What Are You Reading, Part 2

[Briar King]

2 hours ago, Jondesu said:

I've read pretty much the entire old canon, and I don't remember those details. Yes, the Chiss are still from the Unknown Regions, though the name of the home world hasn't been mentioned yet.

I am curious to see how the Outbound Flight is going to be handled, and specifically because Thrawn mentions meeting "General Skywalker", although considering the amount of knowledge he seems to have gathered even before giving them that tidbit, Anakin might not have been a General at the time of their meeting still.

I took special interest in the Chiss for sure. That being said I couldn't for sure say exactly when the stuff like the mineral info came out cause that was a lot of books and events just kind of jumble together now days but I'm wanting to say it was revealed sometimes in NJO during Jacen and Danni Qui's visit to the Fel's on Cislla.

they were definitely a lost colony ship of humans that were changed over thousands of years till we were introduced to them.

think about how terrifying it would seem to someone if a Chiss with glowing red eyes with light saber was coming towards them. Jedi or Sith... there was a female dark sider under Dooku I think in a comic but not very well known or fleshed out.

[Ammanas]

Just started reading Legend of the Galactic Heroes vol 1: Dawn. These are the actual novels that are evidently a long time coming for a english translation. It's a lot of fun so far; its kind of like the Prussian military wars in space with more of a emphasis on politics and strategy rather the bloodshed.

[StrikerEZ he/him]

I'm about halfway through Words of Radiance and I'm loving it so far! It's soooooo good. I love the way Shallan's character has changed so drastically, but it feels right at the same time. I'm still confused about how Surgebinding and the orders work, but there's always the Ars Arcanum.

[Guest]

Here are updated on reading Lightbringer. No spoilers down below 

So huh, I do not know how to say it, but currently my favorite character is Gavin Guile....  and I somehow gathered I am not supposed to like his character (but I do, he is by far the most interesting character within the lot) I feel he is tethering over the edge of a sharp cliff with sharks surrounding him: sooner or later, he will plunge, his secret will blow and I can't wait for it to happen  I am partial about Kip: his mouthiness doesn't match the rest of his character. It is odd to read. I also do not get how the kid of a drugged addict mother who failed to feed him could get fat... This isn't well explained. Other characters are fine, but Karris's viewpoints tend to be very technical which is a bit much for my personal tastes, so they aren't my favorite. 

Still, good story, a bit technical and after the first few action-packed chapters, slightly slow paced. Gavin though, Gavin is worth the whole thing. I just want to read what he'll do next.

[+Extesian he/him]

Gavin is one of my favorite characters in all of fantasy @maxal so I'm glad you like him. I always love the arrogant, quick-to-smile heroes, he's a less cynical Kelsier.

[Briar King]

Karris will most definitely ground out over time. She is hardest to care about at 1st. Liv also. Patience. I doubt you ll feel this way in a bit. Though a lot of that with Karris is because of her color.

not going to say much more but if think Kip the Lip has a run away mouth in bk 1...just wait. You ought to get many giggles down the road.

Edited May 30, 2017 by Briar King

[Guest]

14 minutes ago, Extesian said:

Gavin is one of my favorite characters in all of fantasy @maxal so I'm glad you like him. I always love the arrogant, quick-to-smile heroes, he's a less cynical Kelsier.

Oh great, so I am not the only one who likes him  I've read some commentaries and it appears many didn't like his POV, but I find it to be the most interesting and engaging. I love the arrogance which is used to hide something... I guess everyone can figured that out based on the characters I typically end up liking.

8 minutes ago, Briar King said:

Karris will most definitely ground out over time. She is hardest to care about at 1st. Liv also. Patience. I doubt you ll feel this way in a bit. Though a lot of that with Karris is because of her color.

not going to say much more but if think Kip the Lip has a run away mouth in bk 1...just wait. You ought to get many giggles down the road.

It isn't Karris which I mind, just how her viewpoint is thick with technical details on drafting and well... I prefer when technical descriptions are more sparse. I actually like Liv, I forgot to mention her, but she might be my second favorite viewpoint.

Kip... Ah... The mouth doesn't match the rest of the character nor his background.

[Orlion Blight he/him]

I am currently reading An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke! Real exciting stuff

[Briar King]

47 minutes ago, maxal said:

Oh great, so I am not the only one who likes him  I've read some commentaries and it appears many didn't like his POV, but I find it to be the most interesting and engaging. I love the arrogance which is used to hide something... I guess everyone can figured that out based on the characters I typically end up liking.

It isn't Karris which I mind, just how her viewpoint is thick with technical details on drafting and well... I prefer when technical descriptions are more sparse. I actually like Liv, I forgot to mention her, but she might be my second favorite viewpoint.

Kip... Ah... The mouth doesn't match the rest of the character nor his background.

Stay away from those. Someone may give stuff away ahead of its proper time which would for this particular series would verge close to a criminal act Imo. It will payoff being as clueless as possible.

[Who Sharded?]

Gavin is probably my favorite character in Lightbringer as well.

I have some issues with the series, but the worldbuilding in the last couple of books has been very different and excellent.  I look forward to the conclusion, even though I worry that Weeks is falling into a similar trap as GRRM, Jordan, and Rothfuss where his books become bloated.

[StormingTexan he/him]

I really liked Lightbringer Gavin is a great character. My only big issue with the series... 

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Was the sexual issues between Kip and Tisis just went on WAYYY too long. I just got tired of reading about it.

