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 Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 9:46 pm
One series i have really enjoyed is the The silent Empire books by steven harper, its a really good sci-fi series
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:31 am
Atrasententia I want... The Tales of Beedle the Bard...
*eyeroll*
And reading Dumblydore's footnotes were worth coughing up the $15 for something I finished in ten minutes.hallgod33 Anyone read the Pendragon series? I find they're quite good.
Oh, sorry.
HIP REMAKES FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION.
(What?. Pendragon. Arthurian legends. whatevshutup)
(And yes, I know I watch Beeb!Merlin, but that's for Anthony Head. Anthony. ********. Head.)
(And I can't go past Colin Morgan's jug ears. I want to nibble.)
(And, okay, Bradley James. I want to sire his children.)
Although, if you're into Arthurian legend, but loathe Guinevere with the same intensity as I do, I recommend The Once and Future King series by T.H. White. It's absolutely darling.
Basically... I've read every TP book listed here.
And more.
o///o
*fangirls TP and Vimes*
It's sad about the Alzheimer's thing.
:c
Hmm, other books I recommend...
if you go in for really detailed world-building, in the theme of Tolkien, but also giggle haplessly over steampunk, then I highly, highly recommend D.M. Cornish's Monster Blood Tattoo series. I'm pretty sure he's an Australian author, but it should be released overseas. The third book is coming out May 2010. I'm excited.
*giddy*
But he really has the most mind-boggling attention to detail in his world. Geographical, culture, history, military, technology, characters... and he does his own character artwork, which is found in the book. It's incredible, and I can't recommend the series more.
However, if you're looking for a lighter series, one that's entertaining, funny as hell, has fantastic action scene description - the best I've ever read, really clear and well expressed - then I recommend investing in a copy of Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy. It's got a lot of re-read value. It's about a private investigator that can use magic and is, in fact, a skeleton.
Yes.
A skeleton.
It's a children's book series, so it's not really a novel-novel. But it's not a sugar-coated. It's quite dark in fact, and suffers a lot of Whedon-esque character-death.
;-;
But yeah, the banter alone makes it all worth it.
The fourth in the series (I think Landy said he was writing nine?.) is also due out in May of 2010.
ALSO HOLY CRAP GAIZ THERE MAY BE A MOVIE.
I... I'm not sure if I'm excited or appalled at the idea.
Okay.
My final rec, I swear.
Garth Nix's Old Kingdom trilogy, also (better) known as the Abhorson trilogy.
I have four words for you. Four unconnected words that I will guarantee will sell this series to you:
Guns.
Swords.
Magic.
Zombies.
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 2:51 pm
I love the Old Kingdon Series. I finished Abhorsen about a week ago. But the first, Sabriel, was the best by far. I didn't really care for Lirael though.
I can't wait for the next book~
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 4:13 pm
Lirael, as a character, pissed me off to no end. She was a whiny, emo little brat, and about two steps from being an outright Sue. From an outside perspective, she's tolerable. But, uuuuugh.
Also, all the Sam/Lirael shipping is just traumatic. Ffff, sickos.
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 7:20 pm
Heh I liked the little Aunt/Nephew love. But I agree about Lirael. Her story was sooo boring, I wish he would have made Abhorsen from Sabriel's point of view.
So what did you think of all the secret little plot devices that were incredibly obvious?
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 7:38 pm
Incest always freaks me out. I know people who have suffered from sexual abuse at the hands of close relatives, and to be honest it's just sick. Yes, historically there have been marriages between cousins, even siblings, to keep a pure bloodline. But there has rarely been any real love, or even affection there. Only duty. And in cases where there has been actual lust for a relative, it's usually powerfully one-sided.
Besides. Lirael/Nick. Yeah. Suckit. Even Nix ships them, if you read the side novella he did.
I can't actually remember a lot of it. It's been a few years since I read it. I've read through Sabriel a couple times, but not even Mogget or the Disreputable Dog could give the latter two any re-read value.
n___n;;
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Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:17 pm
I thought so too. So when did you figure out that Chlorr used to be an Abhorsen?
