The thing is, as expensive as the book readers are and as cheap as tablets are you are probably going to get more and better use out of a tablet as long as it can access the kindle app. My phone does a pretty great job when i want to e-read as well. a seperate device is becoming kinda an extra expense.
Do you have a toaster and a normal oven? That normal oven can totally do everything the toaster can do.
E-ink readers are far easier on my eyes than reading from computer/phone screens. This would probably be less of a problem if I didn't spend most of my day at work starting at computer screens but it is what it is. It is absolutely a specialized device and people need to decide if their use justifies it.
E-ink readers also have several multiples the battery life of a tablet. If you want something light for a trip and know you won't be near a charger for long periods of time, they are great.
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Hilariously, a google search for takyris and seamen also searches for semen.
edit: More seriously, I haven't read the full version of The Palace Job (first book in this series), but I read the short one he posted waaay back when, and it was a fantasy heist story with bantering characters, so if that's your bag, you may like them.
The thing is, as expensive as the book readers are and as cheap as tablets are you are probably going to get more and better use out of a tablet as long as it can access the kindle app. My phone does a pretty great job when i want to e-read as well. a seperate device is becoming kinda an extra expense.
Do you have a toaster and a normal oven? That normal oven can totally do everything the toaster can do.
E-ink readers are far easier on my eyes than reading from computer/phone screens. This would probably be less of a problem if I didn't spend most of my day at work starting at computer screens but it is what it is. It is absolutely a specialized device and people need to decide if their use justifies it.
E-ink readers also have several multiples the battery life of a tablet. If you want something light for a trip and know you won't be near a charger for long periods of time, they are great.
I like my Kindle Fire a lot, but after getting it, I would prefer to have a dedicated device for reading e-books.
It works great for comics and Netflix and browsing shopping shit though.
And it's nice to use when I want to watch something or listen to music and the TV is in use.
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Finally got hold of Between The World And Me. I'd read excerpts before, and content-wise a lot was repackaged from coates' earlier blog entries, but reading it as a singular whole - the message and the stories are exponentially more powerful.
Also, the writing. God damn, that's some parsimonious elegance.
WoT Book 5 is completed. Still enjoyable. Sad to see a particular character disappear (somehow completely forgot about that). Still annoyed at hostility for/between characters, but it seems to be improving. The plot still feels like it's moving quite well, particularly if you use the checkboxes of "who's left among the Forsaken."
It was not at all subtle, but I appreciate that The Paladin Caper includes a scene that casts the evil ancient ones from another dimension as not only grossly racist and sexist but also specifically includes very GG-esque dialogue
And I don't mean yours truly but the OTHER GG of course
It was not at all subtle, but I appreciate that The Paladin Caper includes a scene that casts the evil ancient ones from another dimension as not only grossly racist and sexist but also specifically includes very GG-esque dialogue
And I don't mean yours truly but the OTHER GG of course
There really isn't anything subtle about Weekes' series thus far, honestly.
Is this the Glimmering Folk you're talking about, or the Ancients (the possessed warhammer/axe who were the villains in the last book), or another new evil?
It was not at all subtle, but I appreciate that The Paladin Caper includes a scene that casts the evil ancient ones from another dimension as not only grossly racist and sexist but also specifically includes very GG-esque dialogue
And I don't mean yours truly but the OTHER GG of course
There really isn't anything subtle about Weekes' series thus far, honestly.
Is this the Glimmering Folk you're talking about, or the Ancients (the possessed warhammer/axe who were the villains in the last book), or another new evil?
Spoilers for The Paladin Caper, though it happens pretty early on
It's the Ancients, who seem to be entirely magical or spirit beings who must possess magical items and through them a physical body
They return to the world and go about infiltrating various parts of elite society
There's a scene where some of them discuss needing to possess more women in order to keep a more natural distribution of sleeper agents, and a couple of them vehemently object to the idea, saying they're sick of female hosts being shoehorned in as a "gimmick" especially when it's bad enough that some of them have to control black hosts as well
The specific dialogue just really seemed to recall GG language about why they shouldn't have to play characters that aren't white males, but not everyone will read it the same way
The specific dialogue just really seemed to recall GG language about why they shouldn't have to play characters that aren't white males, but not everyone will read it the same way
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So apparently there's this book out called Carter and Lovecraft which is a sort of cosmic horror story set in our time, so it's a bit more "urban fantasy" than something set in the 20's would be. Personally I think it looks pretty interesting, and I'm a fan of cosmic horror and urban fantasy and all that those entail and so I'll be checking it out and hopefully picking up a copy before too long.
