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Mar 21, 2011 11:52AM
The last book is supposed be be out next year, I believe.
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Ala wrote: "It never ends. When you think it's ending, it really just starts back up again and you have to re-read everything. Backwards."LOL! I think that you are being serious however...
Dawn wrote: "The last book is supposed be be out next year, I believe."Yes should be out in 2012 and then conclude the final set of three known as A Memory of Light.
You guys are making it plain that I never, ever want to start reading WOT.
Melissa wrote: "I'm working on the Wheel of Time series....right now about halfway through book #8 The Path of Daggers. Hoping to make it through the whole series this year...that is assuming that t..."I still have Knife of Dreams to plow through before I can start on the two newest ones. I have them on my shelf in HB if I can just get to them. lol.
Maureen wrote: "You guys are making it plain that I never, ever want to start reading WOT."The first 5 or 6 are fantastic. A heck of a lot of action happens. After those then they slow down to a crawl. There's one or two books where only a couple of days pass. They are supposed to start picking up pace again with the ones that Sanderson is writing.
I think they are all fantastic, as a whole.. But that's just me. Some are slower than others, some just plain better, but as a set I love them all. They aren't for everyone, but I get a lot of enjoyment out of them, and that's all I can ask for! Slowness or no.. I really love the characters, and enjoy visiting their story. If you read the first few and don't love the characters... Well, you probably won't enjoy slugging through slower episodes of the story.
And the Sanderson ones are great, FWIW. I had never read Sanderson before he was tasked with completing WOT, now he's a favorite because of it.
@Matthew Sorry, I had misread her earlier post and thought she was asking about The Drowning City. You are absolutely right though, The Bone Palace does occur in a Greek-ish sort of setting.
Nevertheless, I simply can't seem to get into her books as much as I would have liked because Isyllt did seem like a very interesting main character.
Maureen wrote: "You guys are making it plain that I never, ever want to start reading WOT."
I have never touched a WoT book in my life. They scare me.
I have never touched a WoT book in my life. They scare me.
I love worlds that are as expansive as WoT or Malazan. When I see that a series has 10+ books, and all volumes are over seven hundred pages, I get excited. There's a new world to be explored. And judging from the size of both the series and books, there's also a lot of detail to these worlds, so they'll feel realistic.
@Jason: I think he is growing as a writer, yes. A lot of people, it seems, didn't like The Heroes, but it strikes me that he wrote that as an experiment to see how it'd work out. One of the ways that writers grow is by taking chances rather than staying in a comfortable rut.It occurs to me that the ending of Best Served Cold is in itself a subversion of cliché, because the endings of revenge tales do tend to be of a type, and he doesn't go for it. It has aspects of them, perhaps, but he went for a more interesting one. (Obviously, trying not to spoiler here!)
The worldbuilding in Wheel of Time is excellent that is one thing few authors can do as well as Robert Jordan.
The mother in Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother isn't as bad as the hype made her out to be, according to people who have read the book. In fact, some agree with her philosophy. And these are not Asian people.
I do suspect that a lot of the fuss was deliberately blown out of proportion to attract attention to the book & get readership for news sites.
I agree with being strict. I definitely disagree with being emotionally or physically abusive, no matter how good one's intentions may be. There are plenty of great parents that raise well adjusted, highly successful kids without resorting to threats or cruelty.
Her philosophy leaves a lot to be desired.
Her philosophy leaves a lot to be desired.
Ala wrote: "Maureen wrote: "You guys are making it plain that I never, ever want to start reading WOT."I have never touched a WoT book in my life. They scare me."
Well I'm over 10,000 pages in, so I can't stop now. lol.
It's never too late to be a quitter!
Well, unless you've already won. Or finished. Or dead. Or something. I don't remember what we were talking about, screw it, i quit.
Well, unless you've already won. Or finished. Or dead. Or something. I don't remember what we were talking about, screw it, i quit.
No Maureen, WOT is good as a whole...a couple of them not as easy as others, but its a good series.
Jason wrote: "I love worlds that are as expansive as WoT or Malazan. When I see that a series has 10+ books, and all volumes are over seven hundred pages, I get excited. There's a new world to be explored. And j..."I became really upset with Robert Jordan. I wanted some resolve and he seemed to be fine with releasing the exact same book over and over. I don't mind you making a buck, but around the 6th book I realized the story had not progressed in the past 2000 or so pages,
Aloha wrote: "The mother in Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother isn't as bad as the hype made her out to be, according to people who have read the book. In fact, some agree with her philosophy. And ..."Well, I've not gotten far enough to say so far. Some is bad and some is good.
I definitely do not agree with the mother's philosophy since I believe in freedom of expression under loving guidance. My 9 yr. Old daughter is in Academically Talented, Artistically Talented, reads at 8th grade level, scores very high to perfect on state tests, plays the piano, a top swimmer on the swim team. And she still has playdates and do art. I never had to force her to do things. What I did was designed a routine that she had followed when she was very young that she follows that guideline on her own without me having to remind her. Homework and practice first, then you can do what you like before swim practice. Weekends are free times for playdates and fun. I don't know if this makes sense. I'm typing in my iPhone.
oh yeah, well, my non-existant 9 year old could totally take your 9 year old down.
In a game of halo.
In a game of halo.
And daily reading before bed that was instilled by the school.
She doesn't know Halo, but she likes Moshi Monsters. Yep, I don't keep her from the Internet or YouTube, and other mindless entertainment. I'm a bad mom.
I don't even know what a Moshi Monster is...
also, you sound like a kickass mom. Aside from the whole, you know, trying to eat me thing.
also, you sound like a kickass mom. Aside from the whole, you know, trying to eat me thing.
