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Post by endorbr on Aug 20, 2019 17:54:09 GMT
Don't laugh, but.......I just recently finished reading this. Next up is Chamber of Secrets. I mean, it's not REALLY a kid's book. It's not even really ONLY for young adults either. What's interesting about Harry Potter is that anyone of any age can read it. It tackles adult themes, so don't expect Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or anything cutesy like that. Yes, there are wizards, and witches, and magical creatures. But there's also a fair amount of violence and death, too. I am honestly surprised by Sorcerer's Stone (in Europe, it's called the Philosopher's Stone) because there was a twist in it that I never saw coming until the final chapter. Never, ever. Avoiding spoilers, the book lead me to believe a certain character was the villain only to turn everything on its head at the very last moment. And, honestly, I would choose THIS over sparkly vampires. I like the Harry Potter books. J.K. Rowling on the other hand...
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Post by Uesugi-dono on Aug 20, 2019 18:30:43 GMT
Don't laugh, but.......I just recently finished reading this. Next up is Chamber of Secrets. I mean, it's not REALLY a kid's book. It's not even really ONLY for young adults either. What's interesting about Harry Potter is that anyone of any age can read it. It tackles adult themes, so don't expect Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or anything cutesy like that. Yes, there are wizards, and witches, and magical creatures. But there's also a fair amount of violence and death, too. I am honestly surprised by Sorcerer's Stone (in Europe, it's called the Philosopher's Stone) because there was a twist in it that I never saw coming until the final chapter. Never, ever. Avoiding spoilers, the book lead me to believe a certain character was the villain only to turn everything on its head at the very last moment. And, honestly, I would choose THIS over sparkly vampires.Who the hell wouldn't? Anne Rice's vampires were pretty cool... mostly. At least Interview was good. I suffered through a little of Harry Potter, enough to realize it offended the fantasy writer in me.
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Post by kungfubunny9876 on Aug 21, 2019 4:25:30 GMT
Don't laugh, but.......I just recently finished reading this. Next up is Chamber of Secrets. I mean, it's not REALLY a kid's book. It's not even really ONLY for young adults either. What's interesting about Harry Potter is that anyone of any age can read it. It tackles adult themes, so don't expect Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or anything cutesy like that. Yes, there are wizards, and witches, and magical creatures. But there's also a fair amount of violence and death, too. I am honestly surprised by Sorcerer's Stone (in Europe, it's called the Philosopher's Stone) because there was a twist in it that I never saw coming until the final chapter. Never, ever. Avoiding spoilers, the book lead me to believe a certain character was the villain only to turn everything on its head at the very last moment. And, honestly, I would choose THIS over sparkly vampires.Who the hell wouldn't? Anne Rice's vampires were pretty cool... mostly. At least Interview was good. I suffered through a little of Harry Potter, enough to realize it offended the fantasy writer in me. Muggle is a racist term!
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Post by Uesugi-dono on Aug 21, 2019 10:13:00 GMT
Who the hell wouldn't? Anne Rice's vampires were pretty cool... mostly. At least Interview was good. I suffered through a little of Harry Potter, enough to realize it offended the fantasy writer in me. Muggle is a racist term! not that way!
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Post by Katzenbalger on Aug 21, 2019 11:51:27 GMT
Um, guys.... Eat Them Alive Paperback from $203.77 2 Used from $203.77 1 Collectible from $250.00 Holy shit!! Fucking hell! I paid $5 for my copy.
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Post by Uesugi-dono on Aug 21, 2019 12:18:35 GMT
Um, guys.... Eat Them Alive Paperback from $203.77 2 Used from $203.77 1 Collectible from $250.00 Holy shit!! Fucking hell! I paid $5 for my copy. You could sell it here and mail them a copy and STILL made bank off of it.
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Post by Uesugi-dono on Aug 22, 2019 20:43:25 GMT
The Wanderers Pentad (Five Books)
Book I; The Wanderers From Skull Rock: Telorvech is a young half-elf orphan living in Waterdeep, raised in the temple of Selûne there. But always in the back of his mind was the desire rescue his parents whom he believes were not killed by a malicious wizard thirteen years ago. Still young but ready to set out on his own he leaves the temple with a group of unlikely and inexperienced companions; Belgar the mage’s apprentice, Caolite the escaped gladiator slave, Zerin the half-elf warrior who is consumed by vengeance, and Fingers a self-serving Halfling thief with sinister plans of his own. Together with the elven adventurer Gord and the happy-go-lucky bard Zaklyn, they embark on a quest to claim a magical tome from the lair of a long-gone wizard, but when dark forces align against them can the fledgling adventurers manage to overcome all the obstacles in their path? Joined by valuable allies and Telorvech’s long-lost sister and pursued by black-hearted villains and worse the group finds they must pull together as a team if they are going to outwit the Red Wizard Karvanis’ wicked henchmen and set out on a long journey to rescue the parents that Telorvech lost so long ago.