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Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:39 pm
Books I'm reading currently:
Forgotten Realms: Spine of the World - R.A. Salvatore
His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
The Queen's Fool - Philippa Gregory
Eragon - Christopher Paolini
Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew - Clive Staples Lewis
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Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:59 pm
Moonlite__Syren Books I'm reading currently:Forgotten Realms: Spine of the World - R.A. SalvatoreHis Dark Materials: The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman The Queen's Fool - Philippa Gregory Eragon - Christopher PaoliniChronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew - Clive Staples Lewis
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Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:38 pm
The Phrenologikal Cat Moonlite__Syren Books I'm reading currently:Forgotten Realms: Spine of the World - R.A. SalvatoreHis Dark Materials: The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman The Queen's Fool - Philippa Gregory Eragon - Christopher PaoliniChronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew - Clive Staples Lewis >.>; I like Eragon
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Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 12:31 am
I've told my parents that if Dragons of the Hourglass Mage isn't under my tree this year for Christmas SOMEONE (notably him) is getting eyes clawed out at 6 in the morning on the 25th. It came out this summer and I still don't have it... I've been a bad rabid fangirl. crying
... and Nathan Antony is in Merlin!? I just might have to watch this now...
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Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 12:22 pm
I'm reading the latest Discworld novel "Unseen Academicals" It's very good and quitte funny. mrgreen
I shall now take a quote from it...........
It is said that the onlooker sees most of the game. But the Librarian could smell as well, and the game, seen from outside was humanity. Not a day went past without his thanking the magical accident that had moved him a few little genes away from it. Apes had it worked out. No ape would philosophize 'The mountain is, and is not.' They would think, 'The banana is. I will eat the banana. There is no banana. I want another banana.'
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Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:19 pm
If we wrote when we were fifteen (and I did) we wrote like this (and I did). A book is going to come out stilted if you're that young, unless you are a Super Genius In Style of Mozart. And a book is often going to come out - uncannily reminiscent of other books this young writer has read. (See: Tolkien's and David Eddings' Secret Lovechild In the Attic.) And I do admire all the energy Paolini put into promoting the novel.
But...
In an Epic Battle between Good and Evil, the Good Guy (tipped off to the Evil by the Evil Guy's habit of cackling manically and murdering people in the Great Hall - he was as cunning as he was evil, obviously) Shows the Bad Guy Mercy. The Bad Guy Responds (shock! horror!) with Treachery.
In fact, he (and I quote) 'smote him in the fork of his legs.'
I cried laughing.
Plus, at one point we come to a whole village massacred by - totally not orcs. Sadly, Eragon observes that mothers tried to protect their children, and lovers each other. He also notes, with no sense that this in any way invalidates points previously made, that the bodies have been heaped up in front of the village, with a murdered baby on top.
This gives me a hysterical image of the orcs setting up an Artistic Tableau.
ORC DIRECTOR: Maurice! Make sure that woman is cradling her lover. We've got to pile them up for Maximum Tragic Effect!
MAURICE THE ORC: How do we know he was her lover? Maybe they'd never even met-
ORC DIRECTOR: Dude, it's not like the kid's going to know, now is it? Armand! Careful with that baby, it's going to be my centerpiece! Oooh, it is the Tragic Cherry on my Woe Cake. I've got such an eye for these things. God, I love my job!
In conclusion: Christopher Paolini is a stuck up, arrogant d**k, his work is drivel, his leading character was thoroughly unlikeable, the plot made no sense because it was a patchwork of plots from other stories, I wanted to bang my head against the wall repeatedly and then stab Arya with the bloody shards of my skull.
...but I encourage everyone to develop their own opinion.
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Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 2:14 pm
>:V -Spontaneous Combustion-
Ever read any Redwall Abbey books?
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Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 2:30 pm
i only read redwall itself not any fo the othe ones so far ma fav series have been
1) terry goodkinds confessor series
2) drizzit series ( i own a special editon of all the first three)
3)assassins series by robin hobb
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