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Re: Now for something completely different...
« Reply #15 on: June 07, 2013, 02:57:40 AM »
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Oh so you're the one who keeps the Shannara series going ;).

I read the first series years ago and while I enjoyed The Sword of Shannara the others seem too forced to me. I did not care for the way he developed his characters later on in the series either. I found that I enjoyed Brook's other series to be much more fun. The Landover series was a fantastic read and continuously brought a smile to my face.
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Re: Now for something completely different...
« Reply #16 on: June 08, 2013, 03:52:28 AM »
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Sword of Shanara was the hardest for me to get into.... The others  came pretty easy.

Favorite Book Series.... Man, that's a tough choice.... It would have to be a tie between The DragonLance Series(Pretty much all the books... I really liked the Kender Race) and The Deathgate Cycle. I read both when I was 12, but I can still remember a lot of the Places, scenarios, races, names etc. Which is pretty good for someone who can't even remember peoples names that he went to school with.
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Re: Now for something completely different...
« Reply #17 on: June 08, 2013, 08:42:00 AM »
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Quote from: manwinc on June 08, 2013, 03:52:28 AM
Which is pretty good for someone who can't even remember peoples names that he went to school with.

Ditto
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"The second most preposterous notion is that copulation is inherently sinful."   L.L. 

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Re: Now for something completely different...
« Reply #18 on: June 08, 2013, 09:45:59 AM »
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Hmm..... Favorites eh?    Well it's probably just because there are so many good memories attached but Drizzt (all the books) will always have a place in my heart.  I used to roll the D20 and pull all night gaming sessions from probably 8 grade through the Middle of College.  The Drizzt books were always being avidly devoured by someone in our group of 6-7 people so it was natural that we all ended up reading them.  Too many fond memories  of hanging out on my friends 2nd story deck on a nice sunny day while his mom catered snacks / coke & we all rolled the dice.   I was always one to squeeze in a page or 2 of a book if the action wasn't focused on me.
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Re: Now for something completely different...
« Reply #19 on: June 10, 2013, 05:25:42 AM »
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While I would love to say I have something new to add, I don't.  My favorite series of all times are the Dragon Lance Saga, and the Wheel of time series.  Amazingly enough ,even though I read all the time - I had never managed the wheel of time series...I think I just assumed I had read it......And we all know what assuming does!  So I started reading them a few months ago on a cross country trip.  I thought it would be a great opportunity to catch up on some reading.  And that as they say - is the rest of the story - I cant put them down, I take a book or e-reader wherever I go.  I can't imagine WHY or HOW I managed not to read them years ago.....
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Re: Now for something completely different...
« Reply #20 on: June 10, 2013, 06:22:15 AM »
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Anyone read the Dragon Prince series by Melanie Rawn? It is magnificent.
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Re: Now for something completely different...
« Reply #21 on: June 10, 2013, 09:08:34 AM »
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Anyone read the Dragon Prince series by Melanie Rawn? It is magnificent.
No I haven't personally, but I semi recognize the cover art which at least means I've looked at it in the past before.   I'm a big one for browsing the new release section in Barnes and Noble & then I just pull out my phone & take a quick pick of anything NEW that I'm interested in.  If I don't do that I quickly forget and often times don't remember until I see the book come out in paperback heh.
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Re: Now for something completely different...
« Reply #22 on: June 10, 2013, 10:13:51 AM »
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I might also mention I like some of Orson Scott Cards books.
Enders game and Enders Shadow are two of the best books I ever read.


Also I like the early works of Raymond Feist (ie Magician etc - Rift war)
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Re: Now for something completely different...
« Reply #23 on: June 15, 2013, 10:35:50 PM »
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Quote from: gimlet on June 10, 2013, 10:13:51 AM

Enders game and Enders Shadow are two of the best books I ever read.

So do you have high hopes for the Ender's Game movie coming out or are you anticipating a disaster.
Personally I feel Ender's Game is a very fine piece of fiction and worthy of much praise. But I could not get behind any of the follow-up books. They just did not click with me.

Kinda like the movie Jumper. The book by Steven Gould is fantastic and there have been a couple of very good sequels to it. But the movie was, in my opinion, crap.
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"The second most preposterous notion is that copulation is inherently sinful."   L.L. 

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Re: Now for something completely different...
« Reply #24 on: October 07, 2013, 12:38:47 PM »
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Re: Now for something completely different...
« Reply #25 on: October 07, 2013, 01:12:05 PM »
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Also another of my all time favorites


http://www.patrickrothfuss.com/content/books.asp
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Re: Now for something completely different...
« Reply #26 on: October 07, 2013, 01:31:20 PM »
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Kvothe is awesome... Now I have to check if the last "Day" is out to read yet.. good stuff though.
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Re: Now for something completely different...
« Reply #27 on: October 07, 2013, 06:01:08 PM »
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Quote from: Alpha on June 10, 2013, 09:08:34 AM

No I haven't personally, but I semi recognize the cover art which at least means I've looked at it in the past before. 

I have several of those prints (by the incredible Michael Whelan) hanging up in my house.
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"The second most preposterous notion is that copulation is inherently sinful."   L.L. 
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