Tolkien
George R.R. Martin
Donaldson
Steven Erikson
Jack Vance
Asimov
PK Dick

Come on Danlo. We could do with a good chat about ASOIAF

Got your AGOT copy signed eh ?

Tohrm said - " But I think that LA was chosen to come to the land because she was twisted from the get go" Isn't this the way Foul works usually. Everywhere you look there are characters who's "twisting" is a result of Foul, usually through Covenant. In the second chronicles Foul...

Skyweir - Honoured you feel that way. Love redeems all though doesn't it ? There's a thread of that running through both Chronicles. Covenant himself knows, or suspects, that no amount of physical power will defeat Foul. He keeps teeling the Lords, Hile Troy, Elena etc that. In fact I would suggest ...

I think all the way through both Chronicles SRD shows us the limitations of power. In the first trilogy, for example, Elena is given what on the face of it is Ultimate Power. It avails her nothing. In the apotheosis of The Power that Preserves Foul is not defeated by power but love. And in the secon...

Just about to start Hawkwood's Journey by Paul Kearney. Set in a quasi 15th Century Europe, it has been given good recs by people I know. It's the start of a multi volume series, so here's hoping its not another Jordan.

Skyweir -

It's those British Genes in you That and a lack of decent Aussie humour

Bannor -

You need a sense of humour digging out those stables all the time.

Yes Donaldson definitely owed a debt to Tolkien. Thank The Creator he didn't steal whole plot lines like Terry Brooks.

Skyweir - I know what you mean re themes. Its just that Sword and Lord are practically the same book. Now that's a bit more than adapting a Norse Myth.

Danlo -

Sorry there friend. I apologise

Arwenavery -

Doesn't Camlost mean empty handed ? Bloody hell I should know this !!
In which case I think you'll find Beren lost more than 2 fingers. But I feel in general Berek and Berens story's have some similarity, just not sure how many fingers are involved

The thing about Donaldson is that like Tolkien he deserves serious debate. Their characters, setting, plots etc all give ample material for discussion. I would say that Donaldson was the first post Tolkien author that you could definitely say this about. Lucky that we have the Net, so we can actuall...

Ron Pearlman (TV Beauty and The Beast) as Saltheart
Patrick Stewart (TNG) as Bannor
Dennis Quaid as TC

Sm..Sm..Sm...Smeeeeg !!!

I voted Cat, Yowl !!!

Hello everyone. I found this site because of a mention over at Danlo's Board. Seems a good bunch of people.

Bannor - Red Dwarf is a Brit Sci-fi Comedy og the 80's and 90's. Set upon the mining ship Red Dwarf. The crew consists of the last human left alive Lister, Cat a super evolved cat, Rimmer a Hologram, Kryten a Robot menial, and Holly the ships Computer. The first 2 or 3 series are probably the best, ...