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springtoiffel: "The Chronicles of Amber" by Zelazny.
Oh, nice read. I miss one of the later books and the last few books are on hold while I am waiting for me to find it. Maybe I should have bought all ten in one volume when I saw it new for €15 but I did not want such a thick book.

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Me, I am slowly reading The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. So far it is nowhere the standard of the first book or some other of his better books.
Post edited February 27, 2018 by Themken
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springtoiffel: "The Chronicles of Amber" by Zelazny.
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Themken: Oh, nice read. I miss one of the later books and the last few books are on hold while I am waiting for me to find it. Maybe I should have bought all ten in one volume when I saw it new for €15 but I did not want such a thick book.
I've got the ten books in one volume :D I got Lions of Al-Rassan and the Chronicles of Amber as a gift ~10 years ago and although I always had the desire to read them, I never actually read them. but now the time has come!!
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springtoiffel: "The Chronicles of Amber" by Zelazny.
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Themken: Oh, nice read. I miss one of the later books and the last few books are on hold while I am waiting for me to find it. Maybe I should have bought all ten in one volume when I saw it new for €15 but I did not want such a thick book.
Good choice. The editing of that all-in-one volume is atrocious. It continues to annoy me every time I pick it up for a reread.
in preparation for 'Solo: A Star Wars Story', reading 'Honor among thieves' by James S A Corey.
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springtoiffel: I've got the ten books in one volume :D I got Lions of Al-Rassan and the Chronicles of Amber as a gift ~10 years ago and although I always had the desire to read them, I never actually read them. but now the time has come!!
I don't know about Kay, but in case of Amber it may be 10y to late to enjoy the reading. I didn't like it, I've found it, hm, infantile?
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springtoiffel: I've got the ten books in one volume :D I got Lions of Al-Rassan and the Chronicles of Amber as a gift ~10 years ago and although I always had the desire to read them, I never actually read them. but now the time has come!!
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ciemnogrodzianin: I don't know about Kay, but in case of Amber it may be 10y to late to enjoy the reading. I didn't like it, I've found it, hm, infantile?
can't say anything about Amber, but Al-Rassan is a normal adult book, nothing infantile yet :D
Post edited February 27, 2018 by springtoiffel
Lev Grossman "The Magicians"
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andysheets1975: Speaking of comics, I'm reading the Doom Patrol Ommnibus
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No matter how far out they go, they're still lagging way behind the comics in terms of crazy ideas and scenarios.
Yes, they ate something special. I have a couple compilaton volumes, with stories from the eighties IIRC. The Unwritten Book being one of them. Surrealistic and downbeat. There is nothing really like them.

With comic happens as with science fiction: there are written stories are way beyond what the movies show. But more money leads to less risky ventures. Although now and them there are notable exceptions, such as the likes of 2001 or GATTACA. In the comics department we have Logan, maybe Darkman, or the adaptation of Watchmen, that was not bad (although much is lost).



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springtoiffel: I've got the ten books in one volume :D I got Lions of Al-Rassan and the Chronicles of Amber as a gift ~10 years ago and although I always had the desire to read them, I never actually read them. but now the time has come!!
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ciemnogrodzianin: I don't know about Kay, but in case of Amber it may be 10y to late to enjoy the reading. I didn't like it, I've found it, hm, infantile?
It aches somehow, to have missed the fun, just because you outgrow stuff that you missed, and that you could have enenjoyed. But, probably, if it is really good it holds.

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PsyRabbit: The Dresden files (Up to Book 6 Blood Rites) by Jim Butcher
If you don't mind the question, do the books after the first follow in the same vein or they are better/worse/with another direction?
Post edited February 27, 2018 by Carradice
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Carradice: It aches somehow, to have missed the fun, just because you outgrow stuff that you missed, and that you could have enenjoyed. But, probably, if it is really good it holds.
In my case it was first reading of Amber. No nostalgia factor here (:
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How to be rich and happy in a few simple steps ;)
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ciemnogrodzianin: How to be rich and happy in a few simple steps ;)
Kill a rich and take his/her wealth? ;->

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Post edited March 02, 2018 by viperfdl
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viperfdl: Kill a rich and take his/her wealth? ;->
I'm afraid this particular method is illegal in Poland.