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Still, I'd rather see the work from when he's focused on it than rushing it to press. I had several problems with the last three books of the Dark Tower by Stephen King for that very reason.
I've yet to see how a Dance With Dragons pans out. Plan on grabbing that this weekend. |
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Yeah, I read the first ten or so books of Pern and really enjoyed them before I started losing interest. The same happened with the Xanth series by Piers Anthony. I got to Golem in the Gears and lost interest the first time, then restarted years later and made it to Isle of View before stopping again.
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Still, I'd rather see the work from when he's focused on it than rushing it to press. I had several problems with the last three books of the Dark Tower by Stephen King for that very reason. I've yet to see how a Dance With Dragons pans out. Plan on grabbing that this weekend. Exactly. He took forever with it, then rushed out the last few and it kind of killed it. I didn't like Wizard and Glass, Wolves, or Song. But he put out gobs of others instead of focusing and finishing it to begin with. |
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donthatoneguy
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Sat 07/16/11 11:03 AM
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Exactly. He took forever with it, then rushed out the last few and it kind of killed it. I didn't like Wizard and Glass, Wolves, or Song. But he put out gobs of others instead of focusing and finishing it to begin with. Really? I loved Wizard and Glass. I was a LITTLE put off by the whole Wizard of Oz thing, but the back story about Susan, Jonas and Rhea of the Coos was pretty awesome. It fell apart for me with Wolves of the Calla ... that's where the endless journey suddenly becomes a rush to the finish line. I found the end of the series immensely intriguing, but I expected MUCH MUCH more from the Crimson King ... and according to Insomnia, there were supposed to be TWO travellers that reached the tower ... not just Roland. What the hell is it with the number 7 anyway? Dark Tower, 7 books. A Song of Ice and Fire, 7 books. Saga of the Seven Suns, 7 books ... Just write til the stories are done, stop deciding the number of books before you even begin writing so things don't get rushed when you find yourself at the end of book five with just 2,000 allotted pages to go. Blerg! |
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Exactly. He took forever with it, then rushed out the last few and it kind of killed it. I didn't like Wizard and Glass, Wolves, or Song. But he put out gobs of others instead of focusing and finishing it to begin with. Really? I loved Wizard and Glass. I was a LITTLE put off by the whole Wizard of Oz thing, but the back story about Susan, Jonas and Rhea of the Coos was pretty awesome. It fell apart for me with Wolves of the Calla ... that's where the endless journey suddenly becomes a rush to the finish line. I found the end of the series immensely intriguing, but I expected MUCH MUCH more from the Crimson King ... and according to Insomnia, there were supposed to be TWO travellers that reached the tower ... not just Roland. What the hell is it with the number 7 anyway? Dark Tower, 7 books. A Song of Ice and Fire, 7 books. Saga of the Seven Suns, 7 books ... Just write til the stories are done, stop deciding the number of books before you even begin writing so things don't get rushed when you find yourself at the end of book five with just 2,000 allotted pages to go. Blerg! I'm not a huge Wizard of Oz fan, so it was a tedious book to get through. Haven't read the Seven Suns series, trying to collect all the books in hardcover. How was the series though? |
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I haven't read beyond book four yet, but it was a great series up to point. I never was the biggest fan of Kevin J. Anderson before reading this, so for me, it was a pleasant surprise.
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I haven't read beyond book four yet, but it was a great series up to point. I never was the biggest fan of Kevin J. Anderson before reading this, so for me, it was a pleasant surprise. I've enjoyed most of his stuff, though I considered it on the simple side. I thought he and Brian Herbert did a fantastic job with Herbert's Dune books. Can't wait to get into that Seven Suns series! |
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I've enjoyed most of his stuff, though I considered it on the simple side. Exactly, that's why I was never a big fan. My biggest complaint was always that character development was almost nil and much like R. A. Salvatore in his mostly juvenile depiction of every persona and their relationships. But yeah, all-in-all I enjoyed Seven Suns so far as I have read. I guess when given a bit of freedom (since it was not an established universe with boundaries he couldn't breach), he shines a lot brighter. |
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I read the first book and thoroughly enjoyed it. I fell in love with many of the characters, got really angry at a certain few. Now I'm in the middle of Clash of Kings, and it's really interesting and keeps me interested, though I don't care reading about few of the characters, but I trudge keep reading, curious to see what happens. I was able to watch the first season of the show via On Demand after I finished A Game of Thrones, and I enjoyed it. Though a few bits and pieces I didn't care for, but for the most part I loved it. Still some parts of the show I was hoping for a different outcome but then that would go way off course from the book. What can I say? I grow too attached to some characters... Its pretty interesting how he does that. Most of the characters I as well "trudged through" in the second book became characters I was anticipating in the third and fourth books. Hehehe. He does well with making you love or hate characters, but you can always love them all as solid characters and can see their motivations and agree with why they act the ways they do. Too attached, hehehe. Yeah, Sean Bean ... every role ...  But you also do that a lot with the books. Can't tell you how many times I wanted Eddard to step out of character and lay down the smack. lol
I do like how he does that. I like the way he made the characters, just some characters in Clash of Kings weren't quite as interesting as others. I have a love-hate relationship with Sansa, but I do pity her standing where she is and all that, but some parts I wanted to slap her silly to get her to stand up for her sister. Yes I was soooo wanting that to happen with Eddard, But in a sense I knew he wouldn't because he was honor bound and wouldn't do anything that would dishonor himself or his family. But never the less the t.v. series was well done, and I am curious how the second season would turn out, but hopefully I'll be done with the second book once it does come out (would love it if it weren't on so late on sunday nights due to the fact I work early Monday morning, but thankfully I can catch up on On Demand.) |
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(would love it if it weren't on so late on sunday nights due to the fact I work early Monday morning, but thankfully I can catch up on On Demand.) Or if you're adventurous ... HBOGo.com >:) Just don't get fired. lol |
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(would love it if it weren't on so late on sunday nights due to the fact I work early Monday morning, but thankfully I can catch up on On Demand.) Or if you're adventurous ... HBOGo.com >:) Just don't get fired. lol Lol the computers at work would die if I tried to watch a video on them, considering they're pretty old, plus no sound, plus I'm at the front desk where everyone would be able to see. Haha soooo On Demand is my best friend for catching up :) Besides I like watching shows on t.v. vs the comp |
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I just finished A Clash Of Kings and I thoroughly enjoyed it even more. I'm already starting A Storm of Swords and hopefully won't take quite as long to finish as the first two books, but with my busy days with work and chores and the need of sleep it'll probably take quite as long. But I must say that these are well written and well worth the time put into them
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