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Similar for me snoopcester Send a noteboard - 16/12/2009 12:03:48 PM
The whole Dark Tower thing actually almost killed me with boredom

I finished Wolves of the Calla years ago....and I started Song of Susannah but never finished. The first 4 books were good enough, but after the long break I never could get back into it.

(And yes, this includes Wizard and Glass which in my eyes was mediocre at best and pissed me off quite a bit in its whole "I'm part of the story, but not really because I'm just a damn back-story that could have waited to be published until after the end of the series";)


I liked the first three well enough to keep going when I read them (I didn't love them but they were readable enough, even if they didn't really grab my interest), struggled through Wizard and Glass without enjoying it and really just hoping it would end soon and have had the final three books sat around for getting on to a couple of years without feeling any drive to read them. Probably should return them to the friend who lent them to me:P
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20 Best Science Fiction Books of the Decade Darth_Katie - 13/12/2009 10:16:32 PM 1446 Views
How can Harry Potter be there and the Dark Tower not ? AgentOrange - 13/12/2009 11:53:10 PM 848 Views
I guess because... j-whitt987 - 14/12/2009 12:11:47 AM 840 Views
Oh. Well that sentence was too long! AgentOrange - 14/12/2009 07:48:19 AM 802 Views
I'm kinda meh on Harry Potter but at least I found it interesting enough to finish snoopcester - 14/12/2009 02:25:36 PM 807 Views
you're just saying that to hurt me *NM* AgentOrange - 14/12/2009 06:14:31 PM 353 Views
Awww. It isn't just to hurt you. snoopcester - 14/12/2009 08:55:44 PM 790 Views
I'm really struggling to finish Dark Tower.... Brian - 16/12/2009 07:19:35 AM 759 Views
Similar for me snoopcester - 16/12/2009 12:03:48 PM 845 Views
It's worth finishing. rebelaessedai - 16/12/2009 03:02:32 PM 805 Views
I think they put Oryx and Crake on lists like this just to spite Margaret Atwood *NM* Ouranid - 14/12/2009 12:10:35 AM 515 Views
What do you mean? *NM* Darth_Katie - 14/12/2009 01:52:01 PM 344 Views
She's on record as being a bit snobby about Sci-Fi and not wanting to be labelled with it *NM* snoopcester - 14/12/2009 02:23:46 PM 330 Views
Yes, and the book is bad. Ouranid - 14/12/2009 06:18:02 PM 840 Views
I liked it snoopcester - 16/12/2009 01:17:57 PM 835 Views
I agree with her 100%. It's not Science Fiction. *NM* Joker - 15/12/2009 06:47:50 PM 366 Views
She later changed her mind and said it is science fiction. Werthead - 15/12/2009 10:09:03 PM 1004 Views
I don't think of books like that as Sci fi but I can see the argument that they are snoopcester - 16/12/2009 01:19:45 PM 792 Views
Lists are created that we may complain about them. Craig - 14/12/2009 12:31:32 AM 804 Views
Yeah, what he said. *NM* jh - 14/12/2009 07:27:58 AM 338 Views
Read most of these Larry - 14/12/2009 12:43:05 AM 1087 Views
Thank you. Jayhawk - 10/01/2010 01:45:11 AM 1101 Views
Double post Jayhawk - 10/01/2010 01:45:27 AM 1036 Views
I'm a little surprised The Lies of Locke Lamora isn't on there, to be honest. Ghavrel - 14/12/2009 02:35:13 AM 771 Views
it's fantasy. not sf even by a stretch. *NM* Aeryn - 14/12/2009 05:52:05 AM 351 Views
and really, not very good. *NM* Aeryn - 14/12/2009 05:52:39 AM 367 Views
See below. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/12/2009 06:52:39 AM 353 Views
Harry Potter? *NM* Ghavrel - 14/12/2009 06:52:32 AM 368 Views
Re: 20 Best Science Fiction Books of the Decade snoopcester - 14/12/2009 02:28:29 PM 785 Views
Not sure if I could come up with a ranking. Werthead - 14/12/2009 05:28:34 PM 957 Views
I'd say the Scar is more balanced AgentOrange - 14/12/2009 06:18:13 PM 732 Views
Generally agree but... Jacob - 14/12/2009 06:22:50 PM 766 Views
Am I th eonly one who always reads Ekaterina Sedia as Ekaterina Sedai? *NM* everynametaken - 14/12/2009 08:52:57 PM 390 Views
Nope. *NM* rebelaessedai - 14/12/2009 11:41:01 PM 349 Views
Yes. Freak. *NM* jh - 15/12/2009 11:25:40 AM 334 Views
I thought it was a Wotmania username for a while *NM* Gher - 15/12/2009 06:38:16 PM 330 Views
Same. lord-of-shadow - 16/12/2009 05:35:55 AM 809 Views
Glad to see Ted Chiang make the list Jayhawk - 10/01/2010 01:48:44 AM 1038 Views
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