Books everyone seems to love, but you just can't
MGibster
Legend
Set it in the Birthright RPG setting and you've got a "Master of Your Domain" episode right there.
doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
Well you’re objectively wrong about Tigana and probably also from Corte.
But for me it’s The Great Gatsby. And no, not because I read it in school. I just don’t find it all that interesting or entertaining or otherwise worth reading.
Also the Song of Ice And Fire series. Edge-lord tripe, mostly.
doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
I tried to reread the Elenium a while back...and gods it has not aged well. Really cool world, though.
Lanefan
Victoria Rules
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.
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.
Arilyn
Hero
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.
In my teens I enjoyed some of Stephen King, but no longer.
Terry Brooks-nope
Never liked Eddings
Love Terry Pratchett
Anne McCaffrey's books were something I liked as a teen but no longer.
I'm a big fan of Neil Gaiman, especially Sandman. Funnily enough, considering its popularity, I don't care for American Gods.
Larry Niven is an author I used to read many years ago. Don't know how I'd feel about his works now.
And I too love Harry Potter and Tolkien.
trappedslider
Legend
As I've stated elsewhere I just can't get into Terry Pratchett and no i will not hand over my geek/nerd card.
i_dont_meta
Explorer
The Icewind Dale Trilogy. I only finished The Crystal Shard so I could say, "I finished The Crystal Shard." It reads like transcripts from somebody's home game, written by the guy in the group who really liked X-Men.
Sepulchrave II
Legend
Oooh....
*Shannara series. Read the first few pages of Sword of Shannara when I was 13. That was enough. Utter dreck.
*Belgariad. Read it when I was 14. Enjoyed it at the time, but nonetheless felt soiled afterwards. Rapidly came to hate it.
*First heard Hitch Hiker's Guide in the original radio format. Loved it. Hated every subsequent adaptation and sequel. Indifferent to everything else Douglas Adams wrote, but he seemed like a nice guy when he gave a guest speech at my university.
*Don't like Terry Pratchett
*Wheel of Time. Couldn't make it past the first page of the first book.
*Dark Tower series. Couldn't get into it. I otherwise find Stephen King pretty hit-or-miss; there are some I've enjoyed.
*Michael Moorcock. Painful. Many of my peers were reading it and recommending; even at the tender age of 13 I realized it was garbage. Read it all anyway.
*Earthsea series. I love Le Guin, but this one didn't float my boat; maybe I should revisit after almost 40 years...
*Chronicles of Narnia. I read these when I was 11. I waited too long...
Honorable mention:
I read Game of Thrones and Clash of Kings in 2001. But I find the sheer misanthropy of Martin hard to stomach, and I feel both could have been condensed into a single 300-page book. Gave up after that. Enjoyed the first few seasons of the TV show.
*Shannara series. Read the first few pages of Sword of Shannara when I was 13. That was enough. Utter dreck.
*Belgariad. Read it when I was 14. Enjoyed it at the time, but nonetheless felt soiled afterwards. Rapidly came to hate it.
*First heard Hitch Hiker's Guide in the original radio format. Loved it. Hated every subsequent adaptation and sequel. Indifferent to everything else Douglas Adams wrote, but he seemed like a nice guy when he gave a guest speech at my university.
*Don't like Terry Pratchett
*Wheel of Time. Couldn't make it past the first page of the first book.
*Dark Tower series. Couldn't get into it. I otherwise find Stephen King pretty hit-or-miss; there are some I've enjoyed.
*Michael Moorcock. Painful. Many of my peers were reading it and recommending; even at the tender age of 13 I realized it was garbage. Read it all anyway.
*Earthsea series. I love Le Guin, but this one didn't float my boat; maybe I should revisit after almost 40 years...
*Chronicles of Narnia. I read these when I was 11. I waited too long...
Honorable mention:
I read Game of Thrones and Clash of Kings in 2001. But I find the sheer misanthropy of Martin hard to stomach, and I feel both could have been condensed into a single 300-page book. Gave up after that. Enjoyed the first few seasons of the TV show.
Sepulchrave II
Legend
I still enjoy this one, but find the many different POV confusing.
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