What Are You Reading 2
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AgnesOgg said:
chris, I have to ask; do you also fint that Anita Blake goes from ok plot to ahem...less plot and less clothes? I gave up after book four 
the first one is ok, not great but fun enough.
the first one is ok, not great but fun enough.
I have started to read Words From The Countryman edited by Valerie Porter & published in 2007, it's a hard back.
It is a compilation of articles from The Countryman magazine from 1927 to 2007.
I used to get this magazine regularly, but let my subscription lapse when they changed the format, though I still buy the odd edition when I see it in a paper shop
It is a compilation of articles from The Countryman magazine from 1927 to 2007.
I used to get this magazine regularly, but let my subscription lapse when they changed the format, though I still buy the odd edition when I see it in a paper shop
Just finished reading American Gods. There's definitely something I'm not getting about Gaiman. Most people who read him seem to love him, I find his writing is so poorly crafted. First thing that occurred to me about American Gods was that the basic concept was totally swiped from Small Gods. Seriously, it was the biggest chore I have undertaken in a while, finishing that book (I promised to give him a chance, that's the second of his books I read).
My daughter commented that he writes like someone still in a creative writing class, and I completely agree.
I'm not a book snob, I can read crap and enjoy it, no problem - this was just....awful.
I liked the concept, just wish someone else had written it.
So, ahem....after that little temper tantrum......currently reading the first of Asimov's Foundation series.
My daughter commented that he writes like someone still in a creative writing class, and I completely agree.
I'm not a book snob, I can read crap and enjoy it, no problem - this was just....awful.
I liked the concept, just wish someone else had written it.
So, ahem....after that little temper tantrum......currently reading the first of Asimov's Foundation series.
I loved AG and i completely respect your right to not like the book but it's going a bit far to accuse him of plagiarism. Pratchett and Gaiman are good friends too and i'm sure Sir Terry would be the first to vehemently deny any accusations of the sort, mostly because they're so blatantly untrue.
Especially when the two books only have one thing in common i.e gods and Gaiman's gods are vastly different in character, appearance and the way they manifest themselves. Otherwise the books have nothing in common, the plot, the characters, the themes, the world they're set in, the mythology, backstory and writing style.
It's one thing to not like something but please don't slander a perfectly innocent author while you're slagging it off.
Especially when the two books only have one thing in common i.e gods and Gaiman's gods are vastly different in character, appearance and the way they manifest themselves. Otherwise the books have nothing in common, the plot, the characters, the themes, the world they're set in, the mythology, backstory and writing style.
It's one thing to not like something but please don't slander a perfectly innocent author while you're slagging it off.
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