Mike’s Profile
progress:
(page 81 of 182)
"Old school swords, sorcery, and sails. Recommended from Black Gate." — 22 hours, 53 min ago
"Old school swords, sorcery, and sails. Recommended from Black Gate." — 22 hours, 53 min ago
progress:
(page 125 of 976)
"Ultra, super, massive book that I will slowly be making my way through." — Apr 03, 2013 04:57pm
"Ultra, super, massive book that I will slowly be making my way through." — Apr 03, 2013 04:57pm
Mike's Recent Updates
|
Mike
is currently reading
|
|
|
Mike
is on page 81 of 182 of Waters of Darkness: Old school swords, sorcery, and sails. Recommended from Black Gate.
|
|
|
Mike
is reading Ex-Patriots: Listening to this on audio. Really digging it.
|
|
|
Mike
rated a book 4 of 5 stars
|
|
| Austin Grossman’s You has drawn some comparisons to Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One from many venues but is a very different beast in many respects. While both lean on the nostalgia factor of readers You trades the frenetic action and bright palate f...more | |
|
Mike
rated a book 4 of 5 stars
|
|
| I don’t understand Brandon Sanderson. Seriously. Most fantasy authors are lucky if they come up with one new fascinating and intricate fantasy setting. Most fantasy authors are lucky to come up with a single complex magic system (or unlucky depending...more | |
|
Mike
is currently reading
|
|
|
Mike
added
|
|
|
Mike
added
|
|
|
Mike
added
The Blood Gospel (The Order of the Sanguines, #1)
by James Rollins (Goodreads Author)
read in May, 2013
|
|
“Name none of the fallen, for they stand in our place, and stand there still in each moment of our lives. Let my death hold no glory, and let me die forgotten and unknown. Let it not be said that I was one among the dead to accuse the living."
~Duiker, pg. 353
Malazan Book of the Fallen, Deadhouse Gates”
― Steven Erikson
~Duiker, pg. 353
Malazan Book of the Fallen, Deadhouse Gates”
― Steven Erikson
“The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents... some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new Dark Age.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, The Call Of Cthulhu
― H.P. Lovecraft, The Call Of Cthulhu
“Evil is relative…You can’t hang a sign on it. You can’t touch it or taste it or cut it with a sword. Evil depends on where you are standing, pointing your indicting finger.”
― Glen Cook, The Black Company
― Glen Cook, The Black Company
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline
Fantasy Book Club
— 5996 members
— last activity 55 minutes ago
For readers of adult Fantasy, monthly book discussions and other fun stuff! Look for our sister group - Fantasy Book Club Series for series discussio...more
Apocalypse Whenever
— 6275 members
— last activity 35 minutes ago
The most active Goodreads group for apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic and dystopic fiction! Join the monthly book reading, get recommendations, or just te...more
Horror Aficionados
— 6347 members
— last activity 1 minute ago
If you love horror literature, movies, and culture, you're in the right place. Whether it's vampires, werewolves, zombies, serial killers, plagues, or...more
Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy"
— 158 members
— last activity May 23, 2013 05:25am
Readers, authors, illustrators, and editors aggregate here to discuss Sword & Sorcery books and related media (movies, comics, blogposts, etc.).
More friends…
Polls voted on by this member




























