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I thought I’d post a few words about Perez-Reverte to put The Dumas Club in some sort of wider context. Arturo Perez-Reverte is a very successful Spanish author who has a very distinctive line in thrillers. The Dumas Club was shortlisted for the for the 1998 World Fantasy Awards, but was...

Hello all; After some consideration I've made the next selection for the EnWorld Book Club. It is the The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte. It's a highly regarded mystery with fantastic elements. Discussion in due to start on the 15th of October. Links: amazon.com, amazon.co.uk. First...

The next selection is The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte. A full post attempting to drum up interest in the book will be up shortly. Discussion starts on the 15th of October. Details here, I thought a new thread would catch more peoples attention...

Is The Book of the New Sun fantasy? I've never read it, but had always assumed it was Science Fiction.

A lot of this discussion is taking place outside any point of reference I have. You might as well be writing in Greek (though, if you were, at least I'd be able to use Babelfish). ;) Could someone explain the references above?

Joe; I've a (very tentative) suggestion. Part of the problem I've noticed in my thoughts for next book selection? thread and the previous book club thread, is that no-one seems to be able to agree on anything. If you ask if a book seems like a good idea, you don't get much response. If you...

I thought I'd add a list of proposed selections. Though there isn't a single book that more than one person has vouched for, yet. The Club Dumas, by Arturo Perez-Reverte (nikolai) The Princess Bride, by William Goldman (nikolai) Death of the Necromancer, by Martha Wells (renbot) On Writing, by...

There are no real criteria, and the selector essentially gets to inflict their choice upon everyone else by diktat (and gets to name the next selector). Adapting from the book group thread, these are things to aim for: Book must be in print (check to see if Amazon has it available). Should be...

The (vigorous) discussion of Donaldson the other posters mentioned is in this thread, though you may have to wade through a lot to get to it. http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=97056 One of the rules (guidelines?) of book selection is not to go for (try not to go for?) books in...

This is the first I've heard of it. But I have no knowledge of Mormonism, so I doubt I'm capable of making a informed judgement. There are various levels of this sort of thing. Narnia is Christian allegory. This is pretty easy to spot, as one thing in the story represents something else...

I don't think War and Peace would be a good choice. I think it has too much status, is too long, and is too special interest (or off topic, as historical fiction) to be an appropriate choice for a Fantasy & Sci-Fi Books board. I really don't think we'd get very many people reading it, or much...

Thanks for the comment. I'm trying to choose something that is resonably well known, popular and high profile, but not so well known, popular and high profile, that too many people have already read it. The main Book Club thread is here: http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=91597

Hi all; I've been nominated to select the next book for the book club. I want your help in doing this! The main aims are to select something that (1) lots of people will read, in order to get (2) some thoughtful discussion. Some discussions have been quite short, so I want something that will...

This is a response to Jester47 points about "what a "hero" is". The evolution of the word hero is very complex. I won't pretend to understand it all. You're right that there are two senses: (1) people with abilities beyond those of normal men; and (2) morally worthy people. Homer used sense...

There are lots of fantasy fans who dislike Tolkien, for all sorts of reasons. You are not alone, and - even if you were - I wouldn't flame you for which books you do or don't like. The standard response to your points are: The book is very slow to start. And isn't in the sword and sorcery prose...

Feedback on RangerWickett's synopsis. Admittedly, this is a very, very, very, cheap and easy point to make - so my apologies. There is no way that your synopsis will fit on one A4 page of 10-point double spaced type. I think it is a real challenge to summarise a 300+ page novel effectively in...

Err... 90,000 words? Okay, not being facetious - it depends on the formatting. But the real length of the novel is obviously the word count. If I were submitting to the contest, I'd get one of Wizards' (successful!) novels, and look in detail at how the author fit the story to the format...

Okay, I've another question to plague you with... Didn't Bruce Payne's character die in the first film? My memory is hazy. Of course, in D&D death is a barrier that can be overcome.

I posted a thread about it here - which was pretty much ignored. I'll obviously have to work on my pitch... http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=96936 This includes a link to the first chapter. It's due for a massive marketing campaign, with the publishers doing their best to make it...

Knightfall1972, thanks for all your hard work in keeping us informed with updates with progress on the film. I've some questions: Do we know what the track record of the people who wrote the screenplay (Brian Rudnick & Robert Kimmel) is? Are the stars of the original returning or not? Some...