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Shae_Trielle
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posted April 26, 2001 09:31 AM |
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I'm reading Wheel of Time at the moment and damn does Jordan take forever to make a point? Classics they may well be, but I think that the WoT series lacks pace and a vivid original geography. Lol, a land bordered by mountains that convene at right angles, that is a laugh.
I read the first book, Pawn of Prophecy, by David Eddings, and I guess it had potential, but it was a bit boring for me. One day, I'll have to pick them up and read them all.
Forget Steven King. I read IT, Cujo, Salems Lot, The Shining, and a few others too, and found that his formula for writing becomes very very tired after one or two books. He's a drama writer, a rather spooky drama writer, but he lacks white-knuckle horror of people like Stephen Koontz.
Speaking of Koontz, did anyone ever read Phantoms? I read it when I was 15 and it scared me into six months of nightmares!
And as for Fabio, jeez he's such an ugly dogg that it's not funny. (hello fabio, lol)
Can I have Ricky Martin?
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jiels
Adventuring Hero
LFM C'thun, pst.
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posted April 26, 2001 10:40 AM |
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Jordan deserves a lot of praise for bringing a lot of new readers into the fantasy genre with WoT. Seems like everyone has heard of it which is great for fantasy and sci-fi! But after 9 books I wish he would just finish it!! It is getting really, really boring and even the dialogue is starting to suffer. He is better then the average fantasy writer but he is no master or classic, imo.
Eddings, in my opinion, is a master at dialogue. It just seems to flow so natural and unforced. I tend to think that reading it just to get a sense of the dialogue is worth the time. But I am insane so don't mind me.
Stephen King is way too formulaic but is also entertaining so I forgive him. Just wish he had more then a few archtype characters that he recycles through his stories. Still, his Eye of the Dragon is a great novel and really proves that he has skill when he wants to use it. It completely changed my mind about him.
Koontz!? I can't stand Koontz, although I only read three of his books back when I was in junior high. Seemed like a hack to me then. Maybe I should give him another try.
Has anyone put any thought into Homm fiction? I have been thinking about it and mostly wondering what type of perspective would work to stay true to the game. Anyone want to collaborate on some short stories or something?
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dArGOn
Famous Hero
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posted April 26, 2001 11:08 AM |
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LOL. about Jordan's series...I started reading his books about a year ago and I am still trying to finsh them...they are good but far too detailed.
For me the best is JR Tolkien, Michael Crichton, Terry Goodkind (great fantasy books that are to the point not like Jordan...hehe), Jean Auel (Clan of the Cavebear, etc.), CS Lewis, and Stephen King's The Stand (the rest are too morbid in my opinion).
Good thread
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RexBibendi
Adventuring Hero
Yak of the High Mountain
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posted April 26, 2001 11:24 AM |
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Eddings
In my opinion Eddings style is too common, and highly predictable... I've read his books, and I found them a little too "easy read".. But as light litterature they are great! A fit book for a rainy day or weekend... As a comparision in Jordan's books one has the possibility to use imagination, which is closely related to fantasy, from which the whole genre has got it's name..
- Rex Bibendi
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anfi
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posted April 26, 2001 11:30 AM |
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i like the hobbit, but then again i am young and have yet to be exposed to the variety you people have.
P.S. I think there is another Thread room or whatever for anything..i thought ToH room was for toh stuff only? but whatever, what do i know.
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jiels
Adventuring Hero
LFM C'thun, pst.
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posted April 26, 2001 11:41 AM |
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No Anfi you are totally right. This should be in the Tavern section of the message board. That is where most discussions like this go on other message boards. Still more people will view it and comment on it here.
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Defreni
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Famous Hero
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posted April 26, 2001 03:11 PM |
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Well for classics theres always Tolstoys "War and Peace" specially well suited to the arctic clime  But really one of the best books out there. For american classics dont forget James Fennimore Cooper "Last of the Mohicans", and once u have read that one, u wanna read the rest of his Prairie series, cant remember the names.
SF litterature cant get around allmost all by Larry Niven, specially "The Mote in Gods Eye"
New litterature I can warmly recommend Paul Auster, but even more Gabriel Garcia Marquez "100 years solitude" is one of the best books I have ever read.
Otherwise I think u could have fun reading Miltons "Paradise Lost" Or Dantes "Divine Comedy", great books once u have gotten over the initial trouble of understanding what the bip they are talking about.
Defreni
Damn I forgot to mention Umberto Eco, specially "Foucaults Pendulum"
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Vlad
Hired Hero
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posted April 26, 2001 03:41 PM |
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Ray Aldridge
My favorite English book is trilogy of Ray Aldridge
"The Pharaoh Contract (The Emancipator Book 1)"
Anfortunatly It is out of print right now. So it is tough to find a copy. I read this book in both Russian and English and that become one of the great example of sience fiction and non stop action. I do not read anything so powerful since books of Tolkien. But that one has nothing to do with elfs. It is about futuristic slave civilization. Just check recomendation on Amazon.
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Maxym
Known Hero
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posted April 26, 2001 08:11 PM |
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Ringworld and...
other books By Larry Niven
Yes deth you definitely should read it, its very good the sequelas are a bit less good but still fun.
