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BeoPuppy:
Kul Wahad.
Also: finished all the John Green books I have. A+, would recommend. Currently reading Stikvallei, a dutch book about a valley in Kameroen where 1200 people died, over night, in their sleep.
Orkboy:
--- Quote from: DavidGrohl on 01 Feb 2015, 00:58 ---The shows have made it past book 2. I think there are a few events left towards the end of the third book that have yet to take place.
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Yeah, like the book three epilogue. Don't worry, no spoilers, but having read it now, I'm a little surprised they didn't choose that for the season closer, unless they plan to ignore it entirely. It's a hell of a dramatic moment. I don't know how book 4 wraps up, but if it ends on an insufficiently dramatic moment, they could dust off the book 3 epilogue and use that, and watch people's heads explode. George RR Martin seems to have a knack for ending a book on a dramatic high point, though.
LeeC:
Read "Fist of Demetrius" the sequel to "Angels of Fire" in the Marcharius Crusade trilogy. Was interesting the way the narrative would switch from Leo (the protagonist from book 1) and the villain. Was also interesting having Xenos as a story teller and the villain. I quite liked it and thought it was a nice romp in the 40k verse but I thought the ending was pretty lack luster to what it was leading up to. Then again a lucky throw of a grenade, though mundane, makes it more realistic in a story stepped with evil space elves. Will need to pick up the final installment at some point.
In the meantime I'm delving into non-fiction with "King Leopold's Ghost". its about western imperialism in the Congo. I'm 2 chapters in and its been very eye opening. The West's romanticized ideal of the "Dark Continent" ignited by Henry Morton Stanley was interesting and King Leopold's lack luster early life and terrible marriage have been remarkable. Finding out that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had to explain sex to Leopold and his bride is really hysterical.
The Seldom Killer:
I cracked through two books while on holiday;
Mime Order by Samantha Shannon - This is the sequel to Bone Season and is showing a maturation of the author and development of storytelling ability. The first book was a decent enough little read but I found this one far more engaging. It seems likely that there will be further growth and improvement. It's also good to see a sci-fi/fantasy genre'd book playing about with psychic powers as a principle device. It's an area I haven't bumped into that often but it does manage to avoid the more obvious cliche's.
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel - A really good take on the post-apocalyptic scenario. I was a bit sceptical about this book as the usual fare on this genre tends to follow quite a set pattern. I'm glad I picked it up though as it deviates from that very early on and strikes a good balance between the inevitable bleakness and that human capacity for adaptation and hope.
Currently reading Before I Go to Sleep by S J Watson. There already seems to be a film of this so I'll probably watch that later. It's a good take on the amnesia/Memento scenario where the amnesiac character slowly uncovers her past and present situations. Immense plaudits have to be given to the author/editor/publishers for setting the scene before reading that the central character can't trust the person who's looking after her. However, with two principle carers, you don't know which is the unreliable narrator about what. You're immediately thrust into questioning details and chewing over inconsistencies as they're revealed to the central character. About half way through you'll be guessing as to what is going on but you'll either be pleased with yourself to have guessed right or pleased with the storytelling if you guessed wrong.
Kugai:
Well, picked up Red Mars by Kim Robinson from the Library today.
Haven't read it in years, and even then I don't think I got more than half way through it due to various reasons. Meant to go back and get it again to read, but never got round to it, but since it appears that there is a Big Screen version of it in the works, I thought I'd read it and it's sequels right through this time.
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