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Post by Iakus on Apr 12, 2021 0:59:40 GMT
You are such a tease!!!! Evil laughter re Murphy, the sword or Aftermath or something completely different? All of the above Changes is essentially the midpoint of the series. And the title name is not a coincidence. Many things are going to "change" from now on, leading to the Big Apocalyptic Trilogy that JB says will wrap up the series
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Post by dazk on Apr 12, 2021 1:17:36 GMT
You are such a tease!!!! Evil laughter re Murphy, the sword or Aftermath or something completely different? All of the above Changes is essentially the midpoint of the series. And the title name is not a coincidence. Many things are going to "change" from now on, leading to the Big Apocalyptic Trilogy that JB says will wrap up the trilogy. I thought as much. You mean he is still writing another 3 books on top of the 17 or something already written?
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Post by Iakus on Apr 12, 2021 13:03:34 GMT
All of the above Changes is essentially the midpoint of the series. And the title name is not a coincidence. Many things are going to "change" from now on, leading to the Big Apocalyptic Trilogy that JB says will wrap up the trilogy. I thought as much. You mean he is still writing another 3 books on top of the 17 or something already written? The "case files" books will be around 20ish (last I heard I think he said there would be 22) There are currently 17 of them, not including short stories, novella, and comic books Then there will be the "Big Apocalyptic Trilogy" that wraps things up: Hell's Bells, Stars and Stones, and Empty Night. He said we will understand why those are considered curses in the supernatural community.
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Post by dazk on Apr 12, 2021 23:35:03 GMT
I thought as much. You mean he is still writing another 3 books on top of the 17 or something already written? The "case files" books will be around 20ish (last I heard I think he said there would be 22) There are currently 17 of them, not including short stories, novella, and comic books Then there will be the "Big Apocalyptic Trilogy" that wraps things up: Hell's Bells, Stars and Stones, and Empty Night. He said we will understand why those are considered curses in the supernatural community. 22-13 = 9 more Kindle books, man my wife is going to kill me. $$$$$$ Hey reading Aftermath, who is the Frog character is he the same one from an earlier book or just the same type of creature? I liked how he lost his head, Murph's the best.
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Post by AnDromedary on Apr 14, 2021 19:50:55 GMT
So, I went through The Witcher book series over the past couple of months. As a fan of the games, I figured I'd close the serious hole in literary education. I read everything in chronological order: The Last Wish Season of Storms Sword of Destiny Blood of Elves The Time of Contempt Baptism of Fire The Tower of Swallows The lady of the Lake I gotta say, I was almost a little underwhelmed. I mean, the games (all three of them) IMO build up very complex interconnected plot lines (Witcher 2 especially as it has a lot going on, both in all the personal stories but also grander politics, but Witcher 1 and 3 also manage to tell pretty epic yet also very personal stories). I figured the books would probably be even better than that as it's the source material and usually game stories are often somewhat compromised by concessions to gameplay that are needed. But it turns out, the books are more or less on par and - don't kill me for saying this but it's my impression - the games sometimes do even better there. Don't get me wrong, the books were a great read, no doubt. But sometimes they seem a bit, well, rushed on the one side, disconnected on the other. For example, I knew that Yen, Ciri and Gerald would have this family bond but it almost feels like the characters actually don't quite spend enough time together for that to be really justified. I mean yea, Ciri spends a winter with Gerald in Kaer Morhen, then a spring with Yen in the temple but the three of them are only together for like one night. After that, everyone kind of goes off and does their own thing almost until the very end of the series. That was a bit weird. Also, the grand finale was ... well, a little odd. You got the three finally uniting as they each kill their particular nemesis and you have the battle of Brenna going on which is kinda cool but again, these events seem a little disjointed. I was often missing a little narrative glue to really pull it all together. All the individual strands were interesting and well written in their own right but hmmm, it just didn't come together as a really cohesive series in the end. The games actually do this better (and I know, Sapkowski would probably punch me in the face if he were here). Of course, the fact that you see those only from Gerald's perspective helps there. In the books, Sapkowsski often has a character at some later time - sometimes very much later - tell a story about a past event and then the narrative jumps into that event. I really like that because he does it very well so you don't loose track of what's going on but I think this is also what splits up those plotlines so much. In any case. I am glad that I read the books and they were enjoyable, even if they weren't quite what I expected. Now I am curious to see where the TV show will go with this material in the second season.
