Ok, also, I'm finally catching up with NK Jemisen. Read and Loved the inheritance trilogy (ebook omnibus edition) but had a really hard time getting into Dreamblood duology. Should I keep trying or move on to her other big trilogy, name currently slipping my brain?
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
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There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Gris - Nov 17, 2019 12:00:23 am PST #25546 of 28195
Hey. New board.
hippocampus - Nov 17, 2019 8:28:16 am PST #25547 of 28195
not your mom's socks.
Gris, the Broken Earth trilogy is fabulous. Pix, ahhhh I am sad to hear it.
If you haven't read Witchmark and love a bit of gay romance in your sff, plus bicycles and apples and a lot of other goodness, it just won the world fantasy award and I love it so. The sequel's coming out soon, why I mention it. (ETA: possibly for a second or third time)
Gris - Nov 17, 2019 8:37:37 am PST #25548 of 28195
Hey. New board.
Edit: wrong thread
-t - Nov 17, 2019 9:02:10 am PST #25549 of 28195
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I remember liking Dreamblood but I don't actually remember anything about it, so, yeah, maybe go on to something else. The Inheritance Trilogy also had a bunch of novellas IIRC, were they included in the omnibus? In any case, Broken Earth is so so good.
Calli - Nov 17, 2019 9:24:15 am PST #25550 of 28195
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I also loved Witchmark. I've preordered the sequel.
sj - Nov 17, 2019 3:02:05 pm PST #25551 of 28195
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Gris, her short story collection How Long to Black Future Month is excellent.
amyparker - Nov 17, 2019 3:46:06 pm PST #25552 of 28195
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
My copy of How Long 'Til Black Future Month? is keeping Le Guin's collected short stories company on my shelf. *g*
The Broken Earth trilogy is magnificent, but the first book especially needs a content warning. (Do we do those with spoiler font?)
Gris - Nov 19, 2019 1:24:28 pm PST #25553 of 28195
Hey. New board.
Okay Broken Earth it is.
I just finished Philosophers War , the sequel to late year's Philosopher's Flight.
Very interesting AU historical fantasy novels. Some plot points are feeling a little wrong (or overly convenient), and the romance is pretty boring, but my overall feeling is definitely positive. The second one is darker and more epic, but maybe I liked the first one a little more? Still sussing out my feelings.
meara - Nov 19, 2019 1:49:59 pm PST #25554 of 28195
I just finished Ninth House. I take it there will be a sequel/series? I will say I had less patience with it than I might've used to, given that "spoiled scions of wealthy families not understanding or caring how what they do affects others" just feels too present lately.
chrismg - Nov 19, 2019 3:06:28 pm PST #25555 of 28195
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade