And to get more on topic, fire & ice makes me thing of yin & yang. One can't exist without the other sorta deal. Opposite but complimentary forces. Yadda yadda.
Aug-30-2012 15:10
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And to get more on topic, fire & ice makes me thing of yin & yang. One can't exist without the other sorta deal. Opposite but complimentary forces. Yadda yadda.
Fire can't exist without ice!? Are you trying to send Acton into a fit of bad-science rage?
Surely the entire geothermal cycle is necessary to the process of combustion! Ice sheet friction had to have been a pertinent step to the coalescence of oxygen byproduct that lead to our ability to discover and kindle exothermic reactions in the first place.
Aug-30-2012 15:25
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I meant in a philosophical sense! Bad philosophy, no less.
Aug-30-2012 15:36
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opposites=parts of oneness, man.
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Aug-30-2012 15:45
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Yeah. YEAH. *thrusts groin*
Aug-30-2012 15:46
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How appropriate for the thread that it reeks of Icy Hot!
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Aug-30-2012 15:52
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Aug-30-2012 15:55
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I knew it! I totally figured out who Jon Snow's real parents are too!
Well, I don't even know if what you said was true as I haven't really gotten past the third book. But I kind of came to a similar conclusion you did.
At least the idea that Jon and Danny are the two forces that bring balance to the land of Westeros once again.
Aug-30-2012 16:32
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Is this good, or bad? I mean, I really like fantasy novels - LOTR is a pretty good story and all, but JESUS FUCKING CHRIST so much irrelevant detail. Family heritages, etc. Too damn dry.
I'm a pretty big fan of Terry Goodkind, even though he gets pretty fucking preachy in his later books, but whatever.
Goodkind is a fucking champion. Totally agree on the preachyness though. I caught myself skimming through like half a book because it's just Zedd giving a fucking lecture
Aug-30-2012 16:33
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Aug-30-2012 20:26
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It's very good. Very good. The detail and depth of family histories is so essential to the plot. Everyone's lives are interwoven - no choice made by any character is insignificant. Things happen later in the story and you find yourself recalling something from the earlier chapters and saying "Aha!"
Okay, I think I might give it a shot then. I've really been wanting to get into some more fantasy stuff.
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Goodkind is a fucking champion. Totally agree on the preachyness though. I caught myself skimming through like half a book because it's just Zedd giving a fucking lecture
Yeah, I love all the books (the first 2 and the Chainfire books especially), but he just goes over the top with the whole 'capitalism vs. communism' social comparisons between the Order and the 'free world' and it gets a bit stupid to read. Absolutely outstanding characters throughout the whole thing though.
I mean, I really like fantasy novels - LOTR is a pretty good story and all, but JESUS FUCKING CHRIST so much irrelevant detail. Family heritages, etc. Too damn dry.
