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Post by XuLiang on Jan 28, 2024 6:08:31 GMT
I read those when I was 14. I went back and tried to read them and couldn't get past chapter 2. Guess I was an easy to please kid.
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Post by Cody D'Avalon on Jan 28, 2024 6:58:05 GMT
Yes, I read the first few when they first came out, but then outgrew them.
I also read the first and second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (The first 6 books)
Then Daughter of Regals and a couple of other ones that came out at that time but I couldn't get through because I realized how rapey and cringe they are.
Didn't know he added more books to the Thomas Covenant series until I looked just now...
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Post by Cody D'Avalon on Jan 28, 2024 7:01:35 GMT
P.S. it's called maturity.
And aleasr they're not as bad as 'Gor'.
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Post by Dirk on Jan 28, 2024 13:57:33 GMT
Gor = bad sword and sorcery fiction of the 60's and 70's
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Post by Katerina on Jan 28, 2024 20:08:01 GMT
Yes, I read the first few when they first came out, but then outgrew them. I also read the first and second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (The first 6 books) Then Daughter of Regals and a couple of other ones that came out at that time but I couldn't get through because I realized how rapey and cringe they are. Didn't know he added more books to the Thomas Covenant series until I looked just now... Personally I wouldn't bother with the third series of Thomas Covenant. I read them and was highly disappointed. Some of it was okay, but there were bits that made me wish he'd never moved on with it.
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Post by Brian on Jan 28, 2024 20:11:04 GMT
Gor = bad sword and sorcery fiction of the 60's and 70's Gor came out of that weird horny space in 60s scifi. It at one point used to sell Millions of books until booksellers reclassified it as porn <script src="moz-extension://6f512eb7-29d6-4b74-bb07-8959e17a9989/js/app.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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Post by Dirk on Jan 28, 2024 20:39:07 GMT
I was trying to leave out the weird stuff but the books are still around and are the basis for people's lives.
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Post by Cody D'Avalon on Jan 28, 2024 22:26:56 GMT
Like I said, Stephen R. Donaldson lost his appeal for me. I also remember how the binding on the paperback boxed sets were so bad half the pages fell out of the books.
Although, the one part I liked is the whole 'Wizard of Oz' aspect. "You are the White Gold." The power is within you and you don't need some external talisman.
I'd never heard of Gor until I was on the train to Edmonton in '86. The archetypal 'comic book guy' loaned me his Gor book. I could barely read the thing.
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Post by Lorelei on Jan 29, 2024 9:57:18 GMT
Off the top of my head - books I have read:
Roger Zelazney - Chronicles of Amber (Obviously...) Robert Asprin - Myth Adventures series Peirs Anthony - Xanth series (a fun read at first but fast losing interest over the last two dozen in this series)(currently 47 books) "" - Incarnations of Immortality series (8 books) "" - Apprentice Adept series (4 books) Mercedes Lackey - read several of her books, but the only two I liked were "The Fire Rose" and "The Wizard of London" both part of the Elemental Masters series (there are more in that series I haven't read yet) Jack L. Chalker - Well World series (The Well of Souls series [7 books] + The Watchers at the Well series [3 books])
and innumerable books by many other authors that aren't part of any series...
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Post by Katerina on Jan 29, 2024 13:26:42 GMT
I read a lot of Fantasy and Sci-Fi back in the day. Interestingly enough Kat is partially based on the character in In the Mirror of her Dreams by Stephen Donaldson.
Myth Series - agree its good, but it tails off a lot the further you go into the series. Discworld - Terry Pratchett Belgariad - It was a fun read when I was younger, but David Eddings showed his lack of range with all his later books Xanth stuff - I read a bit of it but it never really grabbed me Book of the New Sun - Gene Wolfe - really good Foundation series - Great concepts, shame about the characterisation Dune Series - Frank Herbert - Sprawling Sci-Fi opera that starts well and ends up going nowhere Liveship Traders series - Robin Hobb - very good Spellslinger Series - Sebastian de Castell - very enjoyable, lots of twists and turns (more recent series this one)
Plus many, many others.
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Post by XuLiang on Jan 31, 2024 9:04:30 GMT
It's interesting seeing what people have read. I read all kinds of things from Sci-Fi, Fantasy and spy/action thrillers. I think I've managed to get a copy of everything Zelazny published and read them. Hmmm... other big series TLOTR + Hobbit and Silmarillion Dragonlance original series and Trials of the Twins. I've read some of the collected short stories and enjoyed them (Fool's Gold and Scourge of the Wicked Kendragon were particular favorites) Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan series The First Man in Rome series by Colleen McCullough Clive Custler's Dirk Pitt books The Wheel of Time series (that reminds me one of these days I have to finish reading that...) The Gunslinger series by Steven King As you can see, all over the place.
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Post by Katerina on Jan 31, 2024 10:51:13 GMT
I missed out including LoTR and the Hobbit because I thought it was obvious. Also read the Earthsea trilogy, a fair bit of Phillip K Dick, The True Game (Sherri S Tepper), and some Neil Gaimon (Neverwhere).
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Post by Dirk on Jan 31, 2024 18:12:20 GMT
The Sandman and American Gods are two of my favorite books/series ever!
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Post by Edward on Feb 1, 2024 5:47:56 GMT
I'll contribute my 2 pennies worth or readings.
LoTR and Simillarion (however it is spelled) Chronicles of Amber Almost everything R.A. Salvatore has written on the Forgotten realms Dragon Lance Series, Hickman and Weiss, chronicles...almost all of them. Star Wars novels. Up to the point where Phantom Menace came out, and Disney took over. Mandalorian Series, Han Solo Trilogy, Lando Series Little House on the Prairie. (One of my very first) Kurt Vonnegut. Of course, Harry Potter...sad to say. All in all, more than 100 to 150 books in the last 20+ years. Not a bad list. not that long compared to others, but longer than some.
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Post by Cody D'Avalon on Feb 1, 2024 6:28:08 GMT
Here's the funny thing... I wasn't a reader, until I was. Grade 9. Bored. Picked up Roger Zelazny's 'Isle of the Dead' in the school library, and it was the first book that made me feel like I was a grown up. I read a lot in high-school. Say, a book a week. Usually binge on a particular author. Then, when I started working full-time at the Public Library, I got overwhelmed with choice and quit reading. From a book-a-week to a book-a-year. The only books I kept are my Zelazny collection and a couple of odds and ends. link
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