Also, yea, I have to agree with a lot of people I have seen on the forums that say that - after reading the books - the Triss romance in Witcher 3 is really absurd.
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Post by dazk on Apr 15, 2021 1:44:18 GMT
So, I went through The Witcher book series over the past couple of months. As a fan of the games, I figured I'd close the serious hole in literary education. I read everything in chronological order: The Last Wish Season of Storms Sword of Destiny Blood of Elves The Time of Contempt Baptism of Fire The Tower of Swallows The lady of the Lake I gotta say, I was almost a little underwhelmed. I mean, the games (all three of them) IMO build up very complex interconnected plot lines (Witcher 2 especially as it has a lot going on, both in all the personal stories but also grander politics, but Witcher 1 and 3 also manage to tell pretty epic yet also very personal stories). I figured the books would probably be even better than that as it's the source material and usually game stories are often somewhat compromised by concessions to gameplay that are needed. But it turns out, the books are more or less on par and - don't kill me for saying this but it's my impression - the games sometimes do even better there. Don't get me wrong, the books were a great read, no doubt. But sometimes they seem a bit, well, rushed on the one side, disconnected on the other. For example, I knew that Yen, Ciri and Gerald would have this family bond but it almost feels like the characters actually don't quite spend enough time together for that to be really justified. I mean yea, Ciri spends a winter with Gerald in Kaer Morhen, then a spring with Yen in the temple but the three of them are only together for like one night. After that, everyone kind of goes off and does their own thing almost until the very end of the series. That was a bit weird. Also, the grand finale was ... well, a little odd. You got the three finally uniting as they each kill their particular nemesis and you have the battle of Brenna going on which is kinda cool but again, these events seem a little disjointed. I was often missing a little narrative glue to really pull it all together. All the individual strands were interesting and well written in their own right but hmmm, it just didn't come together as a really cohesive series in the end. The games actually do this better (and I know, Sapkowski would probably punch me in the face if he were here). Of course, the fact that you see those only from Gerald's perspective helps there. In the books, Sapkowsski often has a character at some later time - sometimes very much later - tell a story about a past event and then the narrative jumps into that event. I really like that because he does it very well so you don't loose track of what's going on but I think this is also what splits up those plotlines so much. In any case. I am glad that I read the books and they were enjoyable, even if they weren't quite what I expected. Now I am curious to see where the TV show will go with this material in the second season.
Also, yea, I have to agree with a lot of people I have seen on the forums that say that - after reading the books - the Triss romance in Witcher 3 is really absurd.
I quit reading them about half way through book 2, I just didn't like the writing style and I didn't find the books engaging. I found I was happy with my in game memories and didn't want to ruin them by reading anymore of the books. And I am glad I did if as you said the books make the Triss romance "absurd" because for me the games made it far more realistic that Geralt romances Triss due to amount of time spent together and the relationship in games 1 and 2. Yennefer always felt like a blow in to me having not read the books before hand.
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Post by AnDromedary on Apr 16, 2021 17:30:21 GMT
Awww man, read The Martian this week, couldn't stop reading. What a book! I already loved the movie but the book is even way better. That's not to take away from the movie at all, I think ti's probably just about the best movie adaptation one could have made of the book. But still, the book of course just has the advantage that it can go into so much more detail on everything and there are a few things they had to cut in the movie. I love all the extra stuff in the book, from the more in depth calculations that Watney has to do to some of the extra stuff the movie skips. Like when he is trapped in the airlock that blew off and has to roll it back to the hab from the inside or how he evades the sand storm on his way to the Ares 4 MAV. The whole combination of Robinson Crusoe style survival story, the thrill of the all the problems Mars throws at Watney, his ingenuity in coming up with solutions and a copious dose of humor makes this a total page turner even if you already know the basics of the story and the ending (which btw is slightly different, the movie took some liberties there). So whether you've seen the movie or not, it's a fantastic book and a must-read for any hard scifi fan out there. 10/10 pirate-ninjas. P.S.: Does anyone have recommendations for books/book series that might appeal to a fan of more or less hard scifi space opera like me, who adores books like The Martian or The Expanse series? I also like more out there scifi with a philosophical touch like the Hyperion Cantos or the Foundation books. Most importantly, they need to have great world building. I've looked around a little and keep coming across the Bobiverse and the Expeditionary Force series but after reading the plot blurbs and some reviews, they don't really appeal to me that much. Am I misjudging there? Would also be grateful for less well known titles if anyone came across something cool that may not have made it on the bestseller lists.
