What is the WORST book you ever read?

Originally posted by Morgeruat: which dragonlance series, do you mean chronicles, legends, or preludes or any of the other miniseries involved, personally I felt that the character developement of chronicles was probably the best of any T$R book I've ever read, despite the fact that they took a generic party and in the words of Tracy Hickman, Raistlin had hourglass eyes "because it was cool" they later developed that into a great story arc.

Those “dragons of autumn twilight” and “dragons of Winter something”
I have forsworn any Book by TSR and Lizards on toast now.
I just found them to stale and bad compared to other books, I do agree, They are probably the best of anything touched by TSR, But compared to other authors like Gene Wolfe or Moorcock or even Robin Hobb They are bad.

[Olli Kalma]

Well couple books are so terrible, that it's better that I don't even mention about them... Please... Don't read following books...

Murder in Halruaa
Richard Meyers
Forgotten Realms

The Farseer: Assassin's apprentice
Robin Hobb
all three books...

None David Eddings books...

nor Michael Moorcook's

[ 12-16-2002, 05:16 PM: Message edited by: Olli Kalma ]

[Sir Krustin]

Anything by T$R.

I have to agree with mouse though, I couldn't get through anything by Delany...and I tried believe me. I thought "surely something thats won awards like this has got to be better than this!"

[Lifetime]

Originally posted by johnny: The bible.

I actually take offence to that.

[johnny]

Originally posted by Lifetime: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by johnny: The bible.

I actually take offence to that.</font>[/QUOTE]Well, it's MY opinion, what do you want me to do ? Lie about it ? There are probably a lot of people who take offense to it, but it's still MY opinion. And i didn't say it to shock people, i atually read the bible, I had too, they made us read in gradeschool. I never read more nonsense, sorry dude, that's how i feel about it.

[Sever]

I don't know what i was thinking when i bought David Eddings' 'Redemption of Althalus'. To be fair to the author, The first chapters are funny and well thought out, but it quickly degenerates into ridiculously childish events. The whole book seems to be written for 10 year olds and Eddings cant help but throw in every far fetched outcome his overly imaginative mind can conjure.
I shudder at the thought that i wish i still had the book, if only to post a few of the more laughable plot developments.

Favourite book? It's not actually a sci-fi in the full sense of the word but rather a genre that i call sci-freak'n-ecstasy. Grant Naylor's Red Dwarf and Better Than Life go down in history as my all time favourites. Pure insanity. [img]graemlins/crazyeyes.gif[/img]

[Bristowe]

Originally posted by Memnoch: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Mouse: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Memnoch: Hmmm...I take it you're a Gygax fan, Mousie?

Ooooooh yes, give me all the cheesy, fantasy-by-numbers crap out there. If it's mildly *cough*erotic*cough* so much the better. Come to think of it (nudge, nudge, wink, wink ) I seem to remember some really dire fantasy from way back in the dim mists of time. I think it was all about some barbarian called Gor........ [img]graemlins/crazyeyes.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]DON'T TELL ME YOU READ THAT WHEN YOU WERE A KID TOO!!!!

Actually, wait a minute...I read those when *I* was a kid, and that was only 15 years ago, so how old were you...? [img]tongue.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]Hey! What was wrong with the Gor series?? hahaha I remember picking those up from the local library after school, i thought they were ok...haha But then again, I wasn't very old at that the time.

Personally, the worst book/s i've read are the Forgotten Realms series. Always full of cheesy characters who never die and have little depth. However, i've always thought the Dragonlance saga was excellent, true, Weis and Hickman's writing ain't as polished as other writers but their books were part of my life as a kid and i still enjoy reading ( most ) of the newer books. But mine is a biased opinion. haha [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Luvian]

I jusd read Silverfall, Stories of the Seven Sisters, by Ed Greenwood. There was probably enough cheese in that book to feed every starving childrens in the world for a year...

[Sir Taliesin]

<font color=orange>OH MY GOSH! I'm agreeing with Eisenschwarz on something! TSR books suck big ones! And really so does the Vaunted R.A. Salatore. Yuch!!! PSST!!! PSST!!! But the all time WORST book I've ever read is Baldurs Gate. That was terrible! The Baldurs Gate Cheat book had a better story in it!
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[Night Stalker]

Originally posted by Luvian: I jusd read Silverfall, Stories of the Seven Sisters, by Ed Greenwood. There was probably enough cheese in that book to feed every starving childrens in the world for a year...

Let me guess ... they all had an affair with Elminster .....