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Bill Ward
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| Posted 2/19/2007 1:02 PM (GMT -4) |   | Good idea Howard.
Genghis Khan was a good bio, one of the livelier I've read on GK, and my favorite part was the appendicies, which really shed some light on some of the most interesting aspects of the mongol conquests in my opinion. Lamb is hard to find, but I was lucky enough to buy all of his biographies in a lot on ebay recently, paperbacks from the fifties or sixties that are in amazingly supple condition...one of my best purchases by far. | | Back to Top | | |
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erazmus
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| Posted 2/19/2007 1:44 PM (GMT -4) | | | | |
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xiaotien
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| Posted 2/20/2007 8:05 PM (GMT -4) | | jason, unfortunately, i didn't find the how
to book particularly helpful.
this will be the first time i'm
reading brave new world.
it's about time!
cyrstalwizard, dragonbone chair
was my favorite fantasy book back
in college. i picked it up again recently
to reread and found it difficult to
get back into the tale!
i'm opting to read other books
rather than reread my old favorite.
yikes. perhaps reading tastes do change.
cindy p.
a little sweet, a little sour.
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Bill Ward
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| Posted 2/22/2007 6:14 PM (GMT -4) | | | @Howard: Have you started the Historian yet? Personally, I thought it was a package of hype-wrapped turgidity, but I stopped reading after page sixty or so. Curious if I missed something. | | Back to Top | | |
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Bill Ward
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| Posted 2/23/2007 3:25 PM (GMT -4) | | I'll put you in the will Howard...but that means I sure as hell won't tell you where you can find me. ;)
Do you also want the hdbk March of the Barbarians and collectors library Crusades set? or should they go to Goodwill? | | Back to Top | | |
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PaulMc
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| Posted 3/2/2007 11:42 AM (GMT -4) | | Howard von Darkmoor said...PaulMc said...
I'm a Cook fanboy, anyway. What do you think of A Cruel Wind: A Chronicle Of The Dread Empire? Or the rest of the Dread Empire for that matter - I haven't read any of them. And Lord of the Silent Kingdom (Instrumentalities of the Night)?
I just bought Lord... last night so it will be a while before I get to read it.
Fan boy notwithstanding, I've got so many books and not much reading time so I haven't gotten to A Cruel Wind yet, but it looks great (it's an omnibus, btw, if you didn't know, of the first three novels.)
I have read An Ill Fate Marshalling, I'm not sure where it comes in the series, though it must come after October's Baby. I liked it alot .. but it REALLY needed a map in the foreword. There were so many empires, nations and prinicipalities mentioned that it took a while to sort it out. But the characters pulled me right in.
BTW - I also found last night that the Garret novel (the first, I think) Sweet Silver Blues has been reprinted. I wonder if Jim Butcher Dresden Files success was an influence on the publisher (ROC). I only have about half the Garret series, so I'd be happy if they all came out again.
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