Otherworld
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Lifecrafter
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written Thursday, September 4 2003 05:19
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Anyone who likes Tad Williams´s Otherworld-serie? Yep...that is my question. Very much so, actually. So...well..I´ll be going then. But I am counting on that many people will have answered me when I`m back! So scribble as you have never scribbled before! PS. Fans of Memory, Sorrow and Thorn don´t bother. I think it´s one of the suckiest (hmm..or should you say most sucky?) fantasy-novels I´ve ever read. Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, September 4 2003 11:30
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I have to read them one day, pity our school library doesn't have any of them... At the moment I'm busy reading G.R.R. Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire". By the way, from the summaries and reviews in bookstores I never figured out if its Sci-Fi or Fantasy. Which is it? Or is it a mix of both? -------------------- "And all should cry, Beware, Beware! His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge --- "It is as if everyone had lost their sense Consigned themselves to downfall and decadence And a wisp it is they have chosen as their beacon." Reinhard Mey. --- Quote of the Week: "I have a high opinion of myself, which makes up for my total lack of intelligence." Anon. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, September 4 2003 11:45
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It's sci-fi, but it has technology advanced enough to make it indistinguishable from magic, and then there are a few real fantasy bits thrown in for good measure. —Alorael, who likes the series. He does not really like dead-end discussions, but that's another matter entirely. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, September 4 2003 13:37
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What does a dead end discussion have to do with it? Is this thread one? Are the books one? Or what?  -------------------- "And all should cry, Beware, Beware! His Flashing eyes, his Floating hair!" S. T. Coleridge --- "It is as if everyone had lost their sense Consigned themselves to downfall and decadence And a wisp it is they have chosen as their beacon." Reinhard Mey. --- Quote of the Week: "I have a high opinion of myself, which makes up for my total lack of intelligence." Anon. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Thursday, September 4 2003 16:18
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I said that it's another matter entirely. Don't you believe me? —Alorael, who actually shouldn't be believed. He meant that the first post actually asks a question that can be answered in one word. Discussion can come from it, but it's not specifically requested. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Sunday, September 7 2003 08:30
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I've only read the first book, but I enjoyed it. The role-playing game reminded me a lot of .hack//sign. Does the series stay consistantly strong in plot flow, or does it lose its' focus in later books? -------------------- Learn About The Man Behind the Messiah. Posts: 137 | Registered: Tuesday, July 22 2003 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Wednesday, September 10 2003 02:44
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Yeah...the plot remains very strong indeed. The thing that facinates me most is the myriads of different worlds and universes Williams conjure forth, each one more versatile than the former. It truly enables Williams to use his imagination to the utmost. Another thing that I like is how "real" the story feels. It could really be reality after some (how many?) years. And it´s also not so pompouse and stupid as some fantasy-novels (though I think it´s more scifi). You know, the "I´m the almighty hero who will face many obstacles but never give up and finally defeat the dark/black/simply evil lord who threathens to take over/destroy the world." It´s more...human. Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Friday, September 19 2003 18:11
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I am not familar with that book series. I loved Jurassic Park. How sad it is that the book was so good and the movie was so terrible. I'm a big fan of Charles Dickons, I loved the Christmass Carol and Great Expectations. I love George Orwells Books too. I allso enjoyed Hugo Victors The HunchBack of NotreDame immensly. But I would advise reading Bram Stokers Dracula. I loved Dracula, even though it isn't very scary I was captivated by Draculas Germatic-Eastern Europeon customes. It's very dark and grim. The only thing I hate about Dracula is that Bram Stoker only wrote one edition of Dracula. Where did all these sequals come from. -------------------- "I am young, I am twenty years old:yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow." All QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT. Posts: 51 | Registered: Thursday, August 28 2003 07:00 |