I saw him on Done the Impossible and decided to read Ender's Game, which I loved. I have paced myself. I then read Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind. Then I reread Ender's Game and it was still very good.
I tried my best to make it through the series and failed miserably. I did read the first one but that was it for this white boy.
I have to reread that series. It's cool that he's such a big flan!
Quote from: TinkTanker on July 02, 2008, 03:21:51 PM
I tried my best to make it through the series and failed miserably. I did read the first one but that was it for this white boy.
The books are extremely heavy. There is so much packed into the books. I need to take a break after each one but I love them.
I tried reading The Lord of the rings trilogy but couldn't get through that.
Quote from: Rosie on July 02, 2008, 03:52:16 PM
I tried reading The Lord of the rings trilogy but couldn't get through that.
About a third the way through the first one I called the wife and asked her if anything ever happens in the story. She asked, "Do you mean does anything bad happen to Frodo and Sam and them?" I said, "No, does anything ever happen? Are there any actual events that occur? 'Cause so far, all they are doing is walking around and singing about eating and I can't take another page of this crap."
Quote from: TinkTanker on July 02, 2008, 05:01:58 PM
Quote from: Rosie on July 02, 2008, 03:52:16 PM
I tried reading The Lord of the rings trilogy but couldn't get through that.
About a third the way through the first one I called the wife and asked her if anything ever happens in the story. She asked, "Do you mean does anything bad happen to Frodo and Sam and them?" I said, "No, does anything ever happen? Are there any actual events that occur? 'Cause so far, all they are doing is walking around and singing about eating and I can't take another page of this gao se."
LOL
Yep just a lot of walking and walking and falling asleep and getting lost. Someone told me it gets better once they reach the Prancing Pony but that was still 50 pages away so I gave up.
I am now reading Ender's Shadow. What a great concept. It a parallel story to Ender's Game, same Battle School but it a different student's perspective.
I really love how Orson writes and what he is saying. Reading his books is like a seven course meal, lots of good food but at the end you are stuffed and can't eat another bite.
I'm loving it!
Haven't read OSC in a while. I have his books on my Kindle now and should start reading the series again.
Well I've now started Shadow of the Hegemon.
Starts a little slow and clueless but that mirrors the kids return to Earth.
Never liked Peter.
About a third the way through the first one I called the wife and asked her if anything ever happens in the story. She asked, "Do you mean does anything bad happen to Frodo and Sam and them?" I said, "No, does anything ever happen? Are there any actual events that occur? 'Cause so far, all they are doing is walking around and singing about eating and I can't take another page of this gao se."
I've re-read LotR four times since University ( three times during HS ) and all I can say is that when I get bogged down now it's usually somewhere in Two Towers or Return of the King .
The first ( boring ) book is my favourite now .
Same for the films .
Funny , eh ?
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I've read the entire LOTR series once, back in high school (I used to be such an avid reader). Even read Dune back then. 1984. Animal Farm.
My absolute favorite series was John Carter of Mars. I have no idea how often I'd read all eleven(?) books, but it was many a'time.
Alternative ending for LOTR?
How Lord of The Rings Should Have Ended (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yqVD0swvWU#lq-lq2-hq)
Quote from: Eric on May 16, 2009, 07:25:57 AM
I've read the entire LOTR series once, back in high school (I used to be such an avid reader). Even read Dune back then. 1984. Animal Farm.
My absolute favorite series was John Carter of Mars. I have no idea how often I'd read all eleven(?) books, but it was many a'thyme.
Alternative ending for LOTR?
How Lord of The Rings Should Have Ended (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yqVD0swvWU#lq-lq2-hq)
I've read all those , save John Carter , but I do have a few in my library .
And the LotR ending ?
:loloeo:
( Borimir mooning Sauron ! )
Quote from: TinkTanker on July 02, 2008, 05:01:58 PM
Quote from: Rosie on July 02, 2008, 03:52:16 PM
I tried reading The Lord of the rings trilogy but couldn't get through that.
About a third the way through the first one I called the wife and asked her if anything ever happens in the story. She asked, "Do you mean does anything bad happen to Frodo and Sam and them?" I said, "No, does anything ever happen? Are there any actual events that occur? 'Cause so far, all they are doing is walking around and singing about eating and I can't take another page of this gao se."
THANK YOU!!I thought it was just me. I couldn't even get through the movies, I tried, I wanted to...they looked so beautiful...I was even questioning my 'geekhood'. hehe.
Book one: "There is this ring we must get rid of."
Book two: "We really have to get rid of this ring."
Book three: "Seriously, we have to get rid of this ring." "Okay."
Now the movies rocked. Maybe you just need to smoke some of that hobbit weed. :laugh:
Quote from: TinkTanker on June 14, 2009, 04:22:42 PM
Book one: "There is this ring we must get rid of."
Book two: "We really have to get rid of this ring."
Book three: "Seriously, we have to get rid of this ring." "Okay."
Now the movies rocked. Maybe you just need to smoke some of that hobbit weed. :laugh:
Like I said, I TRIED...Jeremy kept begging me to watch, and I kept falling asleep...I forget what the deal was, a marathon on TV or he brought the DVDs when he came to visit. I just kept telling him I couldn't stay awake, I just couldn't get into it. He kept saying, 'but you love this stuff'. That's what was confusing, I SHOULD have loved it...but it was soooooooooo slowwwwwwwwww....lol. :doh: