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 Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:13 pm
I love the Hobb series "Farseer-Tawny Man Trilogy". Does anyone else?
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:50 pm
I'm actually going to go pick up some Robin Hobb books tomorrow. ^_^ Haven't read them... I hear that she takes a long time to get the books going, but once you're in, you're hooked! biggrin
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:50 pm
That's right. I wouldn't suggest them to the light fantasy reader, but, since her style is between Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time) and Holly Lisle (Secret Texts Trilogy), if you break the first 50-75 pages, you won't be able to put them down. At least I couldn't.
Her style is deep and sharp, with decidedly human (or at least humanesque) characters, reminding me nothing so much as Jordan. Like Jordan, she crafts her world with a precision and clarity that is rivaled only by the greatest writers of the genre, and her characters (though not using the word 'people' seems an injustice to her work) are deeply human, and though flawed, they do not seem like the typical, artificial, stuffy "heroes" of mainstream fantasy. Instead, they have been molded by events and time into the people they become, and many relationships twist as the years pass. These are characters who have stood the test of time, but not without bearing some scars. Hobb is a master of the human condition.
Her writing is quick, too, and full of quirky dialogue (I do so love the Beloved Fool). (Can anyone say Lisle?) The way she weaves the characters together, and merges hilarity and tragedy with the ever-aging protagonists (and antagonists) as they make their way through life, and the many difficulties that beset them and their quest(s). Perhaps the best part of the entire series is that not only does it (blessedly) lack the episodic feel of most fantasy, yet retains the ever mutating plot that defines the genre. If Dune is the masterpiece of Sci-Fi, then Hobb's series is that of my beloved Fantasy.
-LD
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:03 pm
Can't wait to dive in, then! biggrin
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Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:46 pm
o.o Now I want to read them... Wanna give me a short summary? mrgreen
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:23 pm
I can't even start, I wouldn't know where to begin....
Fitz is a royal b*****d. His family members are either trying to kill him, or to use him as an assassin. And he's only 6 when the book opens. Torn away from his mother when he's so young he can't remember her, his father is assassinated because of his illegitimate son. He is raised by his father's second, a gruff stablemaster in the capital city. And so his story begins, as a child-assassin with no parents and no friends, save a strange white boy called the Fool.
Well, I tried. sweatdrop
Vale,
-LD
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:59 pm
Leavaros I can't even start, I wouldn't know where to begin.... Fitz is a royal b*****d. His family members are either trying to kill him, or to use him as an assassin. And he's only 6 when the book opens. Torn away from his mother when he's so young he can't remember her, his father is assassinated because of his illegitimate son. He is raised by his father's second, a gruff stablemaster in the capital city. And so his story begins, as a child-assassin with no parents and no friends, save a strange white boy called the Fool. Well, I tried. sweatdrop Vale, -LD Now you've got me interested too! blaugh
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 6:44 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 8:10 pm
*Scribbles down the authors name* I shall look out for the books on my next shop stop. 3nodding
Which will probably be tomorrow, I only have two hundred pages left of my current book, so I will finish it tonight.
It sounds interesting! Must....Read! whee
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 8:14 pm
Is the series relatively new? I saw it in my mall's Cole's Books store and they have a tendancy to ONLY shelve new books, because now I can't find anything by Garth Nix, those bastards or even the sequals to the first Eberron trilogy, Dark Shards??? My first book is somewhere, but it's a real pain in the a** now to try and find them, I hate ordering books.
I think after christmas I'll pick up the first book, I might not though, might save it for the summer if it's as addicting as you say Varos, my new year's resolution is to be as prompt and dedicated to my schooling as I can, and my addiction to good fiction goes far beyond anything I like to admit.
Who knows, I might need something to read on the train home.
the Demon
P.S. I liked your synopsis, very intruiging.
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:04 pm
Thank you *bows extravagantly*
And now,
Vale,
-LD
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Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:50 pm
Oh I've read them, very good! Loved the books, the story and characters very well developed. I also love the Fool. 3nodding
Reccommed it to anyone. And I have a question, has anyone read any of her other series? Are they good?
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Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:23 pm
Yeah, I have actually.
She has a new series out called The Soldier Son. It's kind of like her other series, but much, much darker. Where her other series were more political and abut intrigue, this trilogy is about changing times, technology vs. religion, and the existence of the old gods vs. the coming of the "good god".
It's very interesting, but very, very dark. I can't stress that enough.
The first book is Shaman's Crossing, and the second is Forest Mage. The third book isn't out yet. I'm betting on a year from next summer. Of course, Hobb has surprised me before, and always for the better. I am not going to complain. sad It could be worse--she could be Jordan.
Anyway, that's all for now.
-LD
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:59 pm
Heh, seems a long time since I posted this exact topic... But hey - at least its getting more attention.
Personally, I think the best part with her books, Particularly Farseer/Tawny is how emotinally draining they can be. Once I finished the series I had to sit down and think over all I had just read. I was amazed how in-depth the characterization was and how emotional it made me. People kept telling me 'It's just a book, get over it.' Well, after reading it I couldn't. It's been about a year now and I still think about it, how it ended, how a new one 'could' but probably won't, begin.
Sorry, I babbled. Suffice to say, if you can get past the first two books, I GARUNTEE (Sorry about spelling) that you will not put them down.
**KINDOF SPOILER WARNING**
You would not believe how much it built up for me when Burrich and Fitz reunited in Fool's Fate, I literally jumped out of my seat when the 'Message' was passed to Nettle, and the meeting itself was rather heart-rendering.
And hey, if anyone who finished the series wants to discuss it, please, feel free to PM me about it.
Damn, I need a life...
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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:55 am
I took a trip to the book store yesterday, and was going to pick up some of the books people listed as great. Unfortunately, due to Christmas shopping, I was reverted from a shopper to a worker! gonk
I kept placing all the books back where they were meant to be...Robin Hobb's we some of them. I had wanted to pick up the series, but damned if I could find the first of the series! Mean Christmas, leaving everything in disarray. sweatdrop
I'll return after Christmas, and after I finish reading the five books I picked up. I've been hearing great things about this series, and am looking forward to reading it.
*Moves to the top of the "Must read" list*
~Kiyo
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