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Ridiculous. At least the writer changed his mind about her being 14? Maybe? I’m not sure that was an improvement…
Bought Arcanum Unbounded and read:
- The Emperor’s Soul - I remember loving this a lot. Reading it again is great. If it wasn’t for Yumi & the Nightmare Painter, this would probably my fave short Sanderson
- Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell - glad to read something about Threnody, after reading The Sunlit Man
- Sixth of the Dusk - I love this one, again, due to the duo characters bouncing off each other. I think I need more “buddy novels”. I’m keen on Isle of Emberdark for this reason
there are others there I skipped like Hope for Elantris. I’d like to reread them before I read these novellas.
Currently reading Colour of Magic by Terry Prachett. It’s the first Discworld book so I’m rather forgiving to it, but man, it’s not as good as the others that came after - which is good if you think about it
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Pratchett developed a lot in the course of writing Equal Rites and Mort.
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Yeah, the first two are really different to all the others. Even Equal Rites (3) feels suddenly much more like the rest of the Discworld.
Partly because he was doing a specific parody with 1 and 2, and more his own thing from 3 onwards.
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The things you find when you are looking for stuff in your comic filled loft.
Not great but some lovely Grey Morrow art and cover. Comics are written by Nicola Cuti and he created E-Man with Joe Staton.
I think there were 6 issues of this magazine from Charlton but I only ever got one.
Did not encourage me to buy the Space: 1999 Rpg.
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To be fair, if @RogerBW is recommending a romantasy book, I’ll take that seriously as I would expect they need to be pretty darned good to get a mention
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It has indeed been sorted/optimized because we got a load of books back from her mum and sister!!
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I would say Equal Rites is when his ideas started taking shape and Mort is where he started finding his proper ‘voice’
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Heh, I read a fair amount of romance but very little fantasy. 
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Fair enough - I’ve mainly heard you talk about sci-fi
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Reading Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart. Getting into a Pendragon frame of mind.
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My partner mentioned a 90s tv series based on the Mary Stewart books (“Merlin of the Crystal Cave”) so I tried to find it a few years back.
There were one or two VHS tapes for sale, but absolutely no dvd. Eventually, Amazon had one copy of the dvd… subtitled in Dutch. On a page which claimed it was selling 3 loo brushes instead.
I ordered it and waited to see what arrived, and it was indeed the correct dvd (with a Dutch case and optional Dutch subtitles). Anyway, partner was happy, nostalgia was fulfilled etc.
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This prompted me to look up the ‘90s Merlin mini-series starring Sam Neill and Amazon does have it available on DVD 
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This afternoon I started OverLondon by George Penney and Tony Johnson, which carries a heavy load of Terry Pratchett in its tote bag of influences. Unfortunately, I can’t focus enough at the moment to get very far with it, but it certainly gives the impression of trying terribly hard.
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I read all of the Dungeon Crawler Carl books to date. Very silly, but entertaining.
In brief: everyone who was “under a roof” (in a vehicle, whatever) on earth was apparently instantly killed as all structures were flattened (as in, made flat). The remaining population is told that earth has been harvested as per the notice given, and given the choice between entering “the dungeon” or trying to survive on the surface. Carl, about to freeze to death, enters the dungeon in his underwear and a leather jacket. Better than the premise sounds.
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Brandon Sanderson Games | BoardGameGeek
I have Call to Adventure. The game is terrible, but it’s a guilty pleasure having your own SLA character.
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Did you know the SLA Rpg was on crowdfunding and is just delivering….?
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Every now and then I follow through on a BBC clickbait and I was happy to have recently looked at a “10 best current podcasts” because it let me know about the World of Wodehouse podcast. It’s a joy and I’m sure I’ll be back on reading a Wodehouse book very soon
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Bought a cheap 1956 hardback of Live And Let Die, and all I can say on the racism in it is Oof Wow Crikey Ay Carumba
Although to be fair, we’re talking about how people of colour were treated in America in 1954 and Mr Big is written as a smart and respected adversary. But still, it makes the 1973 movie look enlightened.
Quite surprised at how close to the book the movie is, with Harlem and the trick nightclub table and train journey etc all in the book (unlike some movies which only share the title).
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Finished Aurora and I don’t really know what I think about it yet.
It was certainly an interesting book and the ideas it explores about the future of space exploration are really well handled and explored… but I found the characters a bit weird. I can’t quite say what it was about them but they felt a bit sterile, with a couple of exceptions.
I think I would recommend it if you like your sci-fi to focus more on society and the larger story rather than a personal journey of the protagonist.
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