I finally had a chance to read this! Also thanks for doing this!
Fantasy usually delivers the world building aspect - and if it doesn't, come on, why are you even writing fantasy?
That made me laugh XD But, yeah, it's true XD
It's really interesting to read this! A lot of what you said is what I would have suspected. Jeez, dude, you are going to end up talking me into reading Pride and Prejudice with the way you talk about it. Although I don't see it on my classics shelf so can I borrow it from you when I get to that point?
Also, I have to agree about the movies fights. It's kind of annoying. And, sadly, it's true about Terry Goodkind. By the way, were you the one who told me he's started writing Richard and Kahlan again?
The Omen Machine -
Here's the excerpt:
Hannis Arc, working on the tapestry of lines linking constellations of elements that constituted the language of Creation recorded on the ancient Cerulean scroll spread out among the clutter on his desk, was not surprised to see the seven etherial forms billow into the
( ... )
You should read Pride and Prejudice! The writing might put you off at first, but it is very conversational for its era, and I personally love the way it is written.
Also, if I get to talk with you in excited Ais-speak when you are excited about Pride and Prejudice, I may expire with giddyness.
Also, that Goodkind quote - wow. Like an otherworldly collection of spectral shapes seemingly carried on random eddies of airReally? And what, exactly, is that like? I have very rarely seen otherworldly collections of spectral shapes. Actually, never seen either spectral shapes or an otherworldly collection. ALSO - aren't they actually a otherworldly collection of spectral shapes? So that would be like me saying "Like a man walking down the street, I walked down the street." ARGH. Damn, I think - I think a part of my brain just died
( ... )
To be fair, I don't know for certain whether that was a quote straight from the book but..... yeah, it probably was. I found it on Amazon in the review section.
It does make it seem like TG's writing has gone downhill even more, which is SUPER UNFORTUNATE ARGH.
It's true that there's a lot of other stuff out there to look at instead... I don't know yet if I'll even bother reading the thing or whether I'll just read a synopsis of it later.
Who else is any good aside from de Lint?
Also, sword and sorcery-- wouldn't the Tamir Trilogy somewhat fall under that category?
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Fantasy usually delivers the world building aspect - and if it doesn't, come on, why are you even writing fantasy?
That made me laugh XD But, yeah, it's true XD
It's really interesting to read this! A lot of what you said is what I would have suspected. Jeez, dude, you are going to end up talking me into reading Pride and Prejudice with the way you talk about it. Although I don't see it on my classics shelf so can I borrow it from you when I get to that point?
Also, I have to agree about the movies fights. It's kind of annoying. And, sadly, it's true about Terry Goodkind. By the way, were you the one who told me he's started writing Richard and Kahlan again?
The Omen Machine -
Here's the excerpt:
Hannis Arc, working on the tapestry of lines linking constellations of elements that constituted the language of Creation recorded on the ancient Cerulean scroll spread out among the clutter on his desk, was not surprised to see the seven etherial forms billow into the ( ... )
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Also, if I get to talk with you in excited Ais-speak when you are excited about Pride and Prejudice, I may expire with giddyness.
Also, that Goodkind quote - wow.
Like an otherworldly collection of spectral shapes seemingly carried on random eddies of airReally? And what, exactly, is that like? I have very rarely seen otherworldly collections of spectral shapes. Actually, never seen either spectral shapes or an otherworldly collection. ALSO - aren't they actually a otherworldly collection of spectral shapes? So that would be like me saying "Like a man walking down the street, I walked down the street." ARGH. Damn, I think - I think a part of my brain just died ( ... )
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It does make it seem like TG's writing has gone downhill even more, which is SUPER UNFORTUNATE ARGH.
It's true that there's a lot of other stuff out there to look at instead... I don't know yet if I'll even bother reading the thing or whether I'll just read a synopsis of it later.
Who else is any good aside from de Lint?
Also, sword and sorcery-- wouldn't the Tamir Trilogy somewhat fall under that category?
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