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  1. I just finished the first book of Sandman by Neil Gaiman. I've always been impressed by the few books that I have read by him, and I've heard a lot of good things about the comics on here so I thought I'd give it a try. It was very good. I didn't really think it was scary, but after putting the book down for a while it started to feel very disturbing. I'll keep reading as my mood suits me I guess. I want to read the next powdermage, but can't make it to the good library to pick it up any time soon. At the moment I'm reading a book about Turkish culture and history, and it's good, but I want some fantasy or sci fi.
  2. I know the feeling. So far, having read the six Frank Herbert books, there isn't a proper ending. After Children each book ends, and I want to stop, but I can't because too much was teased and I just have a horrible ache in me wanting to know where the universe is going. Whenever I recommend Dune to people I always tell them to only read the first book. There's no need for them to try to get into the rest and then get pulled along in this agony that I've been going through for the past three years as I fight myself on whether or not to keep reading.
  3. I finished Chapterhouse Dune. It was actually quite a bit better than I was expecting. I'm frustrated by the lack of a conclusive ending, because it makes me want to start reading the sequels that Brain Herbert wrote. I'm not actually interested in reading Brian's work though. I'm probably going to end up reading some, because there's something in me that really wants an end to the saga. A full explanation of the true purpose of the Golden Path, the effects of the Cyborg, and the final reprucussions of the Scattering. Ugghh....I should have just quit reading after Dune because I'm sure there's not going to be an ending that will satisfy me.
  4. Currently I'm using this But I was using this I may, for a lark, briefly use this one
  5. I'll be there in the fall, bit later than Rippleglyf, but still coming
  6. For those who have read Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Wiliams, he wrote a novella to bridge the original books to the upcoming books. The novella is The Heart of What was Lost, and was really good. I'll also mention Patrick Rothfuss's polarizing A Slow Regard for Silent Things, a quircky little book about one of the side characters in the Kingkiller Chronicles.
  7. Upvote for Red Rising. I'm approximately a third of the way into Chapterhouse Dune. It's pretty meh so far. It hasn't gotten as disturbing or weird as Children of Dune, but it's not especially good either. I guess the best comparison is that it's like God Emperor, but with a lot more characters/conflicts, but none are really that interesting.
  8. I want to watch this just because it's got one of the guys from Leverage in it, but alas, Netflix doesn't have it. I'm on Cheers season 10. Help. I've almost finished it. I don't know what I'll do when I finish it. It'll be like Norm without his stool at the bar, or Cliff without encyclopedias and trivia books.
  9. One Punch Man is on Netflix! And it has English Dubbing for people like me
  10. I finished the Earthsea trilogy yesterday! Wow, Ursula Leguin has to be one of the most underrated fantasy authors of her time. Her work was far better than anything that Brooks, McCaffry, or Goodkind put out. I mean, set aside the fact that the books are fantastic, Sparrowhawk is black, the priestess of Atuan was a vulnerable but strong female character, Sparrowhawk is awesome not because he kills dragons but because he can talk with them safely. How on earth are these books not considered as important as Middle Earth, Pern, and WoT?
  11. Nar Shadda. There are parts of that planet that I love, and then there are parts that I hate almost as much as Peragus and Telos. I'm almost halfway through Onderon/Dxun and have made my lightsaber-double bladed- but haven't jedi fied any of my companions yet. I'm trying to take a non-jedi order light side approach, while still spamming force lightning at anything that moves
  12. Well, Supergirl wouldn't know about Earth...er, 1? Which earth are we on right now hahaha? Earth 1 version 5? The Aliens crossover invasion would go very differently. I assume Firestorm, perhaps the Hawks, Ray, and Team Arrow would still fight the aliens, but without Cisco's vibes and Flash's speed....I don't know, I can't imagine it would go well. Although maybe the invasion wouldn't have happened in the original timeline in the first place. Alright, I finished catching up this afternoon. Flash Legends Arrow
  13. Replaying Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2 with the latest edition of the Restored Content mod. I'm almost done with the really slow parts of Telos, so my least favorite parts are almost done. I'm thinking about playing Diablo 2, but I'm not sure.
  14. I've started book three of Earthsea. I'm really impressed with the first two books, I've read books similar in spirit but not written so skillfully and I really respect Ursula Leguin for that. I'm hoping to get a hold of Sins of Empire soon, but it may take me a few weeks. I really want to read Chapterhouse Dune, except that I keep picking it up and start reading and then want to put it straight back down. I'm also about to start reading a book about modern Turkey's culture and customs.
  15. Nope, I don't feel comfortable posting my hometown online. If you're curious PM me and I'll let ya know which tiny town in Ohio is mine.
  16. Actually, there's one in Dayton, and there's me who lives a bit outside of Dayton. O-H-I-O my friend.
  17. So crazy news everyone, Netflix is making an American version of Death Note. They just released the trailer, link Here . For those of you who don't know what Deathnote is, it's one of the most famous manga/anime and is probably the most famous manga/anime pyschological crime series. It's about a young high school grad with a supreme sense of justice who is suddenly given a notebook. If he writes a person's name into the notebook, that person will die. He decides to use his new power for good, or at least what he sees as good. I'm hopeful about this remake. I didn't especially like the anime, but this trailer looks promising. There's a lot of ways they could screw it up, but Netflix has a good record with grim psychological shows/films. At the moment I'm looking forward to it more than Ghost in the Shell anyway.
  18. Alright, so I'm going to rush in my reviews before this week's episodes. I meant to do it over the weekend but was too busy...But it was a fun busy Alrighty Flash: Legends: Arrow:
  19. And that super strong rock hard body. Totally setting unrealistic standards for the rest of us.
  20. Whoops, nope, typo. *im* still playing FE H. My mum only uses her phone to play solitaire.
  21. I finished the original diablo. Dang, what a clsssic. It was phenomenal, such a well designed game. Im still playing Fire Emblem Heroes. Ive started playing Heroes of Might and Magic 3 again.
  22. I tried Supergirl, but I couldn't make it past the first few episodes of season one. I've heard season two is much better, but I still haven't felt the need to watch it. My reviews for the shows will will be written after this week's episodes. I ran out of time last week, and I would really like to see how events pan out before I comment since all three shows had major events.
  23. It is a good book, but unlike Alcatraz, it lacks appeal for a lot of older readers. Out of all of Sanderson's books it is the most kid targeted. So since most of the sharders are older people we don't pay as much attention to it. What im currently reading: Chapterhouse Dune, book two of earthsea, and I just finished re reading Morning Star. I bought my own copy so I could ink out the f bombs, I'm still don't understand why he put those in, they feel really off with all the other in world curses.
  24. It's in the Hyrule Historia book, an official encyclopedia ish book. Before the book was released we had basically zero idea that there were as many as three timelines. I like the idea of a reconvergance of the timeline, from the articles I've read it would make the most sense.
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