#verityfarseer

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just want to say i'm very glad it's gone hobb's way ♥

i'm sure a few of you have read the trilogy already

those who haven't, i envy you

either way, assassin's apprentice should provoke some excellent discussion

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Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

In a faraway land where members of the royal family are named for the virtues they embody, one young boy will become a walking enigma.

Born on the wrong side of the sheets, Fitz, son of Chivalry Farseer, is a royal bastard cast out into the world, friendless and lonely. Only his magical link with animals - the old art known as the Wit - gives him solace and companionship. But the Wit, if used too often, is a perilous magic, and one abhorred by the nobility.

So when Fitz is finally adopted into the royal household, he must give up his old ways and embrace a new life of weaponry, scribing, courtly manners; and how to kill a man secretly, as he trains to become a royal assassin.

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The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

Inquisitor Glokta, a crippled and increasingly bitter relic of the last war, former fencing champion turned torturer extraordinaire, is trapped in a twisted and broken body - not that he allows it to distract him from his daily routine of torturing smugglers. Nobleman, dashing officer and would-be fencing champion Captain Jezal dan Luthar is living a life of ease by cheating his friends at cards. Vain, shallow, selfish and self-obsessed, the biggest blot on his horizon is having to get out of bed in the morning to train with obsessive and boring old men. And Logen Ninefingers, an infamous warrior with a bloody past, is about to wake up in a hole in the snow with plans to settle a blood feud with Bethod, the new King of the Northmen, once and for all - ideally by running away from it. But as he's discovering, old habits die really, really hard indeed ...

... especially when Bayaz gets involved. A bald old man with a terrible temper and a pathetic assistant, he could be the First of the Magi, he could be a spectacular fraud, but whatever he is, he's about to make the lives of Glotka, Jezal and Logen a whole lot more difficult.

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Gateway by Frederik Pohl

The compelling central idea is Gateway itself, an asteroid base stuffed with abandoned interstellar ships built by the mysterious, elusive alien "Heechee". These tiny vessels can travel on autopilot to countless unknown destinations. Some human passengers return with fabulous technologies and scientific insights, others empty-handed. Many more die from incomprehensible hazards at journey's end, or from lack of food or air in overlong round-trips. So the atmosphere of the human community at Gateway is uniquely edgy, halfway between a gold-rush town and Death Row. Pohl's unheroic hero Broadhead has both good and bad luck in Heechee craft, emerging with riches and terrible loss. We learn the shattering story of what happened in successive flashbacks, while the engaging, scene-stealing AI psychology software called Sigfrid patiently tries to put Broadhead together again.

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hey all ~ i'm chris. 25, from london. a comparative literature BA and publishing MA grad. my blog is a mix of my favourite shows and my favourite ladies. male book character would either be verity farseer or logen ninefingers (it's hard to beat the bloody-nine). female book character would probably be kettricken. my favourite author is undoubtedly cormac mccarthy; the man is utterly brilliant imo. i'm madly in love with robin hobb's the farseer trilogy and joe abercrombie's the first law trilogy. i'm also quite well read on sf classics. basically sf&f are my genres of choice, but i delve into literary classics too. i am enormously excited by the prospect of this club and am looking forward to getting to know you all!

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assassin's quest

haven’t heard of it | will check it out | will not read it | haven’t read it yet | didn’t like it | it was okay | a must read | this book is my life | LIFERUINER

you’re saying will i ever be over these books and i’m saying hell no

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verityfarseer replied to your post: omg. based on that leo you are cUTTEE. dear god. your hair is amazing. red heads are the best. borderline erotic fixation just crossed the borderline.

i can judge based on your hair and your body. and both are cUTE ok. omg, if only my voice worked like that on women over here. what is happening is we are getting married ok. i can marry both you and kah right

they must be all deaf then. i have nothing against a love triangle with you and kah. you both are gorgeous and creative people on the inside already so i guess you can't do much wrong anymore. me on the other hand...well. but if you guys think you can handle me than it's alright with me. i'm just waiting for the first proposal from any of you.

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omg. based on that leo you are cUTTEE. dear god. your hair is amazing. red heads are the best. borderline erotic fixation just crossed the borderline.

lol you only saw my hair, how can you even judge my cuteness?

but aww, you are being the cute one here!

(mine crossed the borderline as soon as i heard your sexy voice omg what is happening)