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Also: Kvothe - how are we pronouncing his name?

It tells you at some point, "Quothe".

Pronounced like "quaff" as in "to drink"?


If you have a lisp, yes.


I would have thought more to rhyme with 'both'.

As in "the raven nevermore"?

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Grim... wrote:
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Also: Kvothe - how are we pronouncing his name?

It tells you at some point, "Quothe".

Pronounced like "quaff" as in "to drink"?


If you have a lisp, yes.


I would have thought more to rhyme with 'both'.

As in "the raven nevermore"?


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Also: Kvothe - how are we pronouncing his name?



With book 3 still in the wind Patrick Rothfuss is wondering why some people have been reviewing it even though it isn't finished never mind out

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While it's nice to see folks out there giving this book five stars, and in some cases even reviewing it, I'll admit that I'm kinda puzzled.

After thinking it over for a while, I've realized there's only one explanation for this:

Time travelers love my books.

This is strangely reassuring, as it lets me know that, eventually, I do finish my revisions, and the book turns out good enough so that I still have a following out there in the big ball of wibbly-wobbly.... timey-wimey.... stuff that I like to think of as the future.

I would also like to say, future readers, that I appreciate your taking time to read and review my books. It's really flattering knowing that even with time-travel technology at your disposal, you'd rather read my stuff and mention it here on goodreads, rather than, say, hunt dinosaurs, get drunk with da Vinci, or pants Hitler.

Secondly, I'd like to say if you're The Doctor, and you're reading this, I would make an excellent traveling companion. I know you normally tend to hang out with pretty young women and robot dogs. And honestly? I respect that.

Still, I bring certain things to the table. Humor, witty banter, and a beard that will allow me to blend in seamlessly with any pre-industrial Germanic culture. I'm also an excellent kisser and play a mean game of Settlers of Catan.

Just throwing it out there.

Lastly, if any of you happen to have a digital copy of the book you'd like to e-mail me, I'd really appreciate it. I'd love to see the five-star version of the book, because right now, the one I'm toiling away at is about a three an a half-in my opinion. It would save me a lot of work if I could just skip to the end and publish it.

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Just read 'The Explorer' by James Smythe.

It's an interesting riff on a well-trodden theme, though saying what the theme is kinda spoils it a little.

The plot is, initially, that there is a new space mission to send astronauts deeper into space than ever before. The mission comprises a couple of pilots, a couple of scientists, a doctor and a journalist. It starts off with just the journalist alive, the others having all died, and then goes on to explain how things happened.

It's well written and interesting, though it gets a little wearing towards the end.

Either way, it's good enough that I just bought the sequel.

(Though it doesn't need one; it works as a stand alone book)

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The first book of The Wheel of Time. So far it has not been great at all.

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I hear that by the time you get to book 10 they really start to get going.


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The first book of The Wheel of Time. So far it has not been great at all.


Don't do it, although I am glad I have read them all if I was starting the series again knowing what I know now I just wouldn't. Same goes for the Sword of Truth series.

WoT really flounders from book 4 through book 10(ish) then gets better as Sanderson takes over the reigns. Jordan had a epic idea but gets lost along the way unfortunately.

I am currently on Memories of Ice (Book 3 in the Malazan Series by S. Erikson) and so far am very impressed, it is such a insanely HUGE epic that I am struggling to keep the many characters straight in my head but wow. Only 11 more books to go after this one :metul:

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The Malazan Book of the Fallen is definitely the best series I've ever read, but it's so insanely epic you absolutely have to read it twice or more, I found.

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WoT really flounders from book 4 through book 10(ish) then gets better as Sanderson takes over the reigns. Jordan had a epic idea but gets lost along the way unfortunately.



:this: If you don't like it by the end of the 1st book, then it doesn't get any better until the 10th...

Personally I really enjoyed them all, even the shit period, but I can totally understand why people wouldn't.


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reading sleepwalkers.. brilliant book on the start of WWI

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Just bought that Name of the Wind book... largely because its fantasy NOT set in bloody London.

Though London Falling (Paul Cornell - yes the Doctor Who one) was really good.


