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Ladyzekke · 02-23-2001, 05:31 PM

Stealth! Nice to see you! Actually the last book so far in the TG series is Faith of the Fallen (just came out and I GOT IT)! Memnoch has all the books now before that. Yes, I have to agree that one book, I think book 3?, was pretty grim. I personally hated the Mordsith or whatever those b##@#%s were!

Epona · 02-23-2001, 05:41 PM

I read a lot of Feist's books a good few years ago - great stuff.
I don't have much time for reading right now (I work full time and study too), but if you were going to recommend just one fantasy type book for me to read, what would it be?

I hope that you don't get too much snow - that's one thing we are lucky with in England, we don't usually get much snow, at least in the South where I live (but we have had a lot of floods the last 2 years).

Ladyzekke · 02-23-2001, 05:58 PM

Epona - My personal favorite is C.S. Friedman. She has a few singles and one 3-book series. All are excellent. Luckily I stayed home today and I am soooo glad, as there are many traffic accidents out there right now because of the snow. One is a 20 car pileup and another (which is the road I would have taken) has a 116 car pile up! These poor people are going to be stuck until late in the night before they can finally get home. Whew! Close call! BTW - nice to meet you!

Epona · 02-23-2001, 06:03 PM

Thanks LadyZekke, I will look out for her books when I am shopping next.
The pile-ups sound really bad - I hope no-one was hurt. It is not nice to be stranded somewhere in the cold.

Ladyzekke · 02-23-2001, 06:32 PM

Epona - Keep in mind that C.S. Friedman is a bit on the dark side. What I mean is she usually creates characters that are evil, but have reasons for being evil, and she has a way of writing that makes you care for them. Basically, because of this the books contain a lot of killing. But by the end of the books, things work out in a good way. So it depends on your tastes. I still think she writes brilliantly and I am anxiously awaiting her new one, which I can't find in bookstores, but have seen for sale on the internet. So it must be out, just a matter of time I guess for it to hit the shelves. Also, Moiraine suggested Robin Hobbs to me and they sounded interesting (ships that are alive and communicate with humans).
Yes, I know what you mean, and I do feel sorry for those hundreds of people right this minute sitting in their cars unable to go home because all of the wreckage. They said there was one fatality and the highway will be closed for at least eight hours. Luckily though, they do have the Red Cross out there helping all the people.

Epona · 02-23-2001, 06:41 PM

I think it's a bit of a skill for a writer to have - to be able to characterise evil people or distasteful acts in a way that will get the reader to empathise with the characters and understand their motives. I read plenty of horror so I am unlikely to be freaked out by it.
I have made a note of Hobbs also, that sounds like an interesting concept.

Memnoch · 02-23-2001, 06:57 PM

Well, I'm on an Anne Rice binge right now, finished Pandora (a brilliant book) and currently reading the Vampire Lestat which I haven't read yet believe it or not. So after that I want to read Queen of the Damned, then the Vampire Armand, then get stuck into the Goodkind series.

BTW you didn't tell me that Soul of the Fire was an autographed numbered copy!! Must've been expensive. Do you want me to mail it back when i'm done?

Ladyzekke · 02-23-2001, 07:07 PM

Epona - oh good. Then you'll love C.S. Friendman for sure!

Memnoch - Can't believe you haven't read the Vampire Lestat yet! Random reader are you? And OOOOO, you are in for a ride with Queen of the Damned! And no, please don't send the Terry Goodkind book back because I really only bought it because I had just finished the book before that and was very anxious to read the next one and that is all the bookstore had. Funny, it was on the shelf I didn't know it was autographed! Anyway, I go through so many books and I do not have a bookshelf nor enough room and I only buy them to read, not to collect. So please, keep it my friend.

02-23-2001, 07:24 PM

Oh dear, I feel a trip to the bookstore coming. Another writer I like is Stephen Donaldson. I love the White Gold wielder trilogies. Not many fantasy books cast a child-molesting, incestuous leper as a hero. The wierd thing is you actually feel for him. Takes a very good writer to achieve that. Also his mythos is unusual and believable.

Ladyzekke · 02-23-2001, 08:15 PM

Stealth - I don't know! Child molesting? That's a pretty big stretch! The lovable incestuous pervert? Please, give C.S. Friedman a try (especially the Coldfire Trilogy).

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02-23-2001, 05:31 PM	#31
Ladyzekke Ironworks Atomic Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Virginia, U.S.A. Age: 57 Posts: 9,005	Stealth! Nice to see you! Actually the last book so far in the TG series is Faith of the Fallen (just came out and I GOT IT)! Memnoch has all the books now before that. Yes, I have to agree that one book, I think book 3?, was pretty grim. I personally hated the Mordsith or whatever those b##@#%s were!

