Random’s Comments (group member since Apr 30, 2009)

Random’s comments from the Beyond Reality group.

Except I was given a very strong impression that the story he is telling isn't exactly finished. the Interludes in between the story telling are the build up to the finish.

Sorry, wish I had more time to elaborate other than Kvothe's story isn't yet done. I suspect the final climax will occur after he finished his story telling.

I'm about half way through my reread of Dragon's Egg, just a short way into my reread of Name of the Wind, and Wise Man's Fear is sitting on my phone waiting for me to finish the others.

Other than that....6 days until the release of Dragon Age 2. This time I'm going to very much try to not disappear for over 2 months into gaming bliss. :D

For those having issues finding this book, both Amazon and Barnes and Noble released it in ebook format about 2 weeks ago. YAY! (I've been wanting an electronic copy for years.)

I'm a little over half way done with my reread and should be able to finish it by the end of the weekend.

Laurel wrote: "I've read it and enjoyed it quite a bit! I am also supremely jealous of Adrienne for getting the chance to hear Patrick Rothfuss do a reading ;)

I have a feeling that this book will lead to one o..."

I had hoped to go to the signing last night, but as usual life gets in the way yet again.

I need a vacation *sigh*

I initially read this a couple of years ago and enjoyed it quite a lot. I've been trying to do a reread to refresh my memory for the discussion, but I've only managed to get about 5 chapters in so far.

Janny, I have to agree. I love the first few paragraphs. They created a mood for me that drew me in and made me want to know where things would lead.

Candiss wrote: "(I'm an anti-Facebook person, too. I was/am ok with blogs, including the old Livejournal and such, but I just can't get behind the whole "Update: I woke up. Update: I have used a tissue." social overload thing. Perhaps I'm something of a Luddite in this specific aspect of modern media.) "

I have to agree with you on that. I was joking with a friend one night that one of these days we're going to see someone hook up an interface between his toilet and a site like facebook. That way all of his friends could look at his page and go, "Looks like John had mexican for dinner again last night."

I have a thing about messages without meaning.

I'm game for the idea. We can debate on which one might win. :)

Actually Yeine is not talking to herself or the reader, but to Enefa (or that portion of Enefa that is within her). That distinction becomes clear by the end of the book.

Phoenixfalls wrote: "I also really liked what Jemisin said on her website about being unable to stop herself from making Enefa more explicitly female and what's-his-name the bad day god more explicitly male (even though I'm tired as heck of the moon/healing/empathy = woman and sun/justice = male dichotomy)"

I have to admit, I'm sick to death of that as well. I would love to see someone come along and mix things up a bit.

What I found unique was the dynamic between the three.

Nahadoth is basically chaos/night. His mutability was a nice way to illustrate this.

Itempas is basically order/day.

Enefa as twilight and dawn/creation is pretty much midst between the two.

However, in the social dynamic between the three, it is Nahadoth who is the fulcrum which the others balance upon where normally you would expect it to be Enefa.

I get the impression from the blurb in the second book that this should get better filled in from Itempas's point of view. Perhaps. I hope.

I don't know if others did as well, but I definitely got the impression from this book that it was the gods who were the main characters. However, as they are gods, seeing things directly from their POV would I think make them seem less. It would be difficult to portray this and still make them gods beyond the concept or normal people. Hence the POV is from a normal (or semi normal) human, but the focus is on them.

I found the gods to be the most fascinating portion of the book, especially the bits and pieces we got of the war. I'm hoping we'll get further insight into the events in the second book.

Could it be this one?
By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions

I just went to your shelves and did a search in your books for the word Sword.

While its not a perfect book (it has some faults), it was a whole lot of fun to read. I finished the entire thing in one 24 hour period.

This is saying a lot given that my attention span has been non existent for almost a year due the demands of work and life in general.

My mother did that to my father not long after they first married. He had pink underwear and pink socks.

He worked construction and this was back when the guys changed into their work clothes after they got to the shop. :)

To bring things slightly back on topic, I started Carol Berg's Song of the Beast at lunch today. Its another one that appears to grab you from the start.

lol, I personally don't care. My mother is one of those people, however, who gets horrified by the idea of being in an accident and not having pristine underwear.

She's also been caught ironing sheets and dishtowels. I blame her for my aversion to organization :D

Shel wrote: "LOL...kinda grabs you right from the start, doesn't it? :)

I was still mildly feverish for much of the weekend and didn't feel up to anything new, so was re-reading some old favorites, but now I'm..."

Book has been finished and the second one has been purchased. I still have no clean clothes or dishes. I think McDonalds will delay the dishes issue until tomorrow. I should be able to get a load done before I have to crash for an early day tomorrow. Darks and lights in the same load....my mother would be frothing at the mouth if she knew.

Curse you Shel! :D

Shel wrote: "It actually can stand alone. There are of course loose threads that will tie to the next book, but it's not the kind of book that will leave you needing the next book right away, and the story com..."

I started it last night. I only stopped reading because I hadn't slept much the night before, last week was insanity and sleeplessness personified, yesterday was just an extension of last week, and exhaustion won out in the end.

I'm about half way through at the moment. If I don't finish this today, it will only be because I have neither a stitch of clean clothing nor clean dishes in the house (did I mention last week was insane?) and I have to get some chores done before work starts again in the morning. *sigh*

Shel wrote: "shortly after I posted this morning I realized I felt pretty crappy, took my temperature, had a small fever and called in sick...(I'm fine, don't worry, Tylenol took care of it)...and spent the res..."

I've been debating on that book. There are others I've been wanting to read badly and I'm just not sure that I want to start yet another series. I may consider giving it a try now though.

I haven't read the books, but the fact that they're going faster than light means that time passes slower on ship than it does outside.

My guess would be, using your example, that 2 weeks worth of time have passed for the people on ship while outside the ship 10 months have gone by.

Just a guess. Someone who has read the books might be able to give a more accurate answer.

Lets try something I've been wanting to try for a while now and not managed to hit yet

For Fantasy
Song of the Beast by Carol Berg

Nothing for SF. When Gravity Fails has been on my list for a while now as well.