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Old 05-24-2011, 04:02 AM   #381
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What did you think of the first book? I wasn't that impressed, and stopped reading it, despite our good friend Guillermo signing it.

I guess you liked it, as you're reading the next one.
Really Jono? I'm surprised by that!

Ash and I had a great discussion after finishing the first, I'm gonna have to PM him soon when he knocks over the second.

I did think the first stalled at times, a couple of chapters were very laborious, and my thinking is that Del Toro's "contribution" was more in the descriptive side of the nasties, but I still enjoyed it enough to commit to the trilogy
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Old 05-24-2011, 04:08 AM   #382
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What did you think of the first book? I wasn't that impressed, and stopped reading it, despite our good friend Guillermo signing it.

I guess you liked it, as you're reading the next one.
I thought it was very Blade 2ish which makes a lot of sense.

I thought it was a great start to the trilogy building up to a Vampire Apocalypse
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Old 05-24-2011, 04:09 AM   #383
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Really Jono? I'm surprised by that!

Ash and I had a great discussion after finishing the first, I'm gonna have to PM him soon when he knocks over the second.

I did think the first stalled at times, a couple of chapters were very laborious, and my thinking is that Del Toro's "contribution" was more in the descriptive side of the nasties, but I still enjoyed it enough to commit to the trilogy
It might be a while.
I haven't been getting the bus so haven't been reading.
I have a load of books i haven't even looked at yet.
I got The Fall round christmas and have only just started on it.
Defo commited to the trilogy here
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Old 05-24-2011, 04:10 AM   #384
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It might be a while.
I haven't been getting the bus so haven't been reading.
I have a load of books i haven't even looked at yet.
I got The Fall round christmas and have only just started on it.
Defo commited to the trilogy here
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Old 05-24-2011, 08:10 AM   #385
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Really Jono? I'm surprised by that!
I'm not a fan of horror novels, and freely admit that I bought the book as I wanted to meet GDT and get my copy of Pan's Labyrinth signed. The book was a condition of the signing, otherwise I wouldn't have picked it up.

I suppose that as to some extent I had been "compelled" to buy the book, and I'm not a fan of the genre, I found myself a somewhat reluctant reader. That never really bodes well for a book's enjoyment ....
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Old 05-30-2011, 03:56 PM   #386
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Finished Dune, which was enjoyable, despite containing quite a lot of twaddle. Anyone read any of the other books in the series?
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Old 05-31-2011, 11:44 AM   #387
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Old 06-04-2011, 06:31 PM   #388
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Finished The Courtship of Princess Lei and I, Jedi a couple of weeks ago.

Just finished Tina Fey's book Bossypants. Haven't decided what to read next.
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Old 06-04-2011, 09:19 PM   #389
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I just finished Bossypants too. It wasn't great. Now I'm on the Dead Zone by King. Christopher Moore's A Dirty Job is next.
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Finished Dune, which was enjoyable, despite containing quite a lot of twaddle. Anyone read any of the other books in the series?
Of Frank Herbert's original series, the first three, Dune, Dune Messiah, and Children of Dune, were great. God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, and Chapterhouse: Dune were interesting but too convoluted. Frank died before writing a planned seventh book, so the original series doesn't have a conclusion.

And please, whatever you do, don't bother with Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's series of books.
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