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Most things written by Kazuo Ishiguro are excellent in this regard also, I think. Also, I don't wish to say I don't enjoy things that aren't wonderful in a stylistic sense. Substance over style as a general rule for me, books like Harry Potter, Game of Thrones and Jurassic Park aren't exactly triumphs in this regard, but that doesn't stop them being great etc... I just find the better written a novel is, the more thought provoking it will be, and thus enjoyable on more levels. |
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13-02-2013, 10:07 AM
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  Yea, I agree re: well written texts. But then I really enjoy Cormac McCarthy - and many people hate that writing style.
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13-02-2013, 12:06 PM
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I watched the TV series first and liked it. But reading the book was a much much better experience because it filled in the gaps left by the TV series. It helped in understanding the characters better and the PoV style helps to keep the story interesting without getting stuck with a single character for too long.
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13-02-2013, 03:30 PM
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wheel of time was excellent in the early books imo. finished the last book a few days ago and yes it ended poorly. had to read it though, started reading the stuff over 15 years ago ffs
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read the last one a couple of weeks back. really don't give a **** about the series anymore but the last book was a decent yarn.
GRRM and the occassional Harry Potter reread are pretty much the only stuff I read in that genre these days.
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13-02-2013, 04:08 PM
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13-02-2013, 04:19 PM
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Currently enjoying the **** out of Doug Coupland. Plan on stealing large swathes of Microserfs.
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13-02-2013, 04:26 PM
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13-02-2013, 11:35 PM
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I've just finished the first to books of The Kingkiller Chronicles, alongside The Farseer Trilogy far and away the best series i have ever read, eagerly awaiting the third now and getting really annoyed with the lack of release date even though the book has supposedly been completed for over a year.
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03-04-2013, 03:30 PM
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What a piece of **** organ the gall bladder is.
No age at all, is it? Poor guy.
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04-04-2013, 12:11 AM
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Reading Patrick Rothfuss's name of the wind.....I have read through about a quarter of it and for some reason haven't found it quite as compelling as maybe GRRM books but I haven't been able to put it down either.......the story is getting interesting though....
Any thoughts on Patrick Rothfuss?
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