Kevin's Watch

Holsety wrote:Earthsea is AMAZING. I mean, I never did finish the last one, but the first one alone is gr9. The battle against one's own shadow, that takes on the form of all one wants as the book goes on, is supremely epic and beautiful.

Orlion wrote:Still haven't read Earthsea, though I have the original trilogy. Sooo many booooks...

Well, they're all short, quick reads. Not that they're not full of great wisdom, beauty, and magic, mind you. Some of the best stuff ever!

Holsety, not sure what you're aware of, so here's the books:
A Wizard of Earthsea
The Tombs of Atuan
The Farthest Shore
Tehanu
Dragonfly (Which is in a collection called Tales From Earthsea
The Other Wind

If it's possible, Dragonfly and The Other Wind are even better than all that came before. And, though not part of the main story arc, the other Tales are great, and a couple are fantastic!

I remember trying to read The Other Wind and Failing, or I think that's how it went anyway.

aliantha wrote:

Avatar wrote:And Ali, I trust you'll post the results?

Crap -- you mean I'm gonna have to pay *attention*? Sure, lemme go figure out when they're supposed to publish the results.

You mean that when Avatar merely "trusts" you'll do something, you do it? You are a kindhearted person.

I hope SRD makes the list!

Holsety wrote:I remember trying to read The Other Wind and Failing, or I think that's how it went anyway.

aliantha wrote:

Avatar wrote:And Ali, I trust you'll post the results?

Crap -- you mean I'm gonna have to pay *attention*? Sure, lemme go figure out when they're supposed to publish the results.

You mean that when Avatar merely "trusts" you'll do something, you do it? You are a kindhearted person.

I hope SRD makes the list!

Me too!

(That was Av's way of delegating responsibility. )

Results should be out on or about Friday.

Well, if you guys would vote multiple times like I'm doing....

Orlion wrote:Well, if you guys would vote multiple times like I'm doing....

I never create multiple identities online because even the number I have in RL is hard to keep track of.

Vraith wrote:

Orlion wrote:Well, if you guys would vote multiple times like I'm doing....

I never create multiple identities online because even the number I have in RL is hard to keep track of.

Hehehe. I think I've only created "multis" rarely, and as a joke rather than as anything srs.

Fist and Faith wrote:If it's possible, Dragonfly and The Other Wind are even better than all that came before. And, though not part of the main story arc, the other Tales are great, and a couple are fantastic!

Dragonfly and The Other Wind have special meaning to me, thanks to Plains of Ra. But even without that connection, those stories are incredible and the best of the series, in my opinion.

Vraith wrote:

Orlion wrote:Well, if you guys would vote multiple times like I'm doing....

I never create multiple identities online because even the number I have in RL is hard to keep track of.

I don't either... I just use different computers

aliantha wrote: Me too!

(That was Av's way of delegating responsibility. )

Busted.

--A

https://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/13908584 ... tasy-books

Results. The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant at number 58.

That's got to be the most stupid list ever. Terry Goodkind and Terry Brooks beat out ERIKSON?????

Well it was a glorified popularity contest. You have to expect a lot of bad taste. Just be thankful the rule against horror or YA fiction kept Twilight from being included.

I have to say that, judging from the comments section while it was still ongoing, the final list is far from perfect, but much better than I thought it might end up.

Song of Ice and Fire was ranked a little lower than expected, other than that, no surprise there.

I wonder how many people who voted had actually read The Lord of the Rings.... it just seems like one of those books that everyone will list as a classic but no one has read.

Like Mark Twain says: 'Classic- a book which people praise and don't read.'

And Ender's Game....

The BELGARIAD beat out Covenant?? There ain't no justice in this world, I tell ya...

Piers Anthony squeaked in. I guess that's to be expected in a popularly-elected list.

Wonder if rus knows that C.S. Lewis's space trilogy made it?

Oh, and thanks, Murrin. I was gonna check for the list tomorrow, I swears it!

Didn't take me any effort to check - both John Scalzi and Cheryl Morgan blogged about it.

BTW, has anyone read the Mists of Avalon? And if so, is it any good?

watership down made it is as well - real happy to sea that.

Bah.

--A

Avatar wrote:Bah.

--A

to which? the bunny book?