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So apparently there's this book out called Carter and Lovecraft which is a sort of cosmic horror story set in our time, so it's a bit more "urban fantasy" than something set in the 20's would be. Personally I think it looks pretty interesting, and I'm a fan of cosmic horror and urban fantasy and all that those entail and so I'll be checking it out and hopefully picking up a copy before too long.
That's the guy who writes the Johannes Cabal series, which is great
I have this on my Kindle, can't wait to work my way up to it
Taking another crack at the Malazan series. I cannot, cannot, cannot get over this passage from Gardens of the Moon.
Kruppe raised a hand, showing in his hand a flat disc of wax.
"An item," he said softly, his eyes on the disc, "that passes without provenance. Pursued by many who thirst for its cold kiss. On which life, and all that lay within life, is often gambled. Alone, a beggar's crown. In great numbers, a king's folly. Weighted with ruin, yet blood washes from it beneath the lightest rain, and to the next, no hint of its cost. It is, as it is, says Kruppe, worthless. But for those who insist otherwise..."
etc. etc.
"You speak," Baruk said slowly, fighting to pull back into reality by focusing on the wax disc in Kruppe's hand, "of a coin."
GoOoOoOod damn. Maybe I'll be able to get past Gardens in a meaningful way this time, as well as past this passage!
I love those books and I love how up their own ass they are but man, if that passage is a problem for you then some of the later books are going to be rough. Hopefully by then you're hooked and don't mind!
Sooooo I feel real dumb for not putting this together until she said it herself
but yo Rhianna Pratchett just wrote a video game about living up to the enormous legacy of your recently deceased father while working in the same field he did
I finished The Aeronaut's Windlass and the only real complaint I have about it is the title, which is nonsensical and has nearly nothing to do with the book.
Do you like Jim Butcher? Not the Dresden Files necessarily but just nicely written popcorn action books with ok characters and semi-predictable structure and plot? Then you'll like this!
Hate steampunk? Still read it, it's hardly steampunky at all. Love steampunk? You'll probably hate it, it's hardly steampunky at all.
Love cats? Definitely read it, a cat is the best character in the book!
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I have it on my phone. Stopped at Chapter Nine. Ten is where it picks up right?
Had the thing happened to the ship with the two other ships and then the fight in the Spire and then the conversation with the Spirearch? It gets good after that.
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edited November 2015
I went to the bookstore last night, and, amongst other things, stumbled upon a first edition printing of a Raymond Chandler novel
It's missing it's dustjacket, but honestly looks way better without it
I picked it up just because I hadn't read it yet, but now I've looked it up and am pretty pleased with myself
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I finished The Aeronaut's Windlass and the only real complaint I have about it is the title, which is nonsensical and has nearly nothing to do with the book.
Do you like Jim Butcher? Not the Dresden Files necessarily but just nicely written popcorn action books with ok characters and semi-predictable structure and plot? Then you'll like this!
Hate steampunk? Still read it, it's hardly steampunky at all. Love steampunk? You'll probably hate it, it's hardly steampunky at all.
Love cats? Definitely read it, a cat is the best character in the book!
Started reading the first Iron Druid book. Very good so far, so thanks to whoever recommended it lo those many months ago.
Only one minor problem so far. When Atticus was first describing himself I started to picture him as WWE's Sheamus. Albeit younger and less muscley. I don't think I can stop now.
I finished The Aeronaut's Windlass and the only real complaint I have about it is the title, which is nonsensical and has nearly nothing to do with the book.
Do you like Jim Butcher? Not the Dresden Files necessarily but just nicely written popcorn action books with ok characters and semi-predictable structure and plot? Then you'll like this!
Hate steampunk? Still read it, it's hardly steampunky at all. Love steampunk? You'll probably hate it, it's hardly steampunky at all.
Love cats? Definitely read it, a cat is the best character in the book!
I just finished it as well. I liked it a lot! What is up with that name though. So bad.
Ugh. My Sony PRS-T3 just had an unfortunate accident (which killed the upper part of the screen).
I've ordered a Kobo Glo to replace it, but it feels so wrong (because I loved my Sony). I wish Sony hadn'tpulled out of the Reader-business.
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edited November 2015
Newest kindle purchases:
'The Power of One' by Bryce Courtney. A novel set in apartheid era South Africa. Recommended to me by work colleagues.
'In the Blood' by Steve Robinson. A genealogical mystery novel. Bought it because it was cheap, well rated, but mainly because the term genealogical mystery is very appealing to me.
'Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee' by Dee Brown. Bought on @Poorochondriac's frequent recommendation. Will be the first thing I've ever read about Indigenous/Native/First Americans since GCSE History classes.
Currently reading: 'The Species Seekers', an account of early naturalists and their quest to discover new species. (This is an actual paper book I took from the 'library' at base. It's weird. I keep trying to click words I don't know to get a dictionary pop-up!)
ooh the naturalist one sounds good, I'm gonna look for it.
The Power of One is pretty good if you don't think about it too hard and try to ignore all the weird colonialist white saviour aspects*. (It's a bit sappy mind you). All the rest of his novels are horrible pot-boilers though.
* there's probably a lot more problematic elements, but it's been a solid 20 years since I read it so I'm not gonna offer up any harsh critiques based on some vague memories.
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Hmm, thanks for the heads up. What I'd really like is to find some novels by black (South) African authors. But unsurprisingly when I search for South African writers I mainly get a lot of English and Afrikaans names. And doing much googling on our internet is painful. But I'm definitely going to look into it more while I have the luxury of good net over xmas.
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E-ink readers also have several multiples the battery life of a tablet. If you want something light for a trip and know you won't be near a charger for long periods of time, they are great.
I've never read anything from Weekes. General style/comparison?
I've helpfully dug up a sample of his work.
I hope its good
The Prophecy Con was okay, but it felt... uneven? I felt like the intro could have used more build up than dropping us directly into the shit.
I like my Kindle Fire a lot, but after getting it, I would prefer to have a dedicated device for reading e-books.
It works great for comics and Netflix and browsing shopping shit though.
And it's nice to use when I want to watch something or listen to music and the TV is in use.
Also, the writing. God damn, that's some parsimonious elegance.
I just read the sample of Peter Clines's Ex-heroes
It's a zombies vs Superheroes thing
I'm intrigued
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I may give it a try
Ooh, I've read 14 by him and really enjoyed it. Might have a look at this.
And I don't mean yours truly but the OTHER GG of course
There really isn't anything subtle about Weekes' series thus far, honestly.
Spoilers for The Paladin Caper, though it happens pretty early on
They return to the world and go about infiltrating various parts of elite society
There's a scene where some of them discuss needing to possess more women in order to keep a more natural distribution of sleeper agents, and a couple of them vehemently object to the idea, saying they're sick of female hosts being shoehorned in as a "gimmick" especially when it's bad enough that some of them have to control black hosts as well
i dunno.
#notallwarhammers
That's the guy who writes the Johannes Cabal series, which is great
I have this on my Kindle, can't wait to work my way up to it
GoOoOoOod damn. Maybe I'll be able to get past Gardens in a meaningful way this time, as well as past this passage!
but yo Rhianna Pratchett just wrote a video game about living up to the enormous legacy of your recently deceased father while working in the same field he did
Do you like Jim Butcher? Not the Dresden Files necessarily but just nicely written popcorn action books with ok characters and semi-predictable structure and plot? Then you'll like this!
Hate steampunk? Still read it, it's hardly steampunky at all. Love steampunk? You'll probably hate it, it's hardly steampunky at all.
Love cats? Definitely read it, a cat is the best character in the book!
It's missing it's dustjacket, but honestly looks way better without it
I picked it up just because I hadn't read it yet, but now I've looked it up and am pretty pleased with myself
The cat is incredibly well written.
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That's a handsome-ass book
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Only one minor problem so far. When Atticus was first describing himself I started to picture him as WWE's Sheamus. Albeit younger and less muscley. I don't think I can stop now.
I just finished it as well. I liked it a lot! What is up with that name though. So bad.
I've ordered a Kobo Glo to replace it, but it feels so wrong (because I loved my Sony). I wish Sony hadn'tpulled out of the Reader-business.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
'The Power of One' by Bryce Courtney. A novel set in apartheid era South Africa. Recommended to me by work colleagues.
'In the Blood' by Steve Robinson. A genealogical mystery novel. Bought it because it was cheap, well rated, but mainly because the term genealogical mystery is very appealing to me.
'Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee' by Dee Brown. Bought on @Poorochondriac's frequent recommendation. Will be the first thing I've ever read about Indigenous/Native/First Americans since GCSE History classes.
Currently reading: 'The Species Seekers', an account of early naturalists and their quest to discover new species. (This is an actual paper book I took from the 'library' at base. It's weird. I keep trying to click words I don't know to get a dictionary pop-up!)
The Power of One is pretty good if you don't think about it too hard and try to ignore all the weird colonialist white saviour aspects*. (It's a bit sappy mind you). All the rest of his novels are horrible pot-boilers though.
* there's probably a lot more problematic elements, but it's been a solid 20 years since I read it so I'm not gonna offer up any harsh critiques based on some vague memories.
I love his writing style so much and have already finished 2/4 books.
Thanks for the recommendation!