Nuth on 28/12/2009 at 01:55
Almost finished with The Hellfire Conspiracy, fourth book in the Barker & Llewelyn series by Will Thomas.
the_grip on 28/12/2009 at 04:14
Nuth how are those? Never heard of them until you just posted. Look interesting.
june gloom on 28/12/2009 at 19:45
As best as I can figure I'm about halfway through the third book in the Ciaphas Cain omnibus. So far it's been a great read, and I'm beginning to suspect that almost all the 40K fluff is Imperial propaganda of some sort, and that the 40K universe as seen through Cain's eyes is the real thing.
PotatoGuy on 28/12/2009 at 20:01
Quote Posted by Fragony
Yes, but I am a bit surprised you are being so hard on dutch literature, there is an absolute wealth of talent.
Maybe I'm being too hard, but when I look in shops I rarely see anything new that sounds good. Most of the time just simple thrillers. The last dutch book that was recently written and that I enjoyed was Het diner (The diner) by Herman Koch.
I think it's just me and I guess I'm more a fan of the ideas written in books some decades ago. It just feels for me like literature in Holland is dying.
Nuth on 28/12/2009 at 23:21
Quote Posted by the_grip
Nuth how are those? Never heard of them until you just posted. Look interesting.
They're not bad. Not a lot of depth to them, but Will Thomas spins a decent tale. If you enjoy Sherlock Holmes, you'd probably like them. The two lead characters are pretty well-done. Barker(the Holmes of the series) has spent time in Asia, and the author mines that aspect of the character to good effect. Llewelyn(Barker's Watson) has been psychologically damaged by tragedy in his recent past and is recovering from that.
Scots Taffer on 29/12/2009 at 00:40
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I finished it this weekend ... and I think it is an excellent novel. -snip review-
Cool! Thanks for the review, I'll look this up in the future.
Now Stitch... what about Perdido St Station?
Stitch on 29/12/2009 at 01:29
Dumped the Dungeons and Dragons sourcebook around page 70 and picked up something good.
Scots Taffer on 29/12/2009 at 01:33
+100 XP
Stitch on 29/12/2009 at 01:41
Actually, there is a sheer inventiveness to the book that is incredibly impressive, and I can see why the richly designed world would be one that many readers would love being swallowed by. I found myself struggling through every page, however, as the characters aren't particularly well developed and the plot was buried beneath a volume of world exposition that bordered on the obscene.
Life is too short to waste time reading unengaging literature, so I put it down.
the_grip on 29/12/2009 at 14:25
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
Cool! Thanks for the review, I'll look this up in the future.
is a great read so far as well. I'm 1/3 of the way through it.
Rented (for free) No Country for Old Men last night. I saw it in the theater, but the wife had never seen it. Needless to say, she hated it... thought it was the most boring POS ever. So my tastes are definitely suspect ;). At any rate, AtPH is a much more light-hearted book and has some funny dialog.
