TSF Book Club

[antipodean]

@voodoo said in TSF Book Club:

Such junk. I hope the earlier stuff was better so Child's at least partially deserves his success.

I read the first five or six. Entertaining, but not Pulitzer prize winning. The problem was the same for any character series; typically formula based and increasingly more absurd. At some point you could pick up the wrong cliff notes and it wouldn't make a difference.

[voodoo]

In the one I read just now, he must kill 40+ people including decapititating someone. I was expecting an all-American hero, but he's actually just a blood murderer!!!

[jegga]

He must be pretty old now considering he was in Beirut when the marine barracks was bombed.

The first maybe 10 or so are great , diminishing returns and repetition sets in after that .

[Tim]

@voodoo Sounds like The Exterminator.

The Exterminator (1980) ⭐ 5.7 | Action, Crime, Drama

1h 44m | R

[voodoo]

@Tim is that worth watching? I've not heard of it...

[Tim]

@voodoo probably not

[dogmeat]

@antipodean Agree first couple were OK Haven't read one since about Book 3 when it became very onvious he was recycling the same story.

Much prefer Greg Hurwitz's Orphan Black series.

[Stockcar86]

Book related - it appears that Neil Gaiman and family are here (and probably for a while now)

[voodoo]

@Stockcar86 I love Neil Gaiman

[taniwharugby]

just finished Attila, The Scourge of God by William Napier (book 1 of 3)

HIstorical fiction, was pretty good.

[Machpants]

@taniwharugby said in TSF Book Club:

just finished Attila, The Scourge of God by William Napier (book 1 of 3)

HIstorical fiction, was pretty good.

Ta added to my list

[NTA]

Third book of Rothfuss' King killer is announced at long fucking last

https://heraldjournalism.com/2020/03/28/the-doors-of-stone-the-king-killer-chronicle-third-book-is-coming-soon-read-below-all-you-need-to-know/

[nzzp]

@NTA about bloody time! outstanding series, can't wait for that

[Machpants]

@NTA said in Books:

Third book of Rothfuss' King killer is announced at long fucking last

https://heraldjournalism.com/2020/03/28/the-doors-of-stone-the-king-killer-chronicle-third-book-is-coming-soon-read-below-all-you-need-to-know/

Thank fuck for that! Now if GRR can just spit his next few out, he's prime target for CV19!

[nzzp]

@NTA you sure that's a legit prediction?

The article seems to have no sources quoted, and others online giving it a bit of side eye. I'm stoked if it's real, but it's been nearly 10 years, so a year or two longer would no longer surprise me

[NTA]

@nzzp said in Books:

@NTA you sure that's a legit prediction?

The article seems to have no sources quoted, and others online giving it a bit of side eye. I'm stoked if it's real, but it's been nearly 10 years, so a year or two longer would no longer surprise me

TBH I just read the headline and figured that was progress.

[nzzp]

@NTA CLICKBAIT!

But we'll see ... hopefully they are on the money with their sauce

[Tim]

[Tim]

The Pulp Fiction Archive: The Cheap, Thrilling Stories That Entertained a Generation of Readers (1896-1946)

[JC]

The Last Day by Andrew Hunter Murray. A thriller about a UK in a world 30 years from now when the world has stopped spinning leaving one side blistering hot and the other freezing cold.

A decent read. Murray is one of the QI researchers and co-host of the No Such Thing As A Fish podcast.