I just finished FR...was okay...
There's currently this large annoying sucking sound around me...
I'm looking at what to read next...
Thought I'd see what my peeps think...
What do you think a Raver should read?
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jacob Raver, sinTempter
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What do you think a Raver should read?
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Orlion
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You haven't finished reading GAP?! 
'Tis dream to think that Reason can
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville
I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!
"All creation is a huge, ornate, imaginary, and unintended fiction; if it could be deciphered it would yield a single shocking word."
-John Crowley
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville
I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!
"All creation is a huge, ornate, imaginary, and unintended fiction; if it could be deciphered it would yield a single shocking word."
-John Crowley
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GAP first. Then Malazan. (All that should keep you busy for the better part of a year or so...)
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jacob Raver, sinTempter
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Got half-way through the second book...it was starting to get a little interestingOrlion wrote:You haven't finished reading GAP?!
Spoiler
Evil dude had to get used to living in that other body
Sunshine Music
Deep Music
"I'm gonna eat your brains and gain your knowledge." - Tony Block, Planet Terror
Deep Music
"I'm gonna eat your brains and gain your knowledge." - Tony Block, Planet Terror
yes, finish the Gap, then start on the malazan. when you finish malazan start martin's song of ice and fire or fire and ice (which ever it is) and then possibly by the time you get all the malazan books gap books and soi&f books read martin will maybe have finished the NEXT soi&f book. 
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Zarathustra
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pay no attention to malik. skip the bakker and go right to malazan.
then soi&f.
then soi&f.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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jacob Raver, sinTempter
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What'ya got against Bakker?lucimay wrote:pay no attention to malik. skip the bakker and go right to malazan.
then soi&f.
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"I'm gonna eat your brains and gain your knowledge." - Tony Block, Planet Terror
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Zarathustra
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Agree with Malik. In exactly that order.
As far as "Donaldson Approved" goes...All I can say is Erickson must have some incriminating pictures.
As far as "Donaldson Approved" goes...All I can say is Erickson must have some incriminating pictures.
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stuart Mill
GAP first, Song of Ice and Fire next.
I haven't read the Malazan books so I can't comment on that.
But you definitely need to read the Gap and A song of Ice and Fire.
If you still have time after that, read Mordant's Need. Fluff compared to the rest of Donaldson's stuff, but entirely worthwhile nonetheless.
I haven't read the Malazan books so I can't comment on that.
But you definitely need to read the Gap and A song of Ice and Fire.
If you still have time after that, read Mordant's Need. Fluff compared to the rest of Donaldson's stuff, but entirely worthwhile nonetheless.
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A REAL Raver would read "Posession", "Mein Kampf", and "How to Get Chicks with Hypnotism"
but, for a poser, finish the Gap, you don't like waiting for the payoff, so Malazan is a little risky. The Titus books are great, but a little dated style/idea wise, so you have to keep when they were written in mind.
but, for a poser, finish the Gap, you don't like waiting for the payoff, so Malazan is a little risky. The Titus books are great, but a little dated style/idea wise, so you have to keep when they were written in mind.
[spoiler]Sig-man, Libtard, Stupid piece of shit. change your text color to brown. Mr. Reliable, bullshit-slinging liarFucker-user.[/spoiler]
the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
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jacob Raver, sinTempter
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I thought about reading my...damnit, was such a simple word...can't remember, but lost interest...I've got that possession thing down pat (is it just me or does that fourth 's' in possesssion always bother you to), and I don't need much help with women... 
How is Gharmen...whatever dated...wotdyamean? Can you be a lil more sespific w/o giving away too much?
Wow...poser, huh? (and here I thought restraining myself was a good thing)
How is Gharmen...whatever dated...wotdyamean? Can you be a lil more sespific w/o giving away too much?
Wow...poser, huh? (and here I thought restraining myself was a good thing)
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Orlion
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I'm not sure how the Titus books are dated, either, except that they have a fairly strange kinda language... but that fits in well because they're strange kinds of books 
'Tis dream to think that Reason can
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville
I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!
"All creation is a huge, ornate, imaginary, and unintended fiction; if it could be deciphered it would yield a single shocking word."
-John Crowley
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville
I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!
"All creation is a huge, ornate, imaginary, and unintended fiction; if it could be deciphered it would yield a single shocking word."
-John Crowley
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They just feel like they were written in 1800, not the 1950's to me...I think it's because there's a kind of distance between the POV and Titus..so it seems to me. Still, they really are great (though I haven't read the third yet)
[spoiler]Sig-man, Libtard, Stupid piece of shit. change your text color to brown. Mr. Reliable, bullshit-slinging liarFucker-user.[/spoiler]
the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
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jacob Raver, sinTempter
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Like Ourboros?Vraith wrote:They just feel like they were written in 1800, not the 1950's to me...I think it's because there's a kind of distance between the POV and Titus..so it seems to me. Still, they really are great (though I haven't read the third yet)
Sunshine Music
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Was it a case where he mentinoed Malazan as one he liked and didn't mention the rest...or did he say that this was the only other good fantasy out there?Malik23 wrote:She's teasing me because I didn't like the first Malazan book, and still haven't followed up on my promise to give the rest of the series a try.
To be fair, of the ones listed here, Malazan is the only one "Donaldson approved."
Sunshine Music
Deep Music
"I'm gonna eat your brains and gain your knowledge." - Tony Block, Planet Terror
Deep Music
"I'm gonna eat your brains and gain your knowledge." - Tony Block, Planet Terror
Was it a case where he mentinoed Malazan as one he liked and didn't mention the rest...or did he say that this was the only other good fantasy out there?
he said it was his favorite.
AND... (pullin out all the stops here now) i've met him several times now,
and i can tell you unequivocally (or however you spell that) that on those occasions when we've chatted about such things (once or twice), he really does find erikson brilliant and has never once even mentioned bakker.(pokes tongue out at brinn
)you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~