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Re: All the time. And I'm bad with this. Haggard Send a noteboard - 31/08/2009 09:30:35 PM
I explain to them in detail how bad Eragon is (it usually is Eragon) and they get a bit huffy until I hand them ASOIAF, Locke Lamora, or even a Tad Williams, and ask them to try that and compare. This is rarer now because everyone knows pretty quickly that I like fantasy/sci fi.

Because I can't keep my trap shut I can be too vehement about this and people really do get huffy.

Although I hit a stumbling block with a friend who likes Erikson, whereas I can't read Erikson at all because the writing is awful, the pacing's terrible and I just hate it. I don't get the popularity. She didn't like GGK though, so whenever we meet we have a pretty spirited debate about these things (Harry Potter vs The Dark Is Rising our most recent) and to an extent it is all swings and roundabouts.

If it gets them into fantasy it can't be all bad though. My first forray into non-Tolkien fantasy was Goodkind, after all. Thank god for that Legends anthology, wouldn't have known there was a wider range of stuff out there!


I hesitate to recommend GRRM or GGK to my friends/relatives that think Eragon etc is good. I'm afraid it'll blow their minds! I usually ease them into better fantasy like WoT or Sanderson before I pull out the big guns.

I'd like to have heard the debate about HP and The