Books
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Do we have any David Foster Wallace fans around here? I'm about halfway through The Pale King after a good long reading session last night. This was his last, unfinished novel but you wouldn't know it from how 'complete' it feels. I've yet to read his masterpiece Infinite Jest but really enjoyed The Broom of the System.
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Sounds like good stuff. I've a back log at the moment, but the next time I'm without a book to read, I'll give him a go.
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Just started:
Loving it so far, I might have to hunt down the rest of his stuff. Then:
probably, (although not limited to) that order. I will have to buy 'The Long Earth' when that gets published…
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Looking forward to The Long Earth as well.
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Is the Dark Tower series worth giving a serious go?
Hmm, that depends on how much you like Stephen King and how much you like fantasy.
If you really like both and have a decent amount of time to read in each day then yes. It's not really a series you can stop and start though, it's pretty involved.
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Amazing series
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Almost finished. On a second read through, I liked 'The Steel Remains' a lot more and 'The Cold Commands' has been just as good.
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before. I couldn't put it down, it's brilliant. Really makes me excited for the next in the series.
Right, more books and more beer.
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its by ben nichols (the lead singer of lucero) and its based on blood meridian
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I just finished reading A Game of Thrones. How does it correspond to the first season of the series? I only just started the second book and would prefer to not have the television series ruin what's in store but I'm getting tired of getting raised eyebrows when people hear I've yet to see the show.
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My suggestion would be to read the first three without any influence from the show because they are pretty damn good reads. Books 4 and 5 aren't as good, so once you get there, it probably shouldn't matter much.
I will say the show focuses on certain things way too much (hey it's HBO). The visuals are pretty great, but the execution of the story is meh to me. Just one man's opinion.
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As an additional recommendation, I would suggest that when you get to books 4 & 5, to read them together; i.e., a chapter from 4, then a chapter from 5, and so forth. You should have about 1/4 of book 5 left when you finish book 4, which you can then finish solo.
It's unwieldy and feels a tad ridiculous, but Martin originally intended them to be a single book. For a variety of reasons, that didn't happen, and he split them in a manner that grouped (in my opinion) the most loathsome characters into book 4, making it a less enjoyable read. Also with how interwoven the storylines are, 4 feels slightly incomplete when read alone. Reading the two together ameliorates both issues. There's a note from the author somewhere in 5 giving a bit of an explanation about it.
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First 3 are great, pacing slows down dramatically in the next 2. They almost feel like they're a combination placeholder/tidying up of loose ends.
I have to admit, I've become a bit disenchanted with the series over the last decade or so.
