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Re: Book Review Site
« Reply #135 on: October 22, 2009, 03:18:56 AM »
I'm a Student of Deception, but what titles have I held? Juggler. Various flea-infested poverty-stricken characters. Street performer. Apart from my deceptively tiny fleas who will crawl on your palms and make you clap, what deceptive occupation have I held?

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Re: Book Review Site
« Reply #136 on: October 22, 2009, 04:12:42 AM »
Performing is a sort of deception...

Anyway, you're a student of deception, not a Master Deceiver.
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Re: Book Review Site
« Reply #137 on: October 22, 2009, 04:36:26 AM »
You were an aristocrat....don't you miss it i do.... :(
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Re: Book Review Site
« Reply #138 on: October 22, 2009, 05:19:55 AM »
We do not lie we mislead duh!

Psh. It's just a different name to the same old trick. Lying, misleading. Misleading only makes it sound like it's better...but it's not.
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Re: Book Review Site
« Reply #139 on: October 22, 2009, 06:08:28 AM »
Oh, and what are you? A student of "Light Magic"? What's that supposed to do for you? Oh, look at me! I give people sunburns! I blind opponents, which is totally different than deception. It's the old "look at this flashlight" trick.

I can see the uses of Lite Magic, but Light Magic? Come on.
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Re: Book Review Site
« Reply #140 on: October 22, 2009, 02:15:50 PM »
No with misleading we tell people the truth we just skew the perspective, and it works SOOO much better than lieing duh!!! I'm not against lieing but well it's for amatuers.
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Re: Book Review Site
« Reply #141 on: October 24, 2009, 03:29:39 AM »
Then there's me, a student of Dark Magic. I'm not misleading at all. I'm blunt and to the point. Yes, my magic is dark, yes, I will kill you all, and yes, I am casting spells on you now. I'm just that cool.
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Re: Book Review Site
« Reply #142 on: October 24, 2009, 04:45:08 AM »
Ha you killed my man-eating bunny that i made you think was me!!!!
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Re: Book Review Site
« Reply #143 on: October 25, 2009, 11:09:56 PM »
Andrew the Great is Richard???? Cool  ;D

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Re: Book Review Site
« Reply #144 on: October 27, 2009, 05:18:25 AM »
Hey Steve and Nick, I was wondering when you'd be reviewing The Gathering Storm.
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Re: Book Review Site
« Reply #145 on: October 27, 2009, 05:42:41 PM »
Uh, soon-ish.  I think Nick is getting his US copy today, and my UK import is in the mail.  Realistically, we can afford to have our opinion on this wait a bit.  No sense rushing it.  People in general aren't exactly waiting on our say-so to buy this novel...

But yeah, soon-ish.  I'm interested in the novel, but remaining very cautious about whether I am optimistic or not.  90% of WoT fans are gonna say it's awesome regardless.  I'm expecting more...middle of the road i guess?
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Re: Book Review Site
« Reply #146 on: October 27, 2009, 07:44:51 PM »
*shrug* I'm no Wheel of Time fan, but I'm merely interested on seeing your opinion of it :)
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Re: Book Review Site
« Reply #147 on: October 28, 2009, 03:28:48 AM »
90% of WoT fans are gonna say it's awesome regardless. 

See, I think THAT's optimistic. I'm not talking about how good I think the book will be, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of discontented people, after all the wait, all the buildup, etcetera etcetera etctera.

I'll be really interested to see how it's received, actually. The difficulty will be finding out without getting mega spoilers, as I confidently expect not to have time to read the book until December (by which point it won't be out in mass market yet, anyway).

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Re: Book Review Site
« Reply #148 on: October 28, 2009, 03:59:22 AM »
I'm almost at the 200 page mark and it is pretty damn good so far....
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Re: Book Review Site
« Reply #149 on: October 28, 2009, 05:33:13 PM »
well, i have to swear off this site now until I read it.....