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Re: I've noticed that quite a few here/wotmania have not been big fiction (fantasy) readers RugbyPlayingAshaman Send a noteboard - 12/10/2012 05:11:20 PM
But over the last year or so I've picked up a few Fantasy novels out of curiosity. RJ is certainly a better story teller than most of what I've seen out there, even though he rambles. I'm going to re-read GRRM this winter after AMOL ... I read the first 3 books of his series years ago and enjoyed it, but got lost after his huge gaps between books. My gut tells me GRRM will end up being the better series in most ways. But WOT will always be my favorite fantasy series... If only for sentimentality sake.


When I was younger, I thought that was dismaying. Now that I'm a bit older, I just guess there's something about the series that appeals to those who want something between generic D&D and something truly challenging/weird.

That being said, when I read epic fantasies, I tend to favor Andrzej Sapkowski (in the Spanish translation as opposed to the incomplete Engligh translation) and the Erikson/Esslemont Malazan novels.

But these days, I read much more poetry and realist fiction than I do speculative fiction. Tastes changes with age, perhaps.


I've been trying to find time to read Octavia Butler's stories because believable speculative fiction still interests me. There is something mass produced about most epic fantasies that prevent me from getting into them. I found it very easy to put down "A Song of Ice and Fire" after having read the first 3-4 books. Perhaps it is age and having better things to do with ones' time. Better in the sense that you don't need or want to necessarily escape to someone elses' fantasy world.
"Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness."
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So when the book/series ends, what will it have all meant? Larry - 08/10/2012 09:47:49 PM 2219 Views
Years of enjoyment. What else do you expect from fiction? Marshall - 08/10/2012 10:17:30 PM 1175 Views
I expect a lot from fiction, to be honest Larry - 09/10/2012 02:43:59 AM 1221 Views
HAHAHA! darius_sedai - 08/10/2012 10:17:58 PM 1206 Views
Yeah, the use of my time does matter Larry - 09/10/2012 02:45:15 AM 1153 Views
Not sure I'd call it mindless darius_sedai - 09/10/2012 02:53:00 AM 1088 Views
Well, it is a bit more complex than a D&D novel Larry - 09/10/2012 02:55:40 AM 1103 Views
I'm not really a huge fiction reader to begin with darius_sedai - 09/10/2012 11:25:34 PM 1014 Views
I've noticed that quite a few here/wotmania have not been big fiction (fantasy) readers Larry - 11/10/2012 05:48:02 AM 1124 Views
Re: I've noticed that quite a few here/wotmania have not been big fiction (fantasy) readers RugbyPlayingAshaman - 12/10/2012 05:11:20 PM 1032 Views
I like the TV series ... It's gritty darius_sedai - 13/10/2012 11:44:06 PM 978 Views
Well... it's a bit late in the game... DomA - 09/10/2012 02:04:16 AM 1313 Views
True, but it's never too late to ask people such questions Larry - 09/10/2012 02:49:28 AM 1011 Views
I'm not sure... DomA - 09/10/2012 06:03:08 AM 1030 Views
Well, we may be in closer agreement then Larry - 09/10/2012 06:43:50 PM 1089 Views
Re: Well, we may be in closer agreement then DomA - 09/10/2012 11:08:49 PM 1220 Views
Re: Well, we may be in closer agreement then Larry - 11/10/2012 06:14:27 AM 996 Views
Re: I'm not sure... echooff - 11/10/2012 06:15:26 PM 1013 Views
There's a reason for this... fionwe1987 - 09/10/2012 02:11:21 AM 1137 Views
True Larry - 09/10/2012 02:54:12 AM 1171 Views
Re: True DomA - 09/10/2012 06:19:42 AM 1040 Views
I am now visualizing WoT as a telenovela adaptation Larry - 09/10/2012 06:59:11 PM 988 Views
everything about Lanfear screams TeleNovela! darius_sedai - 11/10/2012 04:38:03 AM 937 Views
Por ella, soy Luisa Therin? Larry - 11/10/2012 05:44:32 AM 1029 Views
All of the names would have to be longer and more pompous Tom - 11/10/2012 03:54:30 PM 854 Views
Not in this particular telenovela adaptation Larry - 11/10/2012 05:48:06 PM 1260 Views
It is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Tom - 09/10/2012 02:21:20 PM 1090 Views
It also has Faulknerian allusions Larry - 09/10/2012 07:04:55 PM 1105 Views
BTW, did you see the Folio Society's color-coded The Sound and the Fury? Tom - 10/10/2012 08:06:18 PM 1317 Views
Re: BTW, did you see the Folio Society's color-coded The Sound and the Fury? DomA - 10/10/2012 09:39:56 PM 1040 Views
The One Power doesn't seem that unique or innovative to me. Tom - 11/10/2012 04:05:06 PM 968 Views
No, but I'll keep it in mind for the future when I have more money to spare Larry - 11/10/2012 05:49:52 AM 909 Views
It sold out fast. They might reprint it, though. Tom - 11/10/2012 03:45:20 PM 893 Views
Hopefully, that or it won't be more than $200 when I do have the money to spare Larry - 11/10/2012 05:53:20 PM 1154 Views
Re: So when the book/series ends, what will it have all meant? nigelgoboom - 11/10/2012 10:52:01 AM 1008 Views
Ah, where would we be without such bright lights like you around? Larry - 11/10/2012 05:59:48 PM 1231 Views
It will have meant.. . MightyYT - 11/10/2012 06:59:43 PM 1066 Views
So... Larry - 11/10/2012 07:05:41 PM 1086 Views
For me, yes. Macharius - 11/10/2012 07:45:25 PM 896 Views
I would think for most the money spent wasn't too bad Larry - 11/10/2012 08:07:49 PM 1257 Views
I got my money's worth, oh yes. MightyYT - 12/10/2012 07:59:58 PM 1040 Views
I'm not sure it means anything. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 11/10/2012 08:10:45 PM 1115 Views
I'm not sure there is too much meaning ajsr1982 - 15/10/2012 05:57:57 PM 1106 Views
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