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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on Apr 16, 2021 18:34:12 GMT
Started with the Law Book trilogy, just finished book one, ''The Blade Itself'', by Joe Abercrombie. The writing is good, the story while not super original interesting enough, but most importantly, I like the characters! There is 3 especially fun ones: A crippled inquisitor. A war hero that got captured and tortured for 2 years before being released, then hired as the empires head inquisitor - which is basically the secret police. He is badly crippled and maimed, constantly in pain, can barely drag himself around but is super competent, as cynical as he is ruthless and has two hilarious but equally competent practicals who act as his muscle. He enjoys dirty work and is quick to employ torture and violence to get to the root of crime and conspiracies. There is also a Northman who is both a crazed bloodthirsty berserker who killed women and children in his earlier years in a band, but who is also a totally laid back, reflective traveler who only tries to stay out of trouble most of the time. He is described as dumb and brutish looking, but in reality he is really smart. He is, throughout most of the story, a walking & talking contradiction. Then there is a legendary ancient magus who, completely jaded by the folly of man, just came out of his exile because he has to stop some of his wayward brethren who break all sorts of rules and become super dangerous. He usually goes undetected and appears as a grumpy, stern old man nobody really takes seriously. He only does magic when absolutely necessary because in this world magic comes with a heavy price. But when he does, oh boy, people do take him seriously. Those who survive. So far its been a really entertaining read, lots of good humor but also really bleak situations with violence& torture. Tonight I'm going to start with book two, lets see if it can keep up with book one.
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Post by Iakus on Apr 16, 2021 20:15:40 GMT
P.S.: Does anyone have recommendations for books/book series that might appeal to a fan of more or less hard scifi space opera like me, who adores books like The Martian or The Expanse series? I also like more out there scifi with a philosophical touch like the Hyperion Cantos or the Foundation books. Most importantly, they need to have great world building. I've looked around a little and keep coming across the Bobiverse and the Expeditionary Force series but after reading the plot blurbs and some reviews, they don't really appeal to me that much. Am I misjudging there? Would also be grateful for less well known titles if anyone came across something cool that may not have made it on the bestseller lists. I'm not that into hard scifi myself, but I should mention that Andy Weir has two other books out (unrelated to The Martian, afaik) Artemis: which is sort of a hard boiled mystery n a lunar colony: Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent.
Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down. But pulling off the impossible is just the start of her problems, as she learns that she's stepped square into a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself - and that now her only chance at survival lies in a gambit even riskier than the first. Hail Mary, which is brand new, and I haven't read it yet: Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish.
Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.
All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, he realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Alone on this tiny ship that's been cobbled together by every government and space agency on the planet and hurled into the depths of space, it's up to him to conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.
And thanks to an unexpected ally, he just might have a chance.
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Post by AnDromedary on Apr 16, 2021 23:13:07 GMT
P.S.: Does anyone have recommendations for books/book series that might appeal to a fan of more or less hard scifi space opera like me, who adores books like The Martian or The Expanse series? I also like more out there scifi with a philosophical touch like the Hyperion Cantos or the Foundation books. Most importantly, they need to have great world building. I've looked around a little and keep coming across the Bobiverse and the Expeditionary Force series but after reading the plot blurbs and some reviews, they don't really appeal to me that much. Am I misjudging there? Would also be grateful for less well known titles if anyone came across something cool that may not have made it on the bestseller lists. I'm not that into hard scifi myself, but I should mention that Andy Weir has two other books out (unrelated to The Martian, afaik) Artemis: which is sort of a hard boiled mystery n a lunar colony: Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent.
Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down. But pulling off the impossible is just the start of her problems, as she learns that she's stepped square into a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself - and that now her only chance at survival lies in a gambit even riskier than the first. Hail Mary, which is brand new, and I haven't read it yet: Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish.
Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.
