Isildur | Fri 15-Sep-06 07:06 PM |
Member since 04th Mar 2003
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#408, "RE: Wherein I blaspheme!"
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>It probably doesn't hurt that the bar for fantasy movies is >set so low by years of horrible fantasy movies.
True. Maybe Jackson's Halo movie will win Best Picture by virtue of the fact that comic book movies are typically so atrocious.
>I never got into Star Trek in any form. . . just never >interested me very much.
The "Q" character is this guy who can basically do anything. Alter the fabric of reality, go back and forth in time, pop in and out anywhere in the known universe, etc. He's got all the powers of God, but acts like Loki. Anyway, the writers use him to do stuff like send the crew of the Enterprise back to midieval times, etc. Crazy stuff they could never do without a Q-like character.
>Never read these, but her "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" > I may be butchering the name slightly) is one of my favorite >short stories. I probably should check those out.
They're super-short. Like 150-200 pages each.
>but I'm always a little wary of Stephenson > though I mostly like his works) because his books have a >tendency to abruptly run out of pages without having reached >an ending.
I just didn't get into the story much. I will say this, though: he writes at a very high level. He actually used some vocabulary I wasn't familiar with. Not that I'm Mr. Vocabulary, but I'm reasonably intelligent and read alot, and it's fairly rare that an author will use a word where I just have no clue.
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Good fantasy!
[View all] , Crysseara, Thu 14-Sep-06 08:40 PM
RE: Good fantasy!,
Pendragon_Surtr,
19-Oct-06 04:50 PM, #49
Read anything I write.,
(NOT Pro),
19-Oct-06 11:38 AM, #47
RE: Good fantasy!,
Algonas,
05-Oct-06 05:47 AM, #46
RE: Good fantasy!,
incognito,
28-Sep-06 04:42 PM, #45
RE: Good fantasy!,
Moridin,
25-Sep-06 05:34 PM, #43
I second that emotion.,
(NOT Graatch),
26-Sep-06 02:56 PM, #44
RE: Good fantasy!,
Eskelian,
23-Sep-06 12:00 PM, #35
RE: Good fantasy!,
DurNominator,
23-Sep-06 01:04 PM, #37
RE: Good fantasy!,
Alenysi,
18-Sep-06 11:03 AM, #30
RE: Good fantasy!,
DurNominator,
19-Sep-06 03:03 AM, #34
Tigana / Alvin Maker,
Valkenar,
18-Sep-06 11:00 AM, #29
RE: Good fantasy!,
(NOT Graatch),
18-Sep-06 10:59 AM, #28
Addendum,
(NOT Graatch),
18-Sep-06 04:22 PM, #31
Runelords,
nepenthe,
18-Sep-06 04:39 PM, #32
I agree.,
(NOT Graatch),
18-Sep-06 05:05 PM, #33
Yeah, I'll second Book of Swords series by Fred Saberha...,
Eskelian,
23-Sep-06 12:01 PM, #36
Harry Potter!,
Marcus_,
18-Sep-06 03:20 AM, #27
RE: Harry Potter!,
n8v_nerd,
24-Sep-06 03:53 AM, #39
Actually, those were written by Chris Claremont.,
TheLastMohican,
24-Sep-06 11:55 AM, #40
Larry Bond.,
Grurk Muouk,
17-Sep-06 06:01 PM, #26
RE: Larry Bond.,
Pico,
24-Sep-06 11:30 PM, #41
RE: Larry Bond.,
Grurk Muouk,
25-Sep-06 07:09 AM, #42
Brust, Leiber, Martin, Tim Powers. Done. nt,
Larcat,
17-Sep-06 05:36 PM, #25
RE: Good fantasy!,
Eshval,
16-Sep-06 11:19 PM, #23
Just a few I've read...,
Saith,
16-Sep-06 10:07 PM, #22
Shannara series by Terry Brooks. Start with the sword. ...,
dwimmerling,
16-Sep-06 09:19 PM, #21
I really did try!,
Crysseara,
17-Sep-06 11:59 AM, #24
Wheel of Time - but maybe thats just me...nt,
Minyar,
15-Sep-06 09:16 PM, #18
RE: Wheel of Time - but maybe thats just me...nt,
Crysseara,
15-Sep-06 09:57 PM, #19
It isn't just you. Once I got past the,
Quixotic,
15-Sep-06 10:03 PM, #20
I hear Jordan isn't doing very well, health-wise.,
Minyar,
23-Sep-06 03:44 PM, #38
RE: I hear Jordan isn't doing very well, health-wise.,
Pendragon_Surtr,
19-Oct-06 04:49 PM, #48
Coldfire Trilogy by CS Friedman.,
TheLastMohican,
15-Sep-06 07:43 PM, #16
Gaiman,
Crysseara,
15-Sep-06 08:43 PM, #17
RE: Good fantasy!,
Thrakburzug,
15-Sep-06 07:01 PM, #13
Read Jhereg and the related books by Stephen Brust.,
Theerkla,
15-Sep-06 02:05 PM, #9
RE: Read Jhereg and the related books by Stephen Brust.,
nepenthe,
15-Sep-06 05:52 PM, #11
RE: Read Jhereg and the related books by Stephen Brust.,
Ishmael,
18-Nov-06 06:40 PM, #50
Beelzebub as a golden retriever,
Theerkla,
18-Nov-06 07:20 PM, #51
If you haven't already.,
Shadowmaster,
15-Sep-06 11:44 AM, #7
Some of my favorites,
Lightmage,
15-Sep-06 11:12 AM, #5
Your old man would appreciate the Spider Queen stuff to...,
Lightmage,
15-Sep-06 11:17 AM, #6
AHAH,
Vortex Magus,
15-Sep-06 09:03 AM, #3
Ester Friesner,
Crysseara,
15-Sep-06 05:33 PM, #10
RE: Good fantasy!,
Isildur,
15-Sep-06 12:21 AM, #2
Wherein I blaspheme!,
nepenthe,
15-Sep-06 09:50 AM, #4
RE: Wherein I blaspheme!,
Isildur,
15-Sep-06 01:33 PM, #8
RE: Wherein I blaspheme!,
nepenthe,
15-Sep-06 06:10 PM, #12
RE: Wherein I blaspheme!,
Isildur,
15-Sep-06 07:06 PM #14
If you valued Ulzammon at all, you will read the last b...,
TheLastMohican,
15-Sep-06 07:29 PM, #15
Three Cheers for George R.R. Martin!,
wretchedmongrel,
14-Sep-06 11:48 PM, #1
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