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Oct 3, 2003 22:17:36 GMT -5
Post by Kaffekat on Oct 3, 2003 22:17:36 GMT -5
Evil Bob, 'Death Rides a Pale Horse" by Piers Anthony - a Great Book!! But - didn't you find the rest of the series a trifle tedious... Just basically retelling the same story from the other characters viewpoints a bit dull.....?
Don't get me wrong. I LOVED the first book!
But -afterwards? To a certain point I enjoyed them (getting the other characters viewpoint of the same thing was amusing to a point) But, after a bit, I found it frustrating to read the same tale over and over and over.... (with the overall tale the same, the story line progressing at a snails pace each book just progressing just a teensy bit further in the plot line....)
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Oct 3, 2003 22:39:47 GMT -5
Post by Kaffekat on Oct 3, 2003 22:39:47 GMT -5
Currently just finished re-reading an old favorite series:
C.S. Friedman's: The Coldfire Trilogy 1) Black Sun Rising 2) When True Night Falls 3) Crown of Shadows
A intriguing mixture of sf / dark fantasy - the world premise is 'unsual' to say the least. I love these!!!
I can easily imagine a game world based on this series, the world is rich and varied.
(And unlike most so-called trilogies written nowadays; the author to the best of my knowledge has written only the three.... I would love to see a few more tales set in this world - the suggested world history spanning centuries, there is more than enough room for them)
For another tale by the same author, a stand alone novel but equally excellent: I also love the sf novel: 'The Madness Season' .
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Oct 5, 2003 0:41:36 GMT -5
Post by Ahnemesis on Oct 5, 2003 0:41:36 GMT -5
I read Tolkien once a year to keep up and to gain more insight into the man. Clever and thoughtful man.
Last book I read was, How To Be A Villain By: Neil Zawacki It's hilarious!
But mostly I read alot of childrens books. NOT HARRY POTTER!!!~coughs, gags~
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Mithrandir
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One red river flows through us all.
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Oct 5, 2003 1:32:36 GMT -5
Post by Mithrandir on Oct 5, 2003 1:32:36 GMT -5
BTW:Has anyone read the trilogy "Song of Albion"? I've just finished reading it for the second time, it's really good.
Currently I'm reading the Wheel of Time, I have just started but it seems good.
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Oct 5, 2003 3:50:50 GMT -5
Post by Ahnemesis on Oct 5, 2003 3:50:50 GMT -5
Your going to like the Wheel Of Time!
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Oct 6, 2003 21:25:13 GMT -5
Post by DustinFireblade on Oct 6, 2003 21:25:13 GMT -5
Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. Excellent books.
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Oct 7, 2003 23:36:00 GMT -5
Post by RowanMoonWynd on Oct 7, 2003 23:36:00 GMT -5
You know this is probably going to sound silly, but my son has to do silent reading for his homework and I read the books he reads to make sure he's reading them, and last year he read "The Seventh Tower" series of books and they were awesome. I didn't think I'd like them but I found myself reading them and hating to give them up for him to read for his homework.......... ;D
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Oct 8, 2003 0:39:36 GMT -5
Post by Anastas on Oct 8, 2003 0:39:36 GMT -5
Currently wrapping up The Devil in the White City and then I'm gonna take another crack at Don Quixote.
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Oct 16, 2003 0:48:54 GMT -5
Post by Cora Goldstar on Oct 16, 2003 0:48:54 GMT -5
Id have to say "a child called "It" by dave pelzer
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Oct 17, 2003 7:11:02 GMT -5
Post by Draxy on Oct 17, 2003 7:11:02 GMT -5
I'm a fan of RAH and Lovecraft above all others, but Koontz and John Saul are fun reads too. RE Howard is wonderful pulp, not just for Conan but for other styles as well. In a very different way Grisham and Clancy are immensely satisfying too though.
Harold Lamb's pseudo-histories are wonderful too.
My favorite scifi, if I had to pick just one, would be "Time Enough For Love" by RAH. Even more than the better known, "Stranger in a Strange Land", this was his magna-opus.
BUT, head and shoulders above the rest, the man who hooked me into reading (and my job as an author) thirty five years ago, the immortal Tolkein. Constantly immitated and never equaled, he is the master. "The Silmarilian" still stands at the head of my love list as the best book I've ever read.
Draxy
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Oct 20, 2003 11:24:53 GMT -5
Post by Agent Regina on Oct 20, 2003 11:24:53 GMT -5
Read:
Timeline
by Micheal Chricton (is that how you spell him name? Sorry if it's wrong.)
They've made the movie to the book but the trailer I saw the other day wasn't very good, I therefore advise you to read the book first! It's much better!
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Oct 20, 2003 15:40:10 GMT -5
Post by Cora Goldstar on Oct 20, 2003 15:40:10 GMT -5
i am working on reading the book Harry Potter and the return of the phenix *number 5 in the harry potter series* its pretty good!
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Oct 20, 2003 20:00:51 GMT -5
Post by Wyrmfire on Oct 20, 2003 20:00:51 GMT -5
"The Giver" is a real classic, IMHO. Even though it is a kid's book, it is probably as emotionally complex as anything on the market.
And, woohoo for the Silmarillion! It's like the Lord of the Rings meets the Bible ;D
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Oct 20, 2003 22:28:39 GMT -5
Post by Jorghnassen on Oct 20, 2003 22:28:39 GMT -5
Soon I shall read "Harry Potter et le prisonnier d'Azkaban" (yeah, I know it's the French translation, my mom bought the first 3 (as gifts) in my hometown where it's somewhat hard to find them in English). I'm borrowing the books from my brother, and he bought the last one in the original language (thanks to the evil Wal-Mart). If I ever get time I'll read LOTR again, I have been meaning to do that for a while.
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Oct 21, 2003 1:01:08 GMT -5
Post by Hussar on Oct 21, 2003 1:01:08 GMT -5
Been reading Stephen Erikson's Fall of the Mazatlan Empire series. Pretty good, but, like the Wheel of Time series, I think he could do with some paring down. If you can't tell your story in 500 pages, there is something wrong. Another great alternative history book is The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson. It really is fantastic. The premise is that the Black Plague wipes out about 99% of Europe instead of 25 % and then it rolls the history from there. China "discovers" America, the crusades end in about the 10th century so the Arabic world becomes very dominant. With no European expansion, technology progresses much slower. Things like that. He keeps the characters together by having them reborn every few hundred years and telling a new story. Check it out, it is really really good.
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