#393276
Sat, 24th Aug '13 6:31:07 PM
Or Robert Jordan. Unless that's the real reason he's no longer with us.
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#393277
Sat, 24th Aug '13 6:34:43 PM
I would also say Umberto Eco, but his novels just feel that long due to his dense writing style.
edited 24th Aug '13 6:35:09 PM by Thirikal
#393278
Sat, 24th Aug '13 6:35:31 PM
from Fort Worth, TX
-shudders- Name of the Rose was torture
#393279
Sat, 24th Aug '13 6:37:41 PM
Really? I love all his works, though it took me about a year to fully digest Foucoult's Pendulum. In contrast, I devoured The Name of the Rose in about two weeks.
edited 24th Aug '13 6:38:57 PM by Thirikal
#393280
Sat, 24th Aug '13 6:38:41 PM
from Fort Worth, TX
It had an interesting plot, but it was dragged down by all the Purple Prose. Oh and also the fact that I needed to rush myself reading it because school.
#393281
Sat, 24th Aug '13 6:38:46 PM
from the darkest of the hillside thickets
Frank Herbert as well.
Roses are red, violets are blue.
I'm sorry to say, you've been eaten by a Grue.
#393282
Sat, 24th Aug '13 6:40:14 PM
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
Ah, yeah, rushing due to school would pretty much remove any joy from reading it.
edited 24th Aug '13 6:40:23 PM by Thirikal
#393283
Sat, 24th Aug '13 6:43:35 PM
from Fort Worth, TX
I had a week to get through it before essays. IB Paper 2 style essays. Ugh.
#393285
Sat, 24th Aug '13 6:47:03 PM
from Fort Worth, TX
Got the book late in summer
#393286
Sat, 24th Aug '13 6:57:05 PM
from Appleloosa
How many people have written a segment so far?
It's been three so far. I don't know who was first but Meta Four and myself were the last two. We've been waiting on Crowlover for weeks.
Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.
#393287
Sat, 24th Aug '13 7:05:52 PM
(Phone rings in the background)
I'll get it guys, I'll get it!
(I then pick up the receiver and then put to my ear)
Hello? You've reached the My Little Pony Friendship is Magic thread on the T Vtropes forum, Starscream759 speaking, how may I help you?
(Metal Decepticon insiginas come flying out of the phone narrowly missing me)
Whoa holy shit!
"Transform and Roll out!" Optimus Prime
#393288
Sat, 24th Aug '13 7:10:18 PM
from Appleloosa
Whereas books are sorta one-shot affairs. Your write the book, and it's published in one block.
Not necessarily. 19th century literature in particular was often episodic. Look at something like Great Expectations and it really shows.
Unless you're Stephen King
Or L Ron. Hubbard.
Frank Herbert as well.
Yeah. I never did finish Chapterhouse Dune. And I can't go back and finish it because it's been years and I've forgotten everything that happened. Plus it's not interesting enough for me to want to.
In other news, I just learned from Wikipedia that horses sweat from their armpits just like humans.
Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.
#393289
Sat, 24th Aug '13 7:11:21 PM
from a NES cartridge
Yikes... that can't be good. At least it isn't made of cheese too... or we'd have a real problem.
-seems to curl up with non-existent plushie-
@Writing: I tend to go the opposite direction with my writing, going to the path of Beige Prose.
edited 24th Aug '13 7:11:58 PM by NESgamer190
It's a Demonic Lighthouse Slide! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I beg of you, Durza, make it so.
-Azreal
#393290
Sat, 24th Aug '13 7:13:17 PM
from the darkest of the hillside thickets
Plus the bloody cliffhanger to end all cliffhangers in science fiction history.
Roses are red, violets are blue.
I'm sorry to say, you've been eaten by a Grue.
#393291
Sat, 24th Aug '13 7:21:14 PM
Uh guys? I just got a call from Megatron for some reason. I don't know whether he wants to kill me or he wants to say "Hi". Well I'll be calling it a night and oh by the way be sure to look for metal Decepticon insiginas in the wall they uhhh.....there kind of sticking out of the wall....just saying.
edited 24th Aug '13 7:22:38 PM by Starscream759
"Transform and Roll out!" Optimus Prime
#393292
Sat, 24th Aug '13 7:23:22 PM
from Hialeah,FL.
That's my dream. It's my nightmare. Crawling, slithering, along the edge of a straight razor … and surviving.
#393293
Sat, 24th Aug '13 7:23:49 PM
from Meinong's jungle
Stephen King only does so because he's extremely popular; pretty much anything he writes is going to sell, so his editors will just let him do whatever.
And yeah, a lot of historic books (such as a lot of Charles Dickens' work) was written in installment, which is why it feels long.
#393294
Sat, 24th Aug '13 7:25:16 PM
Can we avoid derailing the thread with pointless RP? This is not the place for that sort of thing.
You begin to suspect that your bowl is a portal to the Meat Dimension.
#393295
Sat, 24th Aug '13 7:27:14 PM
from Hialeah,FL.
Isn't there always pointless RP derailing?
That's my dream. It's my nightmare. Crawling, slithering, along the edge of a straight razor … and surviving.
#393296
Sat, 24th Aug '13 7:32:48 PM
Evening everypony. Has anyone here watched Smile HD yet?
#393297
Sat, 24th Aug '13 7:37:52 PM
from Appleloosa
I tend to go the opposite direction with my writing, going to the path of Beige Prose.
Me too, mainly because I'm bad at writing. You should have seen my chapter of the fanfic.
Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.
#393298
Sat, 24th Aug '13 7:43:12 PM
from Meinong's jungle
@Freeman: Usually it's at least sorta related to the topic at hand, though.
edited 24th Aug '13 7:48:51 PM by JapaneseTeeth
#393299
Sat, 24th Aug '13 7:53:09 PM
Well, lately. Used to be we were off topic more often than on.
#393300
Sat, 24th Aug '13 7:53:31 PM
from the darkest of the hillside thickets
Random RP just kind of gets annoying.
Roses are red, violets are blue.
I'm sorry to say, you've been eaten by a Grue.