I just read Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere and American Gods. I swear the latter is slower than Jane Eyre but it gets pretty good. About a former inmate who gets entangled in godly affairs.
Neverwhere is the novelization of a series by the same name written by Gaiman. It's pretty entertaining. A sort of modern day Alice in Wonderland... in London Below.
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Be it through hallowed grounds or lands of sorrow
All in the Forger's wake is left bereft and fallow
Is the residuum worth the cost of destruction and maiming;
Or is the shaping a culling and exercise in taming?
The road's goal is the dark Origin of Being
But be wary through what thickets it winds.
-Excerpt from the Litany of Residuum;
As Translated by He Who Brings Order
To me, H P Lovecraft is sort of a one-trick pony, beginning all of his stories with, "An unutterable, ineffible terror lurks behind ye olde curtain. Let me, a lowly outside and flawed observor, recount to you this most abominable of stories of which I had the misfortune of unfortunately experiencing." I've read a few of his stories, but disagree strongly with his personal views of the world and his manner of writing proper horror. I do, however, find the mythos he has created appealing.
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Be it through hallowed grounds or lands of sorrow
All in the Forger's wake is left bereft and fallow
Is the residuum worth the cost of destruction and maiming;
Or is the shaping a culling and exercise in taming?
The road's goal is the dark Origin of Being
But be wary through what thickets it winds.
-Excerpt from the Litany of Residuum;
As Translated by He Who Brings Order
I totally get what ya mean, Zero-One. I love continuity. (Retcons bother the hell outta me, but I can deal with minor ones that don't bend the very fabric of space-time.) Leogacy is... okay. I like how the Yuzzies are more or less a mainstay in the galaxy, and their invasion, while not forgotten, is the past. Kinda cool. I just get a little annoyed at every female's breasts hanging out in the open. Not Star Wars-ish, in my opinion. Just makes it obvious who the comics are pointed at.
The Drizzt books are an acquired taste, in my opinion. I don't like books where magic underpins all society in so blatant a fashion. I much prefer subtle use of it, or where there is a twist in its use. Read James Clemens' "The God Slayer Chronicles" and "The Wi'tch War" to see what I mean.
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Be it through hallowed grounds or lands of sorrow
All in the Forger's wake is left bereft and fallow
Is the residuum worth the cost of destruction and maiming;
Or is the shaping a culling and exercise in taming?
The road's goal is the dark Origin of Being
But be wary through what thickets it winds.
-Excerpt from the Litany of Residuum;
As Translated by He Who Brings Order
Going on a Star Wars comic kick; reading up on "Dark Times" and "Legacy". Also reading volume three of R A Salvatore's Dark Elf Trilogy.
"Legacy" sucks, in my opinion, and is pointed at the horny-twenty-something demographic. "Dark Times" is incredibly refreshing, by contrast, as its characters are highly diverse and developed, and really help inspire sympathy for the peoples of the galaxy as they are brought under the dark heel of the nascent Empire. "The Dark Elf Trilogy" is D&D based. At first I had little interest in it, but persisted and got enchanted half-way through the second volume, and aim to finish this arc of The Drizzt Legends.
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Be it through hallowed grounds or lands of sorrow
All in the Forger's wake is left bereft and fallow
Is the residuum worth the cost of destruction and maiming;
Or is the shaping a culling and exercise in taming?
The road's goal is the dark Origin of Being
But be wary through what thickets it winds.
-Excerpt from the Litany of Residuum;
As Translated by He Who Brings Order
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I just read Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere and American Gods. I swear the latter is slower than Jane Eyre but it gets pretty good. About a former inmate who gets entangled in godly affairs.
Neverwhere is the novelization of a series by the same name written by Gaiman. It's pretty entertaining. A sort of modern day Alice in Wonderland... in London Below.
All in the Forger's wake is left bereft and fallow-Excerpt from the Litany of Residuum;
As Translated by He Who Brings Order
To me, H P Lovecraft is sort of a one-trick pony, beginning all of his stories with, "An unutterable, ineffible terror lurks behind ye olde curtain. Let me, a lowly outside and flawed observor, recount to you this most abominable of stories of which I had the misfortune of unfortunately experiencing." I've read a few of his stories, but disagree strongly with his personal views of the world and his manner of writing proper horror. I do, however, find the mythos he has created appealing.
All in the Forger's wake is left bereft and fallow-Excerpt from the Litany of Residuum;
As Translated by He Who Brings Order
The Drizzt books are an acquired taste, in my opinion. I don't like books where magic underpins all society in so blatant a fashion. I much prefer subtle use of it, or where there is a twist in its use. Read James Clemens' "The God Slayer Chronicles" and "The Wi'tch War" to see what I mean.
All in the Forger's wake is left bereft and fallow-Excerpt from the Litany of Residuum;
As Translated by He Who Brings Order
"Legacy" sucks, in my opinion, and is pointed at the horny-twenty-something demographic. "Dark Times" is incredibly refreshing, by contrast, as its characters are highly diverse and developed, and really help inspire sympathy for the peoples of the galaxy as they are brought under the dark heel of the nascent Empire. "The Dark Elf Trilogy" is D&D based. At first I had little interest in it, but persisted and got enchanted half-way through the second volume, and aim to finish this arc of The Drizzt Legends.
All in the Forger's wake is left bereft and fallow-Excerpt from the Litany of Residuum;
As Translated by He Who Brings Order