RE: Writer's Lounge
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RE: Writer's Lounge
Kenneth Oppel: Silverwing Trilogy, Airborn Trilogy, Darkwing, Half Brother. All excellent books, all of them dealing with animals save for the Airborn trillogy.
J.R.R. Tolkien: Do I even have to put what he wrote?
Orson Scott Card: I'm disappoint you didn't know him. Ender's Game anybody? Favorite book from him is Empire.
James Clemens: The Godslayer Chronicles. Really well-written books, but only for really mature readers. Trust me.
Garth Nix: Also slightly surprised about this one. Abhorsen Trilogy and The Keys to the Kingdom?
Kenneth Oppel: Silverwing Trilogy, Airborn Trilogy, Darkwing, Half Brother. All excellent books, all of them dealing with animals save for the Airborn trillogy.
J.R.R. Tolkien: Do I even have to put what he wrote?
Orson Scott Card: I'm disappoint you didn't know him. Ender's Game anybody? Favorite book from him is Empire.
James Clemens: The Godslayer Chronicles. Really well-written books, but only for really mature readers. Trust me.
Garth Nix: Also slightly surprised about this one. Abhorsen Trilogy and The Keys to the Kingdom?
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Some of them were. But I'm picky about books, so I rarely read a book that I don't like. These are just some of the ones that I would recommend to...pretty much anybody. The Godslayer Chronicles (Shadowfall and Hinterland) I probably wouldn't recommend to anybody under the age of 17...
And really? You haven't heard of Ender's Game? The quintessential science fiction novel? I am...so dissappoint.
Some of them were. But I'm picky about books, so I rarely read a book that I don't like. These are just some of the ones that I would recommend to...pretty much anybody. The Godslayer Chronicles (Shadowfall and Hinterland) I probably wouldn't recommend to anybody under the age of 17...
And really? You haven't heard of Ender's Game? The quintessential science fiction novel? I am...so dissappoint.
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^I am extremely picky... If it isn't like James Patteson, or Jack London, I don't read them. I have read very few fiction series and actually comPleted them, for my age, there is a high demand for "Rangers Apprentice" I read 15 pages, collapsed, and almost had a stroke couldn't read it anymore, and never read that book again..
^I am extremely picky... If it isn't like James Patteson, or Jack London, I don't read them. I have read very few fiction series and actually comPleted them, for my age, there is a high demand for "Rangers Apprentice" I read 15 pages,
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I'm... iffy on James Patterson. Just as I'm iffy on Rowling and other popular modern writers as well, more or less. London is a great exception as he brilliantly addresses quite a large number of moral issues through the story of a wolf (well, for White Fang). See, I appreciate literature when it has layers. If it's a simple action/thriller novel, I'd still read it if it was interesting or warrants potential (Paolini, you disappointed me so much), but in the end, if it has no deeper meaning, I can't connect to it because it will not strictly apply to my everyday life - at least not on the depth that the classics had.
I'm... iffy on James Patterson. Just as I'm iffy on Rowling and other popular modern writers as well, more or less. London is a great exception as he brilliantly addresses quite a large number of moral issues through the story of a wolf (well, for White Fang). See, I appreciate literature when it has layers. If it's a simple action/thriller novel, I'd still read it if it was interesting or warrants potential (Paolini, you disappointed me so much), but in the end, if it has no deeper meaning, I can't connect to it because it will not strictly apply to my everyday life - at least not on the depth that the classics had.
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I don't see how London does it... He turns a wolf into a person, personality, feelings, love and all. James Patterson is sheer amazing, he consistently makes stories for all genres... E.G
Sundays at Tiffanies.
A domantic mushy novel, I will never read.
Maximum Ride.
A fantasy/si-fi novel, with many layers of deep feelings such as love, and romance into an. Action Packed novell, I would recommend to anyone...
I don't see how London does it... He turns a wolf into a person, personality, feelings, love and all. James Patterson is sheer amazing, he consistently makes stories for all genres... E.G
Sundays at Tiffanies.
A domantic mushy novel, I will never read.
Maximum Ride.
A fantasy/si-fi novel, with many layers of deep feelings such as love, and romance into an. Action Packed novell, I would recommend to anyone...
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But see, Maximum Ride is only written to the point where it's simply a good story, and just that. White Fang takes an almost-humanlike wolf and places this wolf into scenarios that would leave us thinking, "Would I have done the same thing?" You don't get that kind of internal thoughtfulness from reading Maximum Ride.
But see, Maximum Ride is only written to the point where it's simply a good story, and just that. White Fang takes an almost-humanlike wolf and places this wolf into scenarios that would leave us thinking, "Would I have done the same thing?" You don't get that kind of internal thoughtfulness from reading Maximum Ride.
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I was like James Patterson sounds familiar. Now it hits me. Those books were okay I guess. Kind of forgettable if I even forgot the author's name. I like authors like James Clemens because he weaved an amazing story that gripped my attention the whole time. It's just that in those 2 books you shouldn't like any of the side characters...they're prone to dying suddenly.
I was like James Patterson sounds familiar. Now it hits me. Those books were okay I guess. Kind of forgettable if I even forgot the author's name. I like authors like James Clemens because he weaved an amazing story that gripped my attention the whole time. It's just that in those 2 books you shouldn't like any of the side characters...they're prone to dying suddenly.
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Yeah even the second time reading through I got caught off-guard by some of the deaths. Some of them are especially sudden, and in other cases brutal. He just makes the characters really convincing, and thus likable or unlikable. Plus he's definitely good at making you feel like you're there watching this happen, so it's pretty disruptive when someone dies.
Yeah even the second time reading through I got caught off-guard by some of the deaths. Some of them are especially sudden, and in other cases brutal. He just makes the characters really convincing, and thus likable or unlikable. Plus he's definitely good at making you feel like you're there watching this happen, so it's pretty disruptive when someone dies.
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I haven't ever read that book, you were saying, but I love Maximum Ride, It has a large, plot, and then if you really read, it has a couple in depth layers... For example,
Fang's love for Max
Max's love for Fang
Max's love for Angel
Max's wanting to know who Dr. Jeb is...
I haven't ever read that book, you were saying, but I love Maximum Ride, It has a large, plot, and then if you really read, it has a couple in depth layers... For example,
Fang's love for Max
Max's love for Fang
Max's love for Angel
Max's wanting to know who Dr. Jeb is...
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When I say layers, I mean layers of the book that applies to outside of the story itself, something that the book tells to us about something in our lives. Most books do this in some form or another, but there's been a modern trend of just flashy writing without a deeper overall message.
When I say layers, I mean layers of the book that applies to outside of the story itself, something that the book tells to us about something in our lives. Most books do this in some form or another, but there's been a modern trend of just flashy writing without a deeper overall message.
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While I'll agree I'm not so much for hidden messages (AP English ruined my taste for analyzing literature), I'd like a story to have depth to it rather than just a simple story. The characters have to be believable, the world has to be believable, etc. For a fantasy novel...that can be really challenging.
While I'll agree I'm not so much for hidden messages (AP English ruined my taste for analyzing literature), I'd like a story to have depth to it rather than just a simple story. The characters have to be believable, the world has to be believable, etc. For a fantasy novel...that can be really challenging.