I have quite a few of them saved on my hard drive, having intended to put them up together as a section on my websitse, for all members here to access....
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Yvette
picabo_yve_2005
Aug 13, 2006 4:03 pm
Rounded out characters will be a wonderful change. Most of what I have read lately leaves huge character gaps. Also thanks for continuous input. This website...
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Yvette
picabo_yve_2005
Aug 13, 2006 4:01 pm
Great! I look forward to all my reads and yes, I will give you feedback. Thank you for the incite into Bujold. It looked interesting and different. ... you go...
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Marc Vun Kannon
mvonkann2000
Aug 13, 2006 12:17 pm
First, thank you. I hope you'll offer some feedback on it. If you go to my website you'll see that many of the comments on my reviews page are from regular...
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karl barnes
priestvyrce
Aug 13, 2006 4:20 am
I think that you will really enjoy The Curse of Chalion. A very unique take on religion in fantasy and the characters are fairly well rounded out. ... From:...
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Yvette
picabo_yve_2005
Aug 13, 2006 4:05 am
I have begun to go back in the groups history and save the writings of our members, Matt I went all the way back to your first proposal for FF. I am saving...
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Yvette
picabo_yve_2005
Aug 13, 2006 4:00 am
Well I went to borders tonight after watching "the Descent" at the movie theater.(It was a yawn). Anyway, found a couple books by Bujold & was curious if any...
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Yvette
picabo_yve_2005
Aug 12, 2006 2:54 pm
I wanted to send a small welcome to all the new members who have joined over the last couple of weeks. The dungeon is fun and full of interesting people. Matt...
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Yvette
picabo_yve_2005
Aug 12, 2006 3:19 am
When many readers were diving into witchworld, I was exploring Pern. I loved Pern, the dragons and the people. After White Dragon I read Moreta and a few other...
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Marc Vun Kannon
mvonkann2000
Aug 11, 2006 12:39 pm
I stopped reading the Pern books at Dragondawn, when it became clear she was going to force it into a scifi mold. Up to that point it was really a fantasy...
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Yvette
picabo_yve_2005
Aug 11, 2006 12:26 pm
Yes, I agree Karl. She too however suffered from lost semiplots. The whole story began with a nice dragon subplot that disappeared. However, her strategy for...
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Yvette
picabo_yve_2005
Aug 11, 2006 12:20 pm
That's because Karl was special..he was imperfect in regular human form, His D & D character captured his soul, it brought out his true heroic form. Everyone...
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Yvette
picabo_yve_2005
Aug 11, 2006 12:16 pm
That could be but I agree with Marc..the books just simply had too many semiplots that dissolved in midair. Many great ideas but too many loose ends. ... ...
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karl barnes
priestvyrce
Aug 11, 2006 10:54 am
Now that I think about it, maybe that was Rosenberg's meaning. Eventhough you are the son of a hero doesn't mean that you, yourself, will or can be worthy of...
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Saje
soulsaje
Aug 11, 2006 8:25 am
Karl's death was a terrible blow to that series! I've always liked Walter too, but Karl is and will always be one of my favorite fantasy heroes, and the way...
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karl barnes
priestvyrce
Aug 11, 2006 2:52 am
Melanie Rawn death of her old main characters was done a sense poetry and made sense. It sadden me to read Rohan's death, but it made the story more powerful...
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karl barnes
priestvyrce
Aug 11, 2006 2:48 am
I actually loved the first four books of The Guardians of The Flame. I couldn't believe that Rosenberg and his editor killed off Karl. Pretty brave thing to...
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Marc Vun Kannon
mvonkann2000
Aug 11, 2006 1:47 am
The Guardians series went astray long before Karl's death. I always got the feeling the Rosenberg was rolling dice as he wrote. Too many things got started...
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Yvette
picabo_yve_2005
Aug 11, 2006 1:11 am
Yes, "it goes against the grain"... I remember when Joel Rosenberg author of: The Guardians of the Flame series killed off Karl,the main character.It was...
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Marc Vun Kannon
mvonkann2000
Aug 9, 2006 9:53 pm
That is what I would call an author, not a mere writer. Sounds like we have the same ideas and are using opposite words to express them. Matt...
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Matt
gauvaine
Aug 9, 2006 6:13 pm
Saeb, Good to see you again. Ghosts of Futures Past, eh? Like i said, i think she has writer envy, which all successful writers get at some point in their...
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Matt
gauvaine
Aug 9, 2006 6:09 pm
I think that summation would be true if i had said a professional writer. Elisabeth Vonarburg talks more about what i think: "A writer is not someone who has...
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dntl_mnd
Aug 9, 2006 3:53 am
It's like when Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle killed Sherlock Holmes; he was so popular, Doyle brought him back!...
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saebuson
Aug 9, 2006 3:46 am
I wouldn't kill off a hero. Goes against the grain. On the off chance that I did kill off a hero, it would be for the story, not just to keep someone else from...
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Marc Vun Kannon
mvonkann2000
Aug 8, 2006 11:33 pm
True, but I would aim the 'just' the other way. A writer will write anything for any reason. An author is a higher class of creature in my book. Matt Baker...
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dntl_mnd
Aug 8, 2006 7:32 pm
I don't think she will kill Harry off. She loves him more than we do. I think that if Harry has to die, it will be because he's an accidental horcrux. I...
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dntl_mnd
Aug 8, 2006 7:25 pm
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Matt Baker
gauvaine
Aug 8, 2006 5:16 pm
Well, i don't think anyone could legally take her characters, milieu or ideas and run with them, even after her death. Her estate, which is quite lucrative,...
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Yvette
picabo_yve_2005
Aug 3, 2006 2:58 pm
I loved to read ever since I realized I could read Green Eggs and Ham all by myself. I lived at the library and I would bring books home by the armfuls to...
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trevinwolfe
Aug 2, 2006 6:50 am
I see no problem with offing the main character, if it makes sense to the story line. Killing him just because you don't want others to use the character is...
