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<blockquote data-quote="Sepulchrave II" data-source="post: 8184088" data-attributes="member: 4303"><p>Oooh....</p><p></p><p>*<em>Shannara</em> series. Read the first few pages of <em>Sword of Shannara</em> when I was 13. That was enough. Utter dreck.</p><p>*<em>Belgariad</em>. Read it when I was 14. Enjoyed it at the time, but nonetheless felt soiled afterwards. Rapidly came to hate it.</p><p>*First heard <em>Hitch Hiker's Guide</em> 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.</p><p>*Don't like Terry Pratchett</p><p>*<em>Wheel of Time</em>. Couldn't make it past the first page of the first book.</p><p>*<em>Dark Tower</em> series. Couldn't get into it. I otherwise find Stephen King pretty hit-or-miss; there are some I've enjoyed.</p><p>*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.</p><p>*<em>Earthsea</em> series. I love Le Guin, but this one didn't float my boat; maybe I should revisit after almost 40 years...</p><p>*<em>Chronicles of Narnia</em>. I read these when I was 11. I waited too long...</p><p></p><p>Honorable mention:</p><p></p><p>I read <em>Game of Thrones</em> and <em>Clash of Kings</em> 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.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sepulchrave II, post: 8184088, member: 4303"] Oooh.... *[I]Shannara[/I] series. Read the first few pages of [I]Sword of Shannara[/I] when I was 13. That was enough. Utter dreck. *[I]Belgariad[/I]. Read it when I was 14. Enjoyed it at the time, but nonetheless felt soiled afterwards. Rapidly came to hate it. *First heard [I]Hitch Hiker's Guide[/I] 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 *[I]Wheel of Time[/I]. Couldn't make it past the first page of the first book. *[I]Dark Tower[/I] 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. *[I]Earthsea[/I] series. I love Le Guin, but this one didn't float my boat; maybe I should revisit after almost 40 years... *[I]Chronicles of Narnia[/I]. I read these when I was 11. I waited too long... Honorable mention: I read [I]Game of Thrones[/I] and [I]Clash of Kings[/I] 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. [/QUOTE]
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