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kain
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Books
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May 14 23:19 UTC 1995 |
RPGS books
I saw some discussion in the ff3 item about books so here's an item to talk
about them or mabe fantasy in general, do you guys like D&D knovels? what are
your favorites this is the place!
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phreakus
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response 1 of 36:
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May 16 17:06 UTC 1995 |
Yes! I'm first!! Too bad I have nothing to say on the subject at this time :(
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jamie
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response 2 of 36:
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May 22 23:27 UTC 1995 |
Yup, I like almost all fantasy and science fiction type books. Especially
anything by R.A. Salvatore. In the science fiction genre, Orson Scott Card's
Ender's Game is one of the best.
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kain
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response 3 of 36:
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May 23 01:43 UTC 1995 |
this ought to be linked to fantasy plork.
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phreakus
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response 4 of 36:
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May 23 18:19 UTC 1995 |
Yes it should, kain.
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plork
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response 5 of 36:
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May 24 23:23 UTC 1995 |
No thanx, at Fantasy, we have our own. At Fantasy, we talk about fantasy,
however here you're free to talk about all you wan't. As FW of fantasy, I would
say no, but I'll ask my fellow *EQUALS!!!!(kain....)* Fw's. They may or may not
like it, I'll ask though.
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kain
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response 6 of 36:
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May 25 01:33 UTC 1995 |
okay maybe after it's a bit more developed, anyone out there read wies and
hickman?
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phreakus
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response 7 of 36:
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May 25 17:45 UTC 1995 |
Occasionally. Anyone ever read "Mutineer's Moon"?
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ooops
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kain
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response 8 of 36:
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May 29 00:12 UTC 1995 |
nope sorry
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plork
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response 9 of 36:
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Jun 2 14:57 UTC 1995 |
Word is in, we at Fantasy won't link this item, to keep our books item
specifically about fantasy, no sci-fi, etc. Anne is still thinking and we
haven't heard from Lando, I'm entering an item to see what everyone else
thinks.
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mneme
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response 10 of 36:
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Aug 6 06:01 UTC 1995 |
Books are good. Gaming derived books are bad. Some exceptions allowed, on both
counts.
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jamie
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response 11 of 36:
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Aug 16 13:46 UTC 1995 |
What dost thou mean by 'gaming devired books'?
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mneme
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response 12 of 36:
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Aug 30 19:35 UTC 1995 |
Novels written about a game world, like the AD&D Novels, the Shadowrun and
Magic the Gathering and Vampire and Rage books, et.
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jamie
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response 13 of 36:
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Sep 7 23:20 UTC 1995 |
Myself, I like AD&D-derived books....'specially those by R.A.Salvatore and
Douglas Niles.
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matthew
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response 14 of 36:
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Dec 31 20:03 UTC 1995 |
Do people prefer "High Fantasy" Lord of the Rings, Lord FOuls Bane, the
Deryni series etc, or (Idon't wnat to call it Low Fantasy) non-epic
scale fantasy books, short stories or novels ?
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kain
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response 15 of 36:
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Dec 31 21:50 UTC 1995 |
I like very long epics
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matthew
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response 16 of 36:
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Dec 31 22:04 UTC 1995 |
For instance ? Which ones have you read and why did you enjoy them ?
One of my favorite 'epic' series was David Edding Belgariad. Humor,
action, adventure, magic and mayhem, all with really enjoyable characters.
SOme of my favorite 'low fantasy' has been the Hawk and Fisher books by
Simon Greene. They are basically mystery/horro/detective stories
set in a really gritty and grim fantasy setting. Not exactly great
literature, but really fun reading.
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kain
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response 17 of 36:
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Jan 1 03:03 UTC 1996 |
I like tolkien, weis and hickman rock, ROBERT JORDAN RULEZ!!!!!!!
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mneme
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response 18 of 36:
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Jan 2 01:10 UTC 1996 |
IMD, high fantasy is stuff that deals with sweaping events and powerful
people (like royalty). Low fantasy (which I won't shy from, since I like
it far better than the high, given a random book) deals with "comon" folk,
kitchens and such, and interpersonal relationships. Then there's "bad
(but popular) fantasy" into which goes such as Eddings, Brooks, and Anthony.
My fabes? Mckillip (great stuff - low fantasy tat is often high
fantasy
as well), Brust, Pratchett, and Paxon.
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setzer
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response 19 of 36:
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Jan 3 21:15 UTC 1996 |
I'm re-reading the Lord of the Rings for about the 5th time now.
I read them 1st in like the 4th grade, but I got bored, so I decided
to give 'em another go...
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matthew
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response 20 of 36:
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Jan 3 21:44 UTC 1996 |
Enjoy, I first read the trilogy when I was 11, since then I've read
it about 20 times.
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coyote
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response 21 of 36:
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Jan 5 04:15 UTC 1996 |
I'm saying this just because it must be said in this topic. The
Hitchkhicker's trilogy (even though it's 5 books) is great.
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matthew
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response 22 of 36:
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Jan 5 18:12 UTC 1996 |
Only 5 books in the trilogy ? Piers Anthony must have at least a dozen
books in his Xanth 'trilogy' by now.
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mneme
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response 23 of 36:
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Jan 6 01:59 UTC 1996 |
Over a dozen, but who cares? It's excretable.
Now, the Riddlemaster of Hed trilogy, that's good.
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matthew
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response 24 of 36:
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Jan 6 14:11 UTC 1996 |
An excellent triology. I wish there were more, it was too short.
Saberhagens Empire of the East and Swords trilogies were also
excellent reading, along with the followup books of Lost Swords.
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