’ve started on another massive fantasy series - The Wheel of Time. I’m about four chapters into The Eye of the World so far and I think I’m quite hooked already. Definitely a larger commitment than even Tolkien though - fourteen books! I want to get through at least the first book though before I try to watch the Amazon series all the way through.
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Post by newt5996 on Jul 11, 2022 1:35:39 GMT
I finally finished The Silmarillion late last night! Wow, that was an experience like no other. Definitely not the easiest read - I swear it’s going to take years before I’ve even somewhat grasped who’s related to who and how - but surprisingly also easier to read too than I was expecting. Once I started viewing it kind of like separate “episodes” instead of like a traditional narrative, it was a lot easier to digest. How on earth did all of this come from one man’s mind though?! I’m so glad Christopher Tolkien was able to put this together for us and so many more works that I’ll absolutely get to someday soon. For now, though, I’ve started on another massive fantasy series - The Wheel of Time. I’m about four chapters into The Eye of the World so far and I think I’m quite hooked already. Definitely a larger commitment than even Tolkien though - fourteen books! I want to get through at least the first book though before I try to watch the Amazon series all the way through. I’d recommend doing the second too since the first season of the Amazon show draws quite a bit of characters from book 2 and 3 and some reveals while not ruined are greatly hinted at earlier. I love the Wheel of Time on the whole though yes Books 7-10 slow down the pace a lot (though not as bad now that the series is out in full and there isn’t a wait time between books). Be warned the last two episodes of the show have big issues due to the pandemic making them change things from their original plan with the finale being the weakest episode but not due to a bad script but some really poor direction given but it makes sense given the circumstances.
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Post by tuigirl on Jul 15, 2022 18:30:35 GMT
The Magos by Dan Abnett. OMG. This is awesome. Abnett is just an amazing story teller and world builder. This also includes all his Inquisition short stories. I love all the grim dark murder mysteries/ monster hunts and psychic battles. Both of Abnetts Warhammer series ( Inquisition And Gaunts Ghosts) are amazing and this book is no exception. I love that the biologist is now one of the main characters and he does not take any BS from Eisenhorn and the banter and word play between him and Eisenhorn ( Who just is a total Richard ) is a classic.
I wish Abnett would write more for BF and would get free reign. If he would write for the Time War, he could get his mastery of military sci-fi and his glorious battle scenes in. All his BF stories feel like he had to hold back. I know he can do so much better.
Edit: Reading book during dinner. in between the grisly murders, there just was 2 pages (!!) of the biologist going bird watching on an alien planet. THIS is what I mean when I talk about awesome world building. Abnett sucks you into these stories, even when battling demons or alien horrors. His worlds and characters feel alive. Plus, of course I am a bird person.
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