Rereading this for the first time in years. Now there has been 2 stories I didn't remember at all,and inside the front cover it mentions something about a new and revised version. So not sure if it is just bad memory or there is now some new stories in the first volume.
My only real complaint is that, as with the Lord of the Isles books, Drake appears to be trying to make each book stand alone, though they are referential to past storylines. The end result is that some things get painfully repetitive, particularly with regard to reiterating the major character beats of Leary, Mundy, and their supporting cast.
I imagine this would be annoying when reading them in rapid succession.
I've been reading them as they come out, and find it helpful, indeed, to recap.
My only real complaint is that, as with the Lord of the Isles books, Drake appears to be trying to make each book stand alone, though they are referential to past storylines. The end result is that some things get painfully repetitive, particularly with regard to reiterating the major character beats of Leary, Mundy, and their supporting cast.
I imagine this would be annoying when reading them in rapid succession.
I've been reading them as they come out, and find it helpful, indeed, to recap.
For some things, I agree. However, there are only so many times that I need to be told that Tovera doesn't really consider herself human, that Hogg is a potentially murderous bumpkin that can't fly a hover car for anything, that Leary has a hard time keeping his pants zipped or that Mundy is, maybe not suicidal, but certainly apathetic to her own survival... and has experienced far greater discomfort that translating out of bubble space, during her years of living in squalor since the death of her parents during the quashing of the conspiracy.
It can certainly be helpful, but it's like Tenoctris in the Isles books, reiterating in every book that there are other wizards more powerful, but they do sloppy things like reusing their athame (and as a result getting more variation on their results. She makes up in OCD technique, what others have in raw power.
All in all, it's a minor quibble, but one that does bug me. It's also probably one of the reasons that I'm so fond of the Slammers - cohesive universe, limited continuity and mostly new characters in every story, so very little repetition in character traits (except for Steuben - and I'm OK with having outsiders provide their assessment of him as a part of the narrative).
Rereading this for the first time in years. Now there has been 2 stories I didn't remember at all,and inside the front cover it mentions something about a new and revised version. So not sure if it is just bad memory or there is now some new stories in the first volume.
If it's the new edition, I believe that there are, in fact, a couple of new stories included.
Rereading this for the first time in years. Now there has been 2 stories I didn't remember at all,and inside the front cover it mentions something about a new and revised version. So not sure if it is just bad memory or there is now some new stories in the first volume.
If it's the new edition, I believe that there are, in fact, a couple of new stories included.
I found it a few months back. Published by Tor. Has a copyright of 2010.
Wild Cards edited by George RR Martin Rereading this for the first time in years. Now there has been 2 stories I didn't remember at all,and inside the front cover it mentions something about a new and revised version. So not sure if it is just bad memory or there is now some new stories in the first volume.
If it's the new edition, I believe that there are, in fact, a couple of new stories included.
I found it a few months back. Published by Tor. Has a copyright of 2010.
Wild Cards edited by George RR Martin Rereading this for the first time in years. Now there has been 2 stories I didn't remember at all,and inside the front cover it mentions something about a new and revised version. So not sure if it is just bad memory or there is now some new stories in the first volume.
If it's the new edition, I believe that there are, in fact, a couple of new stories included.
I found it a few months back. Published by Tor. Has a copyright of 2010.
that's the one.
I was pretty sure 2 stories I have read now were not in the original printing. But it has been many years since I read the first volume. Had it in a nice hardback years ago,got it at a thrift store with the dustjacket for 50 cents.
Wild Cards edited by George RR Martin Rereading this for the first time in years. Now there has been 2 stories I didn't remember at all,and inside the front cover it mentions something about a new and revised version. So not sure if it is just bad memory or there is now some new stories in the first volume.
If it's the new edition, I believe that there are, in fact, a couple of new stories included.
I found it a few months back. Published by Tor. Has a copyright of 2010.
that's the one.
I was pretty sure 2 stories I have read now were not in the original printing. But it has been many years since I read the first volume. Had it in a nice hardback years ago,got it at a thrift store with the dustjacket for 50 cents.
Two new stories!? Well... rats!
Now I'm going to have to find a copy.
I have all of the original paperback series from the 80's and 90's, plus the first few volumes of the Baen series. I lost track after that, but always meant to go out and search for any further additions. And now there's new stories added to the first volume!? Man...
Wild Cards edited by George RR Martin Rereading this for the first time in years. Now there has been 2 stories I didn't remember at all,and inside the front cover it mentions something about a new and revised version. So not sure if it is just bad memory or there is now some new stories in the first volume.
If it's the new edition, I believe that there are, in fact, a couple of new stories included.
I found it a few months back. Published by Tor. Has a copyright of 2010.
that's the one.
I was pretty sure 2 stories I have read now were not in the original printing. But it has been many years since I read the first volume. Had it in a nice hardback years ago,got it at a thrift store with the dustjacket for 50 cents.
Two new stories!? Well... rats!
Now I'm going to have to find a copy.
I have all of the original paperback series from the 80's and 90's, plus the first few volumes of the Baen series. I lost track after that, but always meant to go out and search for any further additions. And now there's new stories added to the first volume!? Man...
I now have all of the first 12 again. Plus a few of the newer ones.
