Can any one of us be truly suprised or impressed any more?

Post by **Lord Mhoram** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 8:41 pm

LOL Brinn.

Wait...that really wasn't funny, now was it? LOL

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 9:28 pm

Maybe not ha ha funny?

Post by **duchess of malfi** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 7:28 pm

But it certainly was surprising. It was the first time I have ever thrown a book against a wall.

The ending of that book really freaked me out, too!

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 8:02 pm

That wedding had to be the most surprising thing I have ever read... to think,

Spoiler

an author killing off a whole bunch of main-ish characters only 12 chapters into the book.

...I definately didn't see that coming. I wasn't shocked or upset or anything like that, just very, very, surprised, and, I admit, a little impressed with how well he had pulled it off.
George RR Martin is a fantasy god. aSoIaF is by far the best series I have ever read.

Post by **Brinn** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 9:30 pm

Thank God Murrin! I thought you were a goner when you started enjoying the Wheel of Time Series!

Post by **duchess of malfi** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 11:30 pm

You should try some of his other stuff, too, Murrin. Martin's Fevre Dream is the best vampire novel I have ever read. I am reading his science fiction novel Tuf Voyaging right now, and it kicks some serious butt! I will be giving his 60's rock dark fantasy Armageddin Rag a try soon...

Post by **Lord Mhoram** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 2:24 am

I didn't throw my book or anything, cause I saw it coming only because I had heard people talking about it in posts, etc...but I am known to slam a book in digust.

Post by **Skyweir** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 9:09 am

Brinn wrote:Thank God Murrin! I thought you were a goner when you started enjoying the Wheel of Time Series!

LOL

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 10:48 am

Brinn wrote:Thank God Murrin! I thought you were a goner when you started enjoying the Wheel of Time Series!

Don't get too happy. I liked Sword of Truth as well.

Post by **Brinn** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 1:55 pm

I liked Sword of Truth as well and I also enjoyed the second one in that series as well. After that it started to get boring. I had the same reaction to WOT. It started promising enough but after three books it became clear that I wasn't going to be surprised by anything. That's why Martin is such a genius in my opinion. I've never read anyone who surprised me with bold plot moves like Martin...A similar event in Stephen King's "The Stand" comes close but fantasy is generally a more cliched genre and I didn't expect Martin's audacity.

Post by **TIC TAC** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 1:59 pm

I think there are still a few things in this life to be impressed with. I've seen some neat stuff in cinema and read in fiction. Who knows? The best is probably yet to come.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 2:51 pm

Holden McGroin wrote:I think there are still a few things in this life to be impressed with. I've seen some neat stuff in cinema and read in fiction. Who knows? The best is probably yet to come.

Why do I get the suspicion the entire history of your cinematic experiences came in a private viewing booth?

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 4:45 pm

Brinn - You stopped WoT after book 3? Too bad - books 4, 5, and 6 are the best ones, and then it goes downhill...

Post by **[Syl]** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 4:52 pm

Yeah, the 4th is probably my favorite of the series. It is a pretty bumpy ride from then on, though.

Post by **matrixman** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 8:33 am

Post by **aTOMiC** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 12:13 pm

Matrixman wrote:Sure, we can still be surprised. That great unknowable thing that is the future always manages to whack us on the head when we least expect it.

Who could've known the startling impact The Matrix would make on pop culture back in 1999?

Who knew that The Fellowship of the Ring would turn out to be so unbelievably awesome as a movie?

How could anyone have predicted that Star Wars in 1977 would change everything?

I think there must be near-limitless possibilities for surprises yet to come that will amaze and delight us...and shock and horrify us. I feel privileged to be alive at this time, despite the misery out there and humankind's less than stellar stewardship of Planet Earth. I'm alive, and that's generally considered to be better than being dead.

I'm glad to be alive around the same time as SRD, so that I can wait in anticipation of each new work (rare as they come) and wonder what surprises his imagination will have in store for me.

Being surprised is one thing. But staying impressed is quite another. The Chronicles still impress me after 20 years. Beethoven's symphonies still impress me after 15 years of listening. 2001: A Space Odyssey still impresses me, no matter how many times I watch it.

Maybe I'm easily surprised. But it's tougher to impress me.

I think you are probably right. If so, I can't wait!

Post by **matrixman** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 8:39 am

Post by **dANdeLION** » Sat Dec 13, 2003 6:32 pm

I was both surprised and impressed when I woke up this morning to find I looked like Natalie Portman. I'm not leaving my bedroom for like a month!

Post by **danlo** » Sat Dec 13, 2003 7:51 pm

u must b xcited u said bebroom!

Post by **dANdeLION** » Sat Dec 13, 2003 7:52 pm

You can prove nothing

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