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#140801 L Mage Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:00:14 PM from The Castle Of Highgarden

@ginger

In my opinion Brandon Sanderson should be avoided like the plague, not only for his piss poor writing abilities but also for his abhorrent personal views. -digression-

Artemis Fowl, is another good one I liked when I was younger, but it's Villain Protagonist so it might not be the best for you, Percy Jackson is pretty good and has no shortage of cool villains, but it's another YA one. I've heard good things about The Dragon Riders Of Pern, and The Bandlock Saints, but I haven't read them myself so I can't say.

Also don't let anyone put Eragon in your hands, and if they do burn it as quickly as humanly possible.

edited 30th Mar '12 3:03:08 PM by LMage

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#140802 gingerninja 666 Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:00:37 PM from Aboard The Damocles

500-600+ pages...

I'm insecure in my reading speed enough as it is

Jesus... no one can agree on anything

edited 30th Mar '12 3:01:11 PM by gingerninja666

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

#140803 Drenius Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:01:41 PM from Northern Virginia

Ginger, I think you'd enjoy The Stars My Destination. it's well written, has strong characters, and it's only some 250 pages. The central character could also arguably called a villain protagonist.

edited 30th Mar '12 3:04:11 PM by Drenius

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

#140804 Red Savant Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:02:33 PM from Eastern US

@Mage: Abhorrent personal views? I have no idea what you mean; I just read the guy's books. (Also, I'll take Sanderson over Jordan's lifeless excuse for prose any day.

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Can you think inside the chimney?

#140805 Perpetual Lurker Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:03:52 PM

@L Mage Don't diss Eragon. That was the last Young Adult series that I bothered to finish after I stopped caring for them, and it's certainly a solid piece of literature. It just gets a lot of crap because the author is very young, and they made a terrible, terrible movie adaptation out of it.

edited 30th Mar '12 3:04:40 PM by PerpetualLurker

#140806 gingerninja 666 Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:04:05 PM from Aboard The Damocles

I don't like Villain Protagonists

edited 30th Mar '12 3:04:14 PM by gingerninja666

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

#140807 L Mage Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:04:30 PM from The Castle Of Highgarden

@Red

Them's fightin' words red! >:)

And re: Brandon's views, he's openly homophobic at worst, bigoted and ignorant at best. And he writes with all the passion and vocabulary a brain dead four year old.

@Lurker

Eragon...My main issue was with how dirivtive the whole series was, and how much reading it at first felt like chewing ice.

edited 30th Mar '12 3:09:14 PM by LMage

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

I am in fact awesome.

#140808 Chadaman 99 Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:04:43 PM

So what's a good fantasy story I could read? Something uhhh...fantastic?

#140809 Perpetual Lurker Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:07:28 PM

Being derivative is not a bad thing. If it was, then almost any High Fantasy novel written after Lord of the Rings would be awful.

edited 30th Mar '12 3:07:56 PM by PerpetualLurker

#140810 Red Savant Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:07:29 PM from Eastern US

@Mage: Huh... that could seriously put a damper on my enjoyment. =| Damn... You just ruined one of my favorite authors of all time for me. I'm gonna need a moment.

...Agh, no, I need to know how the Way of Kings ends...

edited 30th Mar '12 3:08:05 PM by RedSavant

Can you think inside the chimney?

#140811 Seraphem Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:07:49 PM from Delamare

@ Ginger...don't see anyone talking anything but glowingly about Shannara

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

#140812 Bluespade Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:07:54 PM from Texas

@Chadaman: The Sentinel Mage, The Griffin Mage Trilogy, The Casting Stones Trilogy, The Sharing Knife series (4 books), Anno Dracula (urban fantasy, but very good), A Song Of Ice and Fire (less fantastical at first, but it gets there).

The Sharing Knife....but it has a lot of romance in it.

edited 30th Mar '12 3:11:16 PM by Bluespade

#140813 gingerninja 666 Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:08:59 PM from Aboard The Damocles

@Seraph I never like starting a story partway through... I also want to find some stuff that ISN'T an epic fantasy

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

#140814 Drenius Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:10:34 PM from Northern Virginia

Chad, could I recommend The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny? It is a ten novel series focusing on war and familial rivalry among the princes of Amber. The initial novel focuses on the third son of a seriously screwed-up family trying to reclaim his birth-right as well as revenge on the brother who left him for dead. What makes this different from most other fantasy is that the only "actual" reality is that of Amber, with our own reality and countless parallel worlds existing as shadows cast by Amber.

edited 30th Mar '12 3:12:34 PM by Drenius

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

#140815 Seraphem Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:10:53 PM from Delamare

well, Sword isn't really that bad, it's just the weakest of everything he's written. There's still Word And Void, that's Urban fantasy. Can't really think of any non-fantasy series I know of that matches your criteria.

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

#140816 Japanese Teeth Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:12:45 PM from Meinong's jungle

Hey guys, remember when this thread was still about ponies?

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#140817 Drenius Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:13:30 PM from Northern Virginia

Vaguely, J Teeth.

edited 30th Mar '12 3:14:18 PM by Drenius

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

#140818 Bluespade Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:14:35 PM from Texas

@JT: well I asked earlier if we still did a Skype thing on saturdays, but no one answered.

So I'll ask again! DO WE STILL DO A SKYPE THING ON SATURDAYS!? Cause I'm actually free tomorrow and I'm not particularly looking forward to this episode, so maybe skyping it will make it more interesting.

If not, I guess I'll check out these livestreams everyone talks about.

edited 30th Mar '12 3:15:04 PM by Bluespade

#140819 Applelight Limited Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:14:36 PM from Manehattan to Canterlot

Ponies? What ponies?

Tealove is best pony. Pony Fanon Workshop

#140820 Seraphem Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:14:50 PM from Delamare

give it a few hours we'll get back there

@ Blue yes we do at least we did the last 2 days.

edited 30th Mar '12 3:15:23 PM by Seraphem

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

#140821 L Mage Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:15:11 PM from The Castle Of Highgarden

@Red

Sorry, for that. If it makes you feel any better he tends just to lean more towards "bigoted and ignorant" then "openly homophobic". He posted a essay on his site on the subject which most people (myself included) felt to be arrogant and condescending on the subject where it basically "Homosexuals aren't inherently evil, but if they do homosexual acts they are". He compared gay men in love to adultery and fornication.

It....No other series but The Wheel of Time could make me read words written by that man. :(

edited 30th Mar '12 3:18:50 PM by LMage

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

I am in fact awesome.

#140822 Sky Strike Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:15:22 PM from over the Rainboom

PONIES. YES, PONIES.

Anyway, I managed to work some ponies into a conversation with my bronette classmate today. She seems pretty nice, so I hope I can get to know her.

Sweetie Belle is not amused.

Fabulosity can be such a bore.

#140823 Japanese Teeth Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:15:24 PM from Meinong's jungle

@Bluespade: I didn't watch the livestream last week, so I have no idea.

@Seraphem: Just as well, I have to leave soon anyway.

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#140824 Bluespade Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:15:35 PM from Texas

@Seraphem: vocal or text? And how do I get in on that?

#140825 Drenius Fri, 30th Mar '12 3:16:38 PM from Northern Virginia

I might be able to call into Skype/Vent tomorrow, I'll be sure to left you know if that changes.

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