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Post by
Monday
Sanderson did it first
.
Post by
Hyperspacerebel
Wizards of the Coast did it firstest ;)
Post by
Nathanyal
Sanderson did it first
.
Hmm, the way Weeks did it is quite different. He created something called
Chromaturgy
. Imo, Chromaturgy seems like a better system than BioChromatic Breath, but that may just be because I understand the first more so than the latter.
Post by
240140
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Post by
Patty
Yay! And I've not read that yet :( I'll put it on my list
Post by
Monday
You've never read Ender's Game? O_o
Post by
Patty
You've never read Ender's Game? O_o
Should I have? I'd never really heard of it until a couple of months ago.
Post by
Monday
Oh, that's right. You're not from the States. It's required reading material in a lot of States in the US, for various reasons: the tactics, political maneuverings, etc. It lost a fair amount of prominence after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but it's still pretty relevant and WAY popular. It's considered one of the best sci fi novels, ever.
Edit: For example, Goodreads "
Best Science Fiction
." Ender's Game has the #1 spot, with Dune coming in 2nd and Hitchhicker's Guide in 3rd.
Post by
wrlwnd
The entire Enderverse is an awesome read in many ways. Card has also had some very interesting other series.
When you get into the sociopolitical views in Enders Game and the Shadow series remember most of this was written beginning in 1985.
Post by
asakawa
Sanderson did it first
.
I'm reading some Sanderson at the moment (specifically the Mistborn books after enjoying the Way of Kings) and I'm very pleasantly surprised. It seems he's earned his reputation for world building and I can imagine that, for some, he maybe even does too much exploration of the rules of the world he's made but, personally I rather enjoy it.
Post by
Squishalot
Admittedly, I haven't read Ender's Game yet either. Will aim to get around to it - didn't realise it was quite that well read.
Post by
wrlwnd
Ender's Game got me into Cards works, but have enjoyed most of it.
I have not read his religious works and am not planning to do so any time soon, but his sci-fi/fantasy works I have enjoyed. Once I read several of his works, I started looking a little deeper into him and found that on rereading his works a lot of his religious and political views seep into his works. Not saying that most writers do not do the same, but he intrigued me.
I found that he is a devout Mormon and very conservative politically.
Post by
Monday
Sanderson did it first
.
I'm reading some Sanderson at the moment (specifically the Mistborn books after enjoying the Way of Kings) and I'm very pleasantly surprised. It seems he's earned his reputation for world building and I can imagine that, for some, he maybe even does too much exploration of the rules of the world he's made but, personally I rather enjoy it.
Good choice. Way of Kings is one of my favorite books, despite very little actually happening. How far are you in mistborn?
Post by
asakawa
Just started the second so don't spoil me bro ^_^
Post by
Sagramor
Alexandre Dumas, anyone?
Post by
Gone
Just finished rereading The Brothers Karamazov. I've been rereading a few pages at a time fo rlike a year now. I never have time to ready anymore :(
Every time I read the chapter with the Grand Inquisitor I get something new out of it. Dostoevsky is such a genius. I defy anybody to name an author with more psychological and philosophical depth than him in the last few centuries.
Post by
Monday
Just started the second so don't spoil me bro ^_^
I won't! I'll just say that the fourth is my favorite. It starts a completely new trilogy and is fairly short, but it's easily one of my favorite books I've read.
Post by
Adamsm
And just finished the Dark Legacy of Shannara: Witch Wraith. It's wraps up the major plot points of the series of of course, and continued the theme of dark and despair that was in the other two books. But I don't know, whether because it's the fact that all three books came out over a 6 month period(which leads me to believe that he had actually sat down and wrote all three out as one long project), or because there was so much call back to the previous books(Elfstones, the IIlse Witch, Tanequil and Straken) but it seemed like it may have been better to just release it as one major volume. Don't get me wrong, I loved that he picked up the series again after the events of the High Druid series rather then making another prequel series like Genesis and Legends were, but it seems like there could have been more over all.
Giving the entire three book series a 7.5/10.
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322702
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Post by
Adamsm
And book 15 of the Dresden Files, Skin Game, is due out at the end of this year....needs to come faster!
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