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That whole series = fail.


What happened to the Tolkien's of the world....





The Children of Hurin.

REAL fantasy.
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Lazarus wrote:The writing isn't bad, contrary to some's opinions...
I beg to differ.

The writing is terrible.

I'm reading--and here the literary snob in me comes out even more--"I Am No One You Know" by Joyce Carol Oates.

Really excellent collection of short stories.
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Drewsov wrote:
Lazarus wrote:The writing isn't bad, contrary to some's opinions...
I beg to differ.

The writing is terrible.
What exactly are you differing on? I didn't say it wasn't terrible. :P
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Wait! You guys have me saying that the writing isn't bad!! You're quoting the wrong person.... but you knew that...
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Fixed.

And...

you do think the writing's bad, garth?
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Well... I think that it is much better than the first book, and at times it can be very good. But I think it fluctuates. Sometimes it can be downright awful. It is somewhat enjoyable though...
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Ender's Shadow

There are points in this book that make me wonder if Card really did plan that far ahead, or did that just come up. Either way the book amazes me, as well as most of the books in the Ender/Bean universe.
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I read that one not long ago. I think I liked Ender's Game better, but it was interesting to see the story told from a new point of view.
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Speaker for the Dead was like twice as good as any book in that series. Card's best, IMO...
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Eh. To each his own.


Fahrenheit 451

Awesome.
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ohnolookout wrote:Eh. To each his own.


Fahrenheit 451

Awesome.
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Sinner - Ted DekKer

Pretty good so far... writing leaves a little to be desired...
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GarthVader wrote:Sinner - Ted DekKer

Pretty good so far... writing leaves a little to be desired...
Meh, it sucked imo.

Too many non people.

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I'm reading this thing called 1776
My name is ChickenSoup and I have several flavors in which you may be interested
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I'm reading a little book called Dhalgren. Craziness.
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