What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
Making an attempt to finish the Harry Potter saga tonight.
And we finished it!
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@scottalanmiller — worth it!!!
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@warren-stanley said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@scottalanmiller — worth it!!!
The kids want to read the series again now.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@warren-stanley said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@scottalanmiller — worth it!!!
The kids want to read the series again now.
There’s far worse fates!! Might I suggest a short break with Neil Gaiman’s ‘Fortunately, the Milk’?
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We started Dragons of Autumn Twilight last night.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@warren-stanley said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@scottalanmiller — worth it!!!
The kids want to read the series again now.
Hey the second time you pick up more stuff.
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@tech1 said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@warren-stanley said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@scottalanmiller — worth it!!!
The kids want to read the series again now.
Hey the second time you pick up more stuff.
It's true. I easily read the Chronicles of Narnia a hundred times as a kid.
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Night two of reading Dragons of Autumn Twilight. I loved this book when I was younger.
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Crucial Conversations was one of my recent ones.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
Night two of reading Dragons of Autumn Twilight. I loved this book when I was younger.
Through three chapters now.
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The Wheel of Time series.
Honestly, I wasn't looking for a series like this. I'm pleasantly surprised. It's quite involved and I enjoy the byplay between the characters as well as the varied plot(s), although the constant 'stare that could flay the flesh from your bones' repetition gets tired. -
@scotth said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
The Wheel of Time series.
Honestly, I wasn't looking for a series like this. I'm pleasantly surprised. It's quite involved and I enjoy the byplay between the characters as well as the varied plot(s), although the constant 'stare that could flay the flesh from your bones' repetition gets tired.How far in?
I liked the series, but it had some issues that never really got answered well. But that all may jsut be due to his death.
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@jaredbusch said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@scotth said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
The Wheel of Time series.
Honestly, I wasn't looking for a series like this. I'm pleasantly surprised. It's quite involved and I enjoy the byplay between the characters as well as the varied plot(s), although the constant 'stare that could flay the flesh from your bones' repetition gets tired.How far in?
I liked the series, but it had some issues that never really got answered well. But that all may jsut be due to his death.
Book 6 - The Lord of Chaos.
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@jaredbusch said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@scotth said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
The Wheel of Time series.
Honestly, I wasn't looking for a series like this. I'm pleasantly surprised. It's quite involved and I enjoy the byplay between the characters as well as the varied plot(s), although the constant 'stare that could flay the flesh from your bones' repetition gets tired.How far in?
I liked the series, but it had some issues that never really got answered well. But that all may jsut be due to his death.
Sanderson picked up some if the slack but I don't think he really captured the feel. Which is sad because I'm a huge fan of Sanderson's other work.
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@scotth said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@jaredbusch said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@scotth said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
The Wheel of Time series.
Honestly, I wasn't looking for a series like this. I'm pleasantly surprised. It's quite involved and I enjoy the byplay between the characters as well as the varied plot(s), although the constant 'stare that could flay the flesh from your bones' repetition gets tired.How far in?
I liked the series, but it had some issues that never really got answered well. But that all may jsut be due to his death.
Book 6 - The Lord of Chaos.
Yeah, you are far enough in to get wrapped into it.
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@coliver said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@jaredbusch said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@scotth said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
The Wheel of Time series.
Honestly, I wasn't looking for a series like this. I'm pleasantly surprised. It's quite involved and I enjoy the byplay between the characters as well as the varied plot(s), although the constant 'stare that could flay the flesh from your bones' repetition gets tired.How far in?
I liked the series, but it had some issues that never really got answered well. But that all may jsut be due to his death.
Sanderson picked up some if the slack but I don't think he really captured the feel. Which is sad because I'm a huge fan of Sanderson's other work.
Yeah, Sanderson did good, I cannot say otherwise. But it was not his world. It doesn't matter how many notes Jordan made. Sanderson was not in his head.
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@jaredbusch said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@coliver said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@jaredbusch said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@scotth said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
The Wheel of Time series.
