No idea how this amazing piece of epic fantasy had been eluding me since 2003 when it was first published. Top shit.
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A lifelong bookworm who has never made it to Goodreads. Sci-fi, fantasy mostly. Kindle. The City of a hundred spires.
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Jan B finished reading The Power of Geography by Tim Marshall
Jan B started reading Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon (SF Masterworks)
Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon (SF Masterworks)
After reading "Last and First Men", I approached Olaf's next masterpiece, "Star Maker" ( first published in 1937), with some …
Jan B rated The Darkness That Comes Before: 5 stars
The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker (The Prince of Nothing, #1)
The first book in R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing series creates a world from whole cloth-its language and classes …
Jan B finished reading The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker (The Prince of Nothing, #1)
The first book in R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing series creates a world from …
Jan B started reading The Power of Geography by Tim Marshall
Jan B finished reading The Line Of Polity (Agent Cormac, #2) by Neal L. Asher
The Line Of Polity (Agent Cormac, #2) by Neal L. Asher
The Line of Polity is a 2003 science fiction novel by Neal Asher. It is the second novel in the …
Jan B finished reading Xenos by Dan Abnett (Eisenhorn Trilogy, #1)
Xenos by Dan Abnett (Eisenhorn Trilogy, #1)
The thundering sound rolled through the thawing vaults of Processional Two-Twelve. Fists and palms, beating at coffin hoods. The sleepers …
Jan B started reading The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker (The Prince of Nothing, #1)
The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker (The Prince of Nothing, #1)
The first book in R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing series creates a world from whole cloth-its language and classes …
Jan B started reading The Black Prism by Brent Weeks (Lightbringer, #1)
The Black Prism by Brent Weeks (Lightbringer, #1)
Gavin Guile is the Prism, the most powerful man in the world. He is high priest and emperor, a man …
Jan B finished reading Das Boot by Lothar Günther Buchheim
Das Boot by Lothar Günther Buchheim
Novel
Jan B started reading Das Boot by Lothar Günther Buchheim
Das Boot by Lothar Günther Buchheim
Novel
Jan B finished reading House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
Six million years ago, at the dawn of the star-faring era, Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a thousand male and …
Jan B started reading House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
Six million years ago, at the dawn of the star-faring era, Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a thousand male and …
Jan B finished reading The Godfather by Mario Puzo (The Godfather)
The Godfather by Mario Puzo (The Godfather)
A modern masterpiece, The Godfather is a searing portrayal of the 1940s criminal underworld. It is also the intimate story …