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I thought it must be something like that random thoughts Send a noteboard - 15/09/2009 07:49:27 PM
I have heard a lot of critisism of Donaldson, some of which I agree with even if he is one of my all time favorite authors but kidde wasn't one of them.

Why do you not like about him?
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Underappreciated Fantasy books? Bryce - 03/09/2009 03:36:10 AM 2207 Views
I don't think Donaldson is underappreciated so much as disliked. Craig - 03/09/2009 04:21:33 AM 1353 Views
Donaldson is "kiddie" have you actaully read Donaldson? random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:30:14 PM 1171 Views
Re: sentence structure Craig - 14/09/2009 07:22:28 PM 1236 Views
I thought it must be something like that random thoughts - 15/09/2009 07:49:27 PM 1120 Views
Craig - 15/09/2009 08:08:52 PM 1270 Views
Goodkind. Kotagg - 03/09/2009 05:20:51 AM 1456 Views
but... Mat Girl - 03/09/2009 05:31:24 AM 1387 Views
He said "underappreciated", not "underwhelming" *NM* Tom - 03/09/2009 02:41:27 PM 590 Views
my problem with Goodkind... ranagrande - 03/09/2009 03:36:51 PM 1491 Views
I agree Ryan - 03/09/2009 05:10:16 PM 1330 Views
he does preach and ramble a lot and i admit that annoys me LadyLorraine - 03/09/2009 03:51:37 PM 1240 Views
Goodkind is porn! rebelaessedai - 03/09/2009 06:33:32 PM 1389 Views
I didn't know anything about Goodkind when I started reading his books. Danu - 04/09/2009 12:52:37 AM 1487 Views
+1 *NM* Bryce - 05/09/2009 07:57:35 AM 729 Views
I barely made it through the first book. everynametaken - 04/09/2009 03:21:36 AM 1450 Views
Michelle West Mat Girl - 03/09/2009 05:29:39 AM 1398 Views
I agree Nyrende - 04/09/2009 06:35:20 AM 1321 Views
I know! Mat Girl - 04/09/2009 03:19:31 PM 1409 Views
I don't either Nyrende - 04/09/2009 11:55:09 PM 1527 Views
yep, we should Mat Girl - 05/09/2009 12:51:14 AM 1766 Views
All Michelle West's books are fantastic. ajah - 05/09/2009 04:00:22 AM 1356 Views
I tried something of hers and couldn't get into it. rebelaessedai - 05/09/2009 09:14:12 PM 1138 Views
Janny Wurts Ryan - 03/09/2009 05:33:19 AM 1445 Views
Kate Elliott Meona Goodday - 03/09/2009 06:04:56 AM 1440 Views
Re: Kate Elliott Mat Girl - 03/09/2009 06:11:11 AM 1257 Views
Re: Kate Elliott Meona Goodday - 03/09/2009 06:21:40 AM 1209 Views
I just couldn't get into it *NM* Ryan - 03/09/2009 05:05:24 PM 720 Views
Yes, I agree Perdita - 03/09/2009 06:41:59 PM 1596 Views
I <3 her stuff very much. *NM* Rebekah - 03/09/2009 05:20:22 PM 698 Views
I tried slogging through Fugitive Prince four times AgentOrange - 04/09/2009 08:46:37 PM 1481 Views
I actually put down Mistwraith a couple times before I made it through the first few chapters. Arok Manok's Astral Projection - 05/09/2009 05:20:33 AM 1308 Views
Lois Mcmaster Bujold Kylia Skydancer - 03/09/2009 08:38:20 AM 1175 Views
Definitely! Meona Goodday - 04/09/2009 03:16:52 AM 1401 Views
Well, I am about to react like the people above who are having an allergic reaction to goodkind... jh - 04/09/2009 10:05:43 AM 1202 Views
Kylia Skydancer - 08/09/2009 08:27:58 AM 1332 Views
The Worm Ouroboros is underappreciated Tom - 03/09/2009 02:40:22 PM 1330 Views
One does sort of wonder... jh - 03/09/2009 05:25:43 PM 1329 Views
Everything by Guy Gavriel Kay. Tigr - 03/09/2009 02:46:54 PM 1405 Views
I got Tigana from the library. Darth_Katie - 03/09/2009 02:50:01 PM 1344 Views
Agreed. *NM* Kylia Skydancer - 03/09/2009 03:12:50 PM 610 Views
Kay in general, yes. However, Jacob - 03/09/2009 03:47:39 PM 1374 Views
Sure. Tigr - 03/09/2009 04:04:38 PM 1421 Views
+1, Tigana's a wonderful book. *NM* Perdita - 03/09/2009 06:40:16 PM 864 Views
If you liked Tigana... Tigr - 03/09/2009 09:47:43 PM 1451 Views
Don't worry, I've read all of his *NM* Perdita - 04/09/2009 12:10:14 AM 846 Views
I've only read The Lions of Al-Rassan, but it was fantastic. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/09/2009 10:23:49 PM 602 Views
