J.
Old Fart
both are good, though i thought everville was better than TG&SS. Sacrament surprised me and is one of my faves by him. imajica is also good. i havent read cold heart canyon or galilee.
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I really can't judge the quality of the translation as I have no frame of reference to compare it with. All I can say is that Cleese does a good job of narrating it. But it is apparently abridged and may be dumbed down a bit from whatever you are reading. The Amazon customers seem to like it though.
I uploaded it here for anyone who wants it.
(well it is uploading now, so wait until 15 minutes after this post or something)
The foundation series is amazing. I am currently re-reading 'The Gap Cycle' books which are great along with 'A Canticle for Leibowitz' when I have time. Also just read 'The Children of Hurin' and enjoyed that more than I thought I would; alot 'darker' than most the other Tolkein tales.
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fuck ftagn
Zephyrus
Tyrants and Slaves
I just finished reading the Purgatorio. That leaves one to go in the Commedia. I'm really going to miss Virgil.
Paradise Lost follows the Paradiso on my list, appropriately.
Paradise Lost follows the Paradiso on my list, appropriately.
The Ozzman
Melted by feels
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Astrum
Psion
After a while, The Wheel of Time absolutely loses control of itself. It begins to go painfully slow and eventually seems like it is heading in no direction. Ten bucks says youll never actually finish reading it.
and tagradh, The Gap Cycle is fucking awesome. Unfortunately, the books decline in quality as they progress. Still end up being an alright series though.
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Astrum
Psion
i am reading peter suskind's 'perfume: the story of a murderer' along with the usual periodicals and a few non fictions ive had going for a few months.
J.
Old Fart
couldnt even get through one fourth of wheel of time. slow and shit.
instead i read FIght Club by Chuck Palahniuk, and now im back on clive barkers stuff, Coldheart canyon
instead i read FIght Club by Chuck Palahniuk, and now im back on clive barkers stuff, Coldheart canyon
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i had a friend who would fiend for the wheel of time books and the day one would come out he would buy it and read the whole damn thing in one sitting. i dont like any 'fantasy' though..
read 'white noise' by don delillo
read 'white noise' by don delillo
wandering_taco
Minstrel of Woe
I just finished A Wind In The Door and A Swiftly Tilting Planet, both by Madeline L'Engle. Now Im rereading some stuff by Lovecraft, I've read all his stuff that my library has, which is 3 large books. I read the Silmarillion a couple years ago, yeah it was difficult to follow a lot of the time. I was gonna try rereading it recently but it was gone. Anybody into the Dune series by Frank Herbert and the newer ones by his son?
Ender Rises
Wass sappening?
Read Starship Troopers which was fucking awesome but too short, Camelot 30K which was amazing, and Eragon which was massively fucking better than the movie. I like SF and fantasy a lot.
