tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post4476582779518179719..comments2023-10-28T03:27:48.415-07:00Comments on Books are my only friends: Another fantasy giant goneTripphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10167966624693577245noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-18192972690261413692009-06-08T12:01:03.591-07:002009-06-08T12:01:03.591-07:00I LOVE George R. R. Martin--very astute of you. I&...I LOVE George R. R. Martin--very astute of you. I've only read the first one but that's another series I plan on blowing through when I have a bit more time. When that will be I'm not quite sure yet. I always meant to read the second book on the plane when I took a trip somewhere--but I have yet to take a trip since I had that thought!Citizen Readerhttp://www.citizenreader.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-36203010122350633802009-06-08T09:34:01.201-07:002009-06-08T09:34:01.201-07:00What, you don't care for long poems in the ori...What, you don't care for long poems in the original Elvish? I will certainly say that Brooks makes it more accessible, I just wish he was more original. I think Eddings has that one him.<br /><br />I think you might like the George R R Martin books (plenty of female leads both good and bad and less emphasis on combat - more on the intrigue)Tripphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167966624693577245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-41732912624603427842009-06-08T09:08:14.170-07:002009-06-08T09:08:14.170-07:00Ha! Terry Brooks. One of my other favorite fantasy...Ha! Terry Brooks. One of my other favorite fantasy novels who my hubby derides as completely Tolkien-derivative.<br /><br />I've often thought both Eddings and Brooks may have been derivative, but they also made fantasy more accessible for lots of readers (and, dare I say it, for girls?). Tolkien was quite simply TOO LONG and involved for me, with too many battles lovingly detailed for pages and pages and pages--and very few women characters to be found. I loved the Sword of Shannara series, and even though the books were longer, they read much faster than "The Hobbit," which I still haven't quite recovered from the boredom of, frankly.<br /><br />I'll have to re-read Brooks after Eddings this winter, methinks.Citizen Readerhttp://www.citizenreader.com/noreply@blogger.com