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Old 08-22-2007, 12:15 PM   #1
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That creature from Mac Mordain's... I don't know how it's called in English.
only creature i remember is the Banshee-like creatures and the dragon...
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Old 08-23-2007, 10:31 AM   #2
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only creature i remember is the Banshee-like creatures and the dragon...
Well then that was the Banshee-like creature as you say, but when I read it, I didn't get an impression of a Banshee, but of a Balrog. Though it's possible I got the impression from its role rather than from its appearance. You see, a big, nasty creature living in ancient deserted Dwarven mines, who almost causes the devastation of the party...
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Old 08-23-2007, 11:02 AM   #3
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Well then that was the Banshee-like creature as you say, but when I read it, I didn't get an impression of a Banshee, but of a Balrog. Though it's possible I got the impression from its role rather than from its appearance. You see, a big, nasty creature living in ancient deserted Dwarven mines, who almost causes the devastation of the party...
oh alright, as i remember it it was couple of banshees that attacked the group... i guess i could re-read the book while i'm waiting for the new one into paper back...
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oh alright, as i remember it it was couple of banshees that attacked the group... i guess i could re-read the book while i'm waiting for the new one into paper back...
Well it's about ten years since I have read it, but I have the impression that there was only one creature and then Thomas encountered her for the second time right before he came to the dragon...
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Old 09-02-2007, 09:49 AM   #5
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Has anyone read any Jack Vance?

I was poking around at summat or t'other last week and went onto something about Jack Vance and his 'classic fantasy' stories about Lyonesse.

But is he any cop?

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Old 10-22-2007, 02:00 PM   #6
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I've just picked up a rather mad graphic novel called Alice In Sunderland. I've not finished it yet but I can tell you this is one to look out for - a weird combination of history (of Britain and Sunderland), fantasy, and culture. There are bits of Shakespeare thrown in, a lot of Alice, and it's also beautifully illustrated. This has to be the oddest thing I've read since Sandman.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Sunderland
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Currently on The Cleric Quintet by R.A. Salvatore. I also went to Borders and picked up the first book in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time Saga.
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