 

[Briar King]

Do we have any members fluent in Polish? If so and they have read the original Witcher books how is the translation for these books that are recently coming out States side? I'm really curious to read these now I'm playing W2.

[Sunbird she/her]

3 hours ago, Briar King said:

Do we have any members fluent in Polish? If so and they have read the original Witcher books how is the translation for these books that are recently coming out States side? I'm really curious to read these now I'm playing W2.

@Mestiv and @Oversleep are both Polish.

[Oversleep]

1 hour ago, Sunbirb said:

@Mestiv and @Oversleep are both Polish.

The problem is we both live in Poland while what you need is somebody from States that speaks Polish

Come to think of it, I think @Pestis the Spider lives in UK although I haven't seen her around for a long time.

[Mestiv he/him]

6 hours ago, Briar King said:

Do we have any members fluent in Polish? If so and they have read the original Witcher books how is the translation for these books that are recently coming out States side? I'm really curious to read these now I'm playing W2.

Can you give us a sample chapter maybe? 

[Briar King]

9 hours ago, Mestiv said:

Can you give us a sample chapter maybe? 

I don't have any of them yet. Been scared to get them but these are new. Maybe Amazon has a snippet?

[Briar King]

I looked at few on there and no excerpts. There was 2 different translators on the 3 I clicked on.

[AngelEy3 he/him]

On 5/29/2017 at 9:41 PM, maxal said:

Here are updated on reading Lightbringer. No spoilers down below 

So huh, I do not know how to say it, but currently my favorite character is Gavin Guile....  and I somehow gathered I am not supposed to like his character (but I do, he is by far the most interesting character within the lot) I feel he is tethering over the edge of a sharp cliff with sharks surrounding him: sooner or later, he will plunge, his secret will blow and I can't wait for it to happen  I am partial about Kip: his mouthiness doesn't match the rest of his character. It is odd to read. I also do not get how the kid of a drugged addict mother who failed to feed him could get fat... This isn't well explained. Other characters are fine, but Karris's viewpoints tend to be very technical which is a bit much for my personal tastes, so they aren't my favorite. 

Still, good story, a bit technical and after the first few action-packed chapters, slightly slow paced. Gavin though, Gavin is worth the whole thing. I just want to read what he'll do next.

Gavin is the man. That is all. 

[Ammanas]

I loved the first Legend of the Galactic Heroes book so much that I started the second in the series "Ambition". The second one is continuing the high quality of the first this far and its nice to just jump into the story (as compared to the first where there was about 20 pgs of "how we got here" to go through).

[Guest]

I have to precise when I say I love Gavin Guile, I mean...

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The man who names himself Gavin but really is Dazen, not the crazy guy in prison which gives me the creeps 

Kip is really a weird character: he doesn't sound realistic to me. Each time he speaks, I cringe as I feel it breaks the immersion. Am I the only one with this issue?

[Steeldancer he/him]

I just started - ahem am 1/3 through- the Name of the Wind

[AngelEy3 he/him]

2 hours ago, maxal said:

I have to precise when I say I love Gavin Guile, I mean...

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The man who names himself Gavin but really is Dazen, not the crazy guy in prison which gives me the creeps 

Kip is really a weird character: he doesn't sound realistic to me. Each time he speaks, I cringe as I feel it breaks the immersion. Am I the only one with this issue?

Kip is actually my favorite character. Mostly because he reminds me of myself at around 15. Saying smart chull rust to everyone because he thinks he's clever, and he is clever, but not clever enough to know that's it's more clever to just shut the hell up. That's my life in a nutshell up to about 24 years. 

Almost to the halfway point of House of Chains. It took a lot longer to get into than Memories of Ice. I think it got a lot easier/more familiar once I got caught back up to the relative present. 

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This shattered Shadow Realm stuff is getting pretty confusing. As is the time line of the Emperor and Dancer ascending. I'm sure I'll get more answers there as I rafo. Not looking for any from anyone, just commenting on my struggles. 

 

Edited June 2, 2017 by AngelEy3

[Briar King]

What have you noticed about Karsa yet?

[Orlion Blight he/him]

2 hours ago, AngelEy3 said:

 

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This shattered Shadow Realm stuff is getting pretty confusing. As is the time line of the Emperor and Dancer ascending. I'm sure I'll get more answers there as I rafo. Not looking for any from anyone, just commenting on my struggles. 

 

You poor, summer child. 

Some information... if you dare! 

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The timeline is always whack. There is a general idea of where events take place, but that's about it. Specifics such as exactly when, who did what, the gender of characters....weeelllll.....

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Steve Erikson decided to go post-modern on what happens... which means it depends on who you ask, what they know and how they interpret the information they have. It does not get too unwieldy, but it also means that certain things are somewhat vague. 

 

 

[AngelEy3 he/him]

3 hours ago, Briar King said:

What have you noticed about Karsa yet?

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So far I've made it back to the dessert, but sometime before that I realized that he was the one with Sha'ik. Blood oil is made from Otataral (presumably at this point) which explains why magic doesn't work very much at all on Karsa. This just now got me remembering about Rallack, I think it was, smearing the dust all over his body in Gardens of the Moon. I think he's still asleep just inside the doorway of the Finnest house in Dharujhistan. 

@Orlion On a Cob

That definitely helps, knowing that it won't always be set in stone when things are happening in relation to others.