Robin's comments
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Robin's comments from the Fantasy Book Club group.
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Reviews are starting to trickle in on the new release in the Riyria Revelations and they are looking good ;-)
18 have come in between Goodreads and Amazon click here to read them
Robin.
I saw a lot of posts here but didn't read them all - has anyone read the new Sanderson release in the series - do you like it?
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Lol - my only exposure to this world was playing Ice Wind Dale the computer game - I don't remember it being very "memorable" hopefully the books are better.
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Stephen wrote: "Those are books? Huh i thought howls moving castle was just a movie. I like it are the books worth while?"
The Book version of Howl's is much different then the animated movie version. Personally I liked the book better but I know many enjoyed the movie. It might be because I read the book first and as I mentioned the movie deviates from the original book.
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Chris wrote: "Like others, I believe Garth Nix did a good job with his female characters...."
I've read only one Nix - Sabriel and I enjoyed the way he did his female lead in that one.
Barbm1020 wrote: "Professor McGonigall is pretty cool...."
I too liked McGonigall, but....Dundledore beat her out for me. I tend to be drawn toward male characters as a rule.
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I too read Hobbit first and thankfully didn't see the silly cartoon until years later - I really did not like it. I really enjoyed LOTR and its depth and sweeping tale is still one of my favorites - but Hobbit is a great thing to get you started into fantasy when you are young -- that's how it happened with me.
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This is one of my favorites - probably because it is what got me started - I've read it many times but looking at this as a good opportunity for a re-read.
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Looks interesting - Congratz...I'll check it out.
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Hey S.A. Glad to see a release date for Book 3 - Congratz.
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I'm a bit late in posting but we had supply problems. The book is now "officially" released and we have copies for sending out signed copies.
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I've done Kindle versions for all of Michael's books and I found them really easy to do. Most all author's start off in word and converting from word to .html (which Kindle uses) is VERY EASY.
I recently discovered Smashwords which makes all the various e-book formats (mobi, .lrf, etc) I don't have all the devices so not sure if there are any issues with them or not. But following their guidelines it was easy enough to do.
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Pauline wrote: "As much as I love Miyazaki, I definitely love the book better. Much more humor and a much more complex plot"
I'm with Pauline on this one - I liked the book better than the movie.
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Here is a review i found on Fantasy Book Critic
http://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com/20...
Sample chapters can be found here:
http://pyrsamples.blogspot.com/2009/01/e...
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blackrose wrote: "I finally finished this book last night. I would not allow it to defeat me!
That is exactly how I felt about Johnathan Strange and Dr. Norell. It was a hard book to make it through and I felt that it was an accomplishment. I ultimately liked it but I'm not sure it was worth the effort for me.
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I picked this up ages ago and never found some time to give it a read - Hopefully it wil win the tie breaker and then I'll have a good excuse ;-)
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I too am very interested in the "present" thread. I'm afraid it will come in little pieces over the next two books - but what can you do.
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Kathy wrote: "But what about Min in Mistborn? Granted she uses metallurgy to kick male butt, but I don't think that's so completely odd in this particular world.
I think Mistborn did a great job of portraying a woman that holds her own in the physical department.
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Michael's third book is dedicated to Steven Gillick a friend of his who started a "chain book" back and forth where each would right a chapter etc. Steve tired of the exercise but it was the spark that eventually became Riyria.
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