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Legend of the Seeker
CCM:
--- Quote from: shardian on November 20, 2008, 11:02:47 am ---I just saw that this show had like 4.5 million viewers. That is more than any show on the CW, and almost as many viewers as some primetime shows.
I've never read the book, heard of the book, or watched the show.
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I haven't seen the show, but I did read all the books. I highly recommend reading them, very good series...
shmokes:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on November 19, 2008, 10:36:38 am ---
--- Quote from: shmokes on November 19, 2008, 09:42:45 am ---This seems like an incredible waste of you're most precious resource.
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Says one forum addict to another....
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Point taken. On the other hand, I'm not going to reread the same thread over and over again just because I thought it was a really good thread.
Ummon:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on November 19, 2008, 09:33:08 pm ---Alright, I gotta concur on A Canticle for Leibowitz. It's a difficult read..
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How so?
--- Quote ---Another interesting, more modern read are Illium and Olympos by Dan Simmons. He actually taps the well twice...
:cheers:
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Indeed. For something else of his in a similar vein, check out Muse of Fire.
--- Quote from: SithMaster on November 20, 2008, 10:53:17 am ---
Maybe start another topic for sci fi novel recommendations.
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I've been mentating on starting an SF thread, actually.
AmericanDemon:
--- Quote from: shmokes on November 19, 2008, 09:42:45 am ---
--- Quote from: AmericanDemon on November 18, 2008, 10:38:05 pm ---
I've read the first book over a dozen times.
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This seems like an incredible waste of you're most precious resource. There are far too many effing amazing books in existence (and being written all the time) for you to ever read in a lifetime. Broaden your horizons, my friend. If you need suggestions, I'm happy to oblige.
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Have you ever sat down and watched a favorite movie more than one time? This is a book that really struck a cord in me as a youngster. I didnt read much. Had more intersted in video games than books. When I picked this book up, it lit a creative interest in me that nothing other than gaming had done before. When a new Goodkind book came out, I would read the series from the start again. I love the characters in it.
You cant tell me that people havent read the Lord of the Rings series more than once, or The Dark Tower series more than once. I have over 200 books on my shelves and I read a ton. I generally read three or four books at a time. Right now I am actually reading somethning I never envisioned myself reading. A book based on a game. I'm reading the warcraft books. Just finsihed Day of the dragon and it was actually a very good read. Now on Lord of the Clans. This too is excellent as I delve deeper into it.
I can admit that reading Sword of Truth 12 times seems like an abnormal waste of time, but so is most of what we do outside of eating and sleeping. Its something that I did and was entertained. Its just that simple.
shmokes:
--- Quote from: AmericanDemon on November 21, 2008, 12:08:27 am ---
Have you ever sat down and watched a favorite movie more than one time?
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Oh . . . I can give you better than that. There are books I have read more than one time. 12+ just seems like a lot for someone who has never read Memoirs of an Invisible Man. Or The Sirens of Titan. Or Cider House Rules. Or The Monkey Wrench Gang. Or Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Or For Whom the Bell Tolls. Or 1984. Or Cat's Cradle. Or 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Or Robinson Crusoe. Or Life of Pi. Or The Princess Bride.
BTW . . . you should move away from fantasy some. I don't mean that as a dig at all. I read and loved LOTR and Harry Potter and some Discworld and Magician: Apprentice/Master (Riftwar Saga). But reading fantasy exclusively or even almost exclusively is like eating beef exclusively or almost exclusively. Beef is really really good . . . but what about pork, chicken, turkey, potatoes, carrots, corn, peaches, bread, grapes, rice, etc.
Genres don't make books great, authors do. And most of the great authors in the world have simply not written fantasy. Just like, in spite of beef being really good, most great foods just happen to have no beef in them. Cos there's just too much wonderful variety in the world for something as sad as that to be true.
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