[Naren]

Excellent article. Her claim is pretty ridiculous and inane. You can't sue someone for "stealing" your work when they write a guide to your fiction. I particularly liked this quote.

It's like her stupid, self-serving claim that Dumbledore was gay. She wants credit for being very up-to-date and politically correct ? but she didn't have the guts to put that supposed "fact" into the actual novels, knowing that it might hurt sales.

It's the exact same thing I thought when she first announced that.

I was actually reading up on Orson Scott Card, because Ender's Game seems like a pretty interesting novel, but when I went to the book store today, they had 5 of his other books (Ender's Shadow and Speaker of the Dead are the only 2 I remember), but they didn't have Ender's Game. I think I'd like to check it out, though. Sounds interesting.

[auxioluck]

Wow....Rowling just got a big

Deserved.

Flexed, and cancelled, Rowling.

[sakeido]

Originally Posted by Naren

Excellent article. Her claim is pretty ridiculous and inane. You can't sue someone for "stealing" your work when they write a guide to your fiction. I particularly liked this quote.



It's the exact same thing I thought when she first announced that.

I was actually reading up on Orson Scott Card, because Ender's Game seems like a pretty interesting novel, but when I went to the book store today, they had 5 of his other books (Ender's Shadow and Speaker of the Dead are the only 2 I remember), but they didn't have Ender's Game. I think I'd like to check it out, though. Sounds interesting.

Its an absolutely fantastic book, I liked it almost as much as the first Dune book.

[D-EJ915]

speaking of Card, I saw on A&E today that they made a andromeda strain movie, said it was coming on some time this weekend.

[JBroll]

Andromeda Strain? As in the Crichton novel?

Good movie, all the same.

Jeff

[Naren]

Originally Posted by sakeido

Its an absolutely fantastic book, I liked it almost as much as the first Dune book.

I actually went out and bought it about 2 weeks ago (like a day or two after I posted that) and read it through in 2 days. It was pretty excellent. I'm interested in checking out "Speaker of the Dead" as well, but I'd like to finish my second run-through of Dark Tower first (currently on Wolves of the Calla).

[Chris]

Originally Posted by Naren

I actually went out and bought it about 2 weeks ago (like a day or two after I posted that) and read it through in 2 days. It was pretty excellent. I'm interested in checking out "Speaker of the Dead" as well, but I'd like to finish my second run-through of Dark Tower first (currently on Wolves of the Calla).

[derail]
You HAVE to read Malazan dude.
[/derail]

[D-EJ915]

Originally Posted by JBroll

Andromeda Strain? As in the Crichton novel?

Good movie, all the same.

Jeff

for some reason I thought it was a card book, lol, I've been mixing things up a lot lately

[Naren]

Originally Posted by Chris

[derail]
You HAVE to read Malazan dude.
[/derail]

I've heard a lot of good stuff about that series. I wonder if I can find it around here. If not in Shinjuku (6-story bookstore), then in Ikebukuro (10-story bookstore).

Who writes it, by the way? And what's the name of the first book in the series? It's dark fantasy, right?

[sakeido]

Originally Posted by Naren

I've heard a lot of good stuff about that series. I wonder if I can find it around here. If not in Shinjuku (6-story bookstore), then in Ikebukuro (10-story bookstore).

Who writes it, by the way? And what's the name of the first book in the series? It's dark fantasy, right?

Stephen Erikson I believe.. a canadian!
Gardens of the Moon is the first published. There is a new one coming out ASAP... its like the Wheel of Time in scope, except without the total lack of plot development and way more badass characters. It is also the blackest, most brutal fantasy series I've ever personally read.

Originally Posted by Chris

[derail]
You HAVE to read Malazan dude.
[/derail]

New one coming out june 30 here in Canada. You can pick it up from amazon.ca