Chompa’s Comments (group member since Feb 16, 2015)

Chompa’s comments from the Grimdark Fantasy group.

I agree that Lynch must have done some serious research on the sailing. He did a great job with making it very real.

I also liked the sailors' superstitions about needing women and cats on board the ship.

I found this link interesting. Most are not Grimdark, but I feel that we are well represented.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/fant...

Hi Florian/Pisang and welcome to the Grimdarks. No worries on your lurking, but feel free to speak up when you like.

Having spent a lot of time camping, sometimes for up to a week at a time I realize that living outdoors can be rough. And I camp with a tent, usually a cot, plenty of food and I'm not hauling it for however many miles per day.

Imagine doing that without good shelter and carrying everything you need for months? Obviously you'll need to find fresh water and food eventually too.

We live a soft and easy life my friends.

The flashbacks are always a favorite of mine. Not many authors can pull those off so well.

I think I liked the pirate part more than the first half of the book, which kind of dragged at times for me.

Jean is a much more likeable character than Locke, who really is a moody bastard.

Welcome Brenda.

Crazy month for me too.

I just finished The Grim Company by Luke Scull. I'm still pondering how much I liked it, it dragged a bit and one of the characters reminded me a bit too much of Logen Nine-Fingers, but the last third of the book was well paced.

People have different opinions. I'd like to think that my having a different opinion than others doesn't invalidate me in any way, but I'm a starry-eyed optimist I guess. Who loves reading Grimdark. Go figure.

I've had a number of books I couldn't finish. Some were bad writing, some were just dumb, some just annoyed me. Whiny main characters who keep repeating how horrible their life is are probably my biggest pet peeve.

That said, all of those books had their fans.

Dang. I feel for the guy.

Black Company is solid. I've read the first three or four of the books.

Hi Murat. Welcome to the Grimdark.

That's an excellent question, Silvana. I'd pronounce it as a mix of (Sa)bbath, (Beth) like the girl's name, (short a). That's totally a guess and probably makes no sense how I laid it out.

I agree on that pronunciation. And a friend who listened to an audio book confirmed that Jean is the French pronunciation like Jean Luc Picard.

Hi Darkheart. Red Seas was my least favorite of the Scott Lynch books and was still really, really good.

Robert E. Howard (a contemporary of Lovecraft as you no doubt know) at times incorporated some Cthulhu like beings in his stories even the Conan ones at times.

I've also heard that Barbara Hambly's Darwath series has some Lovecraftian elements, but I've not actually read it.

Welcome Mark.

I've started reading The Grim Company as of last night. So far, so good.

I recently finished The Price of Valor, which is the third book of the series. There are two more not finished yet... sigh. The characters, setting and story are just fantastic.

We don't have a discussion area. You could either include it here or we could create another folder for it.

What questions do you have? I really enjoyed Republic of Thieves.

Welcome to Grimdark, Phil. I've read all the books you mentioned and agree with your assessments. I've only read the first of the Powder Mage, but want to return to it.

Blood Song was very good, but didn't stick in my head well. I stumbled across it recently and it took a few minutes to realize I'd already read it.

I'm currently reading the third book of Django Wexler's Shadow Campaigns and it is continuing to be an excellent series. Borderline grimdark and a really interesting world.