hehe, but comparing Asimov to Lem is like comparing BF2 to wolfenstein... they arent even in the same league!(HUN)Rudebwoy wrote:
Stanisław Lem - Tales of Pirx the Pilot
Ive had beter reads than this. My big time favourite is Isaac Asimov's Foundation , Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun and the Robots of Dawn.
Well if you haven't already read them, try Raymond E. Feist's books. They are good.Mogura wrote:
well i agree its not the most orginal writer ever :p and i agree that after few first books it slow down and there is a lot of secondari people and actions , he get far away from prinipal action. it need little patience, and its sayd that he is writing a 1 last book ( aroung 2000 pages ) who will over the series ( me i have to wait until it is finished, go out and then translated in french )DoctorFruitloop wrote:
Well hopefully book 7 is just a bad book in an otherwise good series because I've nearly finished it and I'm still waiting for something significant to happen.Mogura wrote:
im reading The Wheel of Time series, from Robert Jordan. im at number 11 right now ;-)
I LOVE HEROIC FANTASY ;-)
And is it just me, or does he name his characters too much alike. A lot of the women have almost the same names with just a couple of letters swapped about. It's gets damn confusing at times.
well i have little choice, when you finish reading tolkien and few others , you have no choice than start reading second choice writers ;-) BUT the one that is realy good is Terry Goodkind and his series of Sword of True
im still waiting for the boog 6 and others to be translated in french
WHY THEY NEED SO MUCH TIME TO TRANSLATE
thx i will ;-) you have read Terry Goodkind ?DoctorFruitloop wrote:
Well if you haven't already read them, try Raymond E. Feist's books. They are good.Mogura wrote:
well i agree its not the most orginal writer ever :p and i agree that after few first books it slow down and there is a lot of secondari people and actions , he get far away from prinipal action. it need little patience, and its sayd that he is writing a 1 last book ( aroung 2000 pages ) who will over the series ( me i have to wait until it is finished, go out and then translated in french )DoctorFruitloop wrote:
Well hopefully book 7 is just a bad book in an otherwise good series because I've nearly finished it and I'm still waiting for something significant to happen.
And is it just me, or does he name his characters too much alike. A lot of the women have almost the same names with just a couple of letters swapped about. It's gets damn confusing at times.
well i have little choice, when you finish reading tolkien and few others , you have no choice than start reading second choice writers ;-) BUT the one that is realy good is Terry Goodkind and his series of Sword of True
im still waiting for the boog 6 and others to be translated in french
WHY THEY NEED SO MUCH TIME TO TRANSLATE
I've read some of Terry Goodkind's stuff. I also quite like Terry Brooks, Weiss & Hickman, Dan Abnett, and some others.Mogura wrote:
thx i will ;-) you have read Terry Goodkind ?DoctorFruitloop wrote:
Well if you haven't already read them, try Raymond E. Feist's books. They are good.Mogura wrote:
well i agree its not the most orginal writer ever :p and i agree that after few first books it slow down and there is a lot of secondari people and actions , he get far away from prinipal action. it need little patience, and its sayd that he is writing a 1 last book ( aroung 2000 pages ) who will over the series ( me i have to wait until it is finished, go out and then translated in french )
well i have little choice, when you finish reading tolkien and few others , you have no choice than start reading second choice writers ;-) BUT the one that is realy good is Terry Goodkind and his series of Sword of True
im still waiting for the boog 6 and others to be translated in french
WHY THEY NEED SO MUCH TIME TO TRANSLATE
Well Ive read Prelude to Foundation,Forward the Foundation, Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation, Foundation's Edge, Foundation and Earth. Dont know which two books i missed, though I havent read those books which were not written by Asimov (e.g.: Foundation's Triumph).spacepelle wrote:
hehe, but comparing Asimov to Lem is like comparing BF2 to wolfenstein... they arent even in the same league!(HUN)Rudebwoy wrote:
Stanisław Lem - Tales of Pirx the Pilot
Ive had beter reads than this. My big time favourite is Isaac Asimov's Foundation , Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun and the Robots of Dawn.
and yes, i agree the foundation-books are the best books ever! have you read all 9 books?
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Im on Foundation's edge right now.(HUN)Rudebwoy wrote:
Well Ive read Prelude to Foundation,Forward the Foundation, Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation, Foundation's Edge, Foundation and Earth. Dont know which two books i missed, though I havent read those books which were not written by Asimov (e.g.: Foundation's Triumph).spacepelle wrote:
hehe, but comparing Asimov to Lem is like comparing BF2 to wolfenstein... they arent even in the same league!(HUN)Rudebwoy wrote:
Stanisław Lem - Tales of Pirx the Pilot
Ive had beter reads than this. My big time favourite is Isaac Asimov's Foundation , Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun and the Robots of Dawn.
and yes, i agree the foundation-books are the best books ever! have you read all 9 books?
I know that Lem and Asimov are not in the same league, I was just curious about Lem, because his works are also regarder as sci-fi classics.
You do know that Von Däniken later retracted all his theories and admitted that there was no proof of any alien influence in our development.aTiLLa_NL wrote:
Chariots of the Gods? - Erich von Däniken
von Däniken's startling theories of our earliest encounters with alien worlds, based upon his lifelong studies of ancient ruins, lost cities, potential spaceports, and a myriad of hard scientific facts that point to extraterrestrial intervention in human history.
I didn't knew that, but I know that what he wroted wass his own opinion and believings not based on scientific facts........ just a good read....DoctorFruitloop wrote:
You do know that Von Däniken later retracted all his theories and admitted that there was no proof of any alien influence in our development.
I was gutted when my Religious Education teacher dropped that bambshell on me. I was convinced I could get kicked out of RE for being disruptive and he just put me in my place and I had to endure another 2 years of it. BASTARD!aTiLLa_NL wrote:
I didn't knew that, but I know that what he wroted wass his own opinion and believings not based on scientific facts........ just a good read....DoctorFruitloop wrote:
You do know that Von Däniken later retracted all his theories and admitted that there was no proof of any alien influence in our development.
I used to read Clancy books and really enjoyed them. One thing to make sure if that you weren't trying to read one of the many pulp novels that were churned out with his name all over it but was not written by him. Without Remorse and the rest of the Jack Ryan series were gripping stuff.Ty wrote:
Y'know, I don't know why Tom Clancy is considered to be such a good writer. I mean, the plots and stories are good, but the man cannot write.
I have tried to read several of his books, but the terrible writing style turned me away before the plot sunk it's claws in. I'm sure I'll attempt his work again - to save time, can someone suggest the Tom Clancy novel generaly reckognised as the best one?
FFS dude don't butcher his name. Crichton.unholypoo wrote:
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