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I finished Deadhouse Gates last night. I am probably in the minority here, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I hoped I would. I have to say I enjoyed the story more in Gardens of the Moon, even if the writing was better in Deadhouse Gates. I have heard that Memories of Ice deals more with the characters of the first book, and so will give it a go at some point.

I have yet to decide what I will be reading next, although there are plenty of books on my TBR Shelf.
 
It seems people grow to like a certain 'thread' of that series. I, too, much preferred Gardens of the Moon to Deadhouse Gates (I didn't warm to many of the characters in the latter; especially Felisin, just wanted to slap her every time she opened her whiny mouth). So I was glad to get back to Memories of Ice with all my favourite characters. It's an amazing book, most agree that it's the best; I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

But the ending...pretty hard hitting stuff, right?
 
Started reading The Great God Pan, by Arthur Machen - and it is awesome.
 
HoopyFrood said:
It seems people grow to like a certain 'thread' of that series. I, too, much preferred Gardens of the Moon to Deadhouse Gates (I didn't warm to many of the characters in the latter; especially Felisin, just wanted to slap her every time she opened her whiny mouth). So I was glad to get back to Memories of Ice with all my favourite characters. It's an amazing book, most agree that it's the best; I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

But the ending...pretty hard hitting stuff, right?
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Yes, Felisin was my least favorite character. I didn't much like reading Duiker's sections as well, but I liked his character just fine. I'm glad to hear your opinion on MOI, I think I will definately pick it up.

And the ending...yes. I was getting quite angry at the book I must say.
***SPOILERS***
I couldn't believe they all just sat on the walls watching Coltaine and his group get slaughtered. I wanted to throw the book across the room! And Duiker certainly didn't deserve what happened to him. Although it appears his story isn't finished yet.
***END SPOILERS***
I have to say, having read GRRM, it has made me aware that anyone and everyone can be killed. It seems that Erikson writes with the same philosophy. Keeps you on your toes, thats for sure.
 
HoopyFrood said:
It seems people grow to like a certain 'thread' of that series. I, too, much preferred Gardens of the Moon to Deadhouse Gates (I didn't warm to many of the characters in the latter; especially Felisin, just wanted to slap her every time she opened her whiny mouth). So I was glad to get back to Memories of Ice with all my favourite characters. It's an amazing book, most agree that it's the best; I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

But the ending...pretty hard hitting stuff, right?
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Felisin was so annoying,whiney that she broke the limit of my patience by making sure i stopped reading the book. Now i dislike her even more for ruining DHG for me.

Without here i would have read Memories of Ice 6 months ago.....

How is Memories of Ice compared Gardens of the Moon ? Better start ?
 
Connavar said:
Felisin was so annoying,whiney that she broke the limit of my patience by making sure i stopped reading the book. Now i dislike her even more for ruining DHG for me.

Without here i would have read Memories of Ice 6 months ago.....

How is Memories of Ice compared Gardens of the Moon ? Better start ?
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I'm not Hoopy but MOI is still the best book of the serires to date. Be prepared to be blown away with concepts and revelations. Awesome stuff!
 
I'd be a bit worried if you were Hoopy! :p

Yes, got to agree, Memories of Ice is the best of the lot. Some absolutely epic battles in there that keep the book rolling along at terrific pace. And it has all of the best characters from the first book returning: Whiskeyjack, Paran, the Bridgeburners (who are hilarious in this one), Quick Ben etc. Plot's awesome, all the favourite characters appear; it's a relentless, brilliant read.

Man, I want to read it again myself now...
 
I've now read Brave New World and am wondering why I put off reading it. I can see why it has achieved the status is has, though the ending was a bit weak - I'm left wondering what happened to Lenina and how things went for Bernard too. It's kind of unsatisfying to have the story end there.

Next I'll probably head back to the Dresden files and read Proven Guilty
 
Lady of Winterfell said:
For the moment, I have begun reading Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg.
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Hey..another classic!....:D You know you'll have to read the entire Majipoor series you lucky thing. One of the best Science fantary series I've come across. Meeting and getting autographs and a photo with Silverberg and hanging out with the man at Worldcon in Yokohama was definitely a highlight for me...:cool:
 
Connavar said:
Caught Stealing by Charlie Huston.
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That's been on my list of books to buy for a while now! But I'm not letting myself buy anymore until I clear some things off my shelf.

Right now, I'm closing in on the end of Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams. I have a love/hate relationship with it. I enjoy reading it, but there are times I'm annoyed by the characters and everyone who says this book could be cut in half and lose nothing is pretty much right. But I'm still strangely addicted.
 
Now reading Mean Streets which is comprised of four novellas written by Jim Butcher, Simon Green, Kat Richardson and Thomas E. Sniegoski. I bought it mostly for the Dresden story contained, but I also wanted a sample of Sniegoski's writing. Not that enthusiastic about the Simon Green or the Kat Richardson stories.
 
Fried Egg said:
I've got this very collection on the go at the moment. I've read most of them before but they were often edited by Sprague De Camp and Lin Carter.
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Yep - those edits were at least part of what I was confused about/afraid of.

Ursa major said:
The Complete Chronicles of Conan (see The Complete Chronicles of Conan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) contained REH Conan stories in the order that they were written/published, if I remember correctly.
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j. d. worthington said:
Or, for those in the States, there's the three-volume set of Conan tales put out by Del Rey, though these go back to Howard's original mss. rather than the (often edited) magazine versions....

Del Rey Online

J-Sun: You might also take a look at some of the others on the list, as they, too, are some of the high points in heroic fantasy....
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Thank you both. Ursa, I followed out the Wikipedia link to the history of the tales and, if Wikipedia is correct, it seems that edition "mostly" uses the Weird Tales versions. And I'm in the US anyway, so it seems the three Del Reys would be the ticket. I'd probably prefer the magazine versions but I'd prefer them to be either the "originals" or the magazine versions and consistent with whichever they chose as the principle. The Berkley editions would probably be exactly what I want ("virtual reproductions (other than typo correction) of the originally published form of the texts as they appeared in Weird Tales"), except they only got to 8 of the tales. Either way, it all gives me a better idea of what's what.
 
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