haha, that's great. and i agree, most of the pulp stuff is pretty ordinary from a literary standpoint (even dragonlance!) but i dont read it for that. i just love my magic
I listened to audiobooks of the last three Harry Potter novels and was blown away...especially by the last two.
I now see what all the hype was about...great writing.
Feb-06-2008 08:10
Rodrico
TA Desperado
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Toronto, Canada
I haven't enjoyed reading as much as I used to a few years back, but someone picked this up for me for Christmas, and its been really entertaining to read, I usually get a good laugh every few pages. Im about almost done it, so I guess ill count it as the last good book ive read.
Feb-06-2008 11:26
idoru
You Can Call Me Al
Registered: May 2004
Location: Cascadia
I swear, I glanced at that cover and thought that it was Clovis for a second.
Feb-06-2008 11:32
pkcRAISTLIN
arbiter's chief minion
Registered: Jul 2002
Location:
quote:
Originally posted by Capitalizt
I now see what all the hype was about...great writing.
great writing? tolkien would be turning in his grave. the first book (i only bothered to try the first one) read like a (failing) year 12 student's english paper. yuk.
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Feb-06-2008 11:46
washout
southern white boy
Registered: Jun 2005
Location: florida
the elves on cintra.
terry brooks.
i read few fantasy/sci fi shit but this was good.
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Feb-06-2008 13:38
Lebezniatnikov
Stupidity Annoys Me
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: DC
quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
great writing? tolkien would be turning in his grave. the first book (i only bothered to try the first one) read like a (failing) year 12 student's english paper. yuk.
They didn't get really good until Book 3. Books 3, 6, and 7 were all fantastic works of fiction.
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Feb-06-2008 14:47
bananas
baby i got your money
Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Mordor
"the sleepers"
Feb-06-2008 15:01
Lira
Ancient BassAddict
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Brasilia, Brazil
quote:
Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
This is a stereotype I feel completely comfortable making:
People who don't read fiction are boring.
I'm boring?
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Feb-06-2008 15:21
Krypton
83.798 g/6.022x10^23
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Texas
quote:
Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
"Wow" is all I can really say.
I appreciate it, but it's just one of those things that does not interest me, as a matter of taste. Looking at a painting hardly interests me. I have also never been able to read cover to cover a fiction book, because it just bores the hell out of me. Which is why I read history, science, etc. Stuff that is based in facts.
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whereas conspiracy theories concerning the fed are what exactly?
That is more like debating what is truth when we don't know it. Quite different from knowing something isn't true.
Feb-06-2008 16:40
mezzir
BEES?
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: assachusetts
quote:
Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
This is a stereotype I feel completely comfortable making:
People who don't read fiction are boring.
How about people who read fiction read it out of the need to fill their otherwise boring lives with excitement, while people who read non-fiction already have plenty and seek to better themselves in their spare time?
tolkien would be turning in his grave. the first book (i only bothered to try the first one) read like a (failing) year 12 student's english paper. yuk.
