FREE/BARGAIN — Science Fiction & Fantasy

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by kyrilson

It's definitely not for everyone. It's not great literature. Very easy reading. I think I'm very forgiving of the writing because I enjoyed it as a teenager. Sometimes I'm in the mood for something easy to read.

I've read other D&D writers that I enjoyed more. In fact, I guess I've enjoyed every other D&D author more as Salvatore is only one I've abandoned. I'm clearly in the wrong based on his bestseller status.

I don't like Dean Koontz' writing either. So I have a blind spot somewhere.

[ReadingManiac]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Though I haven't read any Salvatore. My one attempt was Canticle and I thought the book was abysmal. I genuinely was surprised the book was published. I stopped about a third of the way through. Maybe I picked the wrong starting point, or maybe he gets better.

I didn't rate Salvatore either. Tried one book because I like anything with elves and decided, maybe I don't.

[Critteranne]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I've read other D&D writers that I enjoyed more. In fact, I guess I've enjoyed every other D&D author more as Salvatore is only one I've abandoned. I'm clearly in the wrong based on his bestseller status.

I liked his earlier Drizzt books. But I sort of burned out after a while. For one thing, I started noticing his dialogue tags (though that hadn't stopped me before). Also, so many "dead" characters would come back, miraculously alive. For some reason, I accept that more in a comic book (or in Voltaire's Candide ) than in a novel. I remember being so glad that a certain character fell off a cliff -- and then disappointed when he somehow survived (although most other fans adored him).

Some of the other authors seem so much cooler.

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I don't like Dean Koontz' writing either. So I have a blind spot somewhere.

I liked his earlier "breakout" books -- Whispers, Phantoms, Watchers... I tried some of his newer stuff and didn't like it as much. Especially when he got preachy in some of them.

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by Critteranne

I remember being so glad that a certain character fell off a cliff -- and then disappointed when he somehow survived (although most other fans adored him).

Yes, Sherlock Holmes had many fans :P

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ratinox

"Dragonriders of Pern" refers to the original trilogy.

Dragon Riders of Pern refers to the whole series.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I enjoy a good D&D book from time to time.

Though I haven't read any Salvatore. My one attempt was Canticle and I thought the book was abysmal. I genuinely was surprised the book was published. I stopped about a third of the way through. Maybe I picked the wrong starting point, or maybe he gets better.

I suggest going to his Legend of Drizzt books. I think you'll like them. These are the books R. A. Salvatore is best know for.

[GlennD]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Dragon Riders of Pern refers to the whole series.

It's used both ways. The Omnibus "Dragonriders of Pern" contains the original trilogy. "The Harper Hall Trilogy" refers to those three books (Dragonsinger, Dragonsong and Dragon Drums). The phrase "A Dragonriders of Pern novel" was added to reprints of the paperbacks later but wasn't used originally...except on the first three books.

Amazon lists them as the "Pern series". FantasticFiction lists them as the Dragonriders of Pern series.

Personally, I'll keep calling them the Pern books, and the first three are the Dragonriders of Pern trilogy.

[Manabi]

Originally Posted by Critteranne

I liked his earlier Drizzt books. But I sort of burned out after a while. For one thing, I started noticing his dialogue tags (though that hadn't stopped me before). Also, so many "dead" characters would come back, miraculously alive. For some reason, I accept that more in a comic book (or in Voltaire's Candide ) than in a novel. I remember being so glad that a certain character fell off a cliff -- and then disappointed when he somehow survived (although most other fans adored him).

For me that depends on how it's handled in both. If they give a decent explanation for how the dead character miraculously came back to life, one that I can buy, then it's fine. If they don't even try, especially if they don't explain it at all, it's bad writing and annoys the hell out of me.

The worst example I think I've seen of that wasn't a character but the moon in Gregory Benford's Beyond the Fall of Night, sequel to Arthur C. Clarke's Against the Fall of Night. He brought it back, even though the non-existence of it was a major plot point in the original novel, and it was fully terraformed. I'm not sure he actually read the original before writing his "sequel."

Originally Posted by GlennD

It's used both ways. The Omnibus "Dragonriders of Pern" contains the original trilogy. "The Harper Hall Trilogy" refers to those three books (Dragonsinger, Dragonsong and Dragon Drums). The phrase "A Dragonriders of Pern novel" was added to reprints of the paperbacks later but wasn't used originally...except on the first three books.

Amazon lists them as the "Pern series". FantasticFiction lists them as the Dragonriders of Pern series.

Personally, I'll keep calling them the Pern books, and the first three are the Dragonriders of Pern trilogy.

You should give up, JSWolf's never admitted to being wrong about any point they stake, no matter how much evidence is presented refuting it. I recommend discussing this with your wall instead, it'll be more satisfying.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Manabi

For me that depends on how it's handled in both. If they give a decent explanation for how the dead character miraculously came back to life, one that I can buy, then it's fine. If they don't even try, especially if they don't explain it at all, it's bad writing and annoys the hell out of me.

It always reminds me of Misery. "He Didn't Get Out Of The Cockadoodie Car!"

Annie Wilkes had a point.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by GlennD

It's used both ways. The Omnibus "Dragonriders of Pern" contains the original trilogy. "The Harper Hall Trilogy" refers to those three books (Dragonsinger, Dragonsong and Dragon Drums). The phrase "A Dragonriders of Pern novel" was added to reprints of the paperbacks later but wasn't used originally...except on the first three books.

Amazon lists them as the "Pern series". FantasticFiction lists them as the Dragonriders of Pern series.

Personally, I'll keep calling them the Pern books, and the first three are the Dragonriders of Pern trilogy.

The publishers (US & UK) call the series The DragonRiders of Pern.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Manabi

You should give up, JSWolf's never admitted to being wrong about any point they stake, no matter how much evidence is presented refuting it. I recommend discussing this with your wall instead, it'll be more satisfying.

I found the evidence to show the correct way of it. See my previous post.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The publishers (US & UK) call the series The DragonRiders of Pern.

[batpuppy]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I found the evidence to show the correct way of it. See my previous post.

[DNSB]

[salty-horse]

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