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Post by The Diety on Nov 6, 2003 23:22:37 GMT -5
C.S. Lewis is one of my favs. Just a good writer, simple stories, deep metaphors and parallels, and tons of variety in stories.
Plus a colleague of Tolkien for all those who might like to know. Supposedly the pair had conservations about fantasy and religions all the time.
Oh, and Neil Gaiman is great. I recommend American Gods for a good read.
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Post by unimportantguy on Nov 11, 2003 1:34:19 GMT -5
My mom said that American Gods was pretty good. I might have to check that out.
The only Neil Gaiman that I've read myself was "Coraline," which I thought was very good, and very creepy.
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Post by blackest_knight on Nov 11, 2003 1:39:33 GMT -5
Actually, the only one I've read was Neverware (which was very good). American Gods is sitting on one of my bookshelves....I'm thinking of reading it after Mostly Harmless
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Post by Ceith on Nov 11, 2003 21:02:16 GMT -5
Terry Pratchette!
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Post by blackest_knight on Nov 13, 2003 17:22:47 GMT -5
I haven't actually read any Pratchett.....but I do have one of his books downstairs....I'll read it...one day...
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Post by Ceith on Nov 13, 2003 21:29:23 GMT -5
If you do read any book, read Hogfather! I'll give a quick overview, k Death kills Santa and has to save xmas, its great!
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Post by blackest_knight on Nov 13, 2003 22:41:17 GMT -5
lol
I think I have the first one...the colours of magic....
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Post by Ceith on Nov 21, 2003 20:34:51 GMT -5
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Post by The Diety on Jan 3, 2004 12:58:12 GMT -5
I've been reviewing what I've read and been reading lately, and I noticed sometime. R.A. Salvatore isn't good as I use to think, for the record though, he is better than Ed Greenwood(that crazy elminster obsessed writer he is). His writings are very limited. Has anyone read demonwars? It reminds me of Tom Clancy's current books, stale. Dark Elf Trilogy was good, and depending on your tastes so was The Cleric Quintet. The drying out seems to be what happens though to most writers. Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman on the other hand seem to progress into better writers over their years of writing together. This writing team is impressive, especially due to the fact that most storylines with two writers are very limited. This one has gone on for 11 full books, that would be over 5000 pages with 3 generations of heroes and villians. Their first trilogy, the War of the Lance, was ok. Not great, just good. By the next one, the trilogy of the Twins, was great. Their skill seems to grow with the world they created. and we're clear....  |
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Post by unimportantguy on Jan 3, 2004 19:19:51 GMT -5
I haven't read any Clancy, so I can't say about that, but I do know I didn't like Demonwars as much after they killed off the ranger... um... what was his name?
Anyway, I see what you mean about Salvatore. I mostly read him to get ideas about fight scenes.
Despite what people keep telling me, I still haven't read any of the Margaret Weis/Tracy Hickman bunch. I really should, but all those books are pretty intimidating. Once I'm caught up in a series, I know it's going to take up all my free time for a while.
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Post by Kietedan on Mar 24, 2004 23:36:09 GMT -5
Brian Lumley's Necroscope Series is pretty good. But the attached trilogies are a real drag...
There's always Eddings too.
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Post by blackest_knight on Mar 24, 2004 23:38:07 GMT -5
I've never heard of Lumley before.... But Eddings, I read one of his trilogies. I thought it was pretty good.  |
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Post by Kietedan on Mar 24, 2004 23:45:37 GMT -5
The Necroscope details, the adventures of a fellow who can speak to and call upon the aid of the dead. Later in the series he has dealing with fairly horrifying vampires but for the most part its: part spy; part horror; part sci-Fi; part adventure. Best synopsis I can give for now.
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Post by blackest_knight on Mar 24, 2004 23:47:31 GMT -5
that sounds pretty cool. perhaps I should look into getting one of his books to try.
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Post by cain_devera on Feb 5, 2005 0:41:56 GMT -5
I will save pointed comments about Necroscope for some other time....but the coolest authors in my books are hard to quantify. I like a great deal. But sticking strictly to fiction writers, I will venture that Haruki Murakami, Timothy Findley, Thomas Mann, Virginia Woolf and Franz Kafka are some of the best writers of the twentieth century. And some of my personal favorites. As I said, far too many that are good to list comprehensively. I suppose this list would reveal more of my personal tastes than any absolute truths, but still...
As for poets, William Butler Yeats, William Blake, and that unknown writer of Beowulf are all pretty damn cool.
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