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I'm halfway thru Shadowmancer now...very dark and very interesting, although some parts get a bit too cliche' and the religious implications are too obvious at points (I prefer if it's supposed to be an allegory, for stuff to be more indirect, like C.S. Lewis did in Narnia--makes it less preachy and more interesting). But interestingly, the best parts are the parts with the villain...the protagonists seem a bit 2-dimensional at times, b/c I think G.P. Taylor really expended all his energy in emphasizing just how fricking EVIL the crazy vicar is...I mean, that character FREAKS me out. He calls up demons, traps a dead child's soul in limbo so it can tell him the future, intentionally gets a ship to crash so he can find some treasure that will gain him the power to rise above God, enslaves people to work for him so he can have money, burns a kid's house down while his sick mother is inside...it's really disturbing. But the character is SO well-written. I just wish Taylor had spent more time developing the protagonists, b/c he has the capacity to make them just as amazing.
Perhaps when they make the movie it'll make me like the book more...oddly, sometimes that happens to me with movie adaptations. I only thought Bridge to Terabithia was okay until I saw the movie, and then my opinion of it went up 50 bagillion points
"YOU'RE EASIER THAN THE U.S. CONGRESS."~Nikola
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I read that, and it's great. A great commentary about war in general IMO.Originally posted by Iffy View Postno means no, and so does pepper spraySig by The CarpentersigpicComment
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I love classic Sci Fi.Originally posted by Iffy View Postno means no, and so does pepper spraySig by The CarpentersigpicComment
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I am reading Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment right now. I'm liking it, but not loving it right now. I guess I'm almost halfway finished.sigpicComment
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^is that book work reading? I've seen it several times but never picked it up...Originally posted by Care View Post"YOU'RE EASIER THAN THE U.S. CONGRESS."~Nikola
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Anyone reading Forever War would be much better off with Old Man's War by Jon Scalzi. At least it won't put you to sleep.Comment
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Hi Iffy!Originally posted by Iffy View Post
Your only starting it now? LOL, I thought you would have plowed through it back in June or early July at latest.
Glad your enjoying. Hope the version you ended up with was the unabridged version.
I am about to commence Death's Head Maximum Offense, the 2nd book in the Death's Head series by David Gunn. Very much enjoyed the first - we all know I love my military scifi......
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I finally finished reading Shadowmancer, and I have to say, although it was slow at the beginnning and a bit too preachy at some points, the ending was AMAZING and I cannot wait to read Wormwood
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I finished Scot Westerfelds The Risen Empire a few days ago. Awesome
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Started reading Wormwood last week--pretty awesome so far
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Not sure if this really counts as Sci-fi but I started and finished Z for Zachariah yesterday
Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a night. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm the rest of his life.
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I haven't read that since I was a teen.Originally posted by AtlantisRules!!! View PostNot sure if this really counts as Sci-fi but I started and finished Z for Zachariah yesterdayComment
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