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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Vote for Vin!
« on: March 08, 2011, 05:02:29 PM »
Long Live Barbarians! Go Logen!
Max is a Shadowblade, a supernatural--and supernaturally competent--warrior bound to protect her witch Giselle. As a Shadowblade, Max doesn't age. She is better, faster, stronger than any ordinary human being. And she hates it. Giselle betrayed her trust to make Max what she is, and though she is magically compelled to protect Giselle and follow orders, Max works against her witch in every way she can. Continue reading Bitter Night
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I have to agree with all of you. This guy has no idea what he's talking about and he's overreacting. Western civilization isn't going to collapse because of a few fantasy sub-genres. Grim needs to grow a pair.
"Elf-colored glasses" is my new favorite phrase.
It’s a very simple argument he advances, really. A kind of literary battle of good against evil, you might say. On one side are the towering mythic geniuses of Tolkien and Howard, who wrote “in blood and lighting” according to Leo, although presumably on extremely hardwearing paper. On the other side are, well, me, Steve Erikson, Michael Swanwick, and Matthew Woodring Stover, apparently. I’ve never met those guys, or read any of their work, I must admit. But that doesn’t mean they’re not down here with me in the evil postmodern myth-destruction bunker. It’s a big old bunker we’ve got, and there’s lots of us down here. Though I’m not entirely sure who.
I believe that both the Count of Monte Crisco and Les Miserables
I personally thought Eragon was pretty decent. Yes, unorginal, but since it was written by a 15 year old, I'm willing to put that aside. It was an entertaining read. The other two however. You'd think he'd get better as he got older. You'd think he'd get more original. But no. No, he doesn't. If anything, he gets worse. That's saying something...
hello, who's ahan? and ten soon? just finish reading the adobe acrobat version... got me hooked for about 8 hours, and its my first time reading a sanderson... i must admit tho, i wonder how the WoT rendition wud turn out, now that iv read one of his books.. the humor is good, particularly Lightsong's chapters.. but... I hope he'l get Mat Cuathon right...
Rofl. Guess he's branching out, eh?
It seems to me that Denth and Ahan are completely difference characters. Denth intended to be evil from the start of the book. Ahan was just stupid. Different motivation, different skills. Denth is a whole lot scarier.
I was COMPLETELY taken in by Denth. It was great. I was right there with Vivenna going "WHAT?!" I was forming this whole different picture of him in my mind and then, wham! He turns out to be the bad guy! I love being surprised like that. I love getting so caught up in the story with the characters that I also don't pick up on stuff that they should have.