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[Mike (the Paladin)]

Define crazy....

[Araya]

Yeah I tried Game of Thrones twice, I really tried, but it made me so depressed I had to stop :(. I've also just failed at The Blade Itself, sigh...

I'm an escapist fantasy fan, escape to a better wonderful magical world away from this one.

LoTR is like going back to a kind of real home for me, even watching the films... :)

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

I hear you on Game if Thrones..... A.

Probably won't like The Blade Itself.
Thanks for the heads up.

;)

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Don't like GoT...The Blade Itself was okay though. Well let me correct that. It wasn't GoT itself but the way the series went on. Guess what I don't like is A Song of Ice and Fire.

[David]

I have been a "lurker" in the group for a while, but have recently posted in a discussion thread or two.

I am a Speculative Fiction author myself, with my first two books already out and the third in the painful process of editing.

I am more of an "old-school" reader, and grew up with the classic ground-breakers of fantasy and sci-fi. Lewis, Tolkien, Donaldson, Leiber, Anthony, LeGuin, McCaffery, etc. The old sword and sorcery tales will always be the standard by which all other fantasy works are measured.

Most recently I have gravitated toward faith-based fantasy works. There are some brilliant self-published authors out there, as well as some bigger names like Ted Dekker and Stephen R. Lawhead. I find that these authors manage to keep the awe and effectiveness of the classic works of fantasy without resorting to the base draws of sex and vulgarity to help cover sloppy worldbuilding and shoddy writing.

I am not opposed to works containing these elements, if they are done as an integral part of the story. If they are gratuitous, then it says more about the author's skill, or lack thereof, than anything else. I tend to hold authors to a higher standard of writing itself first and foremost.

My strength as an author is in worldbuilding, and for fantasy that is a key step that generally decides between a "good" read and a "great" read. Too many authors skimp on the up front work of serious worldbuilding, and also character building, and as a result there is a lot of mediocre fantasy out there.

Hopefully via interaction in this group, I can benefit from the feedback of other readers in not only guiding me to the wisest expenditure of time and money for my reading budget, but also it will help me as an author to be more effective in reaching readers with my own work. Happy to be a member of this group!

Blessings,

David G. Johnson

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Welcome David.

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

Welcome David.


Just a reminder.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Araya]

Welcome David, thanks for the post and the books you mentioned :). My thoughts exactly.

[Araya]

Oh and I thought I was the only one re ASoIaF/GoT. my faith has been restored :).

Apologies for my name; A. maybe I can adjust this somehow...

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Aaaaaaaaaaay...... No big deal.

:)

[L.G.]

Nice to meet all of you new guys!

[Kelila]

L.G. wrote: "Nice to meet all of you new guys!"

And girls!

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Yeah I come here to meet the girls....

[DoodlePanda]

Lol :)
Are you 'fake reading' then?

[Mike (the Paladin)]

No...I like women who read. I'm a sucker for nerd girls/women.

[DoodlePanda]

:)

[Mike (the Paladin)]

...and glasses...

[DoodlePanda]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "...and glasses..."

Lol, glasses?

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Oh yeah...love glasses....girls and women in glasses are hot.

[DoodlePanda]

Lol :) Not sure I've heard that one before.

[Araya]

Wine glasses or just any old glass will do?

[DoodlePanda]

Must be bigger then a normal wine glass to fit a woman in it, surely?

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Well, I was thinking of eye-glasses...but I'm flexible.

[DoodlePanda]

Flexibility is good.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

I've heard that...

[DoodlePanda]

Lol! :D

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

-o-o-

[DoodlePanda]

Heeeey sexy lady! :D

[DoodlePanda]

And now ice got that stupid gangham style song in my brain. ..

[Mike (the Paladin)]

I can't get that pistachio commercial to go away now....shudder

[Nadia]

Hey everyone! Well it's safe to say that I'm a fantasy/ science fiction virgin. I've only read GRRM "A Game of Thrones" and I am currently reading Michael J Sullivan's "Theft of Swords: Book 1." I've always liked the idea of the fantasy genre but now I'm kicking myself for having waited so long before picking one up! Well I'm super excited about this group, and cannot wait to immerse myself in all things fantasy! :)

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

Welcome Nadia.
:)

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Hi, welcome.

[Nadia]

Thanks! :)

[Sam]

hi
my name is samia and i m from pakistan. This is my first contribution on this group. my favourite authors are brandon sanderson, patrick rothfuss and jim buthcher. Favorites series are the stormlight archives, codex alera and the kingkiller chronicle.

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

Welcome Samia.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Hi Samia, welcome.

[Lioth]

Hi all from Italy ! I'm an old reader of Fantasy in many flavours:
from J.R.R. Tolkien to Jim Butcher
from Marion Zimmer Bradley to Brandon Sanderson
from Robert Jordan to Steven Erikson.
In the last month I have lurked in the shadow,
but now I'll start the "May adventure " with you.
I'm shy and a bit lazy so, usually, I don't post often; probably I'll be a perfect wall flower.
Well, that's all for now.
Love, Peace and Good Books to everyone.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Hi Lioth, welcome.

[Athena Shardbearer]

Hello, I'm Athena.

I love love Fantasy/high-fantasy reads. I just finished Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson, it's amazing! Love Dalinar. I'm reading The Black Company by Glen Cook currently. And I will start Mistborn later this week.

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

Welcome Lioth!

Great authors...
:)

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

Welcome Athena!

I've got to agree with your opinion of WoR!
:)

[Athena Shardbearer]

Brenda ╰☆╮ wrote: "Welcome Athena!

I've got to agree with your opinion of WoR!
:)"

I was so swept away by that series.

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

That was my first Sanderson book.

Hooked me instantly.

[Athena Shardbearer]

Brenda ╰☆╮ wrote: "That was my first Sanderson book.

Hooked me instantly."

Me too. So now I'm a fan.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Hey Athena (Shardbearer) (if I may ask) what is your (Shardbearer) reference? I can place it in a game but I'm having trouble coming up with a book. Just wondered if it was from a novel.

Thanks...and if it's none of my business...sorry.

[Athena Shardbearer]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Hey Athena (Shardbearer) (if I may ask) what is your (Shardbearer) reference? I can place it in a game but I'm having trouble coming up with a book. Just wondered if it was from a novel.

Thanks....."

Oh no, it's ok. It's from The Stormlight Archives. &

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Ahhh....okay. Forgot those. Thanks.

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

:D

[Kenneth]

hey guys! i'm ken from Nairobi Kenya! i saw that brandon sanderson joined this group and had to join. i am a huge fantasy and scifi fan and some of my favorites from the fantasy genre would include

the way of kings
lies of locke lamora
blinding knife
daylight wars
assassins apprentice
name of the wind
furies of caledron
wheel of time
(and all the other books in the chronicles of the ones mentioned above)

i love to read, and even though sometimes i find myself reading to much fantasy and saying that ill branch out and read something else..i always come back for more! so im glad i found a group whose intrest align very nicely with my own! thanx for having me!