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I've just finished 'Little Women' by Louisa May Alcott. It was a delight to read, and I'm afraid to say my upper lip trembled and eyes moistened at certain bits. Though written for children it is very intelligent, and written with great grace. Some wonderful classical and biblical allusion stuff going on too, mainly revolving around Pilgrim's Progress.

It also has bonus US Civil War stuff, albeit home front.

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Trooper wrote:
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WoT really flounders from book 4 through book 10(ish) then gets better as Sanderson takes over the reigns. Jordan had a epic idea but gets lost along the way unfortunately.



:this: If you don't like it by the end of the 1st book, then it doesn't get any better until the 10th...

Personally I really enjoyed them all, even the shit period, but I can totally understand why people wouldn't.


I cannot stand lengthy book sequences that demand six books to actually do anything. Quantity is not quality. Anything that can't be done in a chunky trilogy, or seven slim children's books, can fuck off.

Master & Commander series excepted. Because awesome and more of a collection of stand-alone adventures united by characters, each with a satisfying narrative outcome.

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Master & Commander series excepted. Because awesome and more of a collection of stand-alone adventures united by characters, each with a satisfying narrative outcome.


I recently went on a bit of an M&C spree. I'm currently on the penultimate book, having read them all with at most one other non-M&C book in between, and sometimes straight after each other. The fact that I did that and still like the style and the characters is quite something. Sometimes Jack's wild swings in his home life can feel a bit tacked on ( He's rich! He's poor! He's entangled in intractable law suits! No he's not! ) and I've got the impression that some of the characters age wrongly, but I've really enjoyed reading them all again.


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Master & Commander series excepted. Because awesome and more of a collection of stand-alone adventures united by characters, each with a satisfying narrative outcome.


I recently went on a bit of an M&C spree. I'm currently on the penultimate book, having read them all with at most one other non-M&C book in between, and sometimes straight after each other. The fact that I did that and still like the style and the characters is quite something. Sometimes Jack's wild swings in his home life can feel a bit tacked on ( He's rich! He's poor! He's entangled in intractable law suits! No he's not! ) and I've got the impression that some of the characters age wrongly, but I've really enjoyed reading them all again.


Yeah, I stopped at The Nutmeg of Consolation. I didn't want to see the characters grow older, or for O'Brien to screw up the Sophie - Jack relationship. Aside from one too many Maturin feverish-dying / Jolly-Jack an idiot ashore bits it was pretty much perfect up to that point and I was happy to leave it there. The entire Wray plotline leading to Reverse of the Medal and Letter of Marque is wonderful stuff. And the first three books are just beautiful.

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Just bought that Name of the Wind book... largely because its fantasy NOT set in bloody London.

Though London Falling (Paul Cornell - yes the Doctor Who one) was really good.


I'm reading book 2 now. Kvothe need(s/ed) a proper slap.


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That Sanderson chap is a bit good... Mistborn Trilogy 1 done, The Alloy of Law done, on to Warbreaker. All of them are awesome, but I think the Alloy of Law is the best, its a bit less serious. And steam/cowpunk.


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That Sanderson chap is a bit good... Mistborn Trilogy 1 done, The Alloy of Law done, on to Warbreaker. All of them are awesome, but I think the Alloy of Law is the best, its a bit less serious. And steam/cowpunk.

I have alloy of law queued and am currently wading through the way of kings which I am enjoying more than the mist born stuff, even though that was really good. Might need an intermission in the barage of Sanderson goodness.


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Reading Way of Kings here too. Good shit.

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WoT really flounders from book 4 through book 10(ish) then gets better as Sanderson takes over the reigns. Jordan had a epic idea but gets lost along the way unfortunately.



:this: If you don't like it by the end of the 1st book, then it doesn't get any better until the 10th...

Personally I really enjoyed them all, even the shit period, but I can totally understand why people wouldn't.

I think it started well, dipped in the middle, and then improved by leaps and bounds when Sanderson took over. Mainly due to having less wanking on about the embroidery on people's dresses.

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Finished Daniel Orkent's 'Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition'. A fascinating account of how a small minority were able to introduce the scheme, and detailing how factors such as race, women's suffrage, anti-Catholicism, and immigration played such a big part of its advocacy.

