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I have every intention of starting The Wheel of Time and not finishing (a few reviews suggested stopping around book 5). I don't know how wholly acceptable this practice is, but I really want to read the first one and maybe a few others but have no desire to do 12 or whatever, especially if they suck.
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I just got Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb for 50c at the library thanks to this thread (mostly the NPR map at the beginning). The character names, judging from the back, are ridiculous: "Prince Chivalry", "King Shrewd"
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I'm in the minority (apparently), but The Magician King is my favorite of the trilogy. Julia's story is well-written, engaging, and tragic. The Magicians: 3.5. The Magician King: 4.5. The Magician's Land: 4.
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The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb is excellent thus far (starting book 3) but Skilling is a concept that makes explaining fantasy an embarrassing task.
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May 30, 2015 08:15
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RVProfootballer posted:Having not read it, do explain! If it isn't spoilery It's not spoilery and it's really not -that- bad, as far as fantasy elements go. It's basically a way the main character and another character communicate with one another. They can communicate telepathically but it suffers from having too many "rules" that make it seem as if straight out of a board game manual. The main character can also communicate telepathically with animals and sometimes it's just plain silly. And other times it's interesting and adds dimension and a unique perspective to the story. It just depends. Like I said, it's not that bad, but to anyone unaccustomed to fantasy it will seem stupid.
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May 31, 2015 20:01
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Shadowmarch was good, a real page-turner. I was worried about liking it at the beginning (the chapters at the beginning introducing the Funderlings [Williams' dwarf stand-in] were very worrisome, but they became less goofy over time). Starting Shadowplay now.
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I decided to buy a 99 ¢ hardcover over the web as an experiment to see their overall quality (it's The Dragonbone Chair, stoked to read it) and holy poo poo, it's worse than I could've imagined. It might disintegrate on me.
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Aug 3, 2016 08:00
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The Dragonbone Chair went from zero to one hundred real fuckin' quick. ZOMBIES!!
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Jan 6, 2017 20:35
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This whole page is insufferable.
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Jan 11, 2017 19:27
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Hobb has an audience but it has very limited demographic overlap with SA. Same reason our urban fantasy thread never discusses True Blood or that werewolf sex lady. Why do you think there is limited overlap? Other than the fact that it's not a single-volume work, Hobb's three trilogies seem to be exactly what that user requested. Epic fantasy that isn't exactly sweeping. Plus, I think they're great reads.
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Sep 21, 2017 23:14
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Ignore BravestOfTheLamps unless you want a 3,000 word post about improper verb usage.
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Sep 23, 2017 17:52
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Tad Williams' Shadowmarch quadrilogy is better than the Memory, Sorrow, Thorn trilogy
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Ninefox Gambit is 99¢ for the Kindle version.
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