tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post8835147974250843065..comments2024-03-28T17:59:09.906+08:00Comments on Monsters and Manuals: My RecommendationsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-23169069395354827202019-02-19T01:30:32.771+08:002019-02-19T01:30:32.771+08:00I thought Last Call by Tim Powers was a revelation...I thought Last Call by Tim Powers was a revelation. One of the few times that magic actually seemed ‘magical’.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-35616504652879983352019-02-07T14:54:57.263+08:002019-02-07T14:54:57.263+08:00For more Jack Vance pick up Blue Planet, I don'...For more Jack Vance pick up Blue Planet, I don't think I've ever seen anyone mention it online. I picked it up at a used bookstore and read it in an evening. Feels more like LeGuin than other Vance stories with its emphasis on world building (lost colony sci-fi with a good combination of founding population and environment) and is the fastest Vance read I've come across yet.<br /><br />Not a great classic but some memorable scenes that are great RPG fodder.Boshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06908715118408289864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-72526275209058928492019-02-04T22:45:57.797+08:002019-02-04T22:45:57.797+08:00Joseph Conrad. His life story is something else, a...Joseph Conrad. His life story is something else, and he also wrote great novels. Enough to put any modern-day person to shame!noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-73511312639475384522019-02-04T20:50:23.128+08:002019-02-04T20:50:23.128+08:00I beg your pardon, I don't get the reference. ...I beg your pardon, I don't get the reference. Conrad who?jbeltmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02264520619277158883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-42724642543017258392019-02-03T23:16:46.811+08:002019-02-03T23:16:46.811+08:00You live in the future, for sure.You live in the future, for sure.Owen Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02033345001593862263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-43840688133653749742019-02-03T17:54:02.576+08:002019-02-03T17:54:02.576+08:00One of those books I've never quite got round ...One of those books I've never quite got round to reading but will some day.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-6489515354921744432019-02-03T17:53:25.837+08:002019-02-03T17:53:25.837+08:00Sounds like Conrad. People were different in those...Sounds like Conrad. People were different in those days.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-55329073110522922192019-02-03T17:52:16.632+08:002019-02-03T17:52:16.632+08:00I am not a massive vampire fan, really.I am not a massive vampire fan, really.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-8225047824965233702019-02-03T17:50:41.668+08:002019-02-03T17:50:41.668+08:00I made this blog when I was living a Japan so post...I made this blog when I was living a Japan so posts are timestamped accordingly. Or, alternativel, I live in the future.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-28780410037008615212019-02-03T17:49:30.424+08:002019-02-03T17:49:30.424+08:00Ah, but is it though?Ah, but is it though?noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-62623825941890284552019-02-03T17:49:00.540+08:002019-02-03T17:49:00.540+08:00Get Dark Companions - you won't be disappointe...Get Dark Companions - you won't be disappointed.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-38969404818099997992019-02-03T13:14:11.315+08:002019-02-03T13:14:11.315+08:00Have you read J.A. Baker's 'The Peregrine&...Have you read J.A. Baker's 'The Peregrine'? It's basically the third leg of the triangle alongside Meadowlands and The Goshawk. Highly recommended. ewokalypsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12414000228540436825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-32977732029730388312019-02-02T23:10:47.493+08:002019-02-02T23:10:47.493+08:00Grabbed neverending story on your recc. This is a ...Grabbed neverending story on your recc. This is a great selection; I've read many of the same with the same responses.Detect Magichttps://detectmagic.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-13467744115226709362019-02-02T20:56:38.322+08:002019-02-02T20:56:38.322+08:00You might be interested in Lady Spy, Gentleman Exp...You might be interested in Lady Spy, Gentleman Explorer by Heather Rossiter. It is the biography of Herbert Dyce Murphy. He works on a wool clipper, then goes whaling in the arctic. He then goes to Oxford, then becomes a female spy before WW1. Then he went to the Antarctic with Mawson. It makes almost anyone's life seem boring by comparison.jbeltmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02264520619277158883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-40545283320054634842019-02-02T09:40:39.276+08:002019-02-02T09:40:39.276+08:00I started reading the first book but never finishe...I started reading the first book but never finished. It seemed much too verbose. Similar to modern fantasy in that respect.maimed autarchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01519668649420482914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-63766263806119298012019-02-02T07:54:00.281+08:002019-02-02T07:54:00.281+08:00Oh, man the Neverending Story. I had the luck to g...Oh, man the Neverending Story. I had the luck to grow up with Michael Ende, with Jim Button, Momo and of course Atreju and Falkor (or Fuchur, as he was named in the original). And yes, if you've never read any of those books, go and get them, Ende is one of those rare authors that can write fantasy that can actually be called literature. Fun story: I had a beautiful edition where all the chapters started with a beautiful illustration that contained the first letter of said chapter and around it scenes that were to come in it. One day, I came home from school, entered house and passed by my little sister's chamber. Nearly got a stroke when I discovered that she had obviously liked those illustrations so much that she had scissored them out of the book and spread around her room. This was probably the first time someone succeeded to break my heart and as much as I love her, I still hold a grudge when it comes to it.Wormys_Queuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08684067668161259645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-80061208197760752252019-02-02T04:01:17.536+08:002019-02-02T04:01:17.536+08:00Have you tried Justin Cronin's Passage trilogy...Have you tried Justin Cronin's Passage trilogy? Literary novelist does vampire plague, with interesting results.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10910170906278532034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-39639735891037284652019-02-02T03:45:18.002+08:002019-02-02T03:45:18.002+08:00Uh. Isn't this being published tomorrow? Why c...Uh. Isn't this being published tomorrow? Why can I see it? Am I in the time vortex?!?Owen Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02033345001593862263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-87746753395680584012019-02-02T03:23:16.099+08:002019-02-02T03:23:16.099+08:00New Sun isn't set on Future Earth?
I can neve...<i>New Sun</i> isn't set on Future Earth?<br /><br />I can never summon the courage to recommend books as I fear my tastes -- despite being one of those weird kids that started reading almost straight out of the womb -- are dreadfully trashy. I don't have the same problem with films, for some reason.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-11304273195427908602019-02-02T03:10:34.719+08:002019-02-02T03:10:34.719+08:00Have you read any other Ramsay Campbell collection...Have you read any other Ramsay Campbell collections? I've only read one of his stories, "The Brood", and I've been looking for a collection to pick up as part of a recent reading project to read more pre-90s horror.maimed autarchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01519668649420482914noreply@blogger.com