Rob’s Comments (group member since Jul 06, 2012)

Rob’s comments from the The Sword and Laser group.

That's a fact until this group gets off the ground..

I'd have thought there be a lot in/around Boston. Then again the Baltimore/MD/DC has mostly been the same group for 5 years.

So I guess people are just shy or something..

I'll advertise the thread again this month..maybe you'll get more interest!

Thanks!

Jim Butcher is nearly done with Peace Talks!!

https://twitter.com/longshotauthor/st...

Hopefully this means we get the book sometime next year...

Wayne wrote: "Hi Rob

We are meeting Sunday July 7th at 1 PM at King's Books in Tacoma.

Wayne"

Thanks Wayne!

Sorry it didn't work out :(

Do you guys have a date/time set for July yet? I'm putting together the monthly newsletter and would like to include details if available.

Do you guys have a date/time set for July yet? I'm putting together the monthly newsletter and would like to include details if available.

Do you guys have a date/time set for July? I'm putting together the monthly newsletter and would like to include details if available.

Are you guys going to try again for June/July? I'm putting together the monthly newsletter and would like to include details if available.

Ready Player One is $3 https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

Tatiana Maslany is going to narrate a 10 part book series of Orphan Black that picks up after the show ends.

https://io9.gizmodo.com/tatiana-masla...

Welcome Jen..

June Meetup: https://www.goodreads.com/event/show/...

I just finished watching the 2 hour documentary on the making of the final season. I thought it was pretty interesting. They didn't interview much of the main cast or the show runners.

Instead they focused on the lower level folks that were key into the day to day stuff. They also had one of the extras whose been an extra on every season I believe. Mostly as a solider in the northern forces.

With a female director too. So hopefully there will be more a variety of authors selected.

Last week I finished listening to Fated. I struggled early on but ended up liking it enough to continue on with the series at some point. - ★★★☆☆ - (My Review)

Recent S&L pick Theft of Swords is $3 today: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B004XWBUKK/

Dark Tower gets great IMHO. Most people seem to struggle with The Gunslinger and like The Drawing of the Three a lot more.

For me, I love the stuff with Roland as a kid so I actually liked Gunslinger quite a bit and my favorite is Wizard and Glass which is largely all flash back. Other people seem to dislike that book for that reason.

His Dark Tower stuff permeates in a lot of his other writing and vice-versa. There is a wiki page the lists all the other books that tie-in some how. I've probably read 15-20 of those too.

For me I'd rank the books in the series as something like this.

5 stars
Wizard and Glass
The Waste Lands

4 stars
The Drawing of the Three
Wolves of the Calla
The Gunslinger
The Dark Tower
The Wind Through the Keyhole

3 stars
Song of Susannah