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Dennis
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 Posted - 15 Mar 2012 : 23:36:57
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Currently re-reading Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling. Alec and Seregil are two of my favorite characters of all time. And this novel, though I've had some issues with it, never leaves my To-Re-read stacks. Visiting it again and again is sheer joy. The Realms should have this kind of story. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
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Posted - 15 Mar 2012 : 23:52:31
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Originally posted by Dennis
Currently re-reading Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling. Alec and Seregil are two of my favorite characters of all time. And this novel, though I've had some issues with it, never leaves my To-Re-read stacks. Visiting it again and again is sheer joy. The Realms should have this kind of story.
It's about thieves right?
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 15 Mar 2012 : 23:57:33
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Originally posted by entreri3478
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Originally posted by Dennis
Currently re-reading Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling. Alec and Seregil are two of my favorite characters of all time. And this novel, though I've had some issues with it, never leaves my To-Re-read stacks. Visiting it again and again is sheer joy. The Realms should have this kind of story.
It's about thieves right?
Correct. And the lead are gays. Their relationship is central to the story, but the series also delves deeper into the chaos brewing in their fascinating world.
Lynn's style sometimes reminds me of Elaine. |
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
3766 Posts |
Posted - 16 Mar 2012 : 02:58:47
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| -I just took out from the library a book called Side by Side: Competing Histories of Israel/Palestine by Sami Adwan, Dan Bar-On, Eyal Naveh and the Peace Research Institute in the Middle East. It is a history of the region written from Israeli and Palestinian point of views, poignantly written side by side, Israeli on all odd-numbered pages and Palestinian on all even-numbered pages. It's an interesting concept- there's nothing particularly groundbreaking and both sides resort to the tropes and rhetoric that they're always proliferating- seeing the same events described so differently next to each other. It makes for somewhat difficult reading though, as you either have to read all the even/odd pages and then go back and read all of the odd/even pages, or read two narratives simultaneously, which becomes very disjointed upon page turning and transitioning from one to the other. |
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Entromancer
Senior Scribe
USA
388 Posts |
Posted - 18 Mar 2012 : 19:31:48
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I just finised The Ragged Man by Tom Lloyd. Its the fourth book in his quintet, The Twilight Reign. Its set in a place simply called "The Land" and is quite Realmsian. The Gods play an active role and magic is abundant. The nonhuman races include minotaurs, trolls, elves, vampires (bloodsuckers as tradition dictates, but cursed with empathy for the mortal races), wyverns and dragons. In addition there are elementals and daemons. The first entry is rather like an "epic" sword-n-sorcery novel, whereas the second one has a sort of zombie-apocalypse ending. Lots of the characters could easily become larger than life, but Lloyd does a great job at grounding them and making them vulnerable.
The series takes a darker turn in the second book and it doesn't look to let up. The scope is also huge in a Robert Jordan sort of way without some of the meandering that plagues his Wheel of Time series. Also, the elves aren't anything fey or beautiful. They're twisted and often described as insect-like or scarecrow-like due to a curse the Gods laid on them for rising up in the past and attempting to slay them. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 19 Mar 2012 : 01:39:16
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Originally posted by Dennis
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Originally posted by entreri3478
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Originally posted by Dennis
Currently re-reading Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling. Alec and Seregil are two of my favorite characters of all time. And this novel, though I've had some issues with it, never leaves my To-Re-read stacks. Visiting it again and again is sheer joy. The Realms should have this kind of story.
It's about thieves right?
Correct. And the lead are gays. Their relationship is central to the story, but the series also delves deeper into the chaos brewing in their fascinating world.
Lynn's style sometimes reminds me of Elaine's.
Now on Chapter 30. The smooth flow of Lynn's style, often referred to by other authors as 'deceptively simple,' never fails to carry the reader along the story, making the reader more a part of the story itself than a mere 'witness.'
I love the characters. Even the 'bad guys' have an appeal in their own. It's obvious how the author herself cares for her characters...
Lynn peels the soul of each character like a sculptor molds her masterpiece. Lynn's attention to details is well enough that you can almost literally feel, see, smell, and hear the world she deftly paints.
Seregil and Alec are undoubtedly two of the most interesting and lovable thieves in fantasy, as appealing as Feist's Jimmy the Hand, or maybe more so. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 20 Mar 2012 : 02:54:45
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Finished The Gypsy Morph by Terry Brooks. Loved it!
