Entropy and Books

[salinea]

My computer's down. Again. Fuck that, anytime yo fix any one thing, another thing breaks down. Entropy's a bitch. Expect me to be scarce online.


Been reading Last Argument of King. 'Tis pretty good so far.

Finished reading Shadowplay right before which was painfully slow and sometimes unintentionnaly funny; but yeah, Tad Williams still can write Fairies - if it's the only thing he can write. Got quite a disturbing trend of female victimization to this book though, I think it's intentionnal but it still comes out as disturbing. Then again, maybe I've just become more sensitive to this things.

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[ariss-tenoh.livejournal.com]

anytime yo fix any one thing, another thing breaks down

Unfortunately, it's like that sometimes.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Yeah :(

[hamsterwoman]

anytime yo fix any one thing, another thing breaks down

That's what our year so far has been like, too. Bummer about the computer -- hope you get it working soon again.

I didn't realize Tad Williams had another fantasy trilogy going. Doesn't sound like you thought it was that great... How would you say it compares to Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn?

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Well, looks like I'll have to buy a new computer, actually.

He also wrote a standalone, which is probably the best thing of his I read since standaloneness forced him to be focussed and concise instead of all over the place and rambly.

I'd say Shadowmarch and Shadowplay are about the same quality as MS&T, although I might have a more bad than should be opinion of MS&T due to the french translation which cut English volumes in several ones, read at monthes of interval, which makes a slow and badly paced plot even worse to follow.

[werthead.livejournal.com]

Waiting until this trilogy is finished before reading it, but the signs aren't good. Liked MS&T up until the ending and thought Otherland was pretty good (although waaaay overlong), but this trilogy has gotten some seriously bad reviews.

Abercrombie > Williams, for sure ;-)

Sorry to hear about your computer issues!

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

I never finished Otherland, but yeah, it did have some nice ideas :) I have very few memories of MST (fun fact : this is the acronym for STD in French ^^) beyond "nice fairies, pacing problems, most characters boring, plot goes mostly nowhere", which is very similar to my thoughts of Shadowmarch&play.

[xraytheenforcer.livejournal.com]

You need to read some John Ringo. ;-)

[werthead.livejournal.com]

That's cold, man. What has etrangere ever done to you to deserve such a horrible fate?

OH DEATH-DEALING SHRIMP NO!

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

as a matter of fact I was reading the link from your post about John Ringo when my computer broke down. Yes, John Ringo KILLED MY COMPUTER!! I think I'll never read anything linked to this person ever again.