But i think his best book and one of the best SF books ever is his and Jerry Prunelle's "Mote in God's eye"
I have never read a better vision of 1st contact then this
HIGHLY recommended
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Troelsen
Hired Hero
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posted April 27, 2001 12:46 AM |
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hehe def u cant really mean that umberto echos "Foucaults Pendulum" is something special. I remember it as very hard to read though i wasnt very old when i read it but true "in the name of the rose" is GREAT
Donnow if any of u have read the topic about honour but in my opinion the meaning of culture depends on the culture u have. BUT if u ever read Shogun im sure we all can agree on that this books descripes TRUE honour
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Troelsen
Hired Hero
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posted April 27, 2001 12:52 AM |
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hmm i was thinking maybe the reason y u "Foucaults Pendulum" is your wellgrown philosophic mind
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vesuvius
Hero of Order
Honor Above all Else
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posted April 27, 2001 03:19 AM |
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Robert Jordan
That is the point... Robert Jordan spends a lot of time on detail, but it allows you to use your imagination and immerse yourself. I really dont have time to read books, but Im on book 6 of wheel of time. And hey, they would make excellent movies (trilogy-style). Gimme $100 million and I'll become the producer.
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RexBibendi
Adventuring Hero
Yak of the High Mountain
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posted April 27, 2001 08:14 AM |
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Producing WoT-movie..
I'll pick the actors.. to the WoT-movie..
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Sylverster Stallone or Arnold Schwarzenegger as Rand..  LOL.. Peter Jackson could probably help us do it, once he has finished the LOTR-movie..
Troelsen> I agree.. Shogun is a great book...
- Rex Bibendi
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Shae_Trielle
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Famous Hero
of Heroes
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posted April 27, 2001 12:32 PM |
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Jiels!
The idea about short story stuff is great. I don't know how you'd go about doing it though, are you talking about email collaborations or posting stuff on Heroes Community? I'm not much of a writer, but I have a sharp imagination and wouldn't mind doing some short stories on Heroes. Tell me more...
*smile*
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EliteDewd
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Eve Online Miner
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posted April 27, 2001 02:17 PM |
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Books
WoW, it's been ages since I last read a good book. Any book for that matter. The Computers/Internet age has taken over our lives!
It's good there still are people who enjoy some quality time in the company of a good book. I would recommend Frank Herbert's "Dune" series and Norman Spinrad's "Rock&Roll Machine" and "Bug Jack Barron".
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rychenroller
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Supreme Hero
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posted April 27, 2001 03:38 PM |
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Dargon....
Totally agree with your opinion on King, although I enjoyed IT as well, The Stand is near my fave of all time, and although the idea of plague wiping out 99% of the human race has been done several times, King had the way to tell it perfectly. I enjoyed getting totally immersed in the long version
As for WoT the movie, I always saw Shannen Doherty as the beautiful (but snowy) Nynaeve Al'Meara and maybe Nurse Ratchet (whats her goddamn name again?) as Cadsuane Melahdrin
Yes I have read these too several times, and enjoyed them immensely. The longer the better i say
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Defreni
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Famous Hero
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posted April 27, 2001 05:57 PM |
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Hehee Troels 
Narh, the reason why I love "Foucaults Pendulum" is because Eco makes huge fun off all superstitions, and really hits head on, in what I think of Kabala, Astrology and all such nonsense.
And Maxym, I recommended "Mote in Gods Eye" and then u have allready read it, u dog
I forgot to mention Douglas Adams......
"Hitch Hickers Guide to the Galaxy" is prolly the funniest book I have ever read, and I can highly recommend his detective series aswell.
It was from that I learned that if ur lost on the highway, just follow a car that seems to know where its going :-)
I found my way several times that way
Defreni
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Maxym
Known Hero
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posted April 27, 2001 06:29 PM |
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orry Defreni, i was replying in order and didn't see ur post till later. didn't want to steal you thunder
but hey "Mote" is so good it warrants more then one recommendation.
And yeah hitchhiker's is great too, in fact everytime i see it either in a libray, bookstore or a friends hose I have to read the intro I have read it so many times and it still cracks me up
I have read "war and peace" few summers ago. I tend to make those long classics my summer projects. I have hard time settling down to read serious stuf during a school year.
I have tries Eco but I just couldn't stomach it. I'll definitely give him another try on your recommendation.
What else is good in classics?
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Zud
Promising
Famous Hero
box worshipper
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posted April 27, 2001 06:49 PM |
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Douglas Adams
I also enjoyed the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. What got me crazy and frustrated for a long time was the stupid computer game of it that came out many years ago
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Defreni
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted April 28, 2001 01:15 AM |
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Well, if u guys liked "Hitch Hikers" Then u should definetly read Douglas Adams other books, I can remember 2 in a series about a detective, first book is called "The souls long dark tea hour" or something like that.
One of the main characters is Thor, my man the Norse Thunder God ;D
Its set in present time, so uhhhh yeah its funny
In the classic department I always enjoys Dostojevski, "The eternal married man", lol directly translated from danish I dont know the english title. More recent classics Erich Maria Remarque is defintly worth reading "No news from the western front" is an alltime antiwar classic.
But if u can get a hold of Bao Ninhs "The sorrow of war" Ur in fine shape if u can stomach it, I read it while travelling in Vietnam, and I think I cried of frustration every 2 pages. One of the most moving books I have ever read. Otherwise theres always Herman Hesse, Albert Camus and Aldous Huxley that is worth reading from this century.
If u have a nag for historical quircks, u can always read Diderot "The fatalistic Jacques" or Goethes "Faust" both enjoyable books, but definetly from another age.
One great book to read aloud to another, preferably ur better half is Antoine De Saint-Exupery`s "The little Prince". And then from my own little pond theres Peter Høeg, try finding his 2 first books, they have been translated to english, really great books along the lines of Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Guess thats all for now (This is my favourite topic ;D)
Defreni
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