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| Umbreo | Jan 13 2009, 06:04 AM Post #106 |
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Have now, Dansariki. That was, what, weeks ago? Haven't yet read Brisingr, though. |
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When I set out from the boy's attic window, my head was so full of competing plans and complex strategems that I didn't look where I was going and flew straight into a chimney. Something symbolic in that. It's what fake freedom does for you. | |
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| nathanielandbartimaeus | Jan 13 2009, 05:01 PM Post #107 |
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That's the best of the lot. I thought after all the disparaging comments made here about the author & his books, you wouldn't dream of reading it. Good thing you did though. Better to rely on your opinion than that of others. |
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| Dansariki | Jan 13 2009, 10:46 PM Post #108 |
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Amen. |
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| Umbreo | Jan 13 2009, 11:20 PM Post #109 |
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I just thought - "What the hell?" and read it anyway. Yes, even after I concluded not to. But it's not so bad, I guess. Pretty good actually for a sixteen year old. |
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| Sentynel | Jan 13 2009, 11:45 PM Post #110 |
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He was 20 by the time it was published.. |
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| Umbreo | Jan 13 2009, 11:47 PM Post #111 |
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He was around 16 when he wrote it, no? |
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| Sentynel | Jan 14 2009, 12:24 AM Post #112 |
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Started writing it then, maybe. Took him ages to finish writing it though; they just played up the age thing for sympathy votes from critics.. |
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| Dansariki | Jan 14 2009, 12:40 AM Post #113 |
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Not really, it's said he started in at fifteen. Even considering time to write and make, then publish, he was probably 18 or so when it was actually done and edited. Hmm... maybe 19. Editing takes awhile. |
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| Umbreo | Jan 14 2009, 07:19 AM Post #114 |
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Still, fair effort for a teenager, wouldn't you say? |
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| Dansariki | Jan 14 2009, 11:24 PM Post #115 |
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Mmhmm. Unless I worked incredibly hard (not likely, seeing as how I'm so lazy), I wouldn't be able to turn out anything comparable. Though I would still avoid such a Tolkien-esque landscape. I'd do that much. |
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| Apollo | Jan 15 2009, 03:11 AM Post #116 |
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You could do a distopian novel! Those are always fun. Although, most dystopian concepts have already been novelized, so you'd have to pick a vague dystopian author (i.e, not Orwell/Aldous H.) to Paolinigerize from and hope no one will take notice. |
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| Mwamba | Jan 15 2009, 03:14 AM Post #117 |
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Or just set the novel in Mwambaland. Then there won't have to be 'Paolinigerizm,' for I'm sure such divinity would be inspirational to even the most bland of settings. |
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| Dansariki | Jan 15 2009, 10:39 PM Post #118 |
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Oh I think I could do a fairly original dystopian. The problem would be thinking of a new way to kill most of everyone, what happens after that's easier. |
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| Sentynel | Jan 15 2009, 11:03 PM Post #119 |
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Nuke it from orbit! It's the only way to be sure. |
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| Dansariki | Jan 16 2009, 01:12 AM Post #120 |
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haha. I do happen to like Halo's Glassing concept, rather appropriately apocalyptic. Course, it doesn't have to be totally effed up. Could just be a worldwide EMP. Maybe... idk fifteen, twenty high altitude nukes, out goes the li-ights! |
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