MLP Forum Archive - Page 5632

#140776 gingerninja 666 Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:39:40 PM from Aboard The Damocles

@Blue Not sure... after ASOIAF, I'm wary of taking suggestions from people... but I have no other way of finding things.

So few people appreiate a good antagonist nowadays

"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel

#140777 L Mage Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:40:12 PM from The Castle Of Highgarden

@Blue

You're not wrong on the standard fantasy part, The Wheel of Time IS the ur-example of High Fantasy and at one point was described as Lord of the Rings on steroids and with more interesting characters.

If that's not your thing...Meh.

T.T, I take it you regret that we reced it to you?

edited 30th Mar '12 2:42:31 PM by LMage

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#140778 Sky Strike Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:40:59 PM from over the Rainboom

@sixth Read that last year, didn't really enjoy it.

Sweetie Belle is not amused.

Fabulosity can be such a bore.

#140779 Bluespade Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:41:03 PM from Texas

@Ginger: I've got to admit, a lot of the things I really like don't have much of an antagonist. Even my finished novel has No Antagonist.

@Sky Strike: Oh yeah, sci-fi recommendation: Homestuck. Warning, it's very weird.

edited 30th Mar '12 2:41:58 PM by Bluespade

#140780 Sky Strike Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:42:42 PM from over the Rainboom

@Blue I don't really have the time to read Homestuck. I read Problem Sleuth in one day when I was home sick, but Homestuck is way longer.

Sweetie Belle is not amused.

Fabulosity can be such a bore.

#140781 Red Savant Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:43:21 PM from Eastern US

I actually grew to despise the Wheel of Time series while reading it. Eventually I just stopped halfway through book 5, put it down, and never looked back.

Can you think inside the chimney?

#140782 Seraphem Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:43:49 PM from Delamare

@ Sjy...Shannara read it. if not..what are you into?

Build a fool proof system, and the world will create a better fool.

#140783 gingerninja 666 Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:43:51 PM from Aboard The Damocles

@Mage I can't in good conscience say that I regret reading the series... but it CERTAINLY pisses me off quite a bit

"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel

#140784 Sixthhokage 1 Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:44:06 PM from Kanjoh

@Sky Strike

To each their own…

Spin that record Vinyl Scratch and never stop the music~!

#140785 L Mage Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:44:17 PM from The Castle Of Highgarden

@Red

Why? The Wheel of Time has some of, no, THE BEST, writing I have ever encountered.

@ginger

I think you might like Wheel of Time better, since there is less Grey and Grey Morality, the villains are badass and the heroes are good.

edited 30th Mar '12 2:45:07 PM by LMage

Gay, Autistic, Nerd, Gamer, Gleek, Brony, Writer, Fan, Master Of The Ever Changing Avatar, Mad Man.

I am in fact awesome.

#140786 Drenius Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:44:23 PM from Northern Virginia

Sky, another scifi novel I'd suggest is Chasm City. While it is part of Alastair Reynold's Revelation Space series, it stand fairly well on it's own even if you aren't familiar with the background of the setting. It's also a intriguing mystery and revenge tale.

Gully Foyle is my name, and Terra is my nation. Deep space is my dwelling place, and death's my destination.

#140787 Seraphem Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:46:14 PM from Delamare

more @ Sky..if your into post apcolyptic stuff, read The Word And Void series by Terry Brooks, it's actaully Urban Fantasy, but the main chacater has vision of the future After the End which show him things he can do now to stop it. After the first Triology, it turns into a straight Post Apocolypitic series...that serves as a bridge to Shannara

Build a fool proof system, and the world will create a better fool.

#140788 Seraphem Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:48:18 PM from Delamare

now..@ Ginger shannara, ok the first book probably won't be up to your standards, but EVERYONE including the Author admit it's his weakest book and if you really wanted to it's easily skippable without missing much. But you will LOVE the villain in Elfstones, and Heritage.

Build a fool proof system, and the world will create a better fool.

#140789 Sky Strike Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:48:24 PM from over the Rainboom

Thanks, everyone, for the recommendations.

Sweetie Belle is not amused.

Fabulosity can be such a bore.

#140790 Chadaman 99 Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:50:33 PM

Well I still have all the books I bought for school like The Great Gatsby, Othello, Hamlet, Uncle Tom's Cabin, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Crucible, Murder on the Orient Express and what not.

But they were tied to assignments and that didn't mix well with me.

edited 30th Mar '12 2:51:02 PM by Chadaman99

#140791 gingerninja 666 Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:51:01 PM from Aboard The Damocles

I still wish I could get some solid reccomendations

You guys all suggest doorstoppers

"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel

#140792 L Mage Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:51:52 PM from The Castle Of Highgarden

@ginger

That's because Door Stoppers tend to have the best villains, since they have the most development going in to them XD

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#140793 Seraphem Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:54:07 PM from Delamare

Word and Void is pretty short, though the villain you'll definitely love isn't until the third book, first book's one you might like, not really sure, second one I don't think you will...but you might.

Build a fool proof system, and the world will create a better fool.

#140794 Red Savant Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:55:01 PM from Eastern US

@Ginger: If you want my recommendations, you should really, really pick up Brandon Sanderson's Elantris, or really, anything by him. You want competent, intelligent, deep villains? Go for Mistborn, or perhaps Warbreaker. His new series is fan-fucking-tastic, but you'd best get started now - the first volume (of a planned ten!) is over a thousand pages long already.

edited 30th Mar '12 2:55:25 PM by RedSavant

Can you think inside the chimney?

#140795 Perpetual Lurker Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:55:23 PM

@Chadaman Man, school assignments are the worst. My junior year I had to read The Awakening. The whole thing is pretty much dry, proto-feminist narration that managed to simultaneously bore and annoy me. Then we had to write an alternate ending to the story, meaning that I got fanfiction as homework. The worst part is that I think that alternate ending is the best thing I've written up until recently, despite the fact that I loathe the source material it's based on.

edited 30th Mar '12 2:55:51 PM by PerpetualLurker

#140796 Red Savant Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:56:31 PM from Eastern US

@Lurker: The trope page of that nearly bored me to sleep!

Can you think inside the chimney?

#140797 Seraphem Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:57:14 PM from Delamare

@ Lurker, alternate endings are easy, just have a sudden Gamma Burst hit the planet and instantly flash fry half of it, while slightly more slowly microwaving the other half.

Build a fool proof system, and the world will create a better fool.

#140798 gingerninja 666 Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:57:52 PM from Aboard The Damocles

Gahhhh, more doorstoppers!

"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel

#140799 Red Savant Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:58:27 PM from Eastern US

@Ginger: Elantris is a standalone of maybe 250 pages. It's long, but it's hardly a doorstopper.

Can you think inside the chimney?

#140800 Perpetual Lurker Fri, 30th Mar '12 2:59:38 PM

@Ginger What qualifies as a doorstopper to you? We kind of need to know that to narrow things down.