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 Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 5:17 pm
I don't know, lotr was good, but is it THAT good?
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Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 8:25 pm
Yes, it created a real language. Also WoT is a LOTR rip off. better yet, is WoT really THAT good?
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Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 11:39 am
Well, it's true that tolkien did create languages for the book, but does that make it a good book? It doesn't exactly come into play all that much in the actual story. I do enjoy lotr, it is good. I just don't like it quite as much as wot.
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 5:42 am
Oh there's no comparing them. WoT is good but lotr is a benchmark of fantasy writing, the entire idea of a complete fantasy world, with distinct races, languages and how would you put it, almost a religious or belief system set up was first done by tolkien. The modern idea of an elf, dwarf, goblin or ork etc is completely down to tolkien, obviously he stole them from elsewhere (he was a classics proffesor after all) but he was the first person to put them into a distinct separate world not myths from folk tales about this world. Basically he was the daddy of fantasy whereas robert jordan has created a fairly decent fantasy series in the same paradigm
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 9:42 pm
actually, it was kinda written as an alternate history. But as long as we agree on the fact that Tolkien is THE greatest i'm happy. haha. Or at least the Father.
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 2:00 pm
I'll definately agree he was the father of fantasy novels. No one did it like that before him, and now every one does. Even me, to an extent. Greatest? Hard to say. There's a lot of writers out there. A lot of them suck. But some of them are pretty great. Maybe some as good as tolkien. But one thing I will say for Tolkien, no one else would ever put that kind of detail into a novel. Who would want to take the time to make up an actual language, and not just a bunch of words that may or may not mean something, but a real language? I don't think any other fantasy writers have done that. Not to the extent tolkien did it.
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 7:24 pm
Right now I'm getting into Bleach, which I can't put down for anything!
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 5:30 pm
Just read through Renzo and Kid's JJ book, best BJJ book I have read in a long time.
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:00 pm
i read everything i get my hands on (even the articles in playboy) but mostly i stick with novels and short story collections some poetry not much though and magizienes i read would be pop sci scientific american maxumum pc inquest gamer ive started to read dragon magiziene and i desperatalty need to pick up the october issue of black belt magiziene because the grand master of soo bhak do mu duk kwan (my style) is in an interview in the magizine and hes on the cover too
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:42 am
I mostly stick to fantasy when I'm reading, but I've been known to make occasional forays into other genres. If you want to get more specific, I really like urban fantasy, but I'll read mostly anything as long as it's written well. I also read some manga and DC comic books, if you want to include those.
Oh, and I read the interview you're talking about, Uggae. I also train in Soo Bahk Do, so when I saw the magazine at my local book store, I picked it up and started reading through it. There's nothing particularly mind-blowing, but it was fairly interesting.
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:03 pm
Wilhem I mostly stick to fantasy when I'm reading, but I've been known to make occasional forays into other genres. If you want to get more specific, I really like urban fantasy, but I'll read mostly anything as long as it's written well. I also read some manga and DC comic books, if you want to include those. Oh, and I read the interview you're talking about, Uggae. I also train in Soo Bahk Do, so when I saw the magazine at my local book store, I picked it up and started reading through it. There's nothing particularly mind-blowing, but it was fairly interesting. cool whats your rank? i just tested for my second gup rank today
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:13 pm
Uggae Wilhem I mostly stick to fantasy when I'm reading, but I've been known to make occasional forays into other genres. If you want to get more specific, I really like urban fantasy, but I'll read mostly anything as long as it's written well. I also read some manga and DC comic books, if you want to include those. Oh, and I read the interview you're talking about, Uggae. I also train in Soo Bahk Do, so when I saw the magazine at my local book store, I picked it up and started reading through it. There's nothing particularly mind-blowing, but it was fairly interesting. cool whats your rank? i just tested for my second gup rank today I'm a fifth gup right now, but I tested not too long ago. I don't have the certificate or the official rank yet, but my instructor already told me he recommended me for third gup, so I'll be getting my red belt pretty soon.
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:42 pm
thats cool its good to know that there is some one in the guild thats also in soo bahk do
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 3:02 am
Uhh... Angel... do you actually train? Just a question.
I know Royler and Peligro's book is good, but again as with all books, it will only be truely effective with proper training and someone who can correct your improper stances and tell you if your doing things right.
AKA books are good for learning ideas not for actually implementing them.
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:45 pm
I don't read a lot of magazines or mangas, but I have read some good books over the last couple of years. Way of the spiritual warrior (non fiction), Way of the peaceful warrior (fiction, but based on a true story), Path notes of an american ninja master (non fiction), Bushido (non fiction), Secret Tactics (non fiction) are some of my favorite martial arts related books, and well worth the read if you ever see a copy of any above mentioned. I've also been getting into a lot of metaphysical, spiritual, and deep-thinking books. The Tao Te Ching gave me very deep insight on my life...and I set out looking for that because of an airport bookstore book called "the Tao of inner peace" or something like that. I read a three book series that just blew my mind out the back of my head over the past year or so, all written by Bob Frissel. In this order: Nothing in this book is true, but it's exactly how things are, Something in this book is true, and You are a spiritual being having a human experience, require a VERY open mind to read through. If you do have a love for things unexplained and are open to all possibilities, these may bring a lot of answers for you. I just realized what a long list this has grown into, and I'm diverting attention from my school work, so I'll just call it good here. smile Highly reccomend damn near everything I just listed, for everyone.
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