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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 2173 Views
I don't think Donaldson is underappreciated so much as disliked. Craig - 03/09/2009 04:21:33 AM 1324 Views
Donaldson is "kiddie" have you actaully read Donaldson? random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:30:14 PM 1137 Views
Re: sentence structure Craig - 14/09/2009 07:22:28 PM 1199 Views
I thought it must be something like that random thoughts - 15/09/2009 07:49:27 PM 1092 Views
Craig - 15/09/2009 08:08:52 PM 1227 Views
Goodkind. Kotagg - 03/09/2009 05:20:51 AM 1426 Views
but... Mat Girl - 03/09/2009 05:31:24 AM 1357 Views
He said "underappreciated", not "underwhelming" *NM* Tom - 03/09/2009 02:41:27 PM 576 Views
my problem with Goodkind... ranagrande - 03/09/2009 03:36:51 PM 1463 Views
I agree Ryan - 03/09/2009 05:10:16 PM 1297 Views
he does preach and ramble a lot and i admit that annoys me LadyLorraine - 03/09/2009 03:51:37 PM 1216 Views
Goodkind is porn! rebelaessedai - 03/09/2009 06:33:32 PM 1363 Views
I didn't know anything about Goodkind when I started reading his books. Danu - 04/09/2009 12:52:37 AM 1456 Views
+1 *NM* Bryce - 05/09/2009 07:57:35 AM 717 Views
I barely made it through the first book. everynametaken - 04/09/2009 03:21:36 AM 1424 Views
Michelle West Mat Girl - 03/09/2009 05:29:39 AM 1372 Views
I agree Nyrende - 04/09/2009 06:35:20 AM 1291 Views
I know! Mat Girl - 04/09/2009 03:19:31 PM 1387 Views
I don't either Nyrende - 04/09/2009 11:55:09 PM 1505 Views
yep, we should Mat Girl - 05/09/2009 12:51:14 AM 1743 Views
All Michelle West's books are fantastic. ajah - 05/09/2009 04:00:22 AM 1317 Views
I tried something of hers and couldn't get into it. rebelaessedai - 05/09/2009 09:14:12 PM 1108 Views
Janny Wurts Ryan - 03/09/2009 05:33:19 AM 1415 Views
Kate Elliott Meona Goodday - 03/09/2009 06:04:56 AM 1416 Views
Re: Kate Elliott Mat Girl - 03/09/2009 06:11:11 AM 1234 Views
Re: Kate Elliott Meona Goodday - 03/09/2009 06:21:40 AM 1183 Views
I just couldn't get into it *NM* Ryan - 03/09/2009 05:05:24 PM 705 Views
Yes, I agree Perdita - 03/09/2009 06:41:59 PM 1573 Views
I <3 her stuff very much. *NM* Rebekah - 03/09/2009 05:20:22 PM 662 Views
I tried slogging through Fugitive Prince four times AgentOrange - 04/09/2009 08:46:37 PM 1448 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 1275 Views
Lois Mcmaster Bujold Kylia Skydancer - 03/09/2009 08:38:20 AM 1150 Views
Definitely! Meona Goodday - 04/09/2009 03:16:52 AM 1366 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 1172 Views
Kylia Skydancer - 08/09/2009 08:27:58 AM 1298 Views
The Worm Ouroboros is underappreciated Tom - 03/09/2009 02:40:22 PM 1310 Views
One does sort of wonder... jh - 03/09/2009 05:25:43 PM 1302 Views
Everything by Guy Gavriel Kay. Tigr - 03/09/2009 02:46:54 PM 1373 Views
I got Tigana from the library. Darth_Katie - 03/09/2009 02:50:01 PM 1314 Views
Agreed. *NM* Kylia Skydancer - 03/09/2009 03:12:50 PM 595 Views
Kay in general, yes. However, Jacob - 03/09/2009 03:47:39 PM 1348 Views
Sure. Tigr - 03/09/2009 04:04:38 PM 1384 Views
+1, Tigana's a wonderful book. *NM* Perdita - 03/09/2009 06:40:16 PM 848 Views
If you liked Tigana... Tigr - 03/09/2009 09:47:43 PM 1428 Views
Don't worry, I've read all of his *NM* Perdita - 04/09/2009 12:10:14 AM 818 Views
I've only read The Lions of Al-Rassan, but it was fantastic. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/09/2009 10:23:49 PM 586 Views
*NM* Kylia Skydancer - 08/09/2009 08:29:27 AM 729 Views
yes yes yes Mat Girl - 04/09/2009 01:15:36 AM 1377 Views
Katherine Kurtz tosca - 03/09/2009 02:50:39 PM 1279 Views
