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David Gemmell

Discussion in 'Booktalk' started by Shura, May 18, 2003.

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  1. The Kilted Crusader

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    AHA! Found it, Ustarte travelled to the parallel universe Waylander traveled to and retrieved the crossbow and place it in their museum.

    [EDIT] lol, Skilgannon has quite a few of Shura's traits. [EDIT]

    [ May 30, 2003, 21:09: Message edited by: Morningstar ]
     
    The Kilted Crusader, May 30, 2003
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    [​IMG] That bothered me greatly at first and I do have to state that the concept of Shura the swordsman was conceived long before White Wolf was even published.

    I still think Skilgannon's pretty different though. He's more goody-two-shoes, more heroic, more charismatic, etc. Shura's more of an individualistic fellow.

    Besides, Shura the swordsman gets laid A LOT (as in not as all) less than Skilgannon.

    Some rambling here, ah well. ;)
     
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    Just think Shura ... if you get published people can talk about you the way we talk about Terry Goodkind in relation to Robert Jordan. "Good writing for a theif!" (just kidding ... running away from flashing katanas)
     
    Mathetais, Jun 2, 2003
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    It's okay Mat... You called him a theif, not a thief. :p

    Now is it worth buying "White Wolf" in that huge softcover format or should I wait for it to come out in a normal size softcover?
     
    Avarahtar, Jun 2, 2003
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    White Wolf is worth a read, but just get it out of your library as it isn't his best work (a lot of repetition from older books).
     
    The Kilted Crusader, Jun 2, 2003
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    That's the thing though isn't it: can Gemmell actually produce anything both original and good at this stage? Legend was excellent, as was Knights of Dark Reknown and Dark Moon, but his later stuff is a verging on mediocre. Perhaps if he revisited some of the one-off classics in a pseudo-sequal style he'd come back on form?
     
    Veralius, Jun 10, 2003
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    I think maybe he was trying to capture some of his former glory by adding Druss and mentioning things (Waylander's crosbow) from former, better books.

    @Shura: After reading your newest post in CS, I can see huge differences between Shura and Skilgannon. Only the dual weapon style, the insanity (Which Skilgannon shows little, and seems to disappear later on) are similar. And of course, Shura would easily hammer Skilgannon :D .

    [ June 10, 2003, 12:46: Message edited by: Morningstar ]
     
    The Kilted Crusader, Jun 10, 2003
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