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Re: Fantasy Novels
Hey,
Just wanted everbody who is a fan of this genre, that I have finished the "Mistborn" Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson, the author who is finishing Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. I only really wanted to get a feel for his writing in advance of the new Wheel of Time book coming out, but I was very surprised at how much I enjoyed the series. He is a fantastic story teller, and I would recommend these books highly. I am now seeking out some of his other works because I liked that series so much.
Re: Fantasy Novels
nice...i read elantris, because i didnt wanna get into too many books
but yeah i enjoyed elantris as well redarmy you may wanna check it out 
i'm currently in the middle of a reread for WoT and just finishing up Crown of Swords (50 pages left) i got 2 months to read 4 books so i can start the new one the day it comes out....i dont think it'll happen but we'll see
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Terry Pratchett is really great, as Olorin already recommended. I think you should start with the first novel, The Colour Of Magic, since some of the later books reflect to erlier ones. Not knowing those doesn't take away much though.
I have read only Pratchett's first 16, since these were translated to Hungarian and I enjoy it more, since the original's vocabulary is very strong. Stronger than mine, lol. Anyway, you should also check Pratchett's Small Gods, that's my favourite from him.
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To me, Stephen King has always been a hack. A gifted hack, but a hack regardless. However, in the 70's he had the youthful enthusiasm as opposed to the later-day self-referential house of mirrors, when the protagonist might've been a struggling writer but his writing was always interrupted as chaos ensued. Salem's Lot is a perfectly serviceable gothic vampire story loving transported to Maine, The Shining has an ingeniously simple plot device with the vacant Overlook hotel serving as a method to the madness. The Stand already demonstrated many of his would-be peeves; excessive ensemble of cardboard stock characters, riddled with shallow details guised as depth, the Randall Flagg character and the interest in Western pop mythology archetypes... Still, it was somehow readable and served as a fine exit to a more self-important bestseller existence.
Perhaps IT still shows some signs of that old cunning, but it's still far too long, ultimately falling short from being the darker side of Stand By Me, because King now refuses play out all the innuendos of the youngster group. It was going to a very, very nasty direction, which would've made the man even more hated amongst the Born-again Christians and every other party on the case of unwanted entertainment... Which I fear partly scared him off. Shame, it would've been good to have another bookend to the Enid Blyton-romps.
Re: Fantasy Novels
Terry Pratchett is really great, as Olorin already recommended. I think you should start with the first novel, The Colour Of Magic, since some of the later books reflect to erlier ones. Not knowing those doesn't take away much though.
I have read only Pratchett's first 16, since these were translated to Hungarian and I enjoy it more, since the original's vocabulary is very strong. Stronger than mine, lol. Anyway, you should also check Pratchett's Small Gods, that's my favourite from him.
Just finished reading Small Gods again, its one of my favourites as well. I've been delving into Pratchett again after a long lay off. I read Interesting Times the other month, another favourite. I think the first half of the series is the strongest, some of his later books were a bit of a chore to get through, but there has still been some really good ones also. I buy them out of habit, I've been reading them since I was 15. "Small Gods" is a stand alone book though, the main characters in it dont reappear in the series, so that would be a good one to try out.
He has such a stereotypical British sense of humour, I think its great that he crosses cultures and in Hungary people are finding enjoyment in his books. I suppose I shouldnt be suprised, he is one of the worlds best selling authors afterall.
