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Got my copy first thing this morning and I just finished reading it...
I couldn't put it down it was so compelling...
Part of me can't believe that the series is over because I have nothing to look forward to reading in the next few years now... I'm not sure whether its the book or the fact that i read for like 5 hours straight that makes me feel drained but its what I feel...
im still reading it, up to page 185 cant put it down.
that good eh? :P
If you're done with Harry Potter there's a really "good" series that is very "similar", and the characters also have a "fun time" with their "friends" in a magical fantasy land. It is also enjoyable for "all ages".
I of course speak of the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, a truly great series that will leave you feeling "happy" and "fulfilled".
The entirety of this post may or may not consist of bullshit.
You utter bastard... ;)
well a top series for anyone that reads if you r done with mr potter
IOs the Magician series, and all the following branch series by raymond e fiest. I rate it go getem
read star wars, change all the names to harry potter character names; you wont even notice the difference :P
then you can keep reading for ages :P
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well a top series for anyone that reads if you r done with mr potter
IOs the Magician series, and all the following branch series by raymond e fiest. I rate it go getem
pft
comparing harry potter to the riftwar saga is like comparing masturbation to sex.
I have my copy pre-ordered but I'm not picking it up until the middle of next week unfortunately. I'm both excited and a little wary. Its sad to see the end of these books. I've been following them for years and its always sad when a series ends and theres no hope for more.
don't worry... she'll get bored and start a new series in a few years....you don't just stop the biggest and most successful series of books of all time cause you want to.
Just got mine. Going to read tonight.
If you need another series to keep you occupied for a while, I recommend Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time. Really good read
http://www.tor.com/jordan/
and to anyone actually considering starting the wheel of time, i'd suggest waiting to see if robert jordan ever actually finishes it.
i've been reading the wheel of friggen time since 1994, when it was a 5 book series, fast forward 13 years and its STILL not close to being wound up.
Isn't he gonna die soon or something anyways?
i got the book and i have finished it already
and for once i will not spoil it
so no asking
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Isn't he gonna die soon or something anyways?
he's got amyloidosis, whatever that is. apparently the median life expectancy is around 4 years, he was diagnosed last year.
i feel the same about Melanie Rawn's Exiles trilogy. Its been something outrageous like 10 years since the 2nd one and still no move from her to start the 3rd. its freaking frustrating.
Luckily we all had no issue with something like that for harry potter. i dont know if JK will write another series, but I hope she will. For someone who started writing as a single mum on napkins, shes done well for herself. Shes a fairly good writer too, so I respect her in that sense. However I feel a lot of her characters have a 'mary sue' feeling about them, particularly Harry and Hermione.
I would really love to read the potter books but,
i have focus problems with my eyes which stops me from being able to read books properly without a ruler to stay on the right line
I always reread the same line every few lines and it shits me to tears.
One day i will go to see the optical super store dudes and get my eyes tested.
till then i will have to stick to the movies :(
how come you can read computer screens no problem then?
I might get this book sometime down the track. I like Harry Potter but never been obsessed with it. It's just another decant series to read.
I would rate the magician way better then harry potter.
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I would rate the magician way better then harry potter.
QFT. Reading it for the fifth time currently.
pug would **** harry's shit up.
LOL
its so true and with any luck thomas will make a larger apearance in this new book as soon as its in small format im getting it.
and as for the masturbation to sex comparison my first time was sooo bad i thought beating it was better. that might be bad comparing it back to books.
Just finished reading the book, it was awesome.
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pug would **** harry's shit up.
What Harry doesn't realise is that there is no magic.
and if pug couldn't step up, harry could wave his little fairy wand at tomas all he wants, tomas would just go all valheru on his ass and eat him. yeah!
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how come you can read computer screens no problem then?
I'm the same, except my problem relates to a lack of attention span.
I get a third of teh way through a page and my head starts thinking of other things. Then I have to re-read that third of a page :p
Read it, ending is OMFG, I never saw any of that coming. So many twists and turns....absolutely awesome book, I stayed up all night and went to work on no sleep cause I just couldnt put it down. Which says a lot because I hate reading. Also it wastes no time getting to the point at all. One of my major complaints about the last book - it took ages to get moving.
reason i can read computer screens is because its fewer lines in a row
but if im reading an article on a pc screen same thing happens but no as often.
Digital world makes reading easy :) haha.
Just finished. Soooo good.
I know this is supposed to be the last one but I wish she'd just keep pumping them out every couple of years. Difficult to top this one, though.
I bought it as a present for my Mum when she was up here on holidays.
