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Prim, I just started reading JK Nemisin(sp?). Holy cow, that woman can write!!
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NK Jemisin! Yes, she can write! What are you reading?
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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Oops. Man, I’m growing old.
Just started Broken Earth 1.
Just started Broken Earth 1.
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What would be a good book of hers to start with?
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I couldn't get into "A Broken Earth". My husband bailed out after two chapters and I only made it a few more than that. I just didn't like it.
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That trilogy blew me away, the whole thing. But I could understand not getting into it; it’s sad, in a lot of places.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
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Were you listening to it, Maria or reading it?
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listening
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I can see how the "you" chapters would not work well while listening. She has a really different tone in those chapters - it threw me off too. As in, it surprised, and intrigued me.
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She is just brilliant. She takes huge risks and they pay off. The payoff at the end of the first book, when you suddenly see ... well... yeah. It’s ... awesome.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
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Yeah, it was the "you" part that got to me. Irritating beyond belief. It doesn't last, though? Maybe I'll give that book another try one of these days.
That probably isn't so annoying in non-audible format. As it was, having the narrator say out loud that "you" were doing such and such was distracting and ... well... irritating. Every time the narrator said "you" I'd grit my teeth and think "NO, idiot, that's NOT me." And, "What kind of writing style is this?" and "Why did they think this was a good way to present a story?" and finally, "Why am I forcing myself to listen to this? I could be re-listening to something I actually enjoy."
I love audiobooks because they let me do something with my hands while still taking in a story. Some stories, however, just aren't suited to the format. The first one I abandoned years ago due to format issues was a Mercedes Lackey book (don't remember which one) but it started with presumably present day, and jumped right into a flashback... and then a flashback within the flashback. In visual format, you can delineate that with italics or paragraph indents. With an audiobook that just got too confusing too fast.
That probably isn't so annoying in non-audible format. As it was, having the narrator say out loud that "you" were doing such and such was distracting and ... well... irritating. Every time the narrator said "you" I'd grit my teeth and think "NO, idiot, that's NOT me." And, "What kind of writing style is this?" and "Why did they think this was a good way to present a story?" and finally, "Why am I forcing myself to listen to this? I could be re-listening to something I actually enjoy."
I love audiobooks because they let me do something with my hands while still taking in a story. Some stories, however, just aren't suited to the format. The first one I abandoned years ago due to format issues was a Mercedes Lackey book (don't remember which one) but it started with presumably present day, and jumped right into a flashback... and then a flashback within the flashback. In visual format, you can delineate that with italics or paragraph indents. With an audiobook that just got too confusing too fast.
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I can see why that would be annoying in audio, Maria.
But there’s a reason for the “you” that is really interesting when you suddenly get it.
But there’s a reason for the “you” that is really interesting when you suddenly get it.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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Jude, I just started reading her, and started with Broken Earth 1. It’s got me hooked, so it’s a good one to start with.
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Thanks! I just reserved it.
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I bought it.
It’s all Prim’s and Imp’s fault.
It’s all Prim’s and Imp’s fault.
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I like the trilogy because it's fantasy, but it's told in such a realistic way, and involves so many interesting aspects of geology that correspond to our world, that it feels like SF to me.
And then there's the Hugos for all three books, which has never happened before for a trilogy. In successive years, which has also not happened before for a single author. There's a reason.
And then there's the Hugos for all three books, which has never happened before for a trilogy. In successive years, which has also not happened before for a single author. There's a reason.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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The Vinyamars on Stage! This time at Bag End
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Finished the 3rd Binti book last night. Why aren't there more?? I want more!
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was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
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Amazon is running a promotion "Read the World", giving nine Kindle Books from around the world for free.
they look really cool.
https://amzn.to/2HRKtjv
they look really cool.
https://amzn.to/2HRKtjv
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Thank you Inanna! I took all but two (true crime from Norway, and first person story of ISIS radicalization - sounded too real and depressing).
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