*NM* Kylia Skydancer - 08/09/2009 08:29:27 AM 739 Views
yes yes yes Mat Girl - 04/09/2009 01:15:36 AM 1400 Views
Katherine Kurtz tosca - 03/09/2009 02:50:39 PM 1306 Views
I second that Corwin - 05/09/2009 05:15:23 AM 1233 Views
Megan Whalen Turner Darth_Katie - 03/09/2009 02:52:19 PM 1131 Views
Kristine Kathryn Rusch Kylia Skydancer - 03/09/2009 03:18:04 PM 1375 Views
I liked the first Fey book a great deal. rebelaessedai - 03/09/2009 06:34:50 PM 1290 Views
*hugs* Kylia Skydancer - 04/09/2009 01:50:30 AM 1368 Views
AHH! rebelaessedai - 04/09/2009 03:49:29 PM 1314 Views
*dies of laughter* Kylia Skydancer - 08/09/2009 08:31:17 AM 1170 Views
God? ! rebelaessedai - 08/09/2009 04:24:14 PM 1166 Views
Yes. Now bow down to me. Kylia Skydancer - 08/09/2009 10:59:07 PM 1211 Views
Okay. *NM* rebelaessedai - 15/09/2009 03:23:59 PM 684 Views
Christopher Priest, Brian W. Aldiss, Paul Kearney, Chris Wooding Werthead - 03/09/2009 03:52:49 PM 1390 Views
My Amazon wishlist just got a lot longer. *NM* Haggard - 03/09/2009 04:10:51 PM 586 Views
Agrees on Kearney IndigoAjah - 04/09/2009 01:02:07 AM 1248 Views
Yes. Werthead - 04/09/2009 05:59:07 PM 1520 Views
Priest and Aldiss are brilliant. I'll have to pick up some of Wooding's works. Jacob - 22/12/2009 05:39:14 PM 1353 Views
Mercedes Lackey LadyLorraine - 03/09/2009 03:54:21 PM 1358 Views
I've always thought of her as Mercedes Lacking... Antigone - 12/10/2009 04:46:03 PM 1656 Views
Marie Brennan Griffen - 03/09/2009 05:57:15 PM 1334 Views
Eric Garcia grogg0316 - 03/09/2009 06:35:11 PM 1369 Views
You've been pimping these books for... getting close to a decade now? Jacob - 22/12/2009 05:26:04 PM 1206 Views
Angelslayer maraude - 04/09/2009 12:13:51 AM 1206 Views
For younger people: Nicholson's Wind on Fire trilogy IndigoAjah - 04/09/2009 01:06:08 AM 1305 Views
Not even just for younger people! Nicholson wrote the Gladiator screenplay Perdita - 04/09/2009 09:32:42 AM 1520 Views
The Last Apprentice series by Joseph Delaney (Spook's Apprentice in the UK) Bryce - 04/09/2009 01:22:43 AM 1346 Views
For this board? Larry - 04/09/2009 07:09:00 AM 1329 Views
I've read three of those and have plans to read maybe 10 of the others. Chas - 04/09/2009 02:22:42 PM 1338 Views
Re: J. G. Ballard wrote more than SF! And they were all awesome! Danae al'Thor - 04/09/2009 03:37:02 PM 1499 Views
I've read three and am on a fourth. Craig - 05/09/2009 01:54:49 AM 1336 Views
Thanks Larry. Seriana Sedai - 13/09/2009 10:22:57 PM 1247 Views
Re: All the stuff that gets called "Magical Realism". Stupid post-colonial conservatives. Danae al'Thor - 04/09/2009 03:49:43 PM 1290 Views
which C J Cherryh have you read random thoughts - 15/09/2009 07:22:50 PM 1198 Views
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C.S. Friedman's Coldfire Arok Manok's Astral Projection - 05/09/2009 05:19:12 AM 1232 Views
Mmm Gerald Tarrant. *NM* rebelaessedai - 05/09/2009 09:13:23 PM 610 Views
I liked the Madnedd Season as well *NM* random thoughts - 15/09/2009 07:51:37 PM 710 Views
Re: Britain and India do not get enough Octavia Butler. Danae al'Thor - 05/09/2009 03:34:34 PM 1284 Views
Memory, sorrow and thorn ironclad - 08/09/2009 03:09:49 PM 1178 Views
Bleah. Joel - 14/09/2009 09:59:21 AM 1290 Views
Not one book but the whole Historical fantasy genre is sorta unappreciated..... *NM* Murtach74 - 08/09/2009 09:44:36 PM 721 Views
Watership Down random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:35:51 PM 1277 Views
That is a very good book, indeed. *NM* Craig - 15/09/2009 07:10:07 PM 684 Views
The Chronicles of Prydain! by lloyd alexander Fantasy - 26/09/2009 07:48:50 PM 1429 Views
They're good Craig - 05/10/2009 12:39:35 AM 1305 Views
I find their nostalgic quality appealing Fantasy - 05/10/2009 01:44:05 AM 1420 Views
The Gone-Away World. Seriously, people Camilla - 11/12/2009 09:26:22 PM 1215 Views
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