A mother has to feed her young. She gets good brain food from me.
Regina wrote: "How is the Bone Palace? I got that as a free download. Lady Danielle -- that sounds like something that is exctly what I like to read. I am off to check it out."
Can't wait to see what you think, Regina.
Matthew wrote: "I do suspect that a lot of the fuss was deliberately blown out of proportion to attract attention to the book & get readership for news sites."I agree. Plus a lot of people like to comment (and rate!) books off of what they read in the blurb or heard on TV.
I'll wait until I've completed the book to see how I feel about he parenting skills.
I'm sure she'll be lacking in a lot of ways...we only have one Aloha. ;-)
I spelled your name wrong, but it's not completely my fault. lol I'm currently reading a book with someone whose name is like yours, only spelled with two ks. Sorry, Nicki!
Just thought I would have some fun.On with the topic at hand.
I am currently reading Legends II Legends II: Shadows, Gods and Demonsbut I am only reading it for the Tad Williams short story which continues the Otherland series. This story is definitely to be read after reading Sea of Silver Light.
If you are going to attack the Otherland series, make sure you have a lot of time as the books are long, but very good. I loved them. Tad Williams just has a way of writing that is lyrical and gives the reader characters you can really care about.
Ala wrote: "It never ends. When you think it's ending, it really just starts back up again and you have to re-read everything. Backwards."Ok......that's encouraging.....NOT!
Robert wrote: "If you are going to attack the Otherland series, make sure you have a lot of time as the books are long, but very good. I loved them. Tad Williams just has a way of writing that is lyrical and give..."Nicki is the fastest reader ever. Seriously. She'll knock out all four Otherland in the time it takes me to drink my morning coffee.
I don't even drink coffee, for the record, I just couldn't think of anything else to say :P
Ala wrote: "Maureen wrote: "You guys are making it plain that I never, ever want to start reading WOT."I have never touched a WoT book in my life. They scare me."
I read the first one shortly after it came out, before there was a book 2. Wasn't so scary then. LOL I've had the series up to book #10 sitting on the shelf for a couple of years....finally decided to just do it and get it over with...ha ha
I truly enjoyed the first four Otherland books. Read them one after another and it was so much fun. Didn't realize that others came later and I moved on to other reads.
Rusty-There is only the short story that comes out afterward. It was written specifically for the Legends II anthology. The story is called The Happiest Dead Boy in the World. In the original Legends anthology he wrote a short story from the Memory, Sorrow, Thorn trilogy.
Off Topic!!Early one morning,
Late at night
Two dead boys
Got up to fight
Back to back
They faced each other
Drew out their knives
And shot each other
A deaf cop heard the sound
and came running to find the two dead boys
lying on the ground
If you don't believe this story
which is true
Ask the blind man
He saw it too!
(I couldn't help myself. I'm a little corny. ;-)
I'm a huge fan of the Otherland series, Robert. I started off with Memory, Sorrow and Thorn and then tackled the Otherland novels with relish. Actually come to think of it those would be one of my only scifi reads. Or at least I think they're scifi :) Any way you look at it though, I loved them :)
Grant wrote: "I'm a huge fan of the Otherland series, Robert. I started off with Memory, Sorrow and Thorn and then tackled the Otherland novels with relish. Actually come to think of it those would be one of m..."Same with me! Except I read Otherland first, then Memory, Sorrow and Thorn.
When there is virtual reality and things taking place in a near future, then yes, I would call them sci-fi. I read Memory, Sorrow, Thorn a long time a go. I did not enjoy it much then because I was reading more along the lines of Weis and Hickman and the Forgotten Realms. That was my first foray into an epic fantasy and didn't know much about it then. I recently read the Otherland series and now that I am more grown, I can enjoy the stories more. Also with all the people playing WoW, I can get a better visual of what was portrayed in Otherland.
The first Tad Williams book I ever read was Tailchaser's Song. Thought it would be great since I am a cat person, but it was just ok. I was excited to read the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series....until I did. Not one of my favorites. When I found a couple Otherland books at a Goodwill store I hesitated to buy them because I hadn't really liked any of William's previous books I'd read, but I bought them anyway. And then wished I hadn't bothered. lol They were ok (and I've got #4 sitting here waiting until I find #3 somewhere real cheap....I will read it someday just cuz I'm stubborn!) And then since I decided that I really just don't like Tad Williams I bought The War of the Flowers....and loved it! Go figure.
Lol...I love all the books you mentioned, Melissa. Well except Tailchaser's Song which I never read. I especially enjoyed The War of the Flowers though it's only of Williams least popular novels. The only thing he's written that disappointed me was his Shadowmarch series but overall I've always thought him an excellent author.
Grant, I don't know what it is about Williams that I don't like, just something about his style of writing I guess that doesn't do much for me. I felt kind of the same way about the Nancy Drew books when I was a kid...there were lots of them and I knew they were popular, I read several because I wanted to like them, but never really enjoyed them. On the other hand there was Trixie Belden (another girl detective) and I absolutely would read any of those books in a heartbeat.
Just finished Florida Roadkill. That was a crazy ride. I can't wait until the next one becomes available from the library.Now onto Duma Key.
Duma Key is awesome, Scott. I hope you like it as much as I did!
Scott wrote: "Just finished Florida Roadkill. That was a crazy ride. I can't wait until the next one becomes available from the library.Now onto Duma Key."
Glad you liked Dorsey, Scott! He's one of my favorites! (Non-fantasy anyway...)
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