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Old 10-30-2009, 10:52 PM   #39
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Originally Posted by astra View Post
Avoid (piles of turd):

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson
Earthsea 5 books by Ursula Le Guin
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Thomas Covenant books got on my nerves when I first read them back in the 80's. Using obscure words for the sake of obscure words annoyed me too, and the whininess of the main character really pissed me off. But I read them all.

I've like other stuff he's done, though.

I ADORE the Earthsea books.

I thought American Gods was ok. I prefer Gaiman's Anansi Boys, though, especially in audio format, read by Lenny Henry.

I CANNOT read R.A. Salvatore. I've tried a couple of times, and I don't think I've made it more than a page or two before I threw the book down in disgust. His stuff is so badly written I just find it totally unreadable. I have no idea why he's popular.
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