She reckons its top notch too.
ok whats spoiler tags again lol
Seriously I think it's great that she worked her way out of being homeless but she is not a fantastic author and the ending was just one predictable twist after another. I think any skill she had died after the fourth book.
I loved the last book, was awesome and I couldn't put it down to the point I stayed up until 8:30 in the morning reading it.
she is the kids' equivalent of Matthew Reilly...
Raymond Feist ftw (enjoying the darkwar saga at the mo).. although.. i prefer George R R Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series - that is the ultimate fantasy crack.. it's 200 proof raw sex. And for people like korny who cant read a 2000 page book x 7 - the series is being made by HBO and set to start airing early next year :D
I'm just a critic :D
i just ****ing hate harry potter.
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ok whats spoiler tags again lol
Seriously I think it's great that she worked her way out of being homeless but she is not a fantastic author and the ending was just one predictable twist after another. I think any skill she had died after the fourth book.
This article summarises most of my trouble with Harry Potter books:
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/megan_mcardle/2007/07/harry_potter_the_economics.html
LOL that article works perfectly for Matthew Reilly too Presidente, swap the names and magic for military hardware and there you have it... except for a willingness to read another Reilly book
There is a point where you need to switch off your brain and just sit back and enjoy rather than analyse.
sorry man, onus is on the author to provide the suspension of disbelief =)
Seriously if you sit and pick apart or analyse everything you'll end up just hating everything ever made.
i only pick apart shit that KICKS my arse out of the story for me :)
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Seriously if you sit and pick apart or analyse everything you'll end up just hating everything ever made.
Not quite. Some stories are logically consistent on the first read through.
i can see where you're coming from... but it's just so much more entertaining to not care about it and enjoy the book. and if you guys can't for whatever reason then that sucks cause it's an entertaining series even if it's not the best written.
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There is a point where you need to switch off your brain and just sit back and enjoy rather than analyse.
I believe that rule can really only be applied to movies; where we can switch off our brains because there is so much other sensory input - the sight and sound of a movie distracts us from having to think too much - witness the evident success of Martin Lawrence films.
A book solely engages the brain - obviously comic books and "graphic novels" are the exception, as they provide visual stimuli - and the reliance upon the reader to create the images and the world within the book is greatly increased.
As your brain is constantly creating and taking in the details I think that it automatically addresses the need for logic and orderly progression in the book and thus makes it very hard, if not impossible, to simply switch off the brain and coast on autopilot through a book.
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As your brain is constantly creating and taking in the details I think that it automatically addresses the need for logic and orderly progression in the book and thus makes it very hard, if not impossible, to simply switch off the brain and coast on autopilot through a book.
Yeh, I dunno about that either. I think when it's well written, it's very easy to coast. Mainly because that's exactly what you'd want as a writer. To engage your audience in visualising the story. To the point where, you often find yourself going back to re-read a paragraph or sentence over and over again because it was exceptionally cool.
Feist did that to me all the time. His style and expression were/are just easy on the eyes.
the best part of feists was where pug nutted out at the arena, when no one gave a shit about the ppl dying for everyones amusement. read that so many times
I like Harry Potter!!! I just don't think its great :D I hate the obsession that goes with it
Pug never weant mad in the assembly that was MILAMBER!!
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Pug never weant mad in the assembly that was MILAMBER!!
Highly arguable.
Was it his Midkemian heritage railing against wanton cruelty? I think so.
Midkemia = Pug (affinity for living creatures)
Kelewan = Milamber (icy automaton produced by the Assembly)
So yes, it was Pug that went berko at the Games.
who gives a crap, if harry and his fairy stick were in that arena he would have ****ed up!
aww yeah.
it was milamber because he did it realising how far that kelewan had fallen and with the disgrace of a great one :P
i do not deny that his midkemian heritage influenced him just that at the time it seemed fairly obvious his persona and attitude was still that of the great one milamber
Bruce Willis as Harry Potter
Hahahaha
lol nice pic!
Yeah, there are inconsistencies and sure, not everything makes sense.
But it doesn't bother me. I don't need to understand everything and I don't need to have the Harry Potter reality be 100% solved or explained. I don't understand everything that happens in real life anyway so I'm not about to enforce this on JK. I'm just happy to escape into the book every once in a while.
Anyway, my view is probably a bit tarnished as I really liked the books and, with the hole in my life finishing Deathly Hallows has brought, I've started reading Goblet of Fire again. Bloody hell, I hope that isn't classed as obsession... oh well.
I can give it up at any time... yeah, right. :)
now wouldnt the magician series make a great number of epics provided nothing was cut.
BTW nice image