Darth Richard II Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 No sequels planned for TD&C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRider Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 On 4/28/2016 at 11:58 PM, Roose Boltons Pet Leech said: It's not self-pity (well, not just self-pity). It's self-aggrandisement. Kvothe may or may not be the Best Man Ever(TM), but the story you have to read treats him as such, so from a practical point, it doesn't make much difference. Rothfuss has some awesome worldbuilding (most notably the Evil Tree and the magic system), and his prose is a delight to read. Shame about the characters (which consist of a Gary Stu, some characters who exist to have sex with the Gary Stu, and half the cast of not!Hogwarts). And the all-too repetitive plot. And then the never to appear third volume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Rodrigo Belmonte II Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 On 15/07/2016 at 5:14 AM, Darth Richard II said: No sequels planned for TD&C. But the way it ended.. With You know Who still out there. He's bound to return to the series at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 3 hours ago, Ser Rodrigo Belmonte II said: But the way it ended.. With You know Who still out there. He's bound to return to the series at some point. Uh, you can find thread on this very site where Abraham himself says he's not going to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Yup, the whole point of the ending was that there are no endings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 On 6/6/2016 at 10:22 AM, Jo498 said: I wrote "except 80s trash". And I admittedly have not read most of the ones mentioned because by now I try to avoid the more trashy stuff. you cannot be serious naming Hitchhiker's guide as a positive instance of the farmboy trope. The hobbits are actually closer to upper class if this can be said to exist at all in the Shire. They are independently wealthy gentlemen in middle age (although because hobbits are longer-lived they would be more like humans in their mid-30s than early 50s). They are also underdogs, not Gary Stus. On of my main complaints is actually that incredible and unrealistic badass stuntmen apparently still sell better than sly picaresque underdogs although there are some mixtures of those. From the point of view of a lord or knight of Gondor, even the richest hobbits are probably no more than well to do peasants. But, Roose Bolton is quite right, that from the hobbits' point of view, the only working class character is Sam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 On 6/8/2016 at 5:41 PM, polishgenius said: Regardless of what you think of the quality of the writing, I don't think Rcollins is wrong about the themes of The Hunger Games, to be fair. As the series goes on it very much becomes a deconstruction of the hero's journey and stereotypical Mary-Sue tropes. Personally, I thought the Hunger Games Trilogy was rather good. Having a heroine who ends up being nothing more than a pawn in other peoples' schemes, and pretty much failing in her efforts to do good is certainly not a typical hero's story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRider Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 On 7/19/2016 at 3:06 AM, SeanF said: Personally, I thought the Hunger Games Trilogy was rather good. Having a heroine who ends up being nothing more than a pawn in other peoples' schemes, and pretty much failing in her efforts to do good is certainly not a typical hero's story. What I liked about Hunger Games was that the winning tributes suffered after winning the games. They went home and found out that being the winner was a PTSD hell along with no longer having a life of their own but as a show pawn for the Capital. They didn't just kill their last rival and strut off, which happens in much of fantasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAROVORKIN Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Steven Erikson's Malzan Saga. A series that is extraordinary in many regards. Erikson does everything so well . You have great story telling , a world of many races and characters and time scales going back not just mere centuries but many thousands of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Man someone really wants to get their post count up quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAROVORKIN Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I thought it an interesting topic to revive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brunhilda Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 On 6/4/2016 at 8:57 PM, Darth Richard II said: Huh, come to think of it I can't think of any farm girls in fantasy of the top of my head. Sheepfarmer's Daughter. If you haven't read the trilogy, it's worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAROVORKIN Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 2 minutes ago, Darth Richard II said: I like to talk and recommend books and stories I've read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unJon Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 13 minutes ago, GAROVORKIN said: I like to talk and recommend books and stories I've read. Don't mind DRII. He's our Sesame Street's Oscar the Grouch, but we love him for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Awww shucks. Edit: Well great now you got me interested in the origin of the word shucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White_Winter_Raven Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 17 minutes ago, Darth Richard II said: Awww shucks. Edit: Well great now you got me interested in the origin of the word shucks. One of the funniest things I've read all week! So, what have you found out? I'm new here too, so please forgive me if I have repeated someone else - I've only made it through 2 pages of this thread; I will eventually read all of them - but has anyone suggested The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan? Also, I saw someone say that ASOIAF is character-plot-theme-world driven. Could someone give me an example of a theme from ASOIAF? I'm having trouble putting my finger on that at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Nothing since my pc setup is all messed up cause I'm re wiring the basement and I haven't bothered to look yet, but I'll report on it tomorrow! Also yes I believe people here know about The Wheel of Time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brunhilda Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 44 minutes ago, Darth Richard II said: Awww shucks. Edit: Well great now you got me interested in the origin of the word shucks. Nice discussion here: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/41556/why-is-shucks-as-in-aw-shucks-used-with-an-s-ending Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAROVORKIN Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 8 hours ago, Darth Richard II said: Awww shucks. Edit: Well great now you got me interested in the origin of the word shucks. I strongly suspect the words origin goes back to the time of William The Conqueror . William himself likely invented the word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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