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[Rob`]

The Judging Eye by R.Scott Bakker.

[Master C]

Catch-22 again, I love this book so much.

A "classic" that is actually enjoyable to read.

Edited by Master C, 17 July 2010 - 05:36 PM.

[Lt ledhead]

Catch-22 again, I love this book so much.

A "classic" that is actually enjoyable to read.

I found the begining to be a bit overwhelming with all the characters, but im about 3/4 through, and I love it

Edited by Lt ledhead, 17 July 2010 - 10:06 PM.

[JulyRed]

now I'm reading "Pride and Prejudice", 'cause I've seen the film. it's fantastic.

[Giluc]

The Road

[TheShadowNinja]

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.

Not as scary or mindfuck-y as everyone says it is.

[Shaun.]

Mindstar Rising by Peter F. Hamilton

It didn't take long for me to get sucked into the story. Pretty good so far.

[*SaPpHiRe*]

That series fucking sucks.

Because you actually took the time to read all 11 books to form your opinion?

[TheShadowNinja]

Because you actually took the time to read all 11 books to form your opinion?

No, I read through 6 before I realized several things about Terry Goodkind, the elitist intellectual;

1) He borrows EXTREMELY heavily from other fantasy series; namely The Wheel of Time. Not only that, but when confronted about it, he outright denies it, calling anyone who sees resemblances an idiot. That takes some nerve, considering he went from "canny resemblances" to "downright theft".
2) His books were progressively getting worse. Reading the first, I thought it was OK, even though there were plenty of cliches and the Mary Sue characters. Then from that point on, he tries to move away from fantasy and -
3) Jams his philosophical views in our face. And it's not even subtle. It's extremely obvious that the entire plot is just some halfassed way to do so. If I wanted to read Objectivist nonsense, I'd pick up an Ayn Rand novel. Finally,
4) Terry Goodkind himself is an elitist ass. If you're gonna write fantasy, write fantasy. Don't try and pawn it off later as something deeper than it actually is saying that he's just using fantasy to communicate "important human themes" or some such nonsense and then insulting every other fantasy writer. Your books are still in the fantasy section, asshole.


I think I nearly burned "Soul of the Fire".
That is how bad that book was.

Also, I don't NEED to read all 11 books to be able to form an opinion about Goodkind's writing style.
Just reading the jacket and plot summary of Naked Empire was enough to make me facepalm.

Supposedly, he toned down the philosophical stupidity in the final trilogy (thought he said cliffhangers were just a marketing scheme?) but, frankly, I refuse to even touch anything that was written by this hack.

[Xayun]

Journey to the West. Already read Romance of the Three Kingdoms and enjoyed it, figured i might as well read the other three chinese classics

[Yozki]

I ran out of interesting books to read so I dug up and found "The Client", first chapter was pretty entertaining so I'm gonna finish it.

[*SaPpHiRe*]

No, I read through 6 before I realized several things about Terry Goodkind, the elitist intellectual;

1) He borrows EXTREMELY heavily from other fantasy series; namely The Wheel of Time. Not only that, but when confronted about it, he outright denies it, calling anyone who sees resemblances an idiot. That takes some nerve, considering he went from "canny resemblances" to "downright theft".
2) His books were progressively getting worse. Reading the first, I thought it was OK, even though there were plenty of cliches and the Mary Sue characters. Then from that point on, he tries to move away from fantasy and -
3) Jams his philosophical views in our face. And it's not even subtle. It's extremely obvious that the entire plot is just some halfassed way to do so. If I wanted to read Objectivist nonsense, I'd pick up an Ayn Rand novel. Finally,
4) Terry Goodkind himself is an elitist ass. If you're gonna write fantasy, write fantasy. Don't try and pawn it off later as something deeper than it actually is saying that he's just using fantasy to communicate "important human themes" or some such nonsense and then insulting every other fantasy writer. Your books are still in the fantasy section, asshole.


I think I nearly burned "Soul of the Fire".
That is how bad that book was.

Also, I don't NEED to read all 11 books to be able to form an opinion about Goodkind's writing style.
Just reading the jacket and plot summary of Naked Empire was enough to make me facepalm.

Supposedly, he toned down the philosophical stupidity in the final trilogy (thought he said cliffhangers were just a marketing scheme?) but, frankly, I refuse to even touch anything that was written by this hack.

Thank you for explaining your opinion . Now I see why and what you meant by it.

I'm just into the 4th book now (Temple of the Winds), and I still find the story interesting though. I get what you mean with him being elitist in his writing, but the way I see it it's just part of the story. Fiction.


@ Yozki

Posted Aug 9 2010, 10:44 PM
I ran out of interesting books to read so I dug up and found "The Client", first chapter was pretty entertaining so I'm gonna finish it.

I have this book, and I absolutely love it. It's a very good thriller.

Edited by *SaPpHiRe*, 17 August 2010 - 10:44 AM.

[Lt ledhead]

Just finish Pyotr Grigorenko's memoirs. Reading Kite Runner for something light.

[Yozki]

Just read "The prince of tides" by Pat Conroy, it was greaaat.

[PTrain]

Just read "The prince of tides" by Pat Conroy, it was greaaat.

I'll have to give that a read. Lords of Discipline is my favorite book.

[rugmonkey]

City Of Illusions by Ursula LeGuin

[lolcrica90]

this thread...

but i just finished catch-22 which i went through relatively quickly (4 daysish) and thoroughly enjoyed. before that i read don quixote which i also thoroughly enjoyed but that took me almost a year to finish.

now i'm hoping to find a copy of brave new world somewhere.

[Eogris]

this thread...

but i just finished catch-22 which i went through relatively quickly (4 daysish) and thoroughly enjoyed. before that i read don quixote which i also thoroughly enjoyed but that took me almost a year to finish.

now i'm hoping to find a copy of brave new world somewhere.

its not rare.. like $4 used on amazon.
http://www.amazon.co...o...6531&sr=1-1

you can rent it from any library pretty much

[lolcrica90]

its not rare.. like $4 used on amazon.
http://www.amazon.co...o...6531&sr=1-1

you can rent it from any library pretty much

you are oblivious to the obstacles there are to shipping items to tiny pacific countries.

anywho am currently reading "frekonomics" by messrs levitt & dubner, interesting stuff, recommended.

[Maxorhead666]

Finished "Cloustreet" yesterday for school, sucks balls. Also just finished Hunter S. Thompson's "Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs" too though, was really good, best non-fiction I've read, bar the slight biases.

Edited by Maxorhead666, 06 May 2011 - 12:18 AM.