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Post subject: name of the wind  Posted: January 20th, 2011, 10:31 pm |
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appreciate this awesome novel as well as be pumped that 'wise mans fear' now has a release date.  _________________ winter is comingMyxo wrote: Krieg ist trucks!
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: January 21st, 2011, 8:43 am |
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I still haven't read this for that very reason.
For the people that don't know, The Name of the Wind is the bestselling fantasy debut in hardcover format ever, beating both Terry Goodkind's Wizard's First Rule and George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones.
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: January 21st, 2011, 8:58 am |
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I own it but haven't got around to it yet. Heard really good things.
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: January 21st, 2011, 10:07 am |
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interest piqued!
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: January 21st, 2011, 10:22 am |
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dirtnap wrote: interest piqued!
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Make your own path as you walk, and if you ever find footsteps before you turn away from them and continue to walk into the wilderness, where no man has been before you.
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Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy, it is the wine of a new procreation, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for men and makes them drunk with the spirit.
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: January 21st, 2011, 4:47 pm |
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check it out if you can. guys, its really good. written in first person too, which is odd.
_________________ winter is comingMyxo wrote: Krieg ist trucks!
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: January 27th, 2011, 6:42 pm |
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Just got this one on the kindle and started it today. Several chapters in and really enjoying it.
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Make your own path as you walk, and if you ever find footsteps before you turn away from them and continue to walk into the wilderness, where no man has been before you.
- Varg
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy, it is the wine of a new procreation, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for men and makes them drunk with the spirit.
- Beethoven
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: January 27th, 2011, 6:54 pm |
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i want to read this but i feel like i'm not allowed to read anything else until i finish the wheel of time. 
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: January 28th, 2011, 2:22 pm |
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I'll have to check it out!
Not to go too sidetracked but I'm pretty sure I will be reading The First Law series for the next month or so. First book is very entertaining and impossible not to take a fancy to it's great characterization. Been reading the first book every night if even for just a half hour and am just about finished.
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: January 29th, 2011, 3:30 am |
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METAL FIEND wrote: Not to go too sidetracked but I'm pretty sure I will be reading The First Law series for the next month or so. First book is very entertaining and impossible not to take a fancy to it's great characterization. Been reading the first book every night if even for just a half hour and am just about finished. Glokta is right up there with Tyrion in my mind.
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: January 31st, 2011, 11:52 pm |
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Glokta is a great character. Logen is my favorite so far.
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I flash a knife to your paralyzed eyes
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: February 1st, 2011, 6:13 pm |
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SteelBreeze wrote: Just got this one on the kindle and started it today. Several chapters in and really enjoying it. nice work! _________________ winter is comingMyxo wrote: Krieg ist trucks!
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: February 17th, 2011, 3:16 pm |
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Wow, what a great read. Just finished this this morning and I can't get it out of my head. Great characters, absorbing and well paced plot, and fascinating mythology. Already pre-ordered the second book, should magically arrive on the Kindle on March 1 
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Make your own path as you walk, and if you ever find footsteps before you turn away from them and continue to walk into the wilderness, where no man has been before you.
- Varg
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy, it is the wine of a new procreation, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for men and makes them drunk with the spirit.
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: February 17th, 2011, 3:38 pm |
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just started this 5 minutes ago.
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: February 17th, 2011, 7:02 pm |
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nice to hear steel breeze. i am going to re read it soon to prep for the 2nd book.
and keep up to date dirtnap!
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: February 17th, 2011, 7:31 pm |
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I'll have to bump this up my TBR pile.
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: February 23rd, 2011, 6:25 pm |
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just started the re read. its been 2.5 years. damn forgot how good the writting is.
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: March 14th, 2011, 8:16 pm |
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i'm about a third of the way through and absolutely loving it. had to stop for a bit to finish 'WoT6' but i've been reading this full time now for a few days. really really good.
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: March 17th, 2011, 2:01 pm |
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Finished Wise Man's Fear last night. Pretty good but I can't help but feeling that for such a long book there's a lot of filler. Very excited for the third book, I can see it building up to a nice climax.
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Make your own path as you walk, and if you ever find footsteps before you turn away from them and continue to walk into the wilderness, where no man has been before you.
- Varg
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy, it is the wine of a new procreation, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for men and makes them drunk with the spirit.
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: October 14th, 2011, 8:25 am |
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SteelBreeze wrote: Finished Wise Man's Fear last night. Pretty good but I can't help but feeling that for such a long book there's a lot of filler. Very excited for the third book, I can see it building up to a nice climax. i'm a little more than half way through "wise man's fear" and while it's still wildly enjoyable, i'm growing a bit tired of him traipsing around the forest with that merc crew. get back to school slacker! 
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: October 14th, 2011, 7:48 pm |
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dirtnap wrote: SteelBreeze wrote: Finished Wise Man's Fear last night. Pretty good but I can't help but feeling that for such a long book there's a lot of filler. Very excited for the third book, I can see it building up to a nice climax. i'm a little more than half way through "wise man's fear" and while it's still wildly enjoyable, i'm growing a bit tired of him traipsing around the forest with that merc crew. get back to school slacker! its kinda like dance of dragons, sadly. not a whole lot of moving the story forward. and for a trilogy, he has to finalize a whole lot of shit in the next book. _________________ winter is comingMyxo wrote: Krieg ist trucks!
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: October 14th, 2011, 10:03 pm |
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it's gonna have to be like 2500 pages.
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: October 16th, 2011, 5:14 pm |
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About 100 pages in and I am underwhelmed. Hope it gets better soon. On hold until I finish the new Pratchett, which I am loving.
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: February 20th, 2012, 6:37 pm |
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Post subject: Re: name of the wind Posted: March 4th, 2012, 11:51 pm |
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Just finished it. I have lots of things to say about it (big surprise  ) but it's late. Just some quick thoughts though: at about 350 pages in I realized I didn't care anymore, but I wasn't going to stop after getting that far. I'm glad I read it and it was a very engaging story (and still is seeing as how it's not over) but had I known the premise or had a general idea of how the story was going to be told, I doubt I would've read it. But seeing as I did finish it, I do want to know the rest of the story. Although by some of the things you guys have said about the next book, I'm in no hurry. Not this year anyway.
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