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Originally Posted by astra
Finished Lord of Light.
Very ambiguous feelings. Book's ideas are quite interesting and some things that are voiced are very wise. At the same time I didn't like the language. It sounds old fashioned, just like Earthsea.
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It's funny, Astra, because you know my opinion of
Lord of Light (how much I liked it)? Well, I didn't like
Earthsea either, and it's one of the few books (well, I had
The Earthsea Quartet as one book) that I've had to put aside. It's odd, because if there was anything "old fashioned" in its language, that would not tend to be something that would have me put it aside, but I'm thinking it may have been the language that did it for me with
Earthsea.
I'm pretty sure I've still got it somewhere in my bookcases, so I'll have to go have another look.
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His Amber books that I loved a lot were different.
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Lord of Light was the first book I have read of his. I have, naturally, been curious about the Amber series, helped by the fact that they've been gathered into a single book. I wonder if they've been ebooked (I will check later, after this post perhaps)
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And too many names...and a bit too serious...seriously!
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Fair enough. You've mentioned the "why" of this, and I totally empathise.
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Started Book 3 of Crown of Stars by Kate Elliott. Burning Stone.
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I've seen Kate Elliott on the shelves, but never picked up a book. I'm currently onto
The Yiddish Policemen's Union and after that I've a few books on Australian Aboriginal Mythology to read, and then I'll jump into Terry Dyson (well, I will if
Twilight Beach turns up), and then the dreaded Proust novel and then perhaps some of the HarryT-provided Dickens. Kate Elliott is probably a little far away for me to be able to say I'll pick one up and see what it's about.
Cheers,
Marc