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Stick · 12-19-2004, 03:21 PM

I read The Lord Of The Rings when I was a kid and have reread it many times since.
Terry Pratchett and his Discworld series of books is hilarious. I have 13 of them. I like the mix of comedy and fantasy. They're a fuckin' good laugh.
Michael Moorcock - Been reading his books since the mid 70's. I Identify with his tortured, twisted, Evil/Good Elric character.
The sword and sorcery books tend to follow a formula and I've gone off them in the last couple of years as they are so predictable. E.g. The world is in danger from a nameless evil - A party of heroes is gathered together - Said heroes run around stabbing people with their swords - The evil is vanquished, only to return in the next banal trilogy of tripe. Ho hum. Same old shit.
Kim Stanley Robinson - The Mars books. I liked them.
Just for a complete change of pace I've cracked open Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol again.

12-19-2004, 03:21 PM	#32 (permalink)
Stick Psycho Location: Sydney, Australia	I read The Lord Of The Rings when I was a kid and have reread it many times since. Terry Pratchett and his Discworld series of books is hilarious. I have 13 of them. I like the mix of comedy and fantasy. They're a fuckin' good laugh. Michael Moorcock - Been reading his books since the mid 70's. I Identify with his tortured, twisted, Evil/Good Elric character. The sword and sorcery books tend to follow a formula and I've gone off them in the last couple of years as they are so predictable. E.g. The world is in danger from a nameless evil - A party of heroes is gathered together - Said heroes run around stabbing people with their swords - The evil is vanquished, only to return in the next banal trilogy of tripe. Ho hum. Same old shit. Kim Stanley Robinson - The Mars books. I liked them. Just for a complete change of pace I've cracked open Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol again. __________________ ominous adj. Menacing; threatening. Of or being an omen, especially an evil one.