onefinemess | May 31, 2011
By: Steven Erikson The cover copy should just say “Shit happens.” Nothing that can be said in the space of a single page could really cover all the craziness in between these covers. Meaning: It’s “business as usual” in Malazan book #3. Seriously though, now I *really* know why the back cover copy for these [...]
onefinemess | May 23, 2011
I made it about 80 pages in… but I just can’t do it. It’s so damn depressing. And knowing about all the horrible things that happen ahead of time makes it even worse. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE these books… and the horrible things that happen are solid story. But, you know, some of [...]
onefinemess | May 18, 2011
For some bizarre reason, I decided to watch an entire episode of SNL on Hulu the other night while gaming. I guess it’s because everyone was talking about the Ambiguously Gay Duo bit that ran… I don’t know. Whatever it was, I’ll stab it in the face next time it accosts me. The clip (embedded [...]
onefinemess | May 12, 2011
by: Steven Erikson This book was just as bizarrely addicting/engrossing/consuming/headaching as its predecessor. I must have grown used to the alien style of dialogue, because I only notice that I’m really confused when I think about it. More crazy shit happens here. Some of it related to the previous book. Some of it tying into [...]
onefinemess | May 4, 2011
So, I think I can say that the UMoB was a success… why? Because I finally forced myself to write something in one of my books yesterday! I generated a solid 1000 words in a scene that I had no idea about ahead of time, but that squished out like stubborn playdough from one of [...]
onefinemess | May 2, 2011
by: Steven Erickson Alright. So, this was a fairly quick read. Kind of. I have a feeling I could (should?) have spent twice as long on it, re-reading things and flipping back pages to tie them in with other things but sadly, that’s not how I read. I just plow through. So much of the [...]
onefinemess | May 2, 2011
Seriously. I was going to type up something about how focused blogging made me think/act/feel blah blah but I can’t really get my head around anything else right now. So, thanks for all who played (see the sidebar link), and thank you to all involved in taking out Bin Laden!
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