Earthsea was dull
I got a few chapters in and just left it, couldn't be arsed to pick it up again
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 21:51, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I very rarely not finish a book
Earthsea was good, definitely one of the better examples of fantasy I think. The reason she regretted it was she felt it betrayed her feminist ideals
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 21:53, Reply)

better examples of fantasy??!
hell no, there are far better things than that.

I used to always finish books, but then I realised I could be reading better things. Doesn't happen often, I have to be pretty cross/bored with them.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 21:56, Reply)

I read really fast
so most standard sized books will take me a couple of hours.

There's better stuff, but especially for children it's an excellent introduction
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 21:57, Reply)

like Anne McCaffrey
I wish I'd read them when I was 10, then I'd like them rather than feeling patronised
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:00, Reply)

I liked her when I was about nine
then I realised that she was misogynistic, boring and just fundamentally a poor writer
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:01, Reply)

the problem with hanging around with other role players
is people make you read terrible fantasy books.

On the other hand, George RR Martin
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:03, Reply)

Meh never been much of a fan of him myself

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:06, Reply)

I liked Armageddon Rag
which wasn't really fantasy, not read any more of his.

Which reminds me best under appreciated book ever is Wrack and Roll by Bradly Denton.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:08, Reply)

not heard of that
why is it great and underappreciated?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:09, Reply)

it's about an alternate timeline
where a sort or punk evolved in the second world war, or just after, it's very 1980s and it about how rock music will save the world. you'd probably hate it, most people do, but I love it and wish it was true.

www.trashfiction.co.uk/wrack_and_roll.html
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:13, Reply)

hehe
sounds fun - is it like that bizzaro sci-fi? I bought my friend that one about a universe of Shatners (the same person who wrote the gorilla/shatner porn)
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:16, Reply)

all these words are english, but at the same time....
I don't know, realistically it's naive 80s trash, but I like the idea that music, especially rock, has power, hence Armageddon Rag.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:21, Reply)

there's a sub-genre of sci fi
which is all about the ridiculous, trashy and downright fucked up.
www.amazon.co.uk/Shatnerquake-Jeff-Burk/dp/1933929820/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311369816&sr=1-1

The shatner porn is something I posted the other day
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:23, Reply)

missed that.
glad I think.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:27, Reply)

i could link it?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:38, Reply)

Shatner porn?
is it as disturbing as the cat thing?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:47, Reply)

you decide
www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1286254
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:50, Reply)

Ha ha!
substitute 15 for 9 and I'm agreeing with you again on that one.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:03, Reply)

I don't like the big sprawling sci fi sagas that go on for several books.
I prefer the more intimate stories.
( girlinthehole, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 21:53, Reply)

I kind of like big stories
but it's annoying when they crash and burn - Peter F Hamilton's Night's Dawn Trilogy was gripping and brilliant until the last 20 pages at which point it suddenly became the biggest disappointment ever.

Littler sci fi tends to have more ideas which it explores in depth rather than spinning out for a trilogy
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 21:59, Reply)

you're dull.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:00, Reply)

you're wrong

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:00, Reply)

No, I'm a terrible bully who picked on Chompy.
seriously though, the first trilogy was nothing special, but then she came back and wrote a second one many years later and it was much more fun, mostly from a female perspective and really great.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:05, Reply)

but I'd have to get through the first trilogy first
and that isn't going to happen soon

in fact I think I didn't like it enough that I left it at the ex-husband;s house
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:07, Reply)

fair enough
I still like the first, but that's because I read it as a child, like LOTR.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 22 Jul 2011, 22:09, Reply)