Have we talked about The Gentlemen Bastards in here?

I’m reading through that trilogy now. Quite a lot of fun.

I looked up Crimson Queen on Amazon and it’s free to read on a Kindle device. I downloaded it to read at some point. Don’t know how long you have to read it before it goes away but if it’s free give me three. Thanks for the recommendation.

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I got the first book free and then the next two were like $4.99 each so it wasn't a big expense to read. I think all three books are free on Kindle Unlimited but I don't have that.

Both series I mentioned were self-published, which keeps the price down. They don't read like typical self-published books, though; they are very well written and edited.

Scott Lynch. 3-book cycle from early 2000s.

The Lies of Locke Lamora, etc.

Thanks. What’s your review?

Just started the third one. They’re fun reads - Oceans 11ish in a fantasy setting. I’m really enjoying it.

Huge surprise here....

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So, for those who couldn't make it through the bad acting, that's an announcement that not only is Peace Talks, book 16 of the Dresden Files, coming out in July, but book 17, Battle Ground, is coming coming out in September.

I don't think I've ever seen that happen before...

Whoa! WTF. That also puts him back on pace.

And tells me Jim must have run into a "Feast for Crows" style conundrum... and resolved it by just releasing the volume that became two in one go.

It's good for you that you just picked up Lynch's books now. The Thorn of Emberlain is taking ****ing forever to come out. Worse than Butcher's delay between 15-16. Worse than GRRM.

I ordered A Canticle for Leibovitz today, classic by Walter Miller from 1959 that I’ve never read. Ordered hard copy instead of paper white, time for some old school reading.

Hey Shifty,
Have you read Wolfe’s Island of Doctor Death? That is a unique read.

I haven't delved too deeply into his short stories but I've heard great things about them. I think I've read Tracking Song and Alien Stone so far. I need to hit some of the rest of them. Tracking Song was really good. Can't remember what collection it was from, though.

Have you read Borges? He was a big influence on Wolfe and has some great stuff.

Some of the stories in Dr. Death are kind of out there, even for Wolfe.

Have not read Jorge Borges. Just looked him up. Some say you need to be able to read the Spanish version of some of his works to get full impact (I can’t) but I’m not dissuaded. Guessing that’s more true for his sonnets than his fiction. Ordered Labyrinths for my queue. Thanks for the recommendation.

Ha. I'm going to have to order that one. I think that's the only book/collection of Wolfe's that I'm missing on the shelf.

I think I saw a reddit post from an Argentinian guy saying the same. He also said Borges is still great in English. I love him. Labyrinths is a good choice. One of my favorites is in there, The Circular Ruins.

Just a PSA but all three books of the Sol's Harvest series are currently 99 cents each for the next few days. Also, book 1 of The Raveling, The Crimson Queen, is also 99 cents, or you can buy the whole series for $9.99.

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It's part of sale by fantasy authors to help people deal with Quarantine (a portion of the sales go to charities).

Other books on the sale that I've read and recommend is F.J. Blair's Bulletproof Witch series (I've read the first two and bought the third as part of this sale) which is flintlock fantasy set in the Old West and Jeffrey Russell's Blackfog Island which is book #2 of his Dungeoneers series, an absolutely hilarious series about a group of dwarves who hire themselves out as professional tomb raiders.