Incidentally, I'll mail you a pdf if you're interested.
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Post by Katzenbalger on Aug 29, 2019 12:11:31 GMT
At the beginning of the year I decided to thrust myself into the world of fantasy, a genre i'd dipped into a little but never really dove in before. I guess it'd be because of the size and scale of a lot of epics - I usually like things to be wrapped up neatly by the end of the book (it's why i get frustrated with games with sequel hooks or unfinished narratives).
But variety is the spice of knife, so I decided to commit myself to reading an entire series, and dove head first into the deep. Maybe a little too deep, mind.
Instead of doing the smart thing and taking the time to research what a good, highly-rated and somewhat approachable series to start with would be, i just went with whatever and chose by random at the book store and only realized later I'd committed myself to an incredibly dense series that's over ten books long, each one door-stopper sized (the first was 900 pages, and that's the shortest by far).
It's been...interesting. It's the 'Malazan Book of the Fallen' series. I'm four books deep into it, and if you tried to ask me what it's about i'd just stop and stare off into the distance for a while trying to figure that out. There's an empire trying to take over the continent, and each book seems to deal with one of the military campaigns, but the characters are mostly just people caught in the action, like soldiers or random people or assorted weirdos. Also Gods are just hanging around, and there are several different ancient civilizations with their own religions and customs and each book has literally dozens of important named characters to keep track of. I've been enjoying it, sort of, though i am struggling at times. Especially because of how dense it all is.
But i will note that it's also full of the silliness i usually attributed fantasy to be, where just fucking whatever can happen and be completely ridiculous and it's treated as matter of course. I have an example from the first book:
One of the main characters is a witch, and the writer constantly reminds us that she’s both really fat and also super attractive. To the point where every time she appears, somebody will mention how hot and fat she is. Every time. She ends up in a romantic relationship with another main character, a soldier dude, in the most abrupt way. He gets stabbed by another character and, unconscious and near-death, gets brought to her place to recover. The next page the writer just states ‘Oh, they’re totally attracted to each other now’ without ever hinting or showing it happening, with no real interaction between the two and then they bang. But then a little later on she gets killed in an explosion, and he’s like ‘I must avenge this woman I slept with once because she’s my soulmate’ and his character arc, motivation and allegiances have completely changed.
But she’s not completely dead, she used magic to possess someone else’s rotting corpse, and so she just starts wandering around the wilderness just screaming endlessly because she’s a zombie, until some random tribal people passing by take her soul and put it into a pregnant woman’s baby, and she’s reborn as a magical tribal person. And then at the very end of the book soldier dude finds her later and she’s like five years old and instinctively they remember each other and he’s like ‘yeah, I’mma tap u when ur older’ and she’s like ‘I’ll b waiting for u baby’. And that was the big romance in the book.
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Post by Uesugi-dono on Aug 29, 2019 12:18:03 GMT
At the beginning of the year I decided to thrust myself into the world of fantasy, a genre i'd dipped into a little but never really dove in before. I guess it'd be because of the size and scale of a lot of epics - I usually like things to be wrapped up neatly by the end of the book (it's why i get frustrated with games with sequel hooks or unfinished narratives). But variety is the spice of knife, so I decided to commit myself to reading an entire series, and dove head first into the deep. Maybe a little too deep, mind. Instead of doing the smart thing and taking the time to research what a good, highly-rated and somewhat approachable series to start with would be, i just went with whatever and chose by random at the book store and only realized later I'd committed myself to an incredibly dense series that's over ten books long, each one door-stopper sized (the first was 900 pages, and that's the shortest by far). It's been...interesting. It's the 'Malazan Book of the Fallen' series. I'm four books deep into it, and if you tried to ask me what it's about i'd just stop and stare off into the distance for a while trying to figure that out. There's an empire trying to take over the continent, and each book seems to deal with one of the military campaigns, but the characters are mostly just people caught in the action, like soldiers or random people or assorted weirdos. Also Gods are just hanging around, and there are several different ancient civilizations with their own religions and customs and each book has literally dozens of important named characters to keep track of. I've been enjoying it, sort of, though i am struggling at times. Especially because of how dense it all is. But i will