September 2019: Reading Thread

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Elckerlyc said:
There's nothing about book 3 on his website, except at the bottom of the section 'Author' where it says: "at the moment he's working very hard at book 3". Well, so does GRRM, working very hard.

Have you read The Slow Regard of silent Things? A novella about Auri, about her life under the University.
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i read the information in the fantastic fiction site. they are normally reliable
 
I haven't posted here for quite a long time. I recently started "Interview With a Vampire" by Anne Rice, since we are coming up on Halloween season and I associate that with horror. I got about a third of the way through and I'm putting it down. I tend to read books to the end no matter what, but I honestly can't stomach the relationship between these two vampires and this child they "adopted". Their relationship with her seems based more on her physical appearance than any real trait.

I went online to read reviews and spoilers, and there is a fair amount of criticism of the sexuality in this book. Some fans point out that because the child vampire doesn't age, you have to understand she is like an adult woman in a child's body. This reasoning bothers me because real-life pedophiles think that way, but I'm not even at that point in the book. This 5-year old is portrayed very sexually from the time they first met her. She is a "doll", she is "mature" and "sensual" with "soft skin". She is not portrayed with any personality or independent thoughts and doesn't grieve her life for more than a day, she adapts instantly to exist only for these two adult male vampires. She sleeps in a coffin with one of the adult vampires, by choice. So I feel disturbed and I'm not going to keep reading this. :( This character is a pedophile's dream child.
 
Echoes from the Macabre by Daphne du Maurier.

Just started. Not sure why I haven't gotten to it before, since I thought Rebecca was terrific when I read it 30+ years ago. I'm skipping the first story, "Don't Look Now," for now since I've read it a couple of times in anthologies. It's never entirely worked for me and rather than maybe get hung up on that, I'll read other stories first. I'm particularly looking forward to "The Birds."

Randy M.
 
Finished book 2 of Star Kingdom by Lindsay Burgher entitled Ship of Ruin. Quite surprisingly it was an improvement over the first book Shock Wave. So I'm off to the third in the series Hero Code. The book has improved in that the characters are becoming more fully developed and the story begins to grip.
 
Randy M. said:
Echoes from the Macabre by Daphne du Maurier.

Just started. Not sure why I haven't gotten to it before, since I thought Rebecca was terrific when I read it 30+ years ago. I'm skipping the first story, "Don't Look Now," for now since I've read it a couple of times in anthologies. It's never entirely worked for me and rather than maybe get hung up on that, I'll read other stories first. I'm particularly looking forward to "The Birds."

Randy M.
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Her The Birds is way better than the story Hitchcock used for his movie. There is no comparison between the two. Why Hitchcock didn't follow her story more closely is both a mystery and a tragedy. Someone please remake this film!
 
Elckerlyc said:
There's nothing about book 3 on his website, except at the bottom of the section 'Author' where it says: "at the moment he's working very hard at book 3". Well, so does GRRM, working very hard.
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I didn't go to any of the things Rothfuss was on when I was at WorldCon last month but some of my friends did and he didn't mention anything about a release date, which isn't something he'd keep to himself.

At this point I think I'd expect to see The Winds of Winter being released before I see The Doors of Stone.

Have you read The Slow Regard of silent Things? A novella about Auri, about her life under the University.
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I really enjoyed the story, even if it doesn't have anything resembling a typical plot.
 
williamjm said:
I didn't go to any of the things Rothfuss was on when I was at WorldCon last month but some of my friends did and he didn't mention anything about a release date, which isn't something he'd keep to himself.

At this point I think I'd expect to see The Winds of Winter being released before I see The Doors of Stone.



I really enjoyed the story, even if it doesn't have anything resembling a typical plot.
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the winds of winter?
 
kythe said:
I haven't posted here for quite a long time. I recently started "Interview With a Vampire" by Anne Rice, since we are coming up on Halloween season and I associate that with horror. I got about a third of the way through and I'm putting it down. I tend to read books to the end no matter what, but I honestly can't stomach the relationship between these two vampires and this child they "adopted". Their relationship with her seems based more on her physical appearance than any real trait.

I went online to read reviews and spoilers, and there is a fair amount of criticism of the sexuality in this book. Some fans point out that because the child vampire doesn't age, you have to understand she is like an adult woman in a child's body. This reasoning bothers me because real-life pedophiles think that way, but I'm not even at that point in the book. This 5-year old is portrayed very sexually from the time they first met her. She is a "doll", she is "mature" and "sensual" with "soft skin". She is not portrayed with any personality or independent thoughts and doesn't grieve her life for more than a day, she adapts instantly to exist only for these two adult male vampires. She sleeps in a coffin with one of the adult vampires, by choice. So I feel disturbed and I'm not going to keep reading this. :( This character is a pedophile's dream child.
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honestly it has been years since i read her books and i remember i enjoyed them. that said, i don't remember any emphasis in the child has describbed above. that's not saying that is not there, but i honestly don't remember any emphasis. when i read the critic however the first thing that come to my mind was the fact that some schools removed the tom sawyer book because when it says that him and huckleberry go play behind the fence it obviously means they are having homossexual sex...
 
dannymcg said:
Quick note: if anyone wants to look this book up it's actually Lindsay Buroker
(My browser auto corrected the same way when I tried to Google)
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I couldn't read the name under "read" banner, nor under the "7%" banner. So... My bad!

tobl said:
when i read the critic however the first thing that come to my mind was the fact that some schools removed the tom sawyer book because when it says that him and huckleberry go play behind the fence it obviously means they are having homossexual sex...
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I've never hear that! But it has been because of its use of the racial "n" word.
 
I quit The Psychology of Time Travel after 16 chapters (of the 62). I read to be entertained or educated, not to be bored senseless.
So, now what? There are 40 books marked TBR on my e-reader. Plus scores of books to reread. The curse of bounty; what to choose?
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The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson.
 
Parson said:
I thought "This guy is just looking to stir up something where there is nothing." And then I read that his assignment was to write something "out there" about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He did that perfectly.
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Yes I was so glad he added that note at the end!
 
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