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I wrote somewhere: The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, Book 1) Quote:
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A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, #1) Quote:
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P.S. Forgot to mention one more fantasy (book really, not a writer) to void:
Nation by Terry Pratchett
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Most of the De Camp Conan stories seem to be completions of or based upon notes left by Howard. Nyberg and Carter were De Camp's usual collaborators. De Camp's other main collaborator was Fletcher Pratt, but he had no hand in the Conan works. (I knew De Camp back when, too, and was a neighbor of George Scithers, whose Hugo winning fanzine Amra was devoted to S&S.) Quote:
He was quite right, though I can't read his work. But then, I'm not the audience he was writing for. Did Lin deserve more success than he got? Hard to say. He wouldn't have gotten it writing the stuff that got published. The question is whether he could successfully sell anything else. I was sorry when he died of cancer. He was an engaging speaker and a nice guy. ______ Dennis Last edited by DMcCunney; 11-01-2009 at 08:21 AM. |
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10-31-2009, 05:38 PM | #49 | |
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Its amazing to me how different the taste is even of people who enjoy the same general genre of fiction. I would never have thought that any fantasy reader could dislike the Earthsea books and yet someone above did just that (and it was even astra I believe, who generally seems like a discriminating reader!) |
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10-31-2009, 08:24 PM | #50 |
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In GENERAL I like Mercedes Lackey. I've read the Valdemar books; my favorites of her are her old urban fantasy (Diane Tregarth series or something like that. I have them on the shelf, but to get up and go alllll the way over there...)
I read one Terry Goodkind. It was okay, but you're right. It went On and ON in spots. I didn't pick up any after that. |
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10-31-2009, 08:26 PM | #51 |
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Oh, I forgot, I was supposed to add an author that I shouldn't read. Okay. Here it is. Robin Hobbs. I tried folks. I really tried. WASN'T GONNA HAPPEN. Depressing plots, long-drawn-out prose. Ugh. Just ugh.
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10-31-2009, 08:50 PM | #52 |
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10-31-2009, 09:11 PM | #53 |
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L.E. Modesitt, Jr. I've read one of his sci-fi, and one of his fantasy-including-sci-fi novels - but I believe he writes regular fantasy too. Cannot stand!! There so much wrong with the writing, including stupid place names based on actual place names but with extra 'y's, and tortuous writing which is trying so hard not to be racist or homophobic...
But the worst aspect is the meticulous detailing of every meal (as if it were a travel book with special interest in cuisine) and including description of washing the dishes afterwards. And placing the cup on the draining board to dry. It beggars belief! Does anyone know what his fantasy is like? I shudder to think, and I ain't gonna give him a third chance. (Thankfully I'd only borrowed the books of his I read, so I could return them at no cost to me and with an opportunity to chastise the lender - who had seemingly given them to me as a kind of prank!) |
10-31-2009, 09:18 PM | #54 |
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I admit it. I started entering books into library thing. But like most people here...I have a LOT of books. The task...seemed insurmountable. I lost interest after the first 50 or so...
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10-31-2009, 09:20 PM | #55 |
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I enjoyed the Thomas Covenant series, but I can see how others would not. If you don't like crappy anti-heroes who don't learn (like in real life), you won't like Covenant. Terry Brooks I read Sword of Shannara and thought it was awful. I was very much put off by how similar it was to Lord of the Rings, and my inner sense of cognitive dissonance kept ringing because the writing was so clumsy and awkward. I did, however, recently read and enjoy "Magic Kingdom for Sale". Not the best book around, but it was cheap and I wanted some comforting fantasy. Robert Jordan I flew through the Wheel of Time for the first time last spring when I was still using my DS as a reader. (Hey, it works!) I enjoyed it and thought the writing was good, and the story very good. Terry Goodkind Wizard's First Rule was what brought me back into the land of pleasure reading during college, and my initial impetus for turning my DS into a book reader. I won't say that it's perfect by any means, and I skipped through 20 pages of "how to avoid being a communist" several times. But the story itself and characters are good. |
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11-01-2009, 12:05 AM | #57 |
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OK, everyone is going to hate me, but...... the last 3 books of The Dark Tower series. Also that horrible Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.... does that count?
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I read a number of stories years ago by Robert Moore Williams, and found them to be OK, but that was back in the days when I was reading and discovering the older Fantasy writers. About the time of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series, I also discovered Fletcher Pratt, and especially enjoyed the "The Well of the Unicorn," although that was not - as you know - published in that series. I alos read a number of deCamp/Pratt collaborations, but didn't particularly enjoy them. You're right about the completion of the Conan stories from Howard's notes. I also had, back in those days, a huge collection of Amra. That was a very schoarly and enjoyable fanzine. Don Last edited by Dr. Drib; 11-01-2009 at 12:17 AM. |
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To All contributors:
I must say that I'm impressed by the continuing level of courtesy as we continue to discuss the authors and books that WE WOULD NEVER READ! Let's prove "THEM" wrong and continue this high level of knowledgeable discussion and light-hearted fun as we continue to EXPRESS OUR OPINIONS WITHOUT RESORTING TO PERSONAL ATTACKS. Don (Moderator) |
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I will finish it, I already have book 7,8 and 10. |
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