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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: March 23, 2009, 04:53:09 AM »
Quote from: Shaggy on March 22, 2009, 01:42:07 PM
Who wrote them??
If you're talking about Dune, the author was Frank Herbert (for the first 6 books). for the Prequels and the other current Dune projects were done by Brian Herbert (Frank Herbert's son) and Kevin J Anderson.

kevin - Dune isnt a trilogy. it's 6 books. by your definition, I could say that Wheel of Time is a trilogy...with extra books tacked on. Or Hitchhickers Guide was a trilogy...with a few extras. Same with Piers Anthony. Same with Jim Butcher. Not to mention, Frank Herbert didn't finish the story, which is why we have his son and Kevin J Anderson have destroyed it thus far.

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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: March 22, 2009, 05:01:41 AM »
Quote from: kevinpii on March 22, 2009, 01:50:47 AM
My doctor recommended the dune trilogy to me and i loved it. So I guess you could you its doctor recommended. (he actually wrote it on a prescription pad).

Dune isnt a trilogy. The original Dune (which is classic) is followed by several follow-ups, all of which get increasingly more odd. Dune Messiah and Children of Dume were ok, but God-Emperor was a little too far out there. I didn't get to Chapterhouse of Dune or Heretics of Dune. The 6 prequels were freaking awful - some of the worst novels i have ever read. ever. seriously.

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Writing Group / Re: Modern Language in Fantasy?
« on: March 20, 2009, 10:49:38 PM »
and yet it is surprising how many people say it doesn't fit the story. drives me crazy...

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Splitting A Memory of Light...
« on: March 20, 2009, 10:48:33 PM »
We may prefer it to come out a certain way (both volumes in one year for example), but simple logic demands that Tor make as much money as possible. They will make more if they release it in subsequent years starting this November, and the next volume released next November - in the US.

As for the foreign releases, I couldn't say. all the European countries split the novels. The novel splitting in Germany drove me crazy when I looked for German editions of my favorite books.

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Movies and TV / Re: Dollhouse
« on: March 20, 2009, 08:51:09 PM »
finally caught up on this show again. the last 2 episodes are really heading in the right direction. advance reviews say that tonight's episode is the one where the show puts its stamp on how it is going to be from now on. Joss Whedon himself said that the series didn't even really start for him until episode 6. i am excited.

I also like how Joss Whedon is telling people to stop expecting so much humor everywhere. He doesn't need to be funny to be successful, and if people would stop comparing it to Firefly or Buffy (stupid comparisons), they might actually see the great ideas that are being put on TV by this show.

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Books / Re: Mainstream Fantasy
« on: March 20, 2009, 08:22:32 PM »
less thread necromancy please.

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Writing Group / Re: Modern Language in Fantasy?
« on: March 20, 2009, 06:42:47 PM »
Ookla is an anachronism.

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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: March 20, 2009, 05:18:58 PM »
Quote from: sortitus on March 20, 2009, 12:27:25 AM
Ah, okay. My brothers are the ones who suggested The Dark Elf Trilogy, but I will follow your advice. I do not trust my relatives, especially since one tried to get me to read *gulp* Twilight.

yeah...if you didn't like the stereotypical fantasy of Terry Brooks, and you didn't like the lack of character depth in those books, then I fear you won't care for Dark Elf. You may as well read a die-roll log from a D&D game. Seriously.

Dune is still a good book, and I think it always will be. Though I don't recommend reading any of the Prequel/Sequels by his son Brian Herbert. They are terribad.

It's hard to know what to recommend for you to read since I don't know what like and dislike. The popular thing to read in the fantasy genre currently is Urban Fantasy (Jim Butcher, Simon R Green, Kat Richardson, anything with vampires and magic) and grim fantasy (characters die like crazy - Martin, Abercrombie, Erikson, Lynch, Bakker).

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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: March 19, 2009, 11:14:01 PM »
Dune. Stay away from Dark Elf. I'm kinda meh on Ender's Game.

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Books / Re: What are you reading, part 3
« on: March 19, 2009, 08:02:08 PM »
Terry Brooks' stuff is very Tolkien in nature. It was great when I was in Jr. High, but not so much now. I respect Brooks for getting people to read, but I don't read his books anymore. He is very much in the old style of fantasy. So no, you are not crazy. The Elfstones of Shannara is book2 of the initial trilogy, and it is the best of all of Brooks' novels by far, but it is still very cliche in our current era of the genre.

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Movies and TV / Re: Watchmen
« on: March 19, 2009, 03:44:57 PM »
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...nakeder (is that even a word?) and nakeder.

I'm always nakeder. In fact, I am the nakederest! (apparently my spell check likes nakeder, but not nakedest...looks like you are fine.)

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Movies and TV / Re: Watchmen
« on: March 18, 2009, 10:40:05 PM »
i didn't actually feel it was a big deal. the character was entirely CG rendered, so I didn't feel any real difference between it and the comic. and once again, the context of his nakedness renders it virtually meaningless. in fact, i thought it looked much worse when he wore a speedo. I felt i got his character more completely when he was going commando.

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Writing Group / Re: Modern Language in Fantasy?
« on: March 18, 2009, 10:07:35 PM »
I dont have a big problem with it. most of the time, this argument comes up when talking about swearing in the fantasy genre. Guys like Martin, Abercrombie, Bakker, Lynch, and Morgan are big users of our modern profanity in their fantasy settings. Is it wrong? Who am I to say. I personally think its fine, because we are not experts in the entire linguistic evolution of the imaginary world that the author has created. Who says that his people can't use this or that phrase? Last I checked we didn't grow up in the pages of that world, so it's not our place to decide if it is ok or not.

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Reading Excuses / Re: Email List + Submission Dates
« on: March 18, 2009, 09:17:36 PM »
It's an honor to be killed in people's novels. I already have a death scene in Dan Well's 3rd book, and Brandon is scheming a way for me to die in his next one.

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Reading Excuses / Re: Writing Groups: An Essay by Dan Wells
« on: March 18, 2009, 06:00:27 PM »
Soon I will just have a symbol for my name, and I will require people to call me by that name even though I say it's not pronounceable.

Anyways, I hope I helped to one degree or another. I have been in a few writing groups, most of which ended poorly due to the factors mentioned in my previous post.

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