Maybe because his books are verrrrrryyyyyy sloooooowwww gooooing.
What are you reading?
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Maybe because his books are verrrrrryyyyyy sloooooowwww gooooing.
I'm currently reading the first book of Earthsea. It's really small so including huge breaks, it took me a day. I have 30 pages left.
I picked it up because it's highly praised. Honestly, in the first sixty pages, I was confused over why people enjoyed it so much. My bad memory did not enjoy being bombarded with this much world building, summary, and little plot progression.
But after the inciting incident (which took around 70 pages), I really started to enjoy it, and I truly loved the underlying message and the mystery behind the shadow. I would love to see how it ends.
I don't read much fantasy. I think the only fantasy I read were the 14 or so volumes of Wandering Witch. A reason I wanted to give the genre another try is because somehow, I seem to be good at writing it. Every time I write fantasy, it's clear that people enjoy it a lot better than what I usually write.
I picked it up because it's highly praised. Honestly, in the first sixty pages, I was confused over why people enjoyed it so much. My bad memory did not enjoy being bombarded with this much world building, summary, and little plot progression.
But after the inciting incident (which took around 70 pages), I really started to enjoy it, and I truly loved the underlying message and the mystery behind the shadow. I would love to see how it ends.
I don't read much fantasy. I think the only fantasy I read were the 14 or so volumes of Wandering Witch. A reason I wanted to give the genre another try is because somehow, I seem to be good at writing it. Every time I write fantasy, it's clear that people enjoy it a lot better than what I usually write.
I’ve never read anything from him, but I do have A Perfect Spy on my bookshelf. I’d like to get to it before the year’s end.
He's the man. This particular one I'm reading just took a long time to get going.
smileys people and tinker tailor are probably my favourites, although i prefered len deighton, shadow of shadows and the hook line sinker series
After finishing El Borak and Other Desert Adventures, I circled around to The Bloody Crown of Conan to finish my Conan reread with “A Witch Shall be Born” and The Hour of the Dragon.
“A Witch Shall be Born” has a lot of fun concepts and visuals—Conan crucified, the emergence of Thaug from the Temple of Ishtar, the entire character of Salome—but a lot of what should be the most interesting parts of the story are related secondhand, which undercuts the whole thing.
I’m still early in my reread of The Hour of the Dragon, but I’m already reminded of how it reads like a greatest hits album of all Howard’s other stories with Conan. Great fun, and if you’re chronological read of the stories, it offers a satisfying ending.
I’m also reading through the Swords & Heroes e-zine over on Substack. The stories themselves feel a little uneven so far, but there’s a lot of variety and some real gems.
“A Witch Shall be Born” has a lot of fun concepts and visuals—Conan crucified, the emergence of Thaug from the Temple of Ishtar, the entire character of Salome—but a lot of what should be the most interesting parts of the story are related secondhand, which undercuts the whole thing.
I’m still early in my reread of The Hour of the Dragon, but I’m already reminded of how it reads like a greatest hits album of all Howard’s other stories with Conan. Great fun, and if you’re chronological read of the stories, it offers a satisfying ending.
I’m also reading through the Swords & Heroes e-zine over on Substack. The stories themselves feel a little uneven so far, but there’s a lot of variety and some real gems.
Child of a Rainless Year. Jane Lindskold
