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bellatrys

Anyone read these yet?

Feb 16, 2007 16:49

Dragonspell by Donita Paul, published by WaterBrook PressSaw the set in Barnes & Nobles the other day but was on my way out & didn't have time to skim them. This is the Random House offshoot that published that "coming Apocalypse/War with Islam" book that I posted about a few weeks ago, btw. Just curious if anyone's yet had a chance to investigate ( Read more... )

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anonymous February 17 2007, 00:27:28 UTC

From that description, I'm thinking they drew a transmutation circle on the ground, dropped in a BDSM-oriented romance novel and "Chicken Soup for the Christian Girl's Soul", and created an abomination against God.

-Mark

Shh!!! The Chicken Soup Books are an attempt bellatrys February 19 2007, 19:22:53 UTC

...to summon the Great Old Ones, by driving enough people insane that their vacant minds can form a Portal...

dsgood February 17 2007, 03:25:25 UTC

Yes. One example from some time back: Frank Peretti's This Present Darkness. Liberals and other minions of Satan are menacing a small town. But a band of Real Christians (no Papists among them, of course) save the day.

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lyorn February 17 2007, 01:22:22 UTC

Haven't read and I don't think I will... amazon.ca has reviews by people who at least seem to be literate, but I wouldn't read any of the books they seem to have reviewed well.

Christian fantasy stardragonca February 17 2007, 01:23:47 UTC

This is usually the Let's Make Lewis and Tolkien Spin at Lightspeed genre.

Protestants. Why does it have to be Protestants...?

'Cos they don't have hagiographies? deiseach February 17 2007, 01:43:17 UTC

Catholics can at least get the weird out by writing hagiographies (or making films about obscure Marian apparitions).

Protestants, being stuck with sola scriptura, have to channel their, um, imaginative leanings into the likes of this.

I'm wondering about that review, though: I agree that one term to strike fear and dread into any heart is plonking 'Christian' in front of music/film/book/painting because it's usually dire beyond words, but that teasing little reference to a 'fainting dragon' has me intrigued.

Not intrigued enough to make me want to touch the thing with a ten-foot bargepole, mind you, but it does make me wonder if there might be some sparks of imagination, phantasy and - dare I say it? - art deep down there somewhere.

After all, if you went by the earnest (God love them!) Christians who seized upon the popularity of the LOTR movies to plug Tolkien, Lewis et al as 'Christian' writers, you'd never have gone within a parsec of their stuff, and that'd be a pity.

To be fair to Protestants deiseach February 17 2007, 01:45:40 UTC

They'd probably snark back that Catholics put all their fantasy into their theology (cue muttering about Foruth Member of the Trinity and Praying to the Saints is Necromancy) :-)

wombat1138 February 17 2007, 03:41:22 UTC

But what's the Anglicans' excuse for quotes like "My villain, if he had got to grips with Harry Potter, would have beaten him" and "I called Lord Voldemort Lord Vulgarwart. I said he was a bit of a wimp and Harry Potter was not the only gay in the village"?

(I notice with some bemusement that not only are they hoping to cast Sean Bean as the movie, but there's also some talk of Mel Gibson directing. O frabjous booyah, or something.)

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Thanks, but I don't need any deiseach February 17 2007, 20:49:52 UTC

Would you be any relation to the Scottish lawyer (ahem) that emailed my place of employment offering to cut us in on a juicy bequest that would otherwise only go to the Government since the legatees had all unfortunately pre-deceased?

Something in the neighbourhood of $48 million USD, if I recall correctly. My goodness, the Scots reputation for frugality outdoes itself!

Re: Thanks, but I don't need any fledgist February 18 2007, 03:04:26 UTC

It sounds as if Scotland has moved to Nigeria.

You mean it's not legit? deiseach February 18 2007, 03:55:07 UTC

But - but - but he said he was a lawyer!

A *Scottish* lawyer! What could be more upright and trustworthy?

Promising me untold riches! Well, 40% of $48,000,000 U.S. dollars, which comes to *tries to work it out on fingers, gives up* rather a lot, anyway!

Oh, no! Woe is me! My trust has been cruelly abused!

Good job I didn't provide details as requested, eh? And how do our Scottish comrades like this slur on the fair repute of their noble land?

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