false 8 52 26 true 6102706 read 0 true 4924528 currently-reading 26 true 4924493 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/26076-december-fantasy-theme-pick-which-theme-would-you-like-to-read-in-dece Colin voted on the poll: December Fantasy theme pick - Which theme would you like to read in December? ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/21917-which-fantasy-book-would-you-like-to-read-in-november Colin voted on the poll: Which fantasy book would you like to read in November? ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/185449-what-are-you-reading-in-august Colin made a comment in the Fantasy Book Club group:

I just started The Crown Conspiracy by Michael J. Sullivan and have found it a good read so far - certainly straight into the action. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/182141-black-company Colin made a comment in the Fantasy Book Club group:

Picked it up today. I'm looking forward to diving in once I finish my current crop of reads! ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/144815-speaking-of-book-covers-books-with-bad-covers Colin made a comment in the Fantasy Book Club group:

Jim, quite the classic!

Thanks for sharing that. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/177949-are-we-seeing-the-emergence-of-a-new-kind-of-fantasy Colin made a comment in the Fantasy Book Club group:

No worries, Libby.

I do agree that the kinds of stories we're seeing now and how they're told is not so much as new, but that the numbers of them coming out and their popularity is.

I think that also has a lot to do with the maturity and broadening of the market.

In the end, there will no doubt be attempted rip-offs. I'm sure that after Rothfuss' A Wise Man's Fears becomes available (and no doubt becomes a bestseller) that publishers will start stamping trashy phrases over book covers like, "In the spirit of The Name of the Wind". Eventually, despite the hype, those books will still have to prove themselves.

I have a cover quote on the new Australian edition of my own book from Sara Douglass, "I stayed up all night." Now, as far as cover quotes go, I'd rather (as an author and a reader) see something that's timeless and an opinion, versus some kind of comparison from a publisher's marketing department.

We'll all just have to keep an eye out for the rip offs. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64201510 Colin's review of The Fall of Ossard
by Colin Taber

Really? Well, I'm quite happy to let others have the honour. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64201510 The Fall of Ossard (Paperback) by Colin Taber
I'm not rating it - it's my own book. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64201414 to: The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) by Patrick Rothfuss
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