02-23-2001, 05:41 PM	#32
Epona Zartan Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: London, England Age: 53 Posts: 5,164	I read a lot of Feist's books a good few years ago - great stuff. I don't have much time for reading right now (I work full time and study too), but if you were going to recommend just one fantasy type book for me to read, what would it be? I hope that you don't get too much snow - that's one thing we are lucky with in England, we don't usually get much snow, at least in the South where I live (but we have had a lot of floods the last 2 years).

02-23-2001, 05:58 PM	#33
Ladyzekke Ironworks Atomic Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Virginia, U.S.A. Age: 57 Posts: 9,005	Epona - My personal favorite is C.S. Friedman. She has a few singles and one 3-book series. All are excellent. Luckily I stayed home today and I am soooo glad, as there are many traffic accidents out there right now because of the snow. One is a 20 car pileup and another (which is the road I would have taken) has a 116 car pile up! These poor people are going to be stuck until late in the night before they can finally get home. Whew! Close call! BTW - nice to meet you!

02-23-2001, 06:03 PM	#34
Epona Zartan Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: London, England Age: 53 Posts: 5,164	Thanks LadyZekke, I will look out for her books when I am shopping next. The pile-ups sound really bad - I hope no-one was hurt. It is not nice to be stranded somewhere in the cold.

02-23-2001, 06:32 PM	#35
Ladyzekke Ironworks Atomic Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Virginia, U.S.A. Age: 57 Posts: 9,005	Epona - Keep in mind that C.S. Friedman is a bit on the dark side. What I mean is she usually creates characters that are evil, but have reasons for being evil, and she has a way of writing that makes you care for them. Basically, because of this the books contain a lot of killing. But by the end of the books, things work out in a good way. So it depends on your tastes. I still think she writes brilliantly and I am anxiously awaiting her new one, which I can't find in bookstores, but have seen for sale on the internet. So it must be out, just a matter of time I guess for it to hit the shelves. Also, Moiraine suggested Robin Hobbs to me and they sounded interesting (ships that are alive and communicate with humans). Yes, I know what you mean, and I do feel sorry for those hundreds of people right this minute sitting in their cars unable to go home because all of the wreckage. They said there was one fatality and the highway will be closed for at least eight hours. Luckily though, they do have the Red Cross out there helping all the people.

02-23-2001, 06:41 PM	#36
Epona Zartan Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: London, England Age: 53 Posts: 5,164	I think it's a bit of a skill for a writer to have - to be able to characterise evil people or distasteful acts in a way that will get the reader to empathise with the characters and understand their motives. I read plenty of horror so I am unlikely to be freaked out by it. I have made a note of Hobbs also, that sounds like an interesting concept.

02-23-2001, 06:57 PM	#37
Memnoch Ironworks Moderator Join Date: February 28, 2001 Location: Boston/Sydney Posts: 11,771	Well, I'm on an Anne Rice binge right now, finished Pandora (a brilliant book) and currently reading the Vampire Lestat which I haven't read yet believe it or not. So after that I want to read Queen of the Damned, then the Vampire Armand, then get stuck into the Goodkind series. BTW you didn't tell me that Soul of the Fire was an autographed numbered copy!! Must've been expensive. Do you want me to mail it back when i'm done?

02-23-2001, 07:07 PM	#38
Ladyzekke Ironworks Atomic Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Virginia, U.S.A. Age: 57 Posts: 9,005	Epona - oh good. Then you'll love C.S. Friendman for sure! Memnoch - Can't believe you haven't read the Vampire Lestat yet! Random reader are you? And OOOOO, you are in for a ride with Queen of the Damned! And no, please don't send the Terry Goodkind book back because I really only bought it because I had just finished the book before that and was very anxious to read the next one and that is all the bookstore had. Funny, it was on the shelf I didn't know it was autographed! Anyway, I go through so many books and I do not have a bookshelf nor enough room and I only buy them to read, not to collect. So please, keep it my friend.

02-23-2001, 07:24 PM	#39
Stealth Bomber Guest Posts: n/a	Oh dear, I feel a trip to the bookstore coming. Another writer I like is Stephen Donaldson. I love the White Gold wielder trilogies. Not many fantasy books cast a child-molesting, incestuous leper as a hero. The wierd thing is you actually feel for him. Takes a very good writer to achieve that. Also his mythos is unusual and believable.

02-23-2001, 08:15 PM	#40
Ladyzekke Ironworks Atomic Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Virginia, U.S.A. Age: 57 Posts: 9,005	Stealth - I don't know! Child molesting? That's a pretty big stretch! The lovable incestuous pervert? Please, give C.S. Friedman a try (especially the Coldfire Trilogy).

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