aharlib@... That's cool! I love cats and dogs and animals in general. Cheers! Amy Hi Colin and Amy, Walter and Jill are great people and have become...
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Jan Visser
jaivee2004
Feb 16, 2005 3:43 pm
I liked the riftwar saga, especially the premisse and the characters. But I think the story dragged on at places. The plot could have been a lot more concise....
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Cantara Christopher
cantarachris...
Feb 16, 2005 5:41 pm
Just a reminder about our monthly Speculative Fiction Fair this Sunday 2-6pm (note EXTENDED time). Please join us! The Fair will be held, as always, at The...
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OJ
oj_stapleton
Feb 22, 2005 8:50 pm
Has anyone else read any of this great series? I just started the fourth (and final) book on Sunday and the way it is going, I figure to have it finished by...
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momkoz1
Feb 23, 2005 3:24 pm
... yup, read em already. :) an sold em, too. heh they werent bad. very different approach to magic, with the 'borrowing'. by the fourth book, the idea began...
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Cory Nielsen
thorcory
Feb 23, 2005 6:10 pm
I liked the Farlands book, but found that they did'nt get better just same in the later books....
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OJ
oj_stapleton
Feb 23, 2005 8:41 pm
... just ... I can see that. It's been a while since I read the third book, so the fourth book doesn't seem that monotonous. I think if I read them all one...
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OJ
oj_stapleton
Feb 23, 2005 8:43 pm
... I just watch the movie Dune for the first time a couple months ago. I've never read the books, but I think I'd like to. I started looking at them in a...
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chamama02
Feb 23, 2005 9:44 pm
Start at the very beginning - it's a very good place to start. ;) Start with the original one- Dune, by Frank Herbert. Sara ... ago. ... many...
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william@...
wjmarnoch
Feb 23, 2005 9:59 pm
... You want to read "Dune" itself first. Whether you want to read any of the other books is debateable, I felt that Dune was good but the rest of the series...
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Jared
jaredarcane
Feb 24, 2005 6:58 am
Hi. I'm new to the group and just thought I'd introduce myself. I am an avid reader, averaging 3-5 books a week (I am lucky to have a job that allows to to...
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Dale Jory
dalejory
Feb 24, 2005 8:54 am
I would start at Dune and I enjoyed reading the first 4 books while I found the latter ones were not of the same standard and very disappointing. Dale ... ...
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eelloxx
Feb 24, 2005 9:27 am
Welcome aboard Jared. I personally just finished the Chernagor Pirates by Dan Chernenko, it's the second book in the Scepter of Mercy Trilogy. I have just...
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Peta Smith
aylessa1
Feb 24, 2005 10:15 am
Hi to you to, Have you read A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin? It's the first in the A Song of Ice and Fire trilogy. I think a number of people omn the...
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Richard F claypool
r_claypo
Feb 24, 2005 12:58 pm
I liked the book Dune a lot, did not and I repete did not like the movie! Rick ... From: "OJ" <oj_stapleton@...> To: <Fantasy_Books@yahoogroups.com> ...
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Peta Smith
aylessa1
Feb 24, 2005 1:59 pm
I loved Dune the book and did not mind Dune the mini series. The movie with Sting in it I thought was pretty average. Peta...
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Dave Donovan
kellylynndon...
Feb 25, 2005 12:47 am
I just finished Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett and absolutely loved it. One of the funniest books I've read in awhile. I just started reading...
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kay alderman
alderman711
Feb 25, 2005 1:42 am
Hi, Dave~ I read Good Omens a few years ago and laughed myself silly while doing so. In fact, lines from the book still come to mind and still make me laugh...
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Dave Donovan
kellylynndon...
Feb 25, 2005 2:50 am
Hi Kaya, I have to tell you, I almost choked to death from laughing during the seance session when Madame Tracy's spirit guide was Geronimo. Hilarious For...
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kay alderman
alderman711
Feb 25, 2005 3:32 am
Dave, that was hysterical ~ I think my favorite thing about the book was the characters. I can still picture Crowley quite clearly driving through the English...
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Dave Donovan
kellylynndon...
Feb 25, 2005 11:06 am
No, so far as I know, this is the only one. I saw on the internet the other day that they are making a movie version of it. I can only hope it's true to the...
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kay alderman
alderman711
Feb 25, 2005 3:14 pm
Now that would be one movie worth seeing at the theatre. Wonder who they'll get to play the characters? Johnny Depp would make a wonderful Crowley :) ...
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Dave Donovan
kellylynndon...
Feb 26, 2005 12:41 am
Yeah, Depp would be good. I think Kathy Bates would make a great Madame Tracy and Jerry Stiller a great Shadwell if he could get the accent down. hey, by the...
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kay alderman
alderman711
Feb 26, 2005 1:45 am
I haven't read the Zelazney but I've heard it's great. It's on my never-ending list of want-to-reads:) ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need...
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kay alderman
alderman711
Feb 26, 2005 1:51 am
I haven't read the Zelazney but I've heard it's great. It's on my never-ending list of want-to-reads:) ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do...
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kay alderman
alderman711
Feb 26, 2005 1:55 am
Hello, All~ I just realized that I've been posting a bunch but failed to properly introduce myself. I had never read much fantasy other than The Hobbit until...
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karl barnes
priestvyrce
Feb 26, 2005 3:46 am
Zelazny wrote that with Robert Sheckley and though I found Good Omens much more wittier, the book was a pretty fun read. Dave Donovan...
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dave donovan
kellylynndon...
Feb 27, 2005 2:17 am
I read Goodkind's first two novels and Wizard's First Rule was great, I thought much better than the second, but that one was good too. I also really like R.A....
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kay alderman
alderman711
Feb 27, 2005 2:44 am
Dave, I really enjoyed reading your blog ~ I've read almost all of the Goodkind's and to me after the first two, things started going downhill. The third...
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Dave Donovan
kellylynndon...
Feb 27, 2005 4:57 pm
hey kay, thanks for the kind words about my blog. it's a labor of love so to speak. i try to update it daily, but sometimes that annoying thing called life...
