Sandi's comments
(member since Dec 05, 2008)
Sandi's comments from the Fantasy Book Club group.
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He might enjoy the Landover series by Terry Brooks. The first five novels were recently re-released in two omnibus editions and there's a new installment in hardback. It's very much like the Chronicles of Amber, but funnier.
I want to read "On Stranger Tides".
Blackrose just expressed everything I think about this topic and she said it so much better than I would have, so just re-read message #5 to see what I think.
I recently read The Steel Remains by Richard K. Morgan. I had really been looking forward to it because I loved the science fiction I'd read by him and was anxious to see how he was going to use his gritty style on fantasy. I was more than disappointed by the book. (See my review if you want to know why.) As I was reading The Blade Itself, I kept thinking that this was what I expected from Morgan's book, without sex. Heck, even the titles are incredibly similar.
Marc wrote: "I've met him a few times. He's doing the convention circuit with his autobiography. I bought a signed copy for my brother-in-law, a big fan of Lost in Space."Somehow, I don't think meeting him now would fulfill my childhood fantasies. I was watching afternoon repeats of Lost in Space back in the Sixties and early Seventies. If he was 25-30 in 1969, he'd be 65-70 now. It's just not the same. Of course, I'd feel like a perv if I had a crush on a 25 year-old guy now. That's younger than my daughter.
Chris wrote: "Every time they mentioned West, I thought of Major West from Lost in Space."I had such a crush on him when I was a little girl. I wanted to be Judy Robinson so I could be his girlfriend.
I cannot tell you how many series I've read the first book of and just never went on. I'm not big on series, but I will be finishing this one. I already have books 2 & 3 waiting in the wings. I was really impressed with the depth of the characterizations. Abercrombie uses his creative powers on his characters rather than his setting and the world is developed based on what his characters do. We don't get an all-encompassing description of any given setting. Rather, we are taken here and there by the characters and build the world ourselves, in our minds. Did anyone else find it interesting that it didn't have a map? I am the only fantasy reader in the world who hates maps in books and never uses them. It struck me immediately that this was going to be something different because it didn't have a map. And, this was one of the few times I actually wished there was one.
Glokta is one of the best literary characters I've ever met. Rarely do you find a character so fully realized. Who he is now is a direct result of his past experiences. I love that you get to see how he began and what led him to being a torturer. I think the juxtaposition of Glokta and West is interesting. West is the man that Glokta might have been in many ways.
I finished last week and am ready to start the next one.
I'm a bit over halfway through. Got the second one this afternoon.
I have it in trade paperback. I don't think it's in mass market yet.
Blackrose, I love this statement in that review you linked:This was not going to be the wildly original fantasy I'd heard about; rather it was going to be a hodgepodge of well-worn tropes. Think The Sting meets Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid meets The Godfather meets your average fantasy world.
I have it, but haven't started it. I need to get through some library books first.
I liked Eddi. She's just so darned normal.
It's not fantasy, but I saw these at Borders last week and thought they looked amazing:
It's Penguin Classics new series with covers designed by some fashion illustrator.
I started it today and made it about halfway through. It's addicting.
I got my copy Friday. It might be a while before I get to it.
I read it.
Kim wrote: "I agree with Chris. While I thought the Heritage of Shannara was his best, it is still very similar to his earlier novels.However, I've heard that his The Word and the Void trilogy is even bett..."
The Word and the Void is the series I meant. DOH! Running with the Demon was excellent.
I saw that, Martha! I did notice that it's #6 in the Landover series. I apparently missed #4 & #5. I thought the series was done at #3.