I've got a complete collection - mismatched editions, of course - iBooks reprints, SFBC editions, paperbacks. I need to get the new Tor edition (looks like it should have had three new stories in it - Carrie Vaughn, David Levine and Michael Cassutt.
Currently reading the biography Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. It was the Amazon Kindle deal of the day recently. A fascinating look at this very influential man.
I've got a complete collection - mismatched editions, of course - iBooks reprints, SFBC editions, paperbacks. I need to get the new Tor edition (looks like it should have had three new stories in it - Carrie Vaughn, David Levine and Michael Cassutt.
I still need about 5 or so books to have them all. But they are mismatched. Got a few hardcovers,then lots of the 80's era paperbacks.
DAR, I couldn’t agree with you more on Devil in the White City by Eric Larson. I thought it was one of the most well written page turners I have ever read. I read it when it was a hardback, recommended it to several people, and they all liked it. I have his most recent book, In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, on my Kindle Wish list.
DAR, I couldn’t agree with you more on Devil in the White City by Eric Larson. I thought it was one of the most well written page turners I have ever read. I read it when it was a hardback, recommended it to several people, and they all liked it. I have his most recent book, In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, on my Kindle Wish list.
All of Erik Larson's books have been fantastic. Have you read "Isaac's Storm"? Talk about a page turner. And "Thunderstruck" was also very good. I eagerly await whatever he does next.
DAR, I couldn’t agree with you more on Devil in the White City by Eric Larson. I thought it was one of the most well written page turners I have ever read. I read it when it was a hardback, recommended it to several people, and they all liked it. I have his most recent book, In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, on my Kindle Wish list.
All of Erik Larson's books have been fantastic. Have you read "Isaac's Storm"? Talk about a page turner. And "Thunderstruck" was also very good. I eagerly await whatever he does next.
Bry
Thanks for the recommendations Bry. I've added Isaac's Storm to my Kindle Wish List for my next read.
Don't vote, it just encourages the bastards by PJ O'Rourke
Isaac's Storm was my first - it's excellent. Devil in the White City is my personal favorite; it works as history and as a thriller. In the Garden of Beasts was also quite good. I have not read Thunderstruck.
I read what, at that point, was the entire Elric series over the course of a month back when I was in high school. I enjoyed it quite a bit, but I was depressed for two weeks afterward.
Recently finished Whispers Underground, the third book in Ben Aaronovitch's series about the department of the London Metropolitan police that deals with supernatural crimes. It's great fun but I'd suggest starting with the first book in the series Rivers of London (Midnight Riot in the US) if anyone's interested.
I bought Michael Chabon's new novel 'Telegraph Avenue' yesterday. It's phenomenal. If you liked 'Kavelier and Clay' give it a shot. Chabon is the greatest living American writer as far as I'm concerned. Maybe some authors have written better books, but no one can match Chabon's consistency in my opinion.
I got X-Men: Gifted, from the library over the weekend. Only a few chapters in but it's pretty good. Think I'm going to have to go back in and read the comic again when I'm done to see how it blends the story together.
I bought Michael Chabon's new novel 'Telegraph Avenue' yesterday. It's phenomenal. If you liked 'Kavelier and Clay' give it a shot. Chabon is the greatest living American writer as far as I'm concerned. Maybe some authors have written better books, but no one can match Chabon's consistency in my opinion.
I pre-ordered that for my Kindle simply because I enjoyed Kavalier & Clay so much. Haven't read it yet, but it's second on my "to read" list.
recently knocked out two more Codex Aleria books. so i'm starting book 5 Princeps Fury. as is typical with butcher each book pulls the camera back a notch and you get a story with larger and larger scale. i love this stuff!
recently knocked out two more Codex Aleria books. so i'm starting book 5 Princeps Fury. as is typical with butcher each book pulls the camera back a notch and you get a story with larger and larger scale. i love this stuff!
Is Butcher's fantasy novels like your typical fantasy novel? I got burned out on the fantasy genre years ago,which is one reason I have never read any of the Codex series.
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Rereading this for the first time in years. Now there has been 2 stories I didn't remember at all,and inside the front cover it mentions something about a new and revised version. So not sure if it is just bad memory or there is now some new stories in the first volume.
I've been reading them as they come out, and find it helpful, indeed, to recap.
It can certainly be helpful, but it's like Tenoctris in the Isles books, reiterating in every book that there are other wizards more powerful, but they do sloppy things like reusing their athame (and as a result getting more variation on their results. She makes up in OCD technique, what others have in raw power.
All in all, it's a minor quibble, but one that does bug me. It's also probably one of the reasons that I'm so fond of the Slammers - cohesive universe, limited continuity and mostly new characters in every story, so very little repetition in character traits (except for Steuben - and I'm OK with having outsiders provide their assessment of him as a part of the narrative).
Now I'm going to have to find a copy.
I have all of the original paperback series from the 80's and 90's, plus the first few volumes of the Baen series. I lost track after that, but always meant to go out and search for any further additions. And now there's new stories added to the first volume!? Man...
I've got a complete collection - mismatched editions, of course - iBooks reprints, SFBC editions, paperbacks. I need to get the new Tor edition (looks like it should have had three new stories in it - Carrie Vaughn, David Levine and Michael Cassutt.
Don't vote, it just encourages the bastards by PJ O'Rourke
Bry
Finally got a release date for Cold Days.