note that it's also full of the silliness i usually attributed fantasy to be, where just fucking whatever can happen and be completely ridiculous and it's treated as matter of course. I have an example from the first book: One of the main characters is a witch, and the writer constantly reminds us that she’s both really fat and also super attractive. To the point where every time she appears, somebody will mention how hot and fat she is. Every time. She ends up in a romantic relationship with another main character, a soldier dude, in the most abrupt way. He gets stabbed by another character and, unconscious and near-death, gets brought to her place to recover. The next page the writer just states ‘Oh, they’re totally attracted to each other now’ without ever hinting or showing it happening, with no real interaction between the two and then they bang. But then a little later on she gets killed in an explosion, and he’s like ‘I must avenge this woman I slept with once because she’s my soulmate’ and his character arc, motivation and allegiances have completely changed. But she’s not completely dead, she used magic to possess someone else’s rotting corpse, and so she just starts wandering around the wilderness just screaming endlessly because she’s a zombie, until some random tribal people passing by take her soul and put it into a pregnant woman’s baby, and she’s reborn as a magical tribal person. And then at the very end of the book soldier dude finds her later and she’s like five years old and instinctively they remember each other and he’s like ‘yeah, I’mma tap u when ur older’ and she’s like ‘I’ll b waiting for u baby’. And that was the big romance in the book. "she’s both really fat and also super attractive. To the point where every time she appears, somebody will mention how hot and fat she is." - Some author has a fat wife. she’s like five years old and instinctively they remember each other and he’s like ‘yeah, I’mma tap u when ur older’ and she’s like ‘I’ll b waiting for u baby’. And that was the big romance in the book. - Some author has a secret HDD full of kiddie porn. "But i will note that it's also full of the silliness i usually attributed fantasy to be, where just fucking whatever can happen and be completely ridiculous and it's treated as matter of course." - Ahem, there's a fantasy book one entry above this that begs to differ.
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Post by Katzenbalger on Aug 29, 2019 12:18:12 GMT
The Wanderers Pentad (Five Books)
Book I; The Wanderers From Skull Rock: Telorvech is a young half-elf orphan living in Waterdeep, raised in the temple of Selûne there. But always in the back of his mind was the desire rescue his parents whom he believes were not killed by a malicious wizard thirteen years ago. Still young but ready to set out on his own he leaves the temple with a group of unlikely and inexperienced companions; Belgar the mage’s apprentice, Caolite the escaped gladiator slave, Zerin the half-elf warrior who is consumed by vengeance, and Fingers a self-serving Halfling thief with sinister plans of his own. Together with the elven adventurer Gord and the happy-go-lucky bard Zaklyn, they embark on a quest to claim a magical tome from the lair of a long-gone wizard, but when dark forces align against them can the fledgling adventurers manage to overcome all the obstacles in their path? Joined by valuable allies and Telorvech’s long-lost sister and pursued by black-hearted villains and worse the group finds they must pull together as a team if they are going to outwit the Red Wizard Karvanis’ wicked henchmen and set out on a long journey to rescue the parents that Telorvech lost so long ago.
Incidentally, I'll mail you a pdf if you're interested. Send me the PDF and i'll read it. I think you sent me it once years ago, but I never got around to it.
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Post by Uesugi-dono on Aug 29, 2019 12:19:06 GMT
The Wanderers Pentad (Five Books)
Book I; The Wanderers From Skull Rock: Telorvech is a young half-elf orphan living in Waterdeep, raised in the temple of Selûne there. But always in the back of his mind was the desire rescue his parents whom he believes were not killed by a malicious wizard thirteen years ago. Still young but ready to set out on his own he leaves the temple with a group of unlikely and inexperienced companions; Belgar the mage’s apprentice, Caolite the escaped gladiator slave, Zerin the half-elf warrior who is consumed by vengeance, and Fingers a self-serving Halfling thief with sinister plans of his own. Together with the elven adventurer Gord and the happy-go-lucky bard Zaklyn, they embark on a quest to claim a magical tome from the lair of a long-gone wizard, but when dark forces align against them can the fledgling adventurers manage to overcome all the obstacles in their path? Joined by valuable allies and Telorvech’s long-lost sister and pursued by black-hearted villains and worse the group finds they must pull together as a team if they are going to outwit the Red Wizard Karvanis’ wicked henchmen and set out on a long journey to rescue the parents that Telorvech lost so long ago.
Incidentally, I'll mail you a pdf if you're interested. Send me the PDF and i'll read it. I think you sent me it once years ago, but I never got around to it. Quite possible. It's on its way.
