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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce
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Burn the heretic! Burn him!! BURN HIM!!! Trow him to the worms!!!
The pre-sequel books, by Brian Herbert, tough, I couldn't agree more. Who knows? Maybe it is one of those things that leaps a generation...
About Dan Brown: I had a blast when people started commenting that his "new" books (Digital Fortress, Angels and Demons, etc.) were not as good as his "first", The DaVinci Code.
Brazil´s Trojan horse to the world: Paulo Coelho! Sorry about that, folks. I mean it.
And talking about trojan horses, I don't know if you ever heard of Juan José Benitez (J.J. Benitez), a spanish writer that writes an (seemly) unending saga about the REAL life of Jesus Christ called Operation Trojan Horse (I didn't find it in english - could you be that lucky?
). The movie The Passion of Jesus Christ is totally based in the first one, but there are 7 more, all gore-free and full of warm-fuzzy-god-love. When I got to the third and found a footnote that lasted 5 pages, quoting almost directly from the previous 2 books, I gave up. He also keeps hinting about what he will write after, so when you got there, it really isn't THAT new. And they are not subtle hints, I think he invented the first auto-spoiler book ever!
Finally (I wish!), here in Brazil there is a thriving market of "espírita" (something like channeling, I think) books. Basically, people die and start writing like crazy through "mediuns"! Ghost writing in reverse. Or the real deal!
Believe me, dying is not good for your prose. Or style. Or plain writing, in my opinion.
Recently, I got one that described an enlighting journey to the Dark Abyss, where wrong-doers (not sinners, that's important!) suffer. In the journey, the author is guided by an Ascended Spirit (not a writer!). They go into the depths of Earth, where is dark (so the Dark Abyss, you see). They encounter a Guardian (not three-headed!), they pass through a series of places (not layers!) where every wrong-doing (not sin!) suffer a specific suffering. I wish I could tell you more, but then I got really busy (
). I wonder what they would do if they found Dante... And the language he used!!! What a pompous ass!! Fortunately(!), he didn't dare using poetry.
My mother often told me about a book which would translate as "The pale gold mare". She never passed page 18 before sleeping.
I think that's it.
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