I second that Corwin - 05/09/2009 05:15:23 AM 1213 Views
Megan Whalen Turner Darth_Katie - 03/09/2009 02:52:19 PM 1109 Views
Kristine Kathryn Rusch Kylia Skydancer - 03/09/2009 03:18:04 PM 1339 Views
I liked the first Fey book a great deal. rebelaessedai - 03/09/2009 06:34:50 PM 1266 Views
*hugs* Kylia Skydancer - 04/09/2009 01:50:30 AM 1338 Views
AHH! rebelaessedai - 04/09/2009 03:49:29 PM 1290 Views
*dies of laughter* Kylia Skydancer - 08/09/2009 08:31:17 AM 1149 Views
God? ! rebelaessedai - 08/09/2009 04:24:14 PM 1140 Views
Yes. Now bow down to me. Kylia Skydancer - 08/09/2009 10:59:07 PM 1181 Views
Okay. *NM* rebelaessedai - 15/09/2009 03:23:59 PM 673 Views
Christopher Priest, Brian W. Aldiss, Paul Kearney, Chris Wooding Werthead - 03/09/2009 03:52:49 PM 1360 Views
My Amazon wishlist just got a lot longer. *NM* Haggard - 03/09/2009 04:10:51 PM 567 Views
Agrees on Kearney IndigoAjah - 04/09/2009 01:02:07 AM 1210 Views
Yes. Werthead - 04/09/2009 05:59:07 PM 1499 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 1324 Views
Mercedes Lackey LadyLorraine - 03/09/2009 03:54:21 PM 1328 Views
I've always thought of her as Mercedes Lacking... Antigone - 12/10/2009 04:46:03 PM 1630 Views
Marie Brennan Griffen - 03/09/2009 05:57:15 PM 1314 Views
Eric Garcia grogg0316 - 03/09/2009 06:35:11 PM 1345 Views
You've been pimping these books for... getting close to a decade now? Jacob - 22/12/2009 05:26:04 PM 1173 Views
Angelslayer maraude - 04/09/2009 12:13:51 AM 1177 Views
For younger people: Nicholson's Wind on Fire trilogy IndigoAjah - 04/09/2009 01:06:08 AM 1279 Views
Not even just for younger people! Nicholson wrote the Gladiator screenplay Perdita - 04/09/2009 09:32:42 AM 1495 Views
The Last Apprentice series by Joseph Delaney (Spook's Apprentice in the UK) Bryce - 04/09/2009 01:22:43 AM 1323 Views
For this board? Larry - 04/09/2009 07:09:00 AM 1307 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 1304 Views
Re: J. G. Ballard wrote more than SF! And they were all awesome! Danae al'Thor - 04/09/2009 03:37:02 PM 1474 Views
I've read three and am on a fourth. Craig - 05/09/2009 01:54:49 AM 1315 Views
Thanks Larry. Seriana Sedai - 13/09/2009 10:22:57 PM 1215 Views
Re: All the stuff that gets called "Magical Realism". Stupid post-colonial conservatives. Danae al'Thor - 04/09/2009 03:49:43 PM 1267 Views
which C J Cherryh have you read random thoughts - 15/09/2009 07:22:50 PM 1175 Views
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C.S. Friedman's Coldfire Arok Manok's Astral Projection - 05/09/2009 05:19:12 AM 1212 Views
Mmm Gerald Tarrant. *NM* rebelaessedai - 05/09/2009 09:13:23 PM 593 Views
I liked the Madnedd Season as well *NM* random thoughts - 15/09/2009 07:51:37 PM 698 Views
Re: Britain and India do not get enough Octavia Butler. Danae al'Thor - 05/09/2009 03:34:34 PM 1257 Views
Memory, sorrow and thorn ironclad - 08/09/2009 03:09:49 PM 1152 Views
Bleah. Joel - 14/09/2009 09:59:21 AM 1268 Views
Not one book but the whole Historical fantasy genre is sorta unappreciated..... *NM* Murtach74 - 08/09/2009 09:44:36 PM 709 Views
Watership Down random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:35:51 PM 1250 Views
That is a very good book, indeed. *NM* Craig - 15/09/2009 07:10:07 PM 673 Views
The Chronicles of Prydain! by lloyd alexander Fantasy - 26/09/2009 07:48:50 PM 1398 Views
They're good Craig - 05/10/2009 12:39:35 AM 1272 Views
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The Gone-Away World. Seriously, people Camilla - 11/12/2009 09:26:22 PM 1180 Views
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