Orkent's style is very chatty, and he takes obvious glee every time he details how one or other major dry was exposed to be drunk or smuggling booze, etc.


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Just started Words of Radiance: The Stormlight Archive Book Two by Sanderson, don't think I will be sleeping much in next day or two

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Write book three now pls.

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Finished Book One of "The Wheel of Time". It wasn't very good. It was a like a rubbish LotR ripoff.

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Just started Words of Radiance: The Stormlight Archive Book Two by Sanderson, don't think I will be sleeping much in next day or two


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Chris Hadfield 'An astronaut's guide to life on earth.' Quite interesting. He very nearly didn't make it into space at all. I definitely like his philosophy.


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I'm doing a Cosmere archive binge. I'm up to 'Way of Kings'. It's all starting to come together... dun-dun-duun!


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Just started Words of Radiance: The Stormlight Archive Book Two by Sanderson, don't think I will be sleeping much in next day or two


Oooh, thanks for the heads up.


Got round to reading this. It's brilliant, but...

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He really needs to come up with a new gimmick! Paired powers. Check. Speaking evil sword. Check. Etc...


and Bobbyaro is a big poopy head.


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I am reading this, about 1/2 way through, can I read your spoiler?


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Reading 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson (of The Red, Green and Blue Mars Triology).

Slow and more about the setting than the story, but really interesting read as a grand tour of the solar system fully utilised by humanity.

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I am reading this, about 1/2 way through, can I read your spoiler?


No, it's not a massive spoiler by any means, but no.


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Did I mention the Left Hand of God trilogy?

The first book was ace. The second was sporadically ace. The third was occasionally ace with a terrible ending.

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Did I mention the Left Hand of God trilogy?

The first book was ace. The second was sporadically ace. The third was occasionally ace with a terrible ending.


Didn't like it at all, but only read the first one.

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'The Way of Kings' really dragged for the first 2 thirds, then became awesome. 'The Words of Radiance' has been much more entertaining for the half I've read.


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Got round to reading this. It's brilliant, but...

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He really needs to come up with a new gimmick! Paired powers. Check. Speaking evil sword. Check. Etc...


and Bobbyaro is a big poopy head.



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Uh - isn't very deliberately the same sword?

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Cras wrote:
Trooper wrote:

Got round to reading this. It's brilliant, but...

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He really needs to come up with a new gimmick! Paired powers. Check. Speaking evil sword. Check. Etc...


and Bobbyaro is a big poopy head.



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Uh - isn't very deliberately the same sword?


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I'm 50/50 on that, there has been no indication so far that the worlds of each series are related. If all his books are set in the same universe, then that would explain why they are all the same :D If they aren't, then putting the same sword in each series means he really really needs to think of new ideas... ;)


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I figured it was a whole Michael Moorcock thing where the sword floats between them in entirely inexplicable ways

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Reading 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson (of The Red, Green and Blue Mars Triology).

Slow and more about the setting than the story, but really interesting read as a grand tour of the solar system fully utilised by humanity.


"Slow and more about the setting than the story" perfectly describes the later two in the Mars trilogy. I'd wager almost half of the words in the entire series is dedicated towards describing rocks and microbes. I'm glad I read them on a fancy kindle where I could long-press the geological terms and get a dictionary definition as otherwise I wouldn't have a clue what he was trying to so specifically describe.

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'The Way of Kings' really dragged for the first 2 thirds, then became awesome. 'The Words of Radiance' has been much more entertaining for the half I've read.


I read TWOK when it first came out. I want to get the new one but other than

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"spearguys running around with bridges on their soldiers" and "underground libraries with a magic lady"


I can't remember what happened in that book. Did you read a summary before embarking?


PS: In the spirit of this thread, I'll declare that I'm reading Snow Crash. It's mondo rad.

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Oh wait, that's a lie! I've read the crap out of the last few Reacher books, and I've read "Ajax Penumbra: 1969", a short story in the same universe as "Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore".

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Reading 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson (of The Red, Green and Blue Mars Triology).

Slow and more about the setting than the story, but really interesting read as a grand tour of the solar system fully utilised by humanity.


"Slow and more about the setting than the story" perfectly describes the later two in the Mars trilogy. I'd wager almost half of the words in the entire series is dedicated towards describing rocks and microbes. I'm glad I read them on a fancy kindle where I could long-press the geological terms and get a dictionary definition as otherwise I wouldn't have a clue what he was trying to so specifically describe.



To be fair, it suffers far less than that, because he's doing the rest of the solar system in just one book, so the strokes are broader and he hasn't time to describe rocks as much. That said, It's very much a pseudo sequel to Mars. It's in a very similar universe, where most of the events of the Mars books seem to have happened (as Mars, at least so far, is somewhat ignored.)

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 Post subject: Re: New generic book thread
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Oh wait, that's a lie! I've read the crap out of the last few Reacher books, and I've read "Ajax Penumbra: 1969", a short story in the same universe as "Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore".


Is the short story any good? I assume you read the bookstore one first, yes? If you liked it you should read some Douglas Coupland.

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 Post subject: Re: New generic book thread
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Yes. Yes - we read it at the same time with our psychic booksharing, remember?

You should also read Annabell Scheme, by the same chap. It's free, right here: http://www.robinsloan.com/annabel-scheme/

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 Post subject: Re: New generic book thread
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Got round to reading this. It's brilliant, but...

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He really needs to come up with a new gimmick! Paired powers. Check. Speaking evil sword. Check. Etc...


and Bobbyaro is a big poopy head.



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Uh - isn't very deliberately the same sword?


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I'm 50/50 on that, there has been no indication so far that the worlds of each series are related. If all his books are set in the same universe, then that would explain why they are all the same :D If they aren't, then putting the same sword in each series means he really really needs to think of new ideas... ;)


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The setting is quite well defined. It's called The Cosmere. Each planet has its own Godlike beings and its own magic, (geometric magic on Sel (Elantris), metal magic on Scadrial (Mistborn) etc.) but they're very much linked. Hoid appears in every book in some capacity. There are other characters who appear in more than one setting, some of which you are expected to notice after the fact.


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 Post subject: Re: New generic book thread
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Pundabaya wrote:
Trooper wrote:
Cras wrote:
Trooper wrote:

Got round to reading this. It's brilliant, but...

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He really needs to come up with a new gimmick! Paired powers. Check. Speaking evil sword. Check. Etc...


and Bobbyaro is a big poopy head.



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Uh - isn't very deliberately the same sword?


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I'm 50/50 on that, there has been no indication so far that the worlds of each series are related. If all his books are set in the same universe, then that would explain why they are all the same :D If they aren't, then putting the same sword in each series means he really really needs to think of new ideas... ;)


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The setting is quite well defined. It's called The Cosmere. Each planet has its own Godlike beings and its own magic, (geometric magic on Sel (Elantris), metal magic on Scadrial (Mistborn) etc.) but they're very much linked. Hoid appears in every book in some capacity. There are other characters who appear in more than one setting, some of which you are expected to notice after the fact.


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Ah! That makes things a lot clearer then. :) No way I would have know that without being told though, or googling it, I don't think it is obvious in the books at all yet.


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 Post subject: Re: New generic book thread
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It's not really supposed to be noticed yet. The idea is that Sanderson wants to do a really massive epic series, but there is no way that any publisher would sign up to a 20+ book series, so each series is largely standalone, however as the books go on, more and more influence from outside the series will occur. so now we have Hoid as a more obvious character (The King's Wit) Zahel is obviously an outsider (though which one I'm not sure, I think he's from Warbreaker, because he keeps using odd idioms involving colour, and I can guess which sword...)

WOK/WOR is pretty late in the timeline acording to Mr Sanderson, so the series after it could be the one which brings it all together (the third Mistborn Trilogy is Space Opera btw, so it could be that). That would explain the increased interaction between the different settings


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Words of Radiance done! Awesome!
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yep, Nightblood. And Szeth has him. (Although to be fair, Nightblood isn't evil, just enthusiastic and entirely unable to make moral judgements) And I reckon Zahel is Vasher.


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