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My mass market copy of this book is 709 pages! I was feeling very overwhelmed with what I'd put on my list to try to finish in July, and decided that moving this to August made most sense, as it too counts as an extremely long read (I think the audiobook is close to 30 hours?). So I bumped The Scar off my August plan and will tackle this one maybe by the end of July, early August.
Oleksandr wrote: "In this volume, you'll finally find out what Srike is! And audio is 'just' 29:47 :)"
Or about 8 hours of listening at Acorn's speed
Or about 8 hours of listening at Acorn's speed
Kalin wrote: "My mass market copy of this book is 709 pages! I was feeling very overwhelmed with what I'd put on my list to try to finish in July, and decided that moving this to August made most sense, as it to..."
I'll continue to work on it this month, as I have quite a few long books planned this year. Might not get much other stuff read, but oh well.
I'll continue to work on it this month, as I have quite a few long books planned this year. Might not get much other stuff read, but oh well.
Allan wrote: "Or about 8 hours of listening at Acorn's speed"
Lol, actually more, the fastest I can follow English speech is around x2.2, but for most books, to enjoy and not only follow the plot I go at x1.75
Lol, actually more, the fastest I can follow English speech is around x2.2, but for most books, to enjoy and not only follow the plot I go at x1.75
My listening speed is max x1.25, and that's only if I'm not enjoying it and just want to finish faster. I am at x1 normal speed most of the time.
But I don't have an audiobook for this one through libby, so it's sight-reading for me.
But I don't have an audiobook for this one through libby, so it's sight-reading for me.
Oleksandr wrote: "
Lol, actually more, the fastest I can follow English speech is around x2.2, but for most books, to enjoy and not only follow the plot ..."
My max is x1.60, but it depends heavily on the narrator & the accents. I usually wind up at x1.4 or x1.5. Provenance, for example, with all the accents, is going at x1.35. My sight-reading speed is terribly slow & has declined in each of the last three years, to where I can't make 1000 pages in a month. I used to do twice that. Lack of sitting time? Lack of concentration?
Lol, actually more, the fastest I can follow English speech is around x2.2, but for most books, to enjoy and not only follow the plot ..."
My max is x1.60, but it depends heavily on the narrator & the accents. I usually wind up at x1.4 or x1.5. Provenance, for example, with all the accents, is going at x1.35. My sight-reading speed is terribly slow & has declined in each of the last three years, to where I can't make 1000 pages in a month. I used to do twice that. Lack of sitting time? Lack of concentration?
I guess we went offtopic a bit, but for now no one discusses the book, so fine :)
I started listening like 10 years ago at x1 speed, then started to increase it. I guess the fact that I don't do anything that may notably distracts me while listening, like driving a car.
I started listening like 10 years ago at x1 speed, then started to increase it. I guess the fact that I don't do anything that may notably distracts me while listening, like driving a car.
I started this a couple days ago. The audio is daunting at 29:47, but it's manageable at 1.5x. It picks up only a few years after the last one, so it's easy to jump right into the story.
I'm @30% of the book and I like it as much as earlier volumes (I liked it upon the first read back in 1999 or so as well). If we discussed that the 3rd volume lacked women, here are a few with episodic but important roles so far even if Pax is still dominated by men (possibly intentionally). There is even a mention of a female bishop
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Yes, I think most jumped over there pretty quickly. However, I thought it was a very solid ending to the series. There were a few parts where the author got into infodumps, more so I think than in previous books, but they only slowed things down periodically & certainly didn’t ruin the story. It pulled together all the threads nicely & was a very satisfying conclusion. It was a bit daunting, but I felt I had really accomplished something in completing the series.
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Also, find myself wondering on the origins of the fast time concept. EC Tubb used the concept a lot in his Dumarest series. He called it quick time. Anyone know of any earlier use of the concept?