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Comment on What are you reading? in ~books
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Comment on What are you reading? in ~books
clee LinkCurrently reading the Three-Body Problem. I haven't made time to read a book in the past month or two, though. I'll probably end up starting over, though, so I can remember who's who when I...Currently reading the Three-Body Problem. I haven't made time to read a book in the past month or two, though. I'll probably end up starting over, though, so I can remember who's who when I actually do pick it back up.
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Comment on What are you reading? in ~books
clee Link ParentDiamond Age suffers from the same critical problem as Snow Crash IMO (which OP hasn't hit yet, if they're still reading it): Stephenson didn't figure out how to write good endings until, IMHO,...Diamond Age suffers from the same critical problem as Snow Crash IMO (which OP hasn't hit yet, if they're still reading it): Stephenson didn't figure out how to write good endings until, IMHO, Anathem. I loved Anathem but it didn't grab me until at least 200 or 300 pages in - that book is huge, and dense, and the start is REALLY slow and challenging because half the words are new vocabulary that doesn't exist outside of the book.
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Comment on Buffy as a template in ~tv
clee Link ParentSpike's path is kind of mirrored by Zuko's. Starts as an enemy, ends up being a huge help in the end.Spike's path is kind of mirrored by Zuko's. Starts as an enemy, ends up being a huge help in the end.
I haven't finished Malazan yet (I took a break after the eighth book and haven't had as much time to read since), but I would definitely say "it gets better as you go" on the series. I found GotM a dense, hard-to-read slog (so many characters and places, not a whole lot of exposition) but I stuck with it because of all of the rave reviews I've read of the series, and it was definitely worth it.