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Aylee -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 2:29:46 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Kana 5-TWOT is pretty good (Greedy-the first three books are pretty cliche, but Jordon kinda hits his stride in book 4 and holds it for a long while), Mat Cauthon is one of the great fantasy characters ever, but sadly Jordon freaking died before finishing. Lots of WOT folks seem happy with Sanderson. I ain't. I think his writing is shoddy and his characterization is way way off the mark. That said, Aylee, Towers of Midnight is pretty good, the best part being that Jordon wrote lots of it before he passed. I have gotten so used to the long waits between books that I forgot that there was another one coming out. I do like the character of Mat and his story. Sanderson is not too bad. I think of it in the same way I felt about reading Variable Star. I do like that the story is going to be finished.

Aylee -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 2:31:18 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Fetters4U If comedy is more your line, try Myth Adventures by Robert Aspirin in Fantasy or Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison in SF. I have read a couple of Aspirin's Phule books and they are pretty good as well.

LanceHughes -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 2:38:35 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: zephyroftheNorth I agree with your list, Lance but want to add to it the Narnia series by C.S. Lewis. I loved the books both as a kid and as an adult. Thanks - I couldn't for the life of me remember that one. Was sitting here, going,"The thing where the movie clip had the lion and snow and closet." Technically an armoire. Kept drawing a ____________.

zephyroftheNorth -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 2:42:46 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LanceHughes quote: ORIGINAL: zephyroftheNorth I agree with your list, Lance but want to add to it the Narnia series by C.S. Lewis. I loved the books both as a kid and as an adult. Thanks - I couldn't for the life of me remember that one. Was sitting here, going,"The thing where the movie clip had the lion and snow and closet." Technically an armoire. Kept drawing a ____________. You're welcome. I actually wore out my first copies - admittedly used copies I got from one of my aunts but still in great condition. I now have a second copy of the whole series which is still whole...for now.

DomKen -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 2:47:55 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Kana Kana's comments 1-Saw HP 7 last night, was kinda disappointed. It deviates quite a bit from the book and they messed up my favorite part (Neville killing the snake). And yes, I'm a pretty big HP fan. Neville's pulling the sword out of the Sorting Hat while on fire when everyone thinks Harry is dead is so completely visual that I thought for sure they would include it but it was one of many things changed for no good reason.

Hippiekinkster -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 2:54:13 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: juliaoceania quote: ORIGINAL: Hippiekinkster quote: ORIGINAL: juliaoceania I see how you passed on Terry Goodkind as a part of your list... I loath him. He tricked me by writing one good book and then I bought the entire Seeker series, and each book after that had longer and longer Ayn Rand type lectures..[:'(] You might like the "Belgariad" quintilogy by David (and Leigh) Eddings. Lots of funny stuff in it, and great characters. So many good recommendations on this thread.... yay! I like the photo, btw University of British Columbia Anthropology "Museum" ... Salish Totem Pole behind me, but I had to cut the pic... was around New Years 2008. Hard to see my ponytail.

Kana -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 3:25:47 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DomKen quote: ORIGINAL: Kana Kana's comments 1-Saw HP 7 last night, was kinda disappointed. It deviates quite a bit from the book and they messed up my favorite part (Neville killing the snake). And yes, I'm a pretty big HP fan. Neville's pulling the sword out of the Sorting Hat while on fire when everyone thinks Harry is dead is so completely visual that I thought for sure they would include it but it was one of many things changed for no good reason. For me it's one of the great high points of fantasy. I mean, Neville thinks Harry's dead and he wants to strike a blow, knowing that he'll be cut down as soon as he kills the snake. It's heroic sacrifice at it's finest not to mention that it's the apogee of the Neville character arc-he's come a long long way from the scared first year student and become a hero in his own right (The sword comes to him and the Sword of Gryffindor only comes to heroes). It's just a bloody awesome piece of writing. The changes in the movie kinda rob the scene of its moment.

Kana -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 3:34:41 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PainObjectForUse Looking for a new author to follow - suggestions welcomed. AND please, not that vampire and werewolf drivel. I'll kick your ass. tony Try The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson. Not quite fantasy, not quite sci-fi, not quite historical fiction. It's been called "the definitive historical-sci-fi-epic-pirate-comedy-punk-love story" and is essentially about the creation of the modern world. Sometimes meandering, sometimes hilarious, occasionally badly in need of an editor, absurdly wide reaching in scope and style. Oh yeah, and all three books are massive, as in 800 pages or so.

knees2you -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 5:11:53 PM)
Hey All. For me it was Chronicles of Narnia~ series not done yet. (1) Chronicles of Narnia. [:D] (2) Lord of the Rings. [:)] (3) Star Wars. [;)] (4) Left Behind Series. [:)] (5) Bourne Series. [:D] Always knees

kalikshama -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 6:41:24 PM)
quote: I am finishing up the second to newest Malazan book currently. Masochist.