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Post by Katzenbalger on Aug 29, 2019 12:39:34 GMT
"she’s both really fat and also super attractive. To the point where every time she appears, somebody will mention how hot and fat she is." - Some author has a fat wife. she’s like five years old and instinctively they remember each other and he’s like ‘yeah, I’mma tap u when ur older’ and she’s like ‘I’ll b waiting for u baby’. And that was the big romance in the book. - Some author has a secret HDD full of kiddie porn. "But i will note that it's also full of the silliness i usually attributed fantasy to be, where just fucking whatever can happen and be completely ridiculous and it's treated as matter of course." - Ahem, there's a fantasy book one entry above this that begs to differ. It gets funnier much later, and not intentionally. Two books/2000 pages later, they're reunited. Soldier dude is now in charge of his own unit and is relatively well respected by his commanders and team. Witch is now a twelve year old tribal girl - described as attractive and 'plump' - but she's now in control of an army of zombie warriors (because fantasy). Soldier dude's army wants to make an alliance with the undead army to kill a different army of cannibal cultists, and the commanders know that soldier dude was in a relationship with witch, so they start pressuring him to bang her to seal the deal. But soldier dude gets super uncomfortable because, now that his unit knows and his bosses are basically telling him to have sex with a child, he realizes how creepy it is (though it's ambiguous whether it's because she's under-aged or because everybody else knows and expects it of him). Especially when members of his unit are all 'Hey, when are you going to go seal the deal by sealing the deal with that little girl?'.
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Post by endorbr on Aug 29, 2019 13:41:18 GMT
The Wanderers Pentad (Five Books)
Book I; The Wanderers From Skull Rock: Telorvech is a young half-elf orphan living in Waterdeep, raised in the temple of Selûne there. But always in the back of his mind was the desire rescue his parents whom he believes were not killed by a malicious wizard thirteen years ago. Still young but ready to set out on his own he leaves the temple with a group of unlikely and inexperienced companions; Belgar the mage’s apprentice, Caolite the escaped gladiator slave, Zerin the half-elf warrior who is consumed by vengeance, and Fingers a self-serving Halfling thief with sinister plans of his own. Together with the elven adventurer Gord and the happy-go-lucky bard Zaklyn, they embark on a quest to claim a magical tome from the lair of a long-gone wizard, but when dark forces align against them can the fledgling adventurers manage to overcome all the obstacles in their path? Joined by valuable allies and Telorvech’s long-lost sister and pursued by black-hearted villains and worse the group finds they must pull together as a team if they are going to outwit the Red Wizard Karvanis’ wicked henchmen and set out on a long journey to rescue the parents that Telorvech lost so long ago.
Incidentally, I'll mail you a pdf if you're interested. Call me interested.
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Post by Uesugi-dono on Aug 29, 2019 14:31:39 GMT
The Wanderers Pentad (Five Books)
Book I; The Wanderers From Skull Rock: Telorvech is a young half-elf orphan living in Waterdeep, raised in the temple of Selûne there. But always in the back of his mind was the desire rescue his parents whom he believes were not killed by a malicious wizard thirteen years ago. Still young but ready to set out on his own he leaves the temple with a group of unlikely and inexperienced companions; Belgar the mage’s apprentice, Caolite the escaped gladiator slave, Zerin the half-elf warrior who is consumed by vengeance, and Fingers a self-serving Halfling thief with sinister plans of his own. Together with the elven adventurer Gord and the happy-go-lucky bard Zaklyn, they embark on a quest to claim a magical tome from the lair of a long-gone wizard, but when dark forces align against them can the fledgling adventurers manage to overcome all the obstacles in their path? Joined by valuable allies and Telorvech’s long-lost sister and pursued by black-hearted villains and worse the group finds they must pull together as a team if they are going to outwit the Red Wizard Karvanis’ wicked henchmen and set out on a long journey to rescue the parents that Telorvech lost so long ago.
Incidentally, I'll mail you a pdf if you're interested. Call me interested. Done and done.
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Post by TonberryKing on Sept 8, 2019 5:55:26 GMT
Don't laugh, but.......I just recently finished reading this. Next up is Chamber of Secrets. I mean, it's not REALLY a kid's book. It's not even really ONLY for young adults either. What's interesting about Harry Potter is that anyone of any age can read it. It tackles adult themes, so don't expect Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or anything cutesy like that. Yes, there are wizards, and witches, and magical creatures. But there's also a fair amount of violence and death, too. I am honestly surprised by Sorcerer's Stone (in Europe, it's called the Philosopher's Stone) because there was a twist in it that I never saw coming until the final chapter. Never, ever. Avoiding spoilers, the book lead me to believe a certain character was the villain only to turn everything on its head at the very last moment. And, honestly, I would choose THIS over sparkly vampires. I like the Harry Potter books. J.K. Rowling on the other hand... No shame man. Harry Potter is awesome. I could talk about character motivations, and theories all day. endorbr J.K Rowling really let all that money go to her head though.
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