yerman grimdark with the relentless misery that was good but
judge me or not i dont care
his not numbering the books made me get lost
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Saturday, 16 September 2023 07:27 (one year ago) link
started the malazan once but bailed when it seemed like i needed to know the names and/or numbers of certain military groups
― mookieproof, Saturday, 16 September 2023 09:38 (one year ago) link
yeah lads i cant sing the twelve days of christmas pls have mercy
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Saturday, 16 September 2023 10:24 (one year ago) link
Incidentally, the whole Malazan on ebook is pay what you want right now
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/steven-eriksons-malazan-book-fallen-tor-publishing-group-books
I could not finish book 1 last time I tried, and now I don't think I'll ever have time.
― jmm, Saturday, 16 September 2023 11:15 (one year ago) link
i worked up through maybe five or seven last winter and enjoyed myself grwatly but one night i got halfway through a third miraculous ascension or avoidance of certain universe ending disaster in ten mins and put it down for the night and well that was that for this pass
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Saturday, 16 September 2023 12:27 (one year ago) link
basically for all the justifiable criticisms of jordan, apart from tolkien nobody has offered me a satisfying scale of similar fantasy that doesnt fail at one hurdle or the other and none of them would hold me for the 13 books this one did nor have me go back to them for a lazy afternoons random hour
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Saturday, 16 September 2023 12:29 (one year ago) link
I dunno, I got as far as Winter's Heart, which I tried twice at and (figuratively) threw against the wall both times. So it's not as though I didn't give it a go, but I mean, I understand the man was ill, but fuck it, I don't have that many years left on this earth, you know?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 16 September 2023 15:33 (one year ago) link
Well we're halfway through the second season now and I appreciated how this episode ended with Lanfear living her best rich-goth-at-Burning-Man fantasy.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 16 September 2023 20:15 (one year ago) link
how many lights do you see, egwene?
― mookieproof, Saturday, 23 September 2023 11:49 (eleven months ago) link
Very much the comparison I was thinking!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 September 2023 13:49 (eleven months ago) link
it's been a billion years sine I read the books, but I appreciate the way this season has condensed and rearranged things - you can see they're trying to keep the plot coherent. I think it's been better than the first season for sure.
― ian, Saturday, 23 September 2023 17:50 (eleven months ago) link
Yeah this season was much better. Finale has some great moments and Moghedien was perfect. Definitely bringing the creepy Bjork energy. Looking forward to seeing more Forsaken next season
― groovypanda, Friday, 6 October 2023 07:53 (eleven months ago) link
wow mat must have tied the dagger to that staff *really* tight
― mookieproof, Friday, 6 October 2023 07:58 (eleven months ago) link
oh fuc
Roffle. That DID cross my mind.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 6 October 2023 19:09 (eleven months ago) link
Big ol' interview with Judkins, spoilers obv
https://www.tor.com/2023/10/06/the-wheel-of-time-showrunner-rafe-judkins-talks-season-2-finale-among-other-things/
Plus a pre-SAG strike chat with Pike and Henney looking a bit ahead to Season 3
https://www.thewrap.com/wheel-of-time-season-3-filming-rosamund-pike-daniel-henney-interview/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 6 October 2023 23:28 (eleven months ago) link
i'm not bothered either way, but have we completely jettisoned thom merrilin? i mean there are *so* many characters, so it makes sense to dump any they lack the time to do justice to
this is not something i feel like i normally notice, but the outfits this season were *amazing*. although that one headpiece lanfear was wearing in the dream world was a bit much
― mookieproof, Saturday, 7 October 2023 00:55 (eleven months ago) link
i'm apparently the last person in the world to notice this, but the books' maps of tar valon are . . . suggestive
kinda feel like it's a really bad joek but dude obviously deserves no leeway whatsoever
― mookieproof, Monday, 9 October 2023 05:27 (eleven months ago) link
80% of men cannot locate Northarbor
― The Royal House of Hangover (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 9 October 2023 11:32 (eleven months ago) link
Not the last lol
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 9 October 2023 20:23 (eleven months ago) link
wow that completely flew over my 11 year-old head
― 龜, Monday, 9 October 2023 20:26 (eleven months ago) link
there's even a bad tshirt https://shopwheeloftime.com/products/tar-valon-harbor-master-1
― 龜, Monday, 9 October 2023 20:30 (eleven months ago) link
uhmmmm that shirt is incredible. Also can't say I ever noticed the gynecological implications of Tar Valon.
― ian, Monday, 9 October 2023 20:34 (eleven months ago) link
Another showrunner interview
https://www.vulture.com/article/wheel-of-time-season-2-showrunner-explains-adaptation-choices.html
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 9 October 2023 22:37 (eleven months ago) link
Is anyone enjoying the show who has not read the books?
I watched the first season and didn't really like it much. By the time the second season came out I had mostly forgotten what happened in S1. The season recap didn't really help much, nor did the first episode of S2. Other than the fact that two of the young women are having difficulty training at Hogwarts and the one main lady and her helper are having relationship issues because she lost her magic, I couldn't really grasp what was going on or what the larger point of the show was. I haven't continued past that first episode of S2.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Monday, 9 October 2023 23:02 (eleven months ago) link
My wife has not read the books but likes the show, thinks season 2 is a marked improvement on season 1.Another friend liked the first season enough to start reading the books.
― ian, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 22:56 (eleven months ago) link
i haven’t read the books & like it well enough! though I keep forgetting to watch it & the longer i leave it the less i understand what’s going on lol
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 23:01 (eleven months ago) link
you should read the books and moan in the threads about the books imo
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 23:04 (eleven months ago) link
i bought the books for mr veg but there’s too many lol i rarely can ever commit to a series! lord of the rings & like, feist’s magician series are about the only ones i ever saw through to the end
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 23:15 (eleven months ago) link
Wait like ALL of the Feist books?? Like when we’re talking about like Arutha’s kids and shit? I loved original core trilogy when I was a youth but couldn’t get into the later books.
― ian, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 23:56 (eleven months ago) link
lol nooo just the the first three riftwars
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 00:27 (eleven months ago) link
king's buccaneer is good iirc
― difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 00:41 (eleven months ago) link
lads
i may have begun re-reading the books : /
ffs
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 00:53 (eleven months ago) link
Now I ain't a gamblin man but I'd give 2:1 odds you give up during or at the end of book 4.
― ian, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 23:37 (eleven months ago) link
cauthon vibes ^
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 23:41 (eleven months ago) link
also i back him for a full run
they are much easier reread ime
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 23:42 (eleven months ago) link
Pretty sure I gave up during book 3 last time I tried.
― ian, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 23:44 (eleven months ago) link
cauthon vibes
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 23:44 (eleven months ago) link
out of the core three stooges, i guess i'd rather be mat than mr crazy or the wolfman.
― ian, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 23:47 (eleven months ago) link
i have tried to submit a triplicate post
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 23:51 (eleven months ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/pK6nvpX/IMG-6379.jpg
if i can do it, you can do it! don't give up!
― 龜, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 23:53 (eleven months ago) link
incredible that all those still have their covers intact; the copies i had when i was a kid had the absolute worst glue.
― ian, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 23:54 (eleven months ago) link
working my way through book 5
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Thursday, 12 October 2023 00:49 (eleven months ago) link
'Working' the correct word there
― groovypanda, Thursday, 12 October 2023 07:47 (eleven months ago) link
"Are you still working on that, or can I take it away?"
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 12 October 2023 13:38 (eleven months ago) link
sanderson to corpse of r jordan
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Thursday, 12 October 2023 13:52 (eleven months ago) link
looool
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 12 October 2023 13:58 (eleven months ago) link
book 3 is where he starts to get annoying. way more tugs of the braid than previously. like a dozen uses of 'round instead of around. a weird reticence to use contractions. egwene and nynaeve are in an endless spat for no particular reason. perrin is so feeble -- oh no, a hot and mysterious chick (with skirts divided for riding) likes me and i don't know what to do! kickass wolves want to be my best friends but i'd rather cry!
at least the aiel still rule. on to book four
(if i'm to get through this i may need to skip over a *lot* of perrin bits. i don't want to be a leader! i'm just a blacksmith! oh faile! fuck you perrin aybara)
― mookieproof, Monday, 16 October 2023 04:03 (eleven months ago) link
also loial is cool but would be much cooler if he did anything but
- whoa, ta’veren- hey do you like books? because i like books- fingers like sausages- oh no elder haman will think i’m putting a long handle on my axe- oh no they’re gonna make me marry a cutie- you ta’veren are so hasty amirite- droopy tufted ears- never anger an aes sedai!- mmm ta’veren
― mookieproof, Monday, 16 October 2023 06:13 (eleven months ago) link
Book three. Of fourteen.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 16 October 2023 22:37 (eleven months ago) link