kalikshama -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 6:47:50 PM)
quote: Thanks kalik but if there is an order to the books, I'd like to read them in order I obsessively read in order. Just wanted to warn you that the second two are very different from the first. Not bad, just different.

kalikshama -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 7:08:47 PM)
quote: Now if you want to go for a strong heroine, I suggest you go for Jean M Auel's Earth Children novels, if you don't mind boring, repetitive and tedious writing, really bad poetry camouflaged as "mother song" and a rather unbelievable story line, with dreadful sex scenes and all that... quote: In a moment of insanity I bought the last one, Land Of Painted Caves, I thought her last few books in the series were (trying to put this politely) incredible, tedious tripe... The last one is almost unbearable, I got it next to the bed and the only thing I can say in its favour is, that it does put me to sleep easily because it's THAT boring. No one, and I repeat no one, puts me to sleep better than Jean Auel. Oh goody, my library has the Painted Caves ebook :)

WinsomeDefiance -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 8:40:15 PM)
I really enjoyed the Harry Potter series. Both the books and the movies. Part of what I loved so much about it, is I was able to share in the experience with my kids. Harry Potter, my boys and I went together to each of the movies that came out. That is a family experience that spanned a decade. My older boys and I shared the books, and my youngest son is looking forward to reading them. I also enjoyed the LoTR movies, but found the novels tedious reading. Never read any Star Wars books, but enjoyed most of the movies. There's just something about watching your kids grow up with a cast of characters that makes the series rather special.

DomKen -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 8:55:25 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: WinsomeDefiance There's just something about watching your kids grow up with a cast of characters that makes the series rather special. There are other series of books that make for good reading by parents to kids, Baum's Oz series is quite good, but I don't think any can compare to HP.

Moonhead -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/18/2011 4:40:29 AM)
Lemony Snickett? Edith Nesbitt? Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl series? Whoever it was did the Borribles books?

Moonhead -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/18/2011 4:44:40 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Kana quote: ORIGINAL: PainObjectForUse Looking for a new author to follow - suggestions welcomed. AND please, not that vampire and werewolf drivel. I'll kick your ass. tony Try The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson. Not quite fantasy, not quite sci-fi, not quite historical fiction. It's been called "the definitive historical-sci-fi-epic-pirate-comedy-punk-love story" and is essentially about the creation of the modern world. Sometimes meandering, sometimes hilarious, occasionally badly in need of an editor, absurdly wide reaching in scope and style. Oh yeah, and all three books are massive, as in 800 pages or so. And (like most of what Stephenson's published since the turn of the '90s) none of them end properly. Great stuff apart from that, though. Another wonderful fantasy series which hasn't been mentioned yet is Jack Vance's Dying Earth series. Then there's M John Harrison's Viriconium books.

zephyroftheNorth -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/18/2011 4:45:16 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: kalikshama quote: Thanks kalik but if there is an order to the books, I'd like to read them in order I obsessively read in order. Just wanted to warn you that the second two are very different from the first. Not bad, just different. Yeah I tend to do the same thing. There's a boxset of four books which I will probably get.

MstrPBK -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/18/2011 4:55:21 AM)
Not a spoiler for those who have not read the books. There are indeed a number of differences between the books and the movie. I am hoping the writers did not remove some of the best lines of the last book in the move ... MstrPBK St. Paul, MN USA

Kana -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/18/2011 6:09:20 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Moonhead quote: ORIGINAL: Kana quote: ORIGINAL: PainObjectForUse Looking for a new author to follow - suggestions welcomed. AND please, not that vampire and werewolf drivel. I'll kick your ass. tony Try The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson. Not quite fantasy, not quite sci-fi, not quite historical fiction. It's been called "the definitive historical-sci-fi-epic-pirate-comedy-punk-love story" and is essentially about the creation of the modern world. Sometimes meandering, sometimes hilarious, occasionally badly in need of an editor, absurdly wide reaching in scope and style. Oh yeah, and all three books are massive, as in 800 pages or so. And (like most of what Stephenson's published since the turn of the '90s) none of them end properly. Great stuff apart from that, though. Another wonderful fantasy series which hasn't been mentioned yet is Jack Vance's Dying Earth series. Then there's M John Harrison's Viriconium books. Not this time. He actually has a real ending to System of the World, issues are resolved, plot lines tied up and characters reach epiphanies. I was kinda shocked, cuz, like you, I had started to think Stephenson just ended whenever he ran out of paper.

Moonhead -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/18/2011 7:14:09 AM)
[sm=jaw.gif] You're kidding! I'll have to get around to that one...

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