Honestly, I wasn't looking for a series like this. I'm pleasantly surprised. It's quite involved and I enjoy the byplay between the characters as well as the varied plot(s), although the constant 'stare that could flay the flesh from your bones' repetition gets tired.How far in?
I liked the series, but it had some issues that never really got answered well. But that all may jsut be due to his death.
Sanderson picked up some if the slack but I don't think he really captured the feel. Which is sad because I'm a huge fan of Sanderson's other work.
Yeah, Sanderson did good, I cannot say otherwise. But it was not his world. It doesn't matter how many notes Jordan made. Sanderson was not in his head.
So I should taper off after Sanderson teams up with Jordan?
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@scotth said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@jaredbusch said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@coliver said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@jaredbusch said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@scotth said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
The Wheel of Time series.
Honestly, I wasn't looking for a series like this. I'm pleasantly surprised. It's quite involved and I enjoy the byplay between the characters as well as the varied plot(s), although the constant 'stare that could flay the flesh from your bones' repetition gets tired.How far in?
I liked the series, but it had some issues that never really got answered well. But that all may jsut be due to his death.
Sanderson picked up some if the slack but I don't think he really captured the feel. Which is sad because I'm a huge fan of Sanderson's other work.
Yeah, Sanderson did good, I cannot say otherwise. But it was not his world. It doesn't matter how many notes Jordan made. Sanderson was not in his head.
So I should taper off after Sanderson teams up with Jordan?
Team up is a bit generous. Jordan walked his wife through the rest of the story on his death bed. She took hundreds of pages of notes about how the story should end. Then she interviewed a dozen different fantasy and sci-fi authors. She worked with Sanderson to finish the story, I think he got to meet RJ once or twice and talk to him about the ending but not much more then that.
Sanderson does a decent job he just doesn't tie up all the loose ends, the quality really doesn't drop (I actually think Sanderson is a better writer and it got better). I would recommend reading them just to finish the story but don't expect everything to be neatly wrapped up.
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@coliver said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@scotth said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@jaredbusch said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@coliver said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@jaredbusch said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
@scotth said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
The Wheel of Time series.
Honestly, I wasn't looking for a series like this. I'm pleasantly surprised. It's quite involved and I enjoy the byplay between the characters as well as the varied plot(s), although the constant 'stare that could flay the flesh from your bones' repetition gets tired.How far in?
I liked the series, but it had some issues that never really got answered well. But that all may jsut be due to his death.
Sanderson picked up some if the slack but I don't think he really captured the feel. Which is sad because I'm a huge fan of Sanderson's other work.
Yeah, Sanderson did good, I cannot say otherwise. But it was not his world. It doesn't matter how many notes Jordan made. Sanderson was not in his head.
So I should taper off after Sanderson teams up with Jordan?
Team up is a bit generous. Jordan walked his wife through the rest of the story on his death bed. She took hundreds of pages of notes about how the story should end. Then she interviewed a dozen different fantasy and sci-fi authors. She worked with Sanderson to finish the story, I think he got to meet RJ once or twice and talk to him about the ending but not much more then that.
Sanderson does a decent job he just doesn't tie up all the loose ends, the quality really doesn't drop (I actually think Sanderson is a better writer and it got better). I would recommend reading them just to finish the story but don't expect everything to be neatly wrapped up.
Doesn't sound too terrible. I read the 'fill in' books from the Dune series and was disappointed. The flavor was completely off and I just couldn't incorporate them into the 1st 6 books
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@kelly said in What Are You Currently Reading Outside of Tech:
Just started "A Darker Shade of Magic". It looks like an interesting amalgam of parallel universes, urban fantasy, and (maybe) steampunk.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22055262-a-darker-shade-of-magic
This was decent. A solid B. Worth the read, but not something I'll be raving about to everyone I meet. I also read Alanna: The First Adventure to see if it was something worth reading to my 13 year old. It starts a bit rough, but it was very good. Read it in one sitting. It reminded me of Howard Pyle's Iron Men in some ways, but with a female protagonist, fantasy, and modern language.
