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Arquinsiel Eyeliner-Wearing Mythological Being of Androgynous Love
Joined: Apr 06, 2006 Posts: 612 Location: Nowhere and Everywhere. I am a myth.
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:43 am Post subject:
Is Micah in the Anita Blake series? That series captured my heart when she described the costume Edward wore to the Circus. Accidentally of course, but hey. _________________
Joined: Jul 12, 2005 Posts: 768 Location: The Edge of Reality
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:34 am Post subject:
I just finished the Dark Elf Trilogy by R. A. Salvatore. _________________ There will come a time when you believe everything is finished, but that will be the beginning. - Louis L'Amour
maggot_hex Too much of a postwhore for my own good
Joined: Feb 11, 2006 Posts: 6238 Location: Federal Way, WA
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:33 am Post subject:
I'm almost done with Tale of the Body Thief, also by Anne Rice (notice a pattern?) _________________ This post brought to you by Petty Revenge: When not being a jerk just won't do.
poisnedcoke The Only Thing Michael Jackson and the Catholic Church Can Agree On
Joined: Feb 05, 2005 Posts: 1638 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:09 am Post subject:
Terror in the Name of God - Jessica Stern
before that: Warriors of God - James Reston, Jr. (Pretty much an unrelated topic actually)
And now I'm looking for a good book to read, I think I'll go buy Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America by John Charles Chasteen later this week.
Oh and about Salvatore: I like his books, good stories, and he's a pretty cool guy to talk to (I went to a book signing of his once). But I get tierd with the invulnerability of the heroes through the whole book. Really there's rarely any deaths, no one really has any major adversity, any sense of hopelessness or problems feels hollow and forced. Good books to read for entertainment, and that's what they're made for, but I really like A Song of Ice and Fire (By George RR Martin) more because it feels more real. The characters don't have happy lives, and they don't always win.
maggot_hex Too much of a postwhore for my own good
Joined: Feb 11, 2006 Posts: 6238 Location: Federal Way, WA
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:18 am Post subject:
Finished Tale of the Body Thief. Supposedly there's a copy of Phantoms somewhere in this building, gonna try and rustle that up. _________________ This post brought to you by Petty Revenge: When not being a jerk just won't do.
Arquinsiel Eyeliner-Wearing Mythological Being of Androgynous Love
Joined: Apr 06, 2006 Posts: 612 Location: Nowhere and Everywhere. I am a myth.
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:59 pm Post subject:
VictoriaE77 wrote:
Arquinsiel wrote:
VictoriaE77 wrote:
I just finished the Dark Elf Trilogy by R. A. Salvatore.
Whatcha think?
I ordered the Icewind Dale trilogy, and Legacy of the Drow right after I finished reading it.
I liked it.
I read the Legacy first. Welcome to the dark road which ends in 60+ FR themed novels and being antsy waiting for this to come out.
poisnedcoke wrote:
Oh and about Salvatore: I like his books, good stories, and he's a pretty cool guy to talk to (I went to a book signing of his once). But I get tierd with the invulnerability of the heroes through the whole book. Really there's rarely any deaths, no one really has any major adversity, any sense of hopelessness or problems feels hollow and forced. Good books to read for entertainment, and that's what they're made for, but I really like A Song of Ice and Fire (By George RR Martin) more because it feels more real. The characters don't have happy lives, and they don't always win.
I think more Salvatore's problem is that his characters inhabit the D&D FR setting. Raise Dead is only a 5th level spell and level nine clerics are common. By comparison Martin seems to like killing off every character that makes his books worth reading and resurecting only the most incredibly annoying ones. At five books the Song of Ice and Fire has gone on too long to the point that it seems he's taking the piss. At sixteen main books and seven more spinoffs the Drizzt saga, while not spectacularly great, is still enjoyable. _________________
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