DrunkonDuty
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Eddings is the The Lord of the Rings meets Friends. To some, a feature. To others, a bug.
For me, definitely a bug.
But I now want to read a LoTR meets Seinfeld pastiche.
Eddings is the The Lord of the Rings meets Friends. To some, a feature. To others, a bug.
Set it in the Birthright RPG setting and you've got a "Master of Your Domain" episode right there.But I now want to read a LoTR meets Seinfeld pastiche.
Well you’re objectively wrong about Tigana and probably also from Corte.What books have you read, or more accurately, tried to read because everyone seems to rave about them, but you just couldn't get into them?
For me it has to be the Wheel of Time series and Tigana.
I had to stop midway through wheel of time book four. And forced myself to read 200 pages of Tigana, but I don't think I can continue.
Why? Both for the same reason. They just drag on and on and on. Reading them is very tedious. I just can't do it.
I tried to reread the Elenium a while back...and gods it has not aged well. Really cool world, though.Eddings is the The Lord of the Rings meets Friends. To some, a feature. To others, a bug.
God-Emperor is kinda brilliant. Best after the original, last one worth reading.
I have read C. J. Cherryh. Can be hard to get into, but when I'm in the right mood, I enjoy her books.Things I can't get into, sometimes after numerous attempts:
Any time I've ever tried reading anything by C.J. Cherryh (sp.?) I've bounced off it pretty hard.
Lovecraft, or derivatives thereof. Ravings of a madman.
Stephen King.
Given what else I like, in theory I should like Shannara but nope - bounce. Some of Brooks' other stuff is OK.
Terry Pratchett. His humour and my humour just don't quite mesh. Bounce.
Larry Niven. Ditto.
Anne McCaffrey (sp.?).
Things I like that some others here seem not to:
Harry Potter. Absolutely love the whole damn lot of it!
Eddings. (except for the Elenium, which for some reason I've never read and thus have no opinion on) His characters make great PC archetypes.
Wheel of Time. About due for a re-read. Still trying to figure out how to get Telheran'rhiod (the dream-world) to work in a game.
While Feist's Magician series might not be the greatest, it's not bad; and some of his other stuff is just fine.
Lord of the Rings. And The Hobbit.
Things I've never bothered trying to read as thus far I haven't been that interested:
Michael Moorcock. Might give this a shot one day.
Conan.
Neil Gaiman.
I still enjoy this one, but find the many different POV confusing.The Bible.