All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, he realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Alone on this tiny ship that's been cobbled together by every government and space agency on the planet and hurled into the depths of space, it's up to him to conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.
And thanks to an unexpected ally, he just might have a chance. Oh right, I saw those. Will definitely check them out. I read somewhere that Artemis unfortunately doesn't seem to be quite on the level as The Martian but even if it's not quite as good, I still think it's gonna be a fun read. The new one will definitely also go on my reading list.
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Post by Iakus on Apr 17, 2021 0:05:37 GMT
I'm not that into hard scifi myself, but I should mention that Andy Weir has two other books out (unrelated to The Martian, afaik) Artemis: which is sort of a hard boiled mystery n a lunar colony: Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent.
Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down. But pulling off the impossible is just the start of her problems, as she learns that she's stepped square into a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself - and that now her only chance at survival lies in a gambit even riskier than the first. Hail Mary, which is brand new, and I haven't read it yet: Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish.
Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.
All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, he realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Alone on this tiny ship that's been cobbled together by every government and space agency on the planet and hurled into the depths of space, it's up to him to conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.
And thanks to an unexpected ally, he just might have a chance.Oh right, I saw those. Will definitely check them out. I read somewhere that Artemis unfortunately doesn't seem to be quite on the level as The Martian but even if it's not quite as good, I still think it's gonna be a fun read. The new one will definitely also go on my reading list.
Thanks! Artemis isn't quite as good, but it is still good. Very different from The Martian, so it's kind of comparing apples to oranges.
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Post by dazk on Apr 17, 2021 1:54:00 GMT
Awww man, read The Martian this week, couldn't stop reading. What a book! I already loved the movie but the book is even way better. That's not to take away from the movie at all, I think ti's probably just about the best movie adaptation one could have made of the book. But still, the book of course just has the advantage that it can go into so much more detail on everything and there are a few things they had to cut in the movie. I love all the extra stuff in the book, from the more in depth calculations that Watney has to do to some of the extra stuff the movie skips. Like when he is trapped in the airlock that blew off and has to roll it back to the hab from the inside or how he evades the sand storm on his way to the Ares 4 MAV. The whole combination of Robinson Crusoe style survival story, the thrill of the all the problems Mars throws at Watney, his ingenuity in coming up with solutions and a copious dose of humor makes this a total page turner even if you already know the basics of the story and the ending (which btw is slightly different, the movie took some liberties there). So whether you've seen the movie or not, it's a fantastic book and a must-read for any hard scifi fan out there. 10/10 pirate-ninjas. P.S.: Does anyone have recommendations for books/book series that might appeal to a fan of more or less hard scifi space opera like me, who adores books like The Martian or The Expanse series? I also like more out there scifi with a philosophical touch like the Hyperion Cantos or the Foundation books. Most importantly, they need to have great world building. I've looked around a little and keep coming across the Bobiverse and the Expeditionary Force series but after reading the plot blurbs and some reviews, they don't really appeal to me that much. Am I misjudging there? Would also be grateful for less well known titles if anyone came across something cool that may not have made it on the bestseller lists. Have you read "The Stars My Destination" by Alfred Bester? Ans older novel but highly rated by Sci Fi writers and reviewers. The Stars My Destination is a science fiction novel by Alfred Bester, which was published in 1957. It tells the story of an unambitious and directionless man named Gulliver Foyle who is abandoned in a damaged spaceship and, through his own rage and a series of mishaps, remakes himself as an aristocrat in a society wrecked by the invention of teleportation to stalk the people who did him wrong. The book is adapted from Alexander Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo, and the original title Tiger! Tiger! is based on the poem “The Tyger” by William Blake, which also serves as the epigraph for the book. The Forever War by Joe Haldeman - often ranked the best Sci Fi novel The Earth's leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand—despite the fact that the fierce alien enemy that they would oppose is inscrutable, unconquerable, and very far away. A reluctant conscript drafted into an elite Military unit, Private William Mandella has been propelled through space and time to fight in the distant thousand-year conflict; to perform his duties without rancor and even rise up through military ranks. Pvt. Mandella is willing to do whatever it takes to survive the ordeal and return home. But "home" may be even more terrifying than battle, because, thanks to the time dilation caused by space travel, Mandella is aging months while the Earth he left behind is aging centuries. If you want out there read any Sci Fi book by Philip K Dick, he wrote "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" which Blade Runner is based on.
