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| Elite Fan   | Scifi/Fantasy Books Chapter 3 New thread time, let us continue. __________________ "Be quiet brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-tip!" "Tact is for people who aren't witty enough to be sarcastic." Twilight isn't about vampires, it's about teenagers with sharp teeth. Vampires don't "sparkle" in the sun: they screech in horror, burst into flame and wither to ash. | |||
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| Total Fan  Joined: Aug 2003
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 Since one of the co-authors of the series is deceased, I'm pretty sure there will be no more volumes. The three titles are (in order):Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming If at Faust You Don't Succeed A Farce to Be Reckoned With | |||
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| Elite Fan | I like the titles, are they parodies of fairy tales? __________________ "Be quiet brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-tip!" "Tact is for people who aren't witty enough to be sarcastic." Twilight isn't about vampires, it's about teenagers with sharp teeth. Vampires don't "sparkle" in the sun: they screech in horror, burst into flame and wither to ash. | |||
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| Total Fan Joined: Aug 2003
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| Yes and no. Basically, each book involves a contest between the forces of good and evil to control the world. In the first, evil uses messed up fairy tales as its entry in the contest. In the second, well, I've never read it so I'm a little unclear on what each side is doing. In the third, evil puts on a "morality play" while good tries to shut it down. I've seen a couple of reviews for the first book and they're not that great although I recall enjoying it when I read it 15 or so years ago. | |||
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| Elite Fan | Hrm, it is age specific then? __________________ "Be quiet brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-tip!" "Tact is for people who aren't witty enough to be sarcastic." Twilight isn't about vampires, it's about teenagers with sharp teeth. Vampires don't "sparkle" in the sun: they screech in horror, burst into flame and wither to ash. | |||
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| Total Fan Joined: Aug 2003
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| Age specific? Do you mean the age of the reader or the age (Bronze age, middle ages, etc.) in which the contest takes place? | |||
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| Elite Fan | age of the reader. Some books, like A wrinkle in time are for young crowds but still good for adults. Other's don't translate well. __________________ "Be quiet brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-tip!" "Tact is for people who aren't witty enough to be sarcastic." Twilight isn't about vampires, it's about teenagers with sharp teeth. Vampires don't "sparkle" in the sun: they screech in horror, burst into flame and wither to ash. | |||
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| Total Fan Joined: Aug 2003
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| I wouldn't classify it as a book for young crowds and there is nothing to indicate these books were written for kids or young adults. Heck, the second word in the first book is "bastards" but I don't recall a whole lot of swearing. Then again, it has been a while since I read the first book. Oops, I just discovered that the second author passed away in 2005.  | |||
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| Elite Fan | Doh! No sequel then? __________________ "Be quiet brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-tip!" "Tact is for people who aren't witty enough to be sarcastic." Twilight isn't about vampires, it's about teenagers with sharp teeth. Vampires don't "sparkle" in the sun: they screech in horror, burst into flame and wither to ash. | |||
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| Total Fan Joined: Aug 2003
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| Nah, three's a good place to stop. | |||
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| Elite Fan | That is a good place to stop. I wonder who ever thought that up, that a trilogy is the nice "round" number. __________________ "Be quiet brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-tip!" "Tact is for people who aren't witty enough to be sarcastic." Twilight isn't about vampires, it's about teenagers with sharp teeth. Vampires don't "sparkle" in the sun: they screech in horror, burst into flame and wither to ash. | |||
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| Master Fan  Joined: Feb 2005
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| So there is a book topic thread here. Recently I found The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. I was a fan of Fherenheit 451 and since I like sci-fi I thought this would be a good read. Any thoughts? I also picked up The Grays by Whitley Strieber. I had heard some good reviews on this one and I know they didn't have it back in town so I was real surprised to see it at the university bookstore. I'm on the early pages (like around page 6 or so) but all ready I'm finding it to be interesting. __________________ "'Juliet gets dumped and ends up with Paris' would have never been a hit."-Bella, NM Through the wind and the rain she stands hard as a stone. In a world that she can't rise above But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place here she's loved concrete angel | |||
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| While I have never actually read Fahrenheit 451, I have listed to an unabridged tape of the book read by the author. I've heard of The Martian Chronicles and will probably try to read it one day. I've read something by Strieber but I can't think of the title. Pretty sure it had something to do with the incident in Roswell, NM. So basically, I can't offer any thoughts. | |||
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| Elite Fan | I always thought of 451 as a different spin on 1980, perhaps a bit more pessimistic. __________________ "Be quiet brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-tip!" "Tact is for people who aren't witty enough to be sarcastic." Twilight isn't about vampires, it's about teenagers with sharp teeth. Vampires don't "sparkle" in the sun: they screech in horror, burst into flame and wither to ash. | |||
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