*For fellow fans of Terry Brooks: his next 3 books in the Shannara series (Dark Legacy of Shannara) will be released in 6 month increments beginning in August 2012 with Wards of Faerie |
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DragonReader
Senior Scribe
USA
371 Posts |
Posted - 20 Mar 2012 : 14:18:30
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Finished Honoor Among Thieves, by Elaine Cunningham and will start:
Honoor Bond, Tales of Sevrin Book # 2, by Elaine Cunningham |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 21 Mar 2012 : 13:55:18
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| I started reading a book that i have been putting of for FAR too long: The Hobbit. I am finding it surprisingly easy to read and enjoyable. I say this because the only other thing from Tolkien that i sampled in the past was part of the Silmarillion, which i despised and felt like it read like a nonfiction genealogical history book. I might actually read LOTR after this. |
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 22 Mar 2012 : 09:36:35
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| In the middle of Eric Frank Russel's The Space Willies / Six Worlds Yonder (ACE double), not bad. Next it will be rereading Under the Green Star by Lin Carter. That I am looking forward too. |
No Canon, more stories, more Realms. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 22 Mar 2012 : 10:52:54
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Originally posted by Dennis
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Originally posted by Dennis
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Originally posted by entreri3478
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Originally posted by Dennis
Currently re-reading Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling. Alec and Seregil are two of my favorite characters of all time. And this novel, though I've had some issues with it, never leaves my To-Re-read stacks. Visiting it again and again is sheer joy. The Realms should have this kind of story.
It's about thieves right?
Correct. And the lead are gays. Their relationship is central to the story, but the series also delves deeper into the chaos brewing in their fascinating world.
Lynn's style sometimes reminds me of Elaine's.
Now on Chapter 30. The smooth flow of Lynn's style, often referred to by other authors as 'deceptively simple,' never fails to carry the reader along the story, making the reader more a part of the story itself than a mere 'witness.'
I love the characters. Even the 'bad guys' have an appeal in their own. It's obvious how the author herself cares for her characters...
Lynn peels the soul of each character like a sculptor molds her masterpiece. Lynn's attention to details is well enough that you can almost literally feel, see, smell, and hear the world she deftly paints.
Seregil and Alec are undoubtedly two of the most interesting and lovable thieves in fantasy, as appealing as Feist's Jimmy the Hand, or maybe more so.
Finished it yesterday. Everything is excellent, except the part where Lynn introduces the mastermind behind the assassinations and blackmails in Rhiminee. It's too abrupt, and hard to digest. In short, it's hardly convincing... Good thing everything else masks that flaw.
Out of 10 possible stars, I give this 8. |
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
1591 Posts |
Posted - 23 Mar 2012 : 16:45:01
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Originally posted by entreri3478
I started reading a book that i have been putting of for FAR too long: The Hobbit. I am finding it surprisingly easy to read and enjoyable. I say this because the only other thing from Tolkien that i sampled in the past was part of the Silmarillion, which i despised and felt like it read like a nonfiction genealogical history book. I might actually read LOTR after this.
Well the Simarillion was in fact an unfinished work that was published posthumously so dont judge his other works based on it. I personally loved the LOTR series. It was what got me interested in fantasy in the first place so please feel free give it a try. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
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3131 Posts |
Posted - 23 Mar 2012 : 16:55:16
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Originally posted by Thauranil
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Originally posted by entreri3478
I started reading a book that i have been putting of for FAR too long: The Hobbit. I am finding it surprisingly easy to read and enjoyable. I say this because the only other thing from Tolkien that i sampled in the past was part of the Silmarillion, which i despised and felt like it read like a nonfiction genealogical history book. I might actually read LOTR after this.
Well the Simarillion was in fact an unfinished work that was published posthumously so dont judge his other works based on it. I personally loved the LOTR series. It was what got me interested in fantasy in the first place so please feel free give it a try.
Finished the Hobbit. I enjoyed it in the beginning but it wore me down as the story moved along. I realize this is written for a younger audience, but i just thought it was ok. Some of the parts made me wonder if the characters had a brain at all. Hopefully the writing style is a little different in LOTR. I love all of the lore that goes into Middle Earth, but so far Tolkien's writing is just not for me. I am trying, but i can't force myself to like it. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36968 Posts |
Posted - 23 Mar 2012 : 17:43:20
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Originally posted by entreri3478
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Originally posted by Thauranil
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Originally posted by entreri3478
I started reading a book that i have been putting of for FAR too long: The Hobbit. I am finding it surprisingly easy to read and enjoyable. I say this because the only other thing from Tolkien that i sampled in the past was part of the Silmarillion, which i despised and felt like it read like a nonfiction genealogical history book. I might actually read LOTR after this.
