Have any of you ever read Alan Dean Foster's classic Spellsinger series? It's actually quite a read in my opinion; pre-law student Jonathan Merriweather is kidnapped by Clothahump, a turtle wizard, so that he can help save their world from the Plated Folk, giant insects with Nazi-esque attitudes towards the other people of the world.
The first two books, in my opinion, were epic, and at time laugh-out-loud funny. The third was... well, to put it bluntly, FREAKING OUT THERE, MAN. I'm not going to spoil everything to you, but Jonathan Meriweather (who goes by Jon-Tom) helps to calm the psychological problems of a forest full of fungi, battles a pirate ship led by a demented parrot, and eventually outwits a giant kangaroo-god.
Of course, I falter at giving these books the description they deserve; all I can say to you is seek these books out, people! Read them and cherish them, for they are certainly worth your time... especially if you're looking for a fantasy series which isn't afraid to mess with your head like a bad LSD trip.
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Just avoid Son of Spellsinger at all cost.
"It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
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We're going nowhere slowly, but we're seeing all the sights.
And we're definitely going to hell, but we'll have all the best stories to tell.
Full of the heavens and time.
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I've been a huge fan of Foster for years and still pick up his books and re-read them over and over again. He has a large fan base to be sure but it's not so overwhelmingly huge that he's given credit where it's due.
I like a lot of his Commonwealth books and the characters within and without. The Flinx series I haven't gotten too heavily in but they're good to go along with.
I've always enjoyed his work and thus will be called fan til I die.
Nuff said...for now
I like a lot of his Commonwealth books and the characters within and without. The Flinx series I haven't gotten too heavily in but they're good to go along with.
I've always enjoyed his work and thus will be called fan til I die.
Nuff said...for now