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	Archive through Aug 25, 2000 Last Post: Aug 25, 2000, 01:14 am	Silverowl	33

Posted By: KingOfChaos Aug 27, 2000 - 03:26 am

Starnnium...yes and quite frankly they sucked...in my opinion Piers Anthony should stay away from the fantasy genre.

My favorite online hangouts are listed below...

<please refrain from cross posting lists of URL's in multiple forums...Kings favs can be seen in this thread at the "on the web" forum.>

Oh, and before I go, I thought I would rub it in that I get to party with Micheal Moorcock at UncommonCon this year

Posted By: Vila Nov 11, 2000 - 04:21 pm

I'm afraid that I found the Shanarra books to be unreadable. By contrast, I enjoy the same author's Landover series... Go figure. I think it was the borrowed Tolkienisms that threw me off from the Shanarra books. I had a similar problem with the same sort of elements in the Thomas Covenant books. Fine writing, but bad usage of some source material. I guess that JRR Tolkien is too much the childhood hero of mine.
But as to borrowed elements in general, I feel that they should be judged on how well they work within the story itself. As a long-time webzine writer, I find that I borrow as much as anyone when composing.
Well, this is my first post to this website, I shouldn't get too long-winded. I hope to contribute again soon.
Vila

Posted By: Anonymous Jan 07, 2001 - 06:57 pm

Well, this is my first time to this site and whoa, lots of... critiques and such. Why is there no more messages after november? Anyways I'm not new on the fantasy scene, and i'm currently working on a fantasy/sci-fi type book and would like some feed back. I'm no expert on what author wrote what book and all that, I'm just someone out there trying to see if he has a story that might be interesting enough to get published. I'll post again soon.

Posted By: T5 Jan 08, 2001 - 11:46 am

Always nice to see a fellow Swede on these boards
Jag bor i Märsta och läser massor av Sci-Fi och fantasy.
That was me, introducing myself in that mystical (soon to be erased language)

Posted By: reptile4me Apr 23, 2001 - 06:36 pm

Hey..I'm a new writer in the Sci/fi scean, i love working with a set of made up characators..and i'm wondering if someone could help me out and kinda explain some of this stuff (interactive story lines..ect)If someone could..i'd appricate it..
*~Volt

Posted By: The Master Apr 23, 2001 - 07:30 pm

Hi reptile4me, welcome to the forums!

If you have questions about writing, try the Writer's Discussion forum. Keep in mind that a broad question like "explain some of this stuff" is going to be very hard for someone to answer. If you have specific questions post them and people can try and answer them. If you are looking for basic writing instruction, you may want to check out the Writer's Resources in our Resource Network first.

Posted By: lostsoul Sep 24, 2001 - 02:39 am

Hi can anyone help me i'm desperately trying to find the author of a short story i read last summer. It was called "i'll buy that for a dollar"
but i cant for the life of me remember the author or the book it was printed in. It is an old story though and probably by an american author, if anyone can help me please contact me. It is a matter of copyright urgency!

Posted By: Earth_Monkey Oct 07, 2001 - 10:16 am

So what would you think was the SF book that really made you think that also had good, well developed characters and a decent plot? I'm just wondering because I'd like to get a general sense of whaich of the Big Guns I am going to have to compete with (though I highly respect many authors like Pohl, Niven and Clarke) without being pegged as "another so-and-so wannabe" (which btw, I'm working on a story that is going to cross an age old SF line, yet be tastefully good)

Posted By: Shanders Nov 03, 2001 - 12:21 pm

As a reformed Trekie Voyager took its toll, I am now trying to find a new source of Sci/fi - fantasy novels, away from the usual pulp. Unfortunately the shelves in Waterstones are awfully big and I am looking for some tips on the best place to start.

Posted By: blaquedeth Nov 07, 2001 - 06:07 am

Salvatore. Anything by Salvatore.

Posted By: Anonymous Nov 07, 2001 - 06:20 pm

Try this section:

Books & book reviews section

Posted By: Sagethai Feb 13, 2003 - 12:10 pm

Recently read Gibson's Pattern Recognition, and was rather impressed. Fascinated by the ideas of comercial media saturation in everyday life. Though a little dissapointed in rendering of present day as less descriptive than most of his futuristic books. Thoughts, comments?