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August 20th, 2008, 10:07 AM
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The porn aspect used to explain the heavy action components of the genre. However, when John Ringo released Ghost, that's when it became mil-porn. What's the male equivalent of a Mary Sue? 
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August 24th, 2008, 04:18 PM
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Nicholas Lore - The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success.
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August 27th, 2008, 12:59 AM
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Finished Reaper's Gale which unfortunately catches me up with the Erikson books. Now the hated read-and-wait-a-year cycle starts.
I need another multi-charactered, multiple storyline series. Terry Brooks has been recommended to me, but I know nothing of his work. Any input? NR: Child of a Dead God - Barb & J.C. Hendee.
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August 27th, 2008, 08:00 AM
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Finished Michael Crichton's Next.
Its an interesting book, but its much more of commentary on biogenetics, then it is a story. While there are fictional characters and drama, there are often long breaks between those instances. However, it was thought provoking enough that it was worth reading. -- Magius. I think that Terry Brooks is a piss poor writer. However, I've heard that he improves over time with Shannara for a bit, and then gets worse again. However, I did like the first book in the Word & Void series (which I only just now found out that its basically a prequel for Shannara). I'm not sure what to recommend to you.
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August 27th, 2008, 10:15 AM
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Now, I'm reading a Brooks novel right now, so don't take that paragraph as hatred toward the guy, it's just a matter of calling an apple an apple and not an orange. Brooks is pretty much cookie cutter fantasy. His best work, IMO, is the early Elfstones of Shannara and Wishsong of Shannara, and his more recent series The Word and the Void. His most despised work is probably his first, Sword of Shannara, since it's borderline (some would say not even borderline) plagiarism of the Tolkien story structure. He has another series called The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara which is kind of interesting in that he has his fantasy characters exploring an area of their world in which remnants of some old technology still exists. I used to recommend Greg Keyes series Kingdom of Thorn and Bone, and it does have multiple characters in multiple storylines with a good deal of political stuff thrown in. But the fourth and final volume of that series was such a letdown that I can't recommend the series as much now. Ken
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August 27th, 2008, 10:18 AM
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Toll the Hounds is out in the UK. You could pay ~$40 like me for the new one early. ;-) MTA that Ian Carleton Esselmont has two books set in the Erikson work: Return of the Crimson Guard, and Night of Knives. I've read Night of Knives (picked it up in Canada) and it's pretty good. It's a story of the night that Surly attacked Kallanved and Dancer in Malaz City and became Emperor herself, from the POV of another character. Worth reading if you like the series.
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