#315475 - 09/15/05 03:59 AM
Re: d20 Modern
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janggut
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#315476 - 09/15/05 04:57 AM
Re: d20 Modern
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Ubereil
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#315478 - 09/15/05 08:44 AM
Re: d20 Modern
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Ubereil
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#315479 - 09/15/05 11:21 AM
Re: d20 Modern
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Plowking
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Well when I say miserable, I mean moany and whiney...whinging non-stop - I can't do this...I want to go home...wah wah wah... 
There's some miserable characters in song of ice and fire too, but thankfully it's proper misery brought on by realistic problems (loved ones dying, bad injuries etc...) - not Jordans 'I want to go home cos I am cold and hungry! Boo-hoo.' 
Its fine in it's own way, wasn't for me, matter of taste and all that. Jordans PG 12's writing can't compare though in any way to the gritty realism of Martins mature characters, events, and problems - and the concept of Jordans semi-omnipotent 'Dark one' that everyone is afraid of is too Lord of the Rings-esque. 
The 'evil' in ice and fire is the evil of men. With many shades of grey between.
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#315481 - 09/15/05 11:46 AM
Re: d20 Modern
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Plowking
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They beat the Eddings characters. They act as if they're out on a goddamn picknic!
And I'll try it sometime. Just not now!
Übereil
Cool...you shant regret it!
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#315483 - 09/15/05 03:49 PM
Re: d20 Modern
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LUCRETIA
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#315484 - 09/15/05 09:52 PM
Re: Latest Book You've Ever Read
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killerzzz
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LUCRETIA Quote:
Now I am reading "The Rule of Four" by Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason but I can't tell if it is a good book yet. I just started it.
It is a good book, especially if you like the story of people trying to decode a book ( Hypnerotomachia ) that is basically a great big code hidden here there, everywhere. It seems like the type of story you'd learn in an english class, but it is much better than that. I liked it. Did I mention the secret is worth killing for...?
Meself As for myself, I've just read a new book called Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment . I loved it. It's the best book I've read in a long time, defanantly in my Top Ten, and the second novel that upon finishing it I said "I wanna read it again!".
It's by James Patterson, author of these detective novels that became popular movies: Along Came A Spider and Kiss The Girls both starring Morgan Freeman.
This is a book of modern fantasy and adventure about six children who have avian (bird) DNA grafted into theirs. So they have high reflexes, geneticly modified strength, and wings ! It starts with them having escaped the place where they were mutated, and are now being hunted down by Wolf-Men called Erasers.
For any fantasy-adventure lovers, you should read this book.
For anyone who has dreamt or wished to fly, it is a MUST READ.
Killerzzz
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#315489 - 09/16/05 12:57 PM
Re: Latest Book You've Ever Read
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LaFille
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@Killerzzz & Viper That book from King is Different Seasons.
I am currently reading one of his books as well; On Writng. It's not a novel; it's about writing fiction, becoming a writer, etc. I like it and it's easy to read. I'm also reading the Discours de la Méthode (...) by René Descartes for a course. It's very hard to read but interesting. A nice challenge. Before these I read Not Guilty by Patricia McDonald; I think it would be placed in the thriller/suspense genre although it didn't thrill me much. Was not bad, but not great.
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As for myself, I've just read a new book called Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment . I loved it. It's the best book I've read in a long time, defanantly in my Top Ten, and the second novel that upon finishing it I said "I wanna read it again!".
It's by James Patterson, author of these detective novels that became popular movies: Along Came A Spider and Kiss The Girls both starring Morgan Freeman.
This is a book of modern fantasy and adventure about six children who have avian (bird) DNA grafted into theirs. So they have high reflexes, geneticly modified strength, and wings ! It starts with them having escaped the place where they were mutated, and are now being hunted down by Wolf-Men called Erasers.
For any fantasy-adventure lovers, you should read this book.
For anyone who has dreamt or wished to fly, it is a MUST READ.
I'm searching for the ones I read from him but can't find nor remember the titles. I only read a couple of his works; it was great stories, but he seems to pass too fast, not deep enough through it; it had left me disappointed.
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#315492 - 09/17/05 04:51 PM
Re: Latest Book You've Ever Read
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LaFille
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