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64hz
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by 64hz » Fri May 07, 2010 6:27 pm
kay wrote:64hz wrote:anyone else read the chronicles of thomas covenant the unbeliever?
what are your thoughts on it?
ii found it randomly in my house, picked it up excepting it to be laaame, and it far surpassed my expectations.
almost finished it now, its gonna be interesting to see how it pans out.
The first book really put me off. I could not stand the lead character at all.
thats what drew me to the book!
thought it was gonna be some lame stereotypical hero slays the goblins sorta book but it kinda turned that paradigm on its head.
i find the lead character very interesting, the way he struggles to cope with the world that is thrust upon him.
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by kay » Sat May 08, 2010 1:04 pm
64hz wrote:kay wrote:64hz wrote:anyone else read the chronicles of thomas covenant the unbeliever?
what are your thoughts on it?
ii found it randomly in my house, picked it up excepting it to be laaame, and it far surpassed my expectations.
almost finished it now, its gonna be interesting to see how it pans out.
The first book really put me off. I could not stand the lead character at all.
thats what drew me to the book!
thought it was gonna be some lame stereotypical hero slays the goblins sorta book but it kinda turned that paradigm on its head.
i find the lead character very interesting, the way he struggles to cope with the world that is thrust upon him.
Does he actually get better at it as the series progresses? If he does then I might give it another go. I just remember that he did something at the end of the first book that disgusted me.
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by ch3 » Sat May 08, 2010 3:06 pm
Started reading Kay's copy and got interested enough to get my own
Almost finished now. I like the way it's written, I like how the author is playing with a construction of sentences in order to create a specific atmosphere or a certain feeling - it works on me for sure! Good storytelling and a wonderful (and horrible) story too.
if the devil is six then god is seven
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by kay » Sat May 08, 2010 6:30 pm
ch3 wrote:
Started reading Kay's copy and got interested enough to get my own
Almost finished now. I like the way it's written, I like how the author is playing with a construction of sentences in order to create a specific atmosphere or a certain feeling - it works on me for sure! Good storytelling and a wonderful (and horrible) story too.

I still haven't started reading it yet!
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by 64hz » Sun May 09, 2010 3:26 pm
kay wrote:64hz wrote:kay wrote:64hz wrote:anyone else read the chronicles of thomas covenant the unbeliever?
what are your thoughts on it?
ii found it randomly in my house, picked it up excepting it to be laaame, and it far surpassed my expectations.
almost finished it now, its gonna be interesting to see how it pans out.
The first book really put me off. I could not stand the lead character at all.
thats what drew me to the book!
thought it was gonna be some lame stereotypical hero slays the goblins sorta book but it kinda turned that paradigm on its head.
i find the lead character very interesting, the way he struggles to cope with the world that is thrust upon him.
Does he actually get better at it as the series progresses? If he does then I might give it another go. I just remember that he did something at the end of the first book that disgusted me.
no he gets even more infuriating

makes you want to reach through the pages and actually hit him. the character does have his motives for why he acts as he does and imo, theyre justified.
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by kay » Sun May 09, 2010 3:35 pm
64hz wrote:kay wrote:64hz wrote:kay wrote:64hz wrote:anyone else read the chronicles of thomas covenant the unbeliever?
what are your thoughts on it?
ii found it randomly in my house, picked it up excepting it to be laaame, and it far surpassed my expectations.
almost finished it now, its gonna be interesting to see how it pans out.
The first book really put me off. I could not stand the lead character at all.
thats what drew me to the book!
thought it was gonna be some lame stereotypical hero slays the goblins sorta book but it kinda turned that paradigm on its head.
i find the lead character very interesting, the way he struggles to cope with the world that is thrust upon him.
Does he actually get better at it as the series progresses? If he does then I might give it another go. I just remember that he did something at the end of the first book that disgusted me.
no he gets even more infuriating

makes you want to reach through the pages and actually hit him. the character does have his motives for why he acts as he does and imo, theyre justified.
Yeah I do remember it being completely in character, but still, just too annoying!
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by 64hz » Tue May 11, 2010 4:50 pm
is that 'the road' that was recently made into a film?
i think my friend just bought it, is it worth reading? i'll borrow it off him if it is...
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by WhosZena » Tue May 11, 2010 7:13 pm
Went to the library today, it was closed.
Fun story.
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by kay » Tue May 11, 2010 8:27 pm
WhosZena? wrote:Went to the library today, it was closed.
Fun story.
Sacriledge!
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by WhosZena » Tue May 11, 2010 9:06 pm
kay wrote:WhosZena? wrote:Went to the library today, it was closed.
Fun story.
Sacriledge!

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by kay » Tue May 11, 2010 9:14 pm
WhosZena? wrote:kay wrote:WhosZena? wrote:Went to the library today, it was closed.
Fun story.
Sacriledge!

Closed libraries are wrong. They should be burnt at the stake. The librarians that is.
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by WhosZena » Tue May 11, 2010 9:46 pm
kay wrote:WhosZena? wrote:kay wrote:WhosZena? wrote:Went to the library today, it was closed.
Fun story.
Sacriledge!

Closed libraries are wrong. They should be burnt at the stake. The librarians that is.
YES!!
They gave me the most foul look when I got there, I tried to open the door and the woman came out..
"its closes at 5:30 okay"
"what time is it now?"
"past 5:30" (probably only 3 minutes)
"okay bye (bytch)"
Pissed...
I felt like going through the back and stealing crates of books. Go home, read them, then sell them on ebay.
I never thought of bringing matches.

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by Pistonsbeneath » Wed May 12, 2010 4:47 pm
WhosZena? wrote:Went to the library today, it was closed.
Fun story.
me too!
shut on wed round my ends
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by WhosZena » Wed May 12, 2010 5:32 pm
I caught it before it shut today, but in the last minute so I went for the lucky dip option and picked like the 5th book I looked at.
Started it, and its as if the main character was written about me.
Weird, or what.. even though Im only on like page 17.
Its really good so far though.

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by kay » Wed May 12, 2010 5:42 pm
WhosZena? wrote:Started it, and its as if the main character was written about me.
You have blue skin and like wearing disguises?
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by WhosZena » Wed May 12, 2010 6:11 pm
kay wrote:WhosZena? wrote:Started it, and its as if the main character was written about me.
You have blue skin and like wearing disguises?
Okay, I meant personality wise.
But that would be pretty neat.
Well, if Avatar didn't rinse it.
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by kay » Wed May 12, 2010 6:11 pm
WhosZena? wrote:kay wrote:WhosZena? wrote:Started it, and its as if the main character was written about me.
You have blue skin and like wearing disguises?
Okay, I meant personality wise.
But that would be pretty neat.
Well, if Avatar didn't rinse it.

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by deadly_habit » Thu May 13, 2010 11:57 am
hp lovecraft at the mountain of madness and other collected tales
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by kay » Thu May 13, 2010 12:07 pm
deadly habit wrote:hp lovecraft at the mountain of madness and other collected tales
I think that's somewhere in my reading pile
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