darkswordsman17
Lifer
- Mar 11, 2004
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I'm debating which book to read now. I've got Feast For Crows (George R.R. Martin), Knife of Dreams (Wheel of Time), Phantom (Sword of Truth), and then Ghosts of Onyx (most recent Halo book).
The most recent book I had read is Chainfire (book in the series before Phantom), so its fairly fresh in my mind. The Halo book would help get me interested in that and with the third game coming out soon it'd be nice. Its been forever since I've read any books in the Song of Fire and Ice or Wheel of Time series. To be honest, I don't really want to read the latter but I've already read them all up to now, so I figure I might as well finish it. Also, it'd probably be a better idea to get the book I will probably dislike the most out of the way first. I'll probably go Phantom, then the Halo book (should fairly easily get through them before the 3rd game comes out on the 25th or whenever). Then maybe I'll suffer through Knife of Dreams and finish with Feast For Crows (when's the next book due?).
I guess I do still have the last Harry Potter book to read, but I'm really not much in the mood for it, maybe later this fall. I'm debating on whether to re-read the Golden Compass before the movie comes out, but I'll probably hold off on it so that I can maybe enjoy the movie more and not be overly critical. I'm really hoping that it turns out to be good complements to each other, but we'll see.
And of course, I'm hoping to at some point buckle down and read some of the defacto classics and a lot of the books that spawned popular movies (Fight Club, Bourne, etc). Ah, forgot about Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I just realized recently that I don't even know where the public library here is.
I'm glad that some of these series are starting to come to an end, as I think they're starting to outstay their welcome. I read quotes really early in the Wheel of Time and they were comparing it to Lord of the Rings, which I doubt anyone would really do anymore. I don't think any of them are going to go down as great series when they're finally done. I hate that about Science Fiction and Fantasy these days, it seems like they're more intent on making money and the fans are possibly the key cause of it. We (I'm as guilty as any) keep buying the books in the series even though we don't like it much anymore. I think 5 books is really the max that an author should let their series run. Not only that, but why does every book have to be 600+ pages these days? Some of the most memorable books manage to get things done in less than 200. While I would hate it to be formulaic, but I would say 5 books tops and keep them in the 200-300 page range, at least try to keep things to under 500. I don't even read them critically, but all too often, I sit there wondering why they even bothered to put some of the stuff in the book.
The most recent book I had read is Chainfire (book in the series before Phantom), so its fairly fresh in my mind. The Halo book would help get me interested in that and with the third game coming out soon it'd be nice. Its been forever since I've read any books in the Song of Fire and Ice or Wheel of Time series. To be honest, I don't really want to read the latter but I've already read them all up to now, so I figure I might as well finish it. Also, it'd probably be a better idea to get the book I will probably dislike the most out of the way first. I'll probably go Phantom, then the Halo book (should fairly easily get through them before the 3rd game comes out on the 25th or whenever). Then maybe I'll suffer through Knife of Dreams and finish with Feast For Crows (when's the next book due?).
I guess I do still have the last Harry Potter book to read, but I'm really not much in the mood for it, maybe later this fall. I'm debating on whether to re-read the Golden Compass before the movie comes out, but I'll probably hold off on it so that I can maybe enjoy the movie more and not be overly critical. I'm really hoping that it turns out to be good complements to each other, but we'll see.
And of course, I'm hoping to at some point buckle down and read some of the defacto classics and a lot of the books that spawned popular movies (Fight Club, Bourne, etc). Ah, forgot about Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I just realized recently that I don't even know where the public library here is.
I'm glad that some of these series are starting to come to an end, as I think they're starting to outstay their welcome. I read quotes really early in the Wheel of Time and they were comparing it to Lord of the Rings, which I doubt anyone would really do anymore. I don't think any of them are going to go down as great series when they're finally done. I hate that about Science Fiction and Fantasy these days, it seems like they're more intent on making money and the fans are possibly the key cause of it. We (I'm as guilty as any) keep buying the books in the series even though we don't like it much anymore. I think 5 books is really the max that an author should let their series run. Not only that, but why does every book have to be 600+ pages these days? Some of the most memorable books manage to get things done in less than 200. While I would hate it to be formulaic, but I would say 5 books tops and keep them in the 200-300 page range, at least try to keep things to under 500. I don't even read them critically, but all too often, I sit there wondering why they even bothered to put some of the stuff in the book.