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Tyrael
Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Posts: 31 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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I agree with Ry on this the Robert Jordan ones i found really tough going, managed to get 5 books in but it just seems to get a bit drawn out and tedious. I wish i could enjoy them, i find the concept of the wheel of time world very interesting but it would have been better with more action in a shorter series in my humble opinion
I also tend to have this problem with the Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles books. Again really very interesting but i tend to either take forever and a day to get through one book or simply put it down and start reading something else _________________ "My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori." |
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Drizzt
Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 1081 Location: Easington, UK
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:05 am Post subject: |
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Life is too short to read Robert Jordan. First book was good, I threw the second book in the bin after about 200 pages of constant whinging and annoying characters. Got no plans to go back either. _________________ Pagan Music |
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Mantyluoto
Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 573 Location: Somerset, UK
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:09 am Post subject: |
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kind of makes me a sad git then as i got the first 6 in a package which i read and then as each new book was released i re-read the earlier ones.
book 10 was the one that killed it for me. I've got book 11 and i'll get 12 if he finishes it but i'm not sure if i'll read them. |
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Grace
Joined: 28 May 2006 Posts: 302 Location: Bristol
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:17 am Post subject: |
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I'm like Manty. I read all of the Wheel of Time up to book 10, putting up with the incredibly whingy characters and overly political marouverings in the hope of some glorious dramatic payoff at the end. By the middle of book 10 I gave up. I can't wait any longer. There are so many characters spread across such huge distances that you forget about them by the time a bit with them in it comes round again. My dad has 11 and A New Spring, but I'd have to start again from the beginning and I don't think I can be bothered.
Also Raymond E Feist, sadly. I liked Magician and Silverthorn but barely started Darkness at Sethanon. I may go back to them later.
(Whoops, sorry Manty!) _________________ Taking off is optional, landing is mandatory.
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Mantyluoto
Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 573 Location: Somerset, UK
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:20 am Post subject: |
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psst Grace that was Manty not Malop
and twelves not out yet! |
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Drizzt
Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 1081 Location: Easington, UK
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:25 am Post subject: |
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Isn't there something silly like 11.5 or some such nonsense? _________________ Pagan Music |
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Mantyluoto
Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 573 Location: Somerset, UK
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:35 am Post subject: |
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he has released a prequel called A New Spring which was originally a short story in Legends. he did plan for two more prequel but i think poor sales, and a major illness, have halted that for the moment IIRC. |
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Selik
Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 1524 Location: South Shields
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:52 am Post subject: |
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Drizzt wrote: | Life is too short to read Robert Jordan. First book was good, I threw the second book in the bin after about 200 pages of constant whinging and annoying characters. Got no plans to go back either. |
You actually threw the book into the bin?! I've only done that with one book and that was a horrible history book as it was so unbelievably inaccurate. _________________ "I sit on my arse, not my head." - Baron Gresse. |
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Drizzt
Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 1081 Location: Easington, UK
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:55 am Post subject: |
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Oh yes, it was binned. I'm not cruel enough to give the book away to someone. _________________ Pagan Music |
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Selik
Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 1524 Location: South Shields
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:57 am Post subject: |
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That actually seems quite harsh. Should have given it to a charity shop.lol.
Oh well, it's certainly a good candidate for this section then. _________________ "I sit on my arse, not my head." - Baron Gresse. |
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Drizzt
Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 1081 Location: Easington, UK
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:00 am Post subject: |
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I normally give them to my Dad to sort - there's a Lloyds bank down Horden where they have a table people donate books to. The idea is if you take one, you make a monetary donation and they all go towards the Macmillan Nurses.
But no, I'll not be going back to Robert Jordan. _________________ Pagan Music |
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Jen
Joined: 14 Apr 2006 Posts: 149 Location: Somerset, United Kingdom
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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I once tried to read an Anne Rice book, but after the third or fourth time that some vampire blokes stiff nipples came out I realised that I just couldn't be bothered. _________________ A very happy Yule to all!!
Eat, drink and be merry everyone. |
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Selik
Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 1524 Location: South Shields
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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lol, yeah i'm not much of an Anne Rice fan. Though I did like Queen of the Damned. Great film!
Couldn't bring myself to watch Tom Cruise though, even though his was the first. _________________ "I sit on my arse, not my head." - Baron Gresse. |
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Max Power
Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 467 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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Drizzt wrote: | I must admit I did the same with a Mark Chadbourn one, though it was years ago and I can't remember whether it was the 2nd or 3rd one... anyway, the point where I put it down was where the characters were all on a boat with the T-Danan lot heading off to somewhere I can't remember.
Odd really, you'd think it'd have got interesting sailing off to another realm as it were...
But I WILL go back to these. Lizzy's vehement support of them over the last year or so has convinced me I should!
edit: sly little one as per Lou's advice! |
As a (Lizzy converted fan!), I must advise you to go back! I'm halfway through book three of "Age of Misrule"and am really enjoying the whole concept. I can't quite speak about the ending yet, but the build up is rather good.
Lizzy - Mark is *this close* to making you a paid member of his staff - good work!!! _________________ If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. |
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Selik
Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 1524 Location: South Shields
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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I'm beginning to agree. Lizzy has converted many a person to Mark's books. I'm about to finish the first one. I'm really enjoying it now though I admit there was a point nearer the middle of the book where I did consider not continuing with it cos I didn't like any of the characters, but i've changed my opinion now _________________ "I sit on my arse, not my head." - Baron Gresse. |
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