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Meh... Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 04/05/2010 06:16:51 PM
I think the fan fiction-ness of it is less an issue of them going to fantasyland and more an issue of them treating it with such little surprise. Dave doesn't pull out of the circle on the first trip because he's afraid or disbelieving; he pulls out because he wants to be able to take his Evidence test on time.

Isn't part of the problem with the first book that bringing contemporary characters (okay, to the extent that one can still consider the eighties contemporary... ;)


You know, I never thought about this, but the five of them have virtually nothing that marks them as people from the eighties. Granted, their Earth lives are mentioned pretty rarely, but still.
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The Fionavar Tapestry... wha-wh... what just happened? Ghavrel - 04/05/2010 08:49:04 AM 805 Views
Surely you realized it was going to pack a punch when the whole tree thing started. Legolas - 04/05/2010 10:26:17 AM 496 Views
The tree bit was in the first book, if memory serves... Jacob - 04/05/2010 01:47:33 PM 423 Views
The tree seemed a bit stilted to me. Kay was still struggling with his writing there, I think. Ghavrel - 04/05/2010 06:13:51 PM 399 Views
A peach for a peach! Tigr - 04/05/2010 02:23:38 PM 472 Views
Don't you kind of wonder what happens after the end? *spoilers* Ghavrel - 04/05/2010 06:12:48 PM 440 Views
Melodrama is what happened. *spoilers* RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/05/2010 03:26:29 PM 460 Views
Which beautiful people? Ghavrel - 04/05/2010 06:09:15 PM 409 Views
It was really the whole Jennifer/Guinevere storyline that got heavy handed RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/05/2010 06:42:43 PM 630 Views
I've never read that trilogy Larry - 04/05/2010 04:29:35 PM 472 Views
You could get through them in an afternoon. They're quite small books. Ghavrel - 04/05/2010 06:03:36 PM 397 Views
Re: Once people stop raping people, things start to look up. Danae al'Thor - 04/05/2010 04:43:26 PM 444 Views
LOL! That depends on your perspective. *NM* rebelaessedai - 04/05/2010 06:48:22 PM 176 Views
Weren't it great? Nate - 04/05/2010 04:45:12 PM 427 Views
I've never seen an author improve so visibly and rapidly. Ghavrel - 04/05/2010 06:06:52 PM 398 Views
It was his first work, of course... Legolas - 04/05/2010 06:13:17 PM 410 Views
Meh... Ghavrel - 04/05/2010 06:16:51 PM 477 Views
Re: Meh... RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/05/2010 06:47:41 PM 582 Views
i loved that series. it was very impactful... glad you enjoyed it. *NM* temeraire - 04/05/2010 05:15:32 PM 188 Views
I have never read a single GGK book, but The Shrike - 04/05/2010 05:18:53 PM 476 Views
I think you might enjoy some of his Jacob - 04/05/2010 06:23:35 PM 388 Views
Yeah. I'd recommend people new to Kay start with his later works, which are good throughout. *NM* Ghavrel - 04/05/2010 07:04:26 PM 177 Views
I loved this series. rebelaessedai - 04/05/2010 06:47:35 PM 553 Views
I couldn't get past the first part. I gave up on it withing 50 pages or so. Are you saying it gets Tashmere - 05/05/2010 12:05:42 AM 392 Views
It improves continually throughout the first book. Drastic improvement occurs in the second. Ghavrel - 05/05/2010 03:14:56 AM 391 Views
it's been 15 years since I read this series... ajah - 05/05/2010 11:59:35 AM 434 Views
You missed the reference? Really? *mild spoilers for Ysabel & Fionavar* Ghavrel - 05/05/2010 02:43:36 PM 399 Views
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