Well the Simarillion was in fact an unfinished work that was published posthumously so dont judge his other works based on it. I personally loved the LOTR series. It was what got me interested in fantasy in the first place so please feel free give it a try.
Finished the Hobbit. I enjoyed it in the beginning but it wore me down as the story moved along. I realize this is written for a younger audience, but i just thought it was ok. Some of the parts made me wonder if the characters had a brain at all. Hopefully the writing style is a little different in LOTR. I love all of the lore that goes into Middle Earth, but so far Tolkien's writing is just not for me. I am trying, but i can't force myself to like it.
I first read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in high school, and I struggled with them. In fact, I put down The Two Towers for roughly 1.5 years.
I re-read them about ten years later, when the first of the movies came out... And thoroughly enjoyed them. I'm thinking of re-reading the books again, in fact, because it's been a while. |
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Jeremy Grenemyer
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 23 Mar 2012 : 17:56:36
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| Finished up The Sherlockian and now I'm on a combo of H.G. Wells The Time Machine and The Invisible Man. |
Look for me and my content at EN World (user name: sanishiver). |
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Yoss
Learned Scribe
USA
259 Posts |
Posted - 23 Mar 2012 : 21:04:35
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| Trying to finish Thornhold. I've thoroughly enjoyed all of EC's stuff that I've read so far, but for some reason this book is just taking me forever to get through. I don't know if it's the lack of elves, or that I don't particularly like Bronwyn, or that the last quarter of it is standing between me and Brent Weeks' The Way of Shadows (and I'd I like the rest of the book as much as I've liked the beginning thus far, then I'm going need to need to read the rest of the trilogy as soon as I'm done with that), or all of the above, but its just boring me. Perhaps I just hate paladins. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
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3131 Posts |
Posted - 23 Mar 2012 : 21:10:29
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Originally posted by Yoss
Trying to finish Thornhold. I've thoroughly enjoyed all of EC's stuff that I've read so far, but for some reason this book is just taking me forever to get through. I don't know if it's the lack of elves, or that I don't particularly like Bronwyn, or that the last quarter of it is standing between me and Brent Weeks' The Way of Shadows (and I'd I like the rest of the book as much as I've liked the beginning thus far, then I'm going need to need to read the rest of the trilogy as soon as I'm done with that), or all of the above, but its just boring me. Perhaps I just hate paladins.
Have you read Way of Shadows yet? LOVED IT |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 23 Mar 2012 : 21:12:36
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Originally posted by Jeremy Grenemyer
Finished up The Sherlockian and now I'm on a combo of H.G. Wells The Time Machine and The Invisible Man.
Those were combined? The Invisible Machine? |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 23 Mar 2012 : 23:59:12
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Perhaps I just hate paladins.
Hey! Welcome to the club! |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 24 Mar 2012 : 00:14:44
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Now re-reading Stalking Darkness, Book II of The Nightrunner series by Lynn Flewelling. This one is a bit darker than the first, and more humorous. I love Seregil and Alec here more.
The way Lynn builds excitement and tension in the story is fantastic! |
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
3766 Posts |
Posted - 24 Mar 2012 : 00:39:37
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Originally posted by Yoss
Trying to finish Thornhold. I've thoroughly enjoyed all of EC's stuff that I've read so far, but for some reason this book is just taking me forever to get through. I don't know if it's the lack of elves, or that I don't particularly like Bronwyn, or that the last quarter of it is standing between me and Brent Weeks' The Way of Shadows (and I'd I like the rest of the book as much as I've liked the beginning thus far, then I'm going need to need to read the rest of the trilogy as soon as I'm done with that), or all of the above, but its just boring me. Perhaps I just hate paladins.
-At first, I didn't like Thornhold too much because of the prominence of Bronwyn and characters that were not Arilyn, Danillo, Elaith, and other staples from other books in the series. The intrigue in the book grew on me. It gets a lot better in the second half when all of the proverbial pieces fall into place. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 24 Mar 2012 : 01:10:46
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by entreri3478
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Originally posted by Thauranil
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Originally posted by entreri3478
I started reading a book that i have been putting of for FAR too long: The Hobbit. I am finding it surprisingly easy to read and enjoyable. I say this because the only other thing from Tolkien that i sampled in the past was part of the Silmarillion, which i despised and felt like it read like a nonfiction genealogical history book. I might actually read LOTR after this.
Well the Simarillion was in fact an unfinished work that was published posthumously so dont judge his other works based on it. I personally loved the LOTR series. It was what got me interested in fantasy in the first place so please feel free give it a try.
Finished the Hobbit. I enjoyed it in the beginning but it wore me down as the story moved along. I realize this is written for a younger audience, but i just thought it was ok. Some of the parts made me wonder if the characters had a brain at all. Hopefully the writing style is a little different in LOTR. I love all of the lore that goes into Middle Earth, but so far Tolkien's writing is just not for me. I am trying, but i can't force myself to like it.
I first read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in high school, and I struggled with them. In fact, I put down The Two Towers for roughly 1.5 years.
I re-read them about ten years later, when the first of the movies came out... And thoroughly enjoyed them. I'm thinking of re-reading the books again, in fact, because it's been a while.
I make it a hobbit habit to read both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings every ten years or so. I last read them at the end of the release of The Return of the King film, in 2003. So I'm about due to read them again by the time of the release of the The Hobbit [both parts]. |
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
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Posted - 25 Mar 2012 : 10:41:41
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I read them about every five years or so and still find it a rewarding experience. Looking forward to the Hobbit movie.
Oh i just finished Star Wars: Apocalypse, everybody pretty much gets a happy ending expect for Dalla but I never liked her anyway. Frankly the way she was portrayed as an " honorable" Imperial admiral was sickening after the crimes she had committed during the Galactic civil war. |
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DragonReader
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371 Posts |
Posted - 26 Mar 2012 : 00:46:45
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Finished Honor Bound, by Elaine Cunningham
Now reading Shadow's Master, by Jon Sprunk |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 26 Mar 2012 : 01:38:11
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| Started reading The Summoner by Gail Z. Martin. Looks like she has a unique way about writing about Necromancy and the undead, so i am looking forward to see what happens with this one. 60 pages in and it's caught my attention so far. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 26 Mar 2012 : 01:52:21
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Originally posted by entreri3478
Started reading The Summoner by Gail Z. Martin. Looks like she has a unique way about writing about Necromancy and the undead, so i am looking forward to see what happens with this one. 60 pages in and it's caught my attention so far.
That's a good one. Long, but a quick read because of her rather simple but a little bit elegant style.
Her necromancy is somewhat different from that found in FR. It's leaning towards...good, instead of evil. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 26 Mar 2012 : 05:20:24
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Now re-reading Stalking Darkness, Book II of The Nightrunner series by Lynn Flewelling. This one is a bit darker than the first, and more humorous. I love Seregil and Alec here more.
The way Lynn builds excitement and tension in the story is fantastic!
On Chapter 9 now. I like how Lynn interweaves the events from the first book with this sequel, and how well she inserts humor in the darkest of moments.
Alec and Seregil are fun as always. |
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LastStand
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 26 Mar 2012 : 11:23:29
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Finished A Darkness at Sethanon a while ago and it was great. It left me with a few questions at the end, but the ending was satisfactory none the less.
I'm halfway through the Eberron novel Legacy of Wolves. It is my first novel in this setting and, when I grabbed it at a 2nd hand bookstore, I did not have any high expectations. That said I am pleasantly surprised - Marsheila Rockwell did a great job with this. It's easy to follow despite not being familiar with Eberron and the plot keeps you turning the pages - and keeps you second guessing your initial suspects for who you might think is behind everything.
On a side note: the concept of shifters is pretty win too. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 26 Mar 2012 : 17:40:54
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Originally posted by Dennis
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Originally posted by entreri3478
Started reading The Summoner by Gail Z. Martin. Looks like she has a unique way about writing about Necromancy and the undead, so i am looking forward to see what happens with this one. 60 pages in and it's caught my attention so far.
That's a good one. Long, but a quick read because of her rather simple but a little bit elegant style.
Her necromancy is somewhat different from that found in FR. It's leaning towards...good, instead of evil.
Did you read the entire trilogy? If so, what did you think? |
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