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Your Least Favorite Book

Discussion in 'Booktalk' started by Falstaff, Jan 13, 2003.

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  1. LKD Gems: 31/31
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    [​IMG] Rallymama, you have a point about Lovecraft. I even agree. But keep in mind that the man was breaking new ground. If you look at some early experimenters with the novel form of writing, you'll see that they, too, were a little on the clumsy side (people like Daniel Defoe, the guy who wrote "Pamela", the 19 century Brontes, Horace Walpole). All classic, all clumsy and ineffective by today's standards.

    As for Salvatore, for his target audience (8-16 is my guess) he's fine. He lost me when he spoke of Drizzt thrusting with a scimitar. How the %&*^ do you THRUST with a curved blade? I mean, theoretically the move is possible but the person so doing wouldn't last very bloody long.

    [ February 08, 2003, 16:17: Message edited by: Depaara ]
     
    LKD, Feb 8, 2003
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    The Icewind Dale books by Salvatore and the first Shannara thing.

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    [ February 23, 2003, 20:48: Message edited by: Taluntain ]
     
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    Any of that Mills and Boon crap
     
    Shell, Feb 24, 2003
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    The salvadore books defineltly, the first two books were really good but the moment you abandon action, comedy and wonder for deep drama (Buffy, Angel, Xena, Farscape) you tend to annoy the people who bought your books in the first place.
     
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    Baldur's Gate. IMO the worst thing ever put to paper.
     
    Evro, Feb 25, 2003
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    Probably the worst book I have ever read is either Mirkheim by Poul Anderson or the two Baldur's Gate books.
     
    enjan, Mar 5, 2003
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    Personally the Sword Of Shannara books annoyed the crap out of me. He used the same plot-line over and over.
    Ooh...there's a huge evil...main character must fetch such and such an item to stop it meanwhile discovering that they can do magic.
    I'm still not sure how he's managed to publish so many in the same series. I'm kind of curious to read something else he's written to see if it too has the same plot, but I don't really care that much.
     
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    Brook's recent books that are set in our world but with demons and knights that fight them are pretty good. Alot better than his Shannara books.
     
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    thanks for the info, I'll look into those. :)
     
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