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deathman:
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--- Quote from: deathman on September 27, 2010, 06:16:17 PM ---Fritz Leiber's books were some of them good
Salvatore is mediocre
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I enjoyed Leiber's stuff when I was younger, but I've only read his Fahfrd & the Grey Mouser stories.
Salvatore is definitely overrated IMO. The original Dark Elf Trilogy was good, but his other work was uneven at best. I remember starting The DemonWars Saga like 6 years ago or so, and got maybe 50 pages into it before I dropped it -- it was horribly cliche, even for a D&D-style novel. I think of Salvatore as one of those authors who's great to read if you're 14 years old and just getting interested in fantasy.
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He is you know quite famous for his characters rather than his stories..then again literature is a matter of taste but it is obvious that rigth now i dont particularly like his writing...
Ixarku:
--- Quote from: deathman on September 28, 2010, 04:19:18 PM ---He is you know quite famous for his characters rather than his stories..then again literature is a matter of taste but it is obvious that rigth now i dont particularly like his writing...
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Yeah, I know why Salvatore is famous (I assume that’s who you’re referring to) – the vividness of his combat scenes, and a few memorable characters (Drizz’t, Artemis, Zaknafein, among others) are his chief claim to fame. I read his early stuff (Icewind Dale, Dark Elf, and the first few books of Legacy of the Drow) when all of it was coming out in the late ‘80’s / early ‘90’s, back when I was a Forgotten Realms fanboy.
Interesting characters are only one thing that contributes to a story, though. As I get older and read more and write more, some stories that impressed me when I was younger don’t age as well. I’m a lot more aware of the techniques that make a good story now than I was 20 years ago, and I have definite tastes as to what I like and don’t like.
deathman:
Also if we speak about fabtasy it is Ursula le Guin with''Tales of the Earthsea''
And of course Michael Murkock(migth mispelled it) with ''Elric''
Sosseres:
--- Quote from: deathman on September 29, 2010, 08:50:00 AM ---Also if we speak about fabtasy it is Ursula le Guin with''Tales of the Earthsea''
And of course Michael Murkock(migth mispelled it) with ''Elric''
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http://www.bestfantasybooks.com/top25-fantasy-books.php is more in line with modern fantasy. :) I mostly agree with that list, just disagree on a personal level since I enjoy slightly different kinds of books to the list maker.
deathman:
--- Quote from: Sosseres on September 30, 2010, 12:46:02 PM ---
--- Quote from: deathman on September 29, 2010, 08:50:00 AM ---Also if we speak about fabtasy it is Ursula le Guin with''Tales of the Earthsea''
And of course Michael Murkock(migth mispelled it) with ''Elric''
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http://www.bestfantasybooks.com/top25-fantasy-books.php is more in line with modern fantasy. :) I mostly agree with that list, just disagree on a personal level since I enjoy slightly different kinds of books to the list maker.
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I agree with Neil Gaiman Michael Moorcock and Tolkien...As of the others i couls say that i have read most of them but only some of them are partially all time classics.
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