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Post by AnDromedary on Apr 17, 2021 2:59:39 GMT
Hey dazk, thanks for the tips. I had seen "The Forever War" on some rankings and of course heard of the novel that inspired Blade Runner but never heard of "The Stars My Destination" before. Sounds cool (and I do like these Count of Monte Cristo-like stories). I'll be sure to check it out. Thanks!
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Post by dazk on Apr 17, 2021 5:41:39 GMT
Hey dazk, thanks for the tips. I had seen "The Forever War" on some rankings and of course heard of the novel that inspired Blade Runner but never heard of "The Stars My Destination" before. Sounds cool (and I do like these Count of Monte Cristo-like stories). I'll be sure to check it out. Thanks! The Forever War is pretty short, I think IIRC I knock it over in three or four days. The Stars My Destination was for me a bit difficult to get into at the start.
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Post by Unicephalon 40-D on Apr 17, 2021 8:12:13 GMT
For the April book discussion: It’s America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assumed names. In San Francisco, the I Ching is as common as the Yellow Pages. All because some twenty years earlier the United States lost a war—and is now occupied by Nazi Germany and Japan. This harrowing, Hugo Award–winning novel is the work that established Philip K. Dick as an innovator in science fiction while breaking the barrier between science fiction and the serious novel of ideas. In it Dick offers a haunting vision of history as a nightmare from which it may just be possible to wake.The book is way more oppressive/distressing than the series is. I recommend to read the book first then watch the series as I felt it was a good additive. As it is PKD I liked it but felt it wasnt his top output.
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Post by Unicephalon 40-D on Apr 17, 2021 8:15:28 GMT
Started reading "When Merlin encounters the derelict hulk of an old swallowship drifting in the middle of nowhere, he can't resist investigating. He soon finds himself involved in a situation that proves far more complex than he ever anticipated."Its a bit odd how its written, I havent read anything from this person before, but starts to get better now after 1/4 done. Then I just now noticed the main character has been in the previous books. Maybe I should've read those first, oh well.
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Post by Iakus on Apr 17, 2021 17:00:15 GMT
Awww man, read The Martian this week, couldn't stop reading. What a book! I already loved the movie but the book is even way better. That's not to take away from the movie at all, I think ti's probably just about the best movie adaptation one could have made of the book. But still, the book of course just has the advantage that it can go into so much more detail on everything and there are a few things they had to cut in the movie. I love all the extra stuff in the book, from the more in depth calculations that Watney has to do to some of the extra stuff the movie skips. Like when he is trapped in the airlock that blew off and has to roll it back to the hab from the inside or how he evades the sand storm on his way to the Ares 4 MAV. The whole combination of Robinson Crusoe style survival story, the thrill of the all the problems Mars throws at Watney, his ingenuity in coming up with solutions and a copious dose of humor makes this a total page turner even if you already know the basics of the story and the ending (which btw is slightly different, the movie took some liberties there). So whether you've seen the movie or not, it's a fantastic book and a must-read for any hard scifi fan out there. 10/10 pirate-ninjas. P.S.: Does anyone have recommendations for books/book series that might appeal to a fan of more or less hard scifi space opera like me, who adores books like The Martian or The Expanse series? I also like more out there scifi with a philosophical touch like the Hyperion Cantos or the Foundation books. Most importantly, they need to have great world building. I've looked around a little and keep coming across the Bobiverse and the Expeditionary Force series but after reading the plot blurbs and some reviews, they don't really appeal to me that much. Am I misjudging there? Would also be grateful for less well known titles if anyone came across something cool that may not have made it on the bestseller lists. Have you read "The Stars My Destination" by Alfred Bester? Ans older novel but highly rated by Sci Fi writers and reviewers. The Stars My Destination is a science fiction novel by Alfred Bester, which was published in 1957. It tells the story of an unambitious and directionless man named Gulliver Foyle who is abandoned in a damaged spaceship and, through his own rage and a series of mishaps, remakes himself as an aristocrat in a society wrecked by the invention of teleportation to stalk the people who did him wrong. The book is adapted from Alexander Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo, and the original title Tiger! Tiger! is based on the poem “The Tyger” by William Blake, which also serves as the epigraph for the book. Gully Foyle is my name And Terra is my nation. Deep space is my dwelling place The stars my destination.
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Post by dazk on Apr 20, 2021 1:25:16 GMT
So finished Ghost Story which I quite enjoyed after slogging a bit through Changes and have now started Cold Days. After 12 books I think the thing that is starting to annoy me about these books is far too many digressions into internal monologues. There are just points where I wish Harry would shut up and get on with things as it is making me start to skim stuff.
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Post by Heimdall on Apr 20, 2021 14:52:56 GMT
I’ve started reading the Wheel of Time series.
I finished The Eye of the World and have started The Great Hunt. I like them so far, but I’m also feeling a little underwhelmed. It’s well written, but it also seems like very standard heroic high fantasy: chosen one, dark lord, and all. Perrin’s wolf thing is more interesting to me than the main hero right now. I’m not sure how I feel about it.
I’m curious if anyone else has a view on this series.
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Post by Iakus on Apr 20, 2021 19:29:45 GMT
I’ve started reading the Wheel of Time series. I finished The Eye of the World and have started The Great Hunt. I like them so far, but I’m also feeling a little underwhelmed. It’s well written, but it also seems like very standard heroic high fantasy: chosen one, dark lord, and all. Perrin’s wolf thing is more interesting to me than the main hero right now. I’m not sure how I feel about it. I’m curious if anyone else has a view on this series. Wheel of Time started off okay, got better, then around book 7 or so got really bad, dragged on FOREVER, the author totally lost the plot by book 11. Then, sadly Robert Jordan died of amyloidosis before he could finished the series (which he tried really hard to do.) The last three books were written by Brandon Sanderson with his blessing. Apparently he interviewed Jordan, and had access to all his notes. Frankly, the concluding three books are excellent. But if you like Perrin you should really like books 3 and 4 where he features very prominently.
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Post by dmc1001 on Apr 22, 2021 0:56:01 GMT
Currently watching Titans. It's better than I expected so far, though Jason Todd is the biggest whiner on the face of Titans Earth.
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Post by Liadan on Apr 23, 2021 21:34:36 GMT
Finished reading "The man who wasn`t there", the 3rd book of the Sebastian Bergman`s crime series by Michael Hjorth and Hans Rosenfeldt.
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Post by Beerfish on Apr 24, 2021 2:33:03 GMT
I just finished reading this book that was given to me by a nephew at Christmas. A totally different genre than I normally read, that being a spy novel. It was exceptionally good, only trouble is that I did not know it was the last book of a trilogy until part way through the reading. I'll have to now go and get the two earlier books to read as well at some point in time.
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Post by dazk on Apr 26, 2021 4:10:34 GMT
Finished Cold Days and on to Skin Game. Really enjoyed Cold Days the story was good, I loved the Wild Hunt parts and was surprised that what I had a vague feeling would happen with some characters actually happened.
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Apr 27, 2021 22:38:35 GMT
I’ve started reading the Wheel of Time series. I finished The Eye of the World and have started The Great Hunt. I like them so far, but I’m also feeling a little underwhelmed. It’s well written, but it also seems like very standard heroic high fantasy: chosen one, dark lord, and all. Perrin’s wolf thing is more interesting to me than the main hero right now. I’m not sure how I feel about it. I’m curious if anyone else has a view on this series. Lol, that's what's good about it. It is standard heroic high fantasy. You could even say that it's "The". First came LotR by Tolkien, then came The Eye of the World. Then everybody else also started to write 1000 page multivolumes. Like really. That's why it's "standard". TEotW got a lot from LotR. It's pretty obvious in the first books. What's bad about them is that Jordan wasn't focused enough, started way too many plot threads. Many of them interesting and promising, but never fulfilled. Many of them he just suddenly snip with a triviality, like two, three, four books later, because he suddenly remembered the loose end and had to sweep it out of the way for something else, or they just run out into the sand, never to be seen again. Jordan is really annoying like that. But there are also some good stories now and then, and some really good ideas. Pity he never made anything out of so many of them. And the "main hero" is not interesting. Who said the books are about him? He will be absent a lot in the text mass. Do keep reading if you enjoy it. But be warned that there are a couple of volumes that are really stagnant.
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