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Lomelinde · 04-10-2002, 07:00 PM

I didn't mean Brooks stole THE idea of elves and dwarves and what not and what have you. I meant that his elves and dwarves and quests and so on...bear striking resemblance to those of Tolkien and, no matter how hard I try to read it with an unbiased mind, his characters come off as cheap imitations and his plotlines are all the same. Oh, well. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] Oh, while we're suggesting other great books, I highly recommend The Dragon and the Unicorn by A.A. Attanasio. This guy has TALENT. It's very different from anything else, and it's just an incredible read. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

04-10-2002, 07:00 PM	#1
Lomelinde Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ha! Wouldn't you like to know? Posts: 80	I didn't mean Brooks stole THE idea of elves and dwarves and what not and what have you. I meant that his elves and dwarves and quests and so on...bear striking resemblance to those of Tolkien and, no matter how hard I try to read it with an unbiased mind, his characters come off as cheap imitations and his plotlines are all the same. Oh, well. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] Oh, while we're suggesting other great books, I highly recommend The Dragon and the Unicorn by A.A. Attanasio. This guy has TALENT. It's very different from anything else, and it's just an incredible read. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ The Dwarf breathes so loud I could've shot him in the dark, drunk, blindfolded and hanging upside down from a tree.

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