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Memnoch · 03-17-2001, 04:28 AM

Dalamar, I agree with you - Weis and Hickman were able to introduce a basic level of humanity to their characters. I was curious about the state of the Dragonlance world now. Do you feel that the Age of Mortals has that same magic about it (well, obviously not literally!) than the previous ages?

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Balgin · 03-17-2001, 06:49 PM

I've also just finished the latest instalment in the Gotrek and felix novels (vaguely based on King Gautrek's Saga (Danish in origin I believe)). It wouldn't have been too bad if I hadn't seen a character in the first chapter and said "spot the traitor". I was, unfortunately correct. I only failed to forsee two plot developements but I wasn't far wrong. I've re read chunks of The True Game again and am talking myself into finishing the only two David Gemml books that I haven't finished yet, "Waylander II" and "Sword in the Storm". I generally like Gemmel, Moorwood, Lawhead (Stephen), and various others, I might re read Rowan by Anne Mc'Caffrey, a Sci Fi novel in wich telepaths steer ships and all sorts of things happen.

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Cloudbringer · 03-17-2001, 10:32 PM

It's not one I'm reading at the moment, but I can recommend Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's The Mote In God's Eye. I recommended it to Ramon in Ziroc's tv thread on the GD forum. Couldn't remember the authors at the time. Good science fiction book as he requested, but one with a whole lot of human interest and some very interesting questions/observations. It's about a high tech society and it's "first contact" with another isolated species. Very well done and I am happy to suggest it to you all for reading.

Cloudy

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Cloudbringer · 03-17-2001, 10:45 PM

Ok and another one, Orson Scott Card "Ender's Game" (there are several books in this theme, but this is the key one). I know this is a FANTASY forum...but I figure anyone who reads Asimov or Bradbury as some have mentioned, also like science fiction....so, another book I'd heartily recommend (TO YOU RAMON for sure, if you see this!!!) is the one above. I have to tell you that I got it by mistake from a book club many years ago and I still remember the basic story and some very strong emotional responses to this book. INCREDIBLE. This is not light reading. Not at all. There were some things that were very disturbing, at least for me. Basic premise is that we are at war way off in the future..Andrew (aka Ender) is drafted to battle college at a tender age and he is trained in state of the art techniques. Story is about the war/society and also about the human being- Ender and what he endures psycholgically. It had a big impact on me. Again, a dark one and I'll admit it isn't one I'd sit down and read again just for fun. I'll do Xanth or a good light romance for that. But for powerhouse hit you where it counts reading, Orson Scot Card is the ticket.

Cloudy

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Dalamar · 03-18-2001, 09:33 AM

Well, about 5th age, i believe that the original idea was good, but the way Jean Rabe introduced this idea in her books was a huge disapointment.Very few of her characters have any character at all! I believe that 5th age in the hands of Weis & Hickmann would become a masterpiece. Krynn is definately changing, this is not bad, nothing ever stays static and dlance (although is fantasy) makes no exception.Jean Rabe's books are not so good (in the first one i got sleepy! this is the first time that something like this happens to me with a dlance book!) but i encourage everyone to read them because this way you will have the opportunity to read the War Of Souls trilogy which is absolutely a masterpiece! (the 2nd book is to come in April 10) i haven't felt such anticipation for a book since the time i was waiting for DoSF

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Take a look if you want with some dlance forums to see what i'm talking about

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Dalamar

Balgin · 03-18-2001, 03:12 PM

I would also recommend "Divers Hands" by Darrel Schweitzer.(1979 from The Years Best Horror Stories Series VII, I discovered it in Cosmic Knights, an anthology edited by Isaac Asimov). It's a very Ravenloft esque tale set in Medieval Greece. Damned good if the Nekatu didn't take quite such a rediculous final form but it's a bloody good read (even if it's an adaptation of various Irish folk tales that rip off The Cyclops chapter from The Odyssey). Read it if you can.

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slackerboy · 04-05-2001, 12:49 AM

i'm reading the dune books right now. as soon as i finish i'm gonna read orson scott card's (my favorite) shadow of the hedgemon.
i read the witching hour. and liked it. but i got lost half way through lasher and just couldnt finish it. not her best work imho

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dafan · 04-05-2001, 08:35 AM

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Originally posted by WOLFGIR:
Hi Ziroc, well any good books, well if you have a thing for vampires check out a book called "Sunglasses after dark" it´s a set of four books in one, pretty ok, it´s a female comic writers first book. Pretty OK.

Robin Hob?? Assasins quest books are really good.

Right now I´m into some Terry Pratchett books and also alot of H.P Lovecraft and also the Sword of truth serie.. Puh, and I still have some Feist and Jordan books left to read.. Damn, I need a vacation!

I agree Robin Hobbs books are really good I read one a year ago or something and but I can't remember the name of it... It was about a boy whose dad was a king but he died or something and he became a assassin for his father realtives... The kings where able in a telepathic way sink ship and make people go berserk on their own... what's the books name

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Moiraine · 04-05-2001, 02:24 PM

Dafan, read the Robin Hobb's Ship trilogy ! It is a masterpiece !

I am a book devourer, anyway, so I have read a LOT of Fantasy books.
My favourite Fantasy authors : Anne McCaffrey, Mercedes Lackey, David Eddings, Raymond E. Feist, Robert Jordan, Terry Brooks (yes, him !), M.Z. Bradley, Jennifer Roberson (especially the Tiger and Del series), Weiss & Hickmann (the Death Gates series is an absolute must !), Robin Hobb of course. Also Zelazny. Maybe I have forgotten some ...

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dafan · 04-05-2001, 04:40 PM

I'll try something of that

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03-17-2001, 04:28 AM	#21
Memnoch Ironworks Moderator Join Date: February 28, 2001 Location: Boston/Sydney Posts: 11,771	Dalamar, I agree with you - Weis and Hickman were able to introduce a basic level of humanity to their characters. I was curious about the state of the Dragonlance world now. Do you feel that the Age of Mortals has that same magic about it (well, obviously not literally!) than the previous ages? ------------------ Memnoch - Custodian of the Order of the Holy Flame

03-17-2001, 06:49 PM	#22
Balgin Elminster Join Date: March 4, 2001 Location: Bournemouth,Hampshire,England Posts: 443	I've also just finished the latest instalment in the Gotrek and felix novels (vaguely based on King Gautrek's Saga (Danish in origin I believe)). It wouldn't have been too bad if I hadn't seen a character in the first chapter and said "spot the traitor". I was, unfortunately correct. I only failed to forsee two plot developements but I wasn't far wrong. I've re read chunks of The True Game again and am talking myself into finishing the only two David Gemml books that I haven't finished yet, "Waylander II" and "Sword in the Storm". I generally like Gemmel, Moorwood, Lawhead (Stephen), and various others, I might re read Rowan by Anne Mc'Caffrey, a Sci Fi novel in wich telepaths steer ships and all sorts of things happen. ------------------ Balgin, the Dwarf

03-17-2001, 10:32 PM	#23
Cloudbringer Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Upstate NY USA Posts: 19,737	It's not one I'm reading at the moment, but I can recommend Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's The Mote In God's Eye. I recommended it to Ramon in Ziroc's tv thread on the GD forum. Couldn't remember the authors at the time. Good science fiction book as he requested, but one with a whole lot of human interest and some very interesting questions/observations. It's about a high tech society and it's "first contact" with another isolated species. Very well done and I am happy to suggest it to you all for reading. Cloudy ------------------ Storm-Queen of Ironworks [This message has been edited by Cloudbringer (edited 03-17-2001).]

03-17-2001, 10:45 PM	#24
Cloudbringer Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Upstate NY USA Posts: 19,737	Ok and another one, Orson Scott Card "Ender's Game" (there are several books in this theme, but this is the key one). I know this is a FANTASY forum...but I figure anyone who reads Asimov or Bradbury as some have mentioned, also like science fiction....so, another book I'd heartily recommend (TO YOU RAMON for sure, if you see this!!!) is the one above. I have to tell you that I got it by mistake from a book club many years ago and I still remember the basic story and some very strong emotional responses to this book. INCREDIBLE. This is not light reading. Not at all. There were some things that were very disturbing, at least for me. Basic premise is that we are at war way off in the future..Andrew (aka Ender) is drafted to battle college at a tender age and he is trained in state of the art techniques. Story is about the war/society and also about the human being- Ender and what he endures psycholgically. It had a big impact on me. Again, a dark one and I'll admit it isn't one I'd sit down and read again just for fun. I'll do Xanth or a good light romance for that. But for powerhouse hit you where it counts reading, Orson Scot Card is the ticket. Cloudy ------------------ Storm-Queen of Ironworks [This message has been edited by Cloudbringer (edited 03-17-2001).]

03-18-2001, 09:33 AM	#25
Dalamar Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: March 16, 2001 Location: Florina, Greece Posts: 4	Well, about 5th age, i believe that the original idea was good, but the way Jean Rabe introduced this idea in her books was a huge disapointment.Very few of her characters have any character at all! I believe that 5th age in the hands of Weis & Hickmann would become a masterpiece. Krynn is definately changing, this is not bad, nothing ever stays static and dlance (although is fantasy) makes no exception.Jean Rabe's books are not so good (in the first one i got sleepy! this is the first time that something like this happens to me with a dlance book!) but i encourage everyone to read them because this way you will have the opportunity to read the War Of Souls trilogy which is absolutely a masterpiece! (the 2nd book is to come in April 10) i haven't felt such anticipation for a book since the time i was waiting for DoSF ) Take a look if you want with some dlance forums to see what i'm talking about ). Dalamar

03-18-2001, 03:12 PM	#26
Balgin Elminster Join Date: March 4, 2001 Location: Bournemouth,Hampshire,England Posts: 443	I would also recommend "Divers Hands" by Darrel Schweitzer.(1979 from The Years Best Horror Stories Series VII, I discovered it in Cosmic Knights, an anthology edited by Isaac Asimov). It's a very Ravenloft esque tale set in Medieval Greece. Damned good if the Nekatu didn't take quite such a rediculous final form but it's a bloody good read (even if it's an adaptation of various Irish folk tales that rip off The Cyclops chapter from The Odyssey). Read it if you can. ------------------ Balgin, the Dwarf

04-05-2001, 12:49 AM	#27
slackerboy Gold Dragon Join Date: March 5, 2001 Location: smyrna, tn, usa Age: 47 Posts: 2,506	i'm reading the dune books right now. as soon as i finish i'm gonna read orson scott card's (my favorite) shadow of the hedgemon. i read the witching hour. and liked it. but i got lost half way through lasher and just couldnt finish it. not her best work imho ------------------

04-05-2001, 02:24 PM	#29
Moiraine Anubis Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Up in the Freedomland Alps Age: 61 Posts: 2,474	Dafan, read the Robin Hobb's Ship trilogy ! It is a masterpiece ! I am a book devourer, anyway, so I have read a LOT of Fantasy books. My favourite Fantasy authors : Anne McCaffrey, Mercedes Lackey, David Eddings, Raymond E. Feist, Robert Jordan, Terry Brooks (yes, him !), M.Z. Bradley, Jennifer Roberson (especially the Tiger and Del series), Weiss & Hickmann (the Death Gates series is an absolute must !), Robin Hobb of course. Also Zelazny. Maybe I have forgotten some ... ------------------ The world is my oyster !

04-05-2001, 04:40 PM	#30
dafan Avatar Join Date: March 8, 2001 Location: V-vik ostgot, Sweden Posts: 596	I'll try something of that ------------------ I'm a protector of good a seeker of truth a symbol of light

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