MoonShine Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie Book 1 of the First Law Trilogy. Great stuff. If you like Martin's Song of Ice & Fire you will probably like this. Simpler (less epically EPIC) but just as gritty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 Started reading A Game of Thrones again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 genetic programming is pretty great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Especially in the field. Or so I've read, I've never done it myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 It is Genetic programming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia a very cool method of optimization. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Amazon.com: Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery (9780061723810): Jonathan Strahan, Lou Anders: Gateway i don't even like short stories, but this collection is converting me. some really quality stuff in here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonShine Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 Amazon.com: Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery (9780061723810): Jonathan Strahan, Lou Anders: Gateway i don't even like short stories, but this collection is converting me. some really quality stuff in here. Ordered, thx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Was: Kelley Armstrong, Personal Demon Is: Kelley Armstrong, Living with the Dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Isaac Asimov - The Gods Themselves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted October 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Amazon.com: The Angel's Game (9780767931113): Carlos Ruiz Zafon: Books Just finished it. Great book, decent ending. I REALLY like his writing style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadphoneAddict Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Chris Moriarty's Spin State That was an interesting book, I am going to read Spin Control next (sequel) when I'm done with Peter F Hamilton The Evolutionary Void. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted October 11, 2010 Report Share Posted October 11, 2010 Jailbait Zombie by Mario Acevedo -- bought this on a lark, it's actually quite entertaining Sent from mah Droid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 A Clash of Kings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dusty Chalk Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Kelley Armstrong, Frostbitten -- easily my favorite author of this genre. I love the way she can switch 'voice'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 i read Spin Control by Chris Moriarty a while back (i really hope there is another book in the series! forthcoming!), and then re-read Target Tokyo by Gordon Prange. now i'm finally reading some China Mieville. i really hate Steampunk, but i'm gonna try anyway. looking forward to your impressions. I prefer "The Scar" and his newer noirish offering "The City and the City" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 (makes a note of it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 i figured that i should start with the book that brought him to fame. oh you absolutely should. I like PSS but consider CoSaM the true penultimate steampunk "city" book. well CoSaM combined with Shriek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landis Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 The Riddle of the Traveling Skull - Harry Stephen Keeler Nothin' like an overly complicated mystery novel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 Kelley Armstrong, Frostbitten -- easily my favorite author of this genre. I love the way she can switch 'voice'.I'm in -- she had one of her characters say, "Pffft." Twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonShine Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted November 15, 2010 Report Share Posted November 15, 2010 Finished Frostbitten, read Men Of The Otherworld (which I thought was a short story collection, but was largely the backstory of one of the primary men in the series. Also read Definitely Dead and All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris -- she's my second favorite of the genre. Started Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted November 15, 2010 Report Share Posted November 15, 2010 It certainly does so far, and I haven't even finished the first chapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted November 20, 2010 Report Share Posted November 20, 2010 Loved the turrets scene. Very Warner Bros. The rest of the book isn't as Warner Bros., but that was like Fifth Element meets Film Noir. I'm actually picturing Bogey playing the lead -- his face, uncolorized, digitally superimposed on Bruce Willis' head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 Okay, this book totally rocks. I mean, it totally rocked before, but it is my new best friend now. One of the characters just said, "Oh, come on!"...with 'on' being italicized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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