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[changeling]

Have actually started reading The Magician by Raymond E. Feist, due to much insistance from Liam.

"Still, it must be made clear that at the time, the only reason Tomas managed to bloody my nose is that during our fight he had an unfair advantage."
Pug looked at Roland through bleary eyes and said, "What unfair advantage?"
Roland put his finger to his lips indicating secrecy, then said, "He was winning."

Is it just me, or could you replace the names Tomas, Pug and Roland with Mikhael, Harley and Tybalt and have this suddenly be even more entertaining.

Okay, maybe I'm the only one who's convinced Roland's channelling Tybalt here.

Nevermind.

Comments

[corybantic.livejournal.com]

Hmnm... no I can see that a bit... although you have to allow for the fact that they all become good friends.

[rhakylia.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry i can't see it...but then again I'm such a fan of the books and Raymond E Fiest, that I couldn't imagine it any other way than what is written!

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't Mik, Tybalt and Harley all become friends in Utopia? I'm sure they do...

Re:

[corybantic.livejournal.com]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but have I read Utopia?
no.
Have I read Narcolepsy (or whatever it's called)
N0.
Have I read this is home?
Nyet.

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

Neither have I, but I keep track of Sandra's LJ & she posts exerpts in it.
Oh, and I have read some Narcolepsy. I'll send it to you some time.

[rbj.livejournal.com]

your obssessivness(sp?) with this comics is so seriously warping your perceptions. the book might not be as high-browed/low-browed as some of the books/comics you read, but it is good if read on it's own merrits..

forgive me. i am feeling very shity. i hate colds

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

Obsessiveness.

I'd say my "obsessiveness" with the actual comic of BMB is pretty low. I'm more interested in the alternative worlds of This is Home, Utopia, and the Dèmentàre story arc of Narcolepsy, Another Nightmare and Just An Ordinary Morning. BMB, whilst diverting and fun, does not contain the emotional complexity and depth of the other series.

I certainly approached Magician on its own merits, as I do with any new book or comic. What I primarily look for in a series or book, esp. as I grow older and more critical, is good writing, or at the very least interesting writing. I got neither from Magician. I no longer have the mental energy or patience to stick with a book I am not enjoying at all. I stopped reading. This is not to say that other people cannot enjoy Magician, but simply that I found it devoid of interest. It had very little plot, character development or intrigue in the distance that I read. To borrow from Blackadder, "No one gets murdered! Or married! Or in a tricky situation over a pound note!" What little plot I could find seemed to have the gears grinding very squeakily behind the backdrop. Again, this is only MY opinion. If you enjoyed it, more power to you. If you found subtleties of plot that I missed or glossed over, that's merely my loss, not yours. Perhaps I will pick up Magician at some point in the future and wonder what I missed the first time. THIS IS MY PREROGATIVE. I choose to believe that I do not like this book. That one moment above was the only amusing or diverting point that I found during my primary reading.

I am not quite sure what value-judgements you seem to be making on my choice of reading, as "highbrow" and "lowbrow" are two different and contradictory adjectives. If you classify "highbrow" as "enjoyed by Norman Mailer", then the only known highbrow book I can think of reading is Sandman. I have no idea what I read that's easily called lowbrow, except for all of Laurell K. Hamilton's work, which hardly counts. Much of Nat's and my discussions of LKH's work tends to consist of where she went wrong. Her writing, though not as phenomenally dreary as I found Feist's, is not good, though it's getting significantly better. Unfortunately her plotting seems to be getting worse.

The amount of reading I have been doing recently is a fraction of what it once was, due to time and energy. One of the best things about comics is that I can read them in a session or two; considering my sessions are now further and further apart, this is an excellent quality to have. One of the worst things is that they are consumed so quickly. I miss having time to dally over long books. The lack of books in my life at the moment also has something to do with the fact that I haven't had the money to buy many new books, and I no longer have easy access to a library, as I did at both uni and school.

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

*Shrugs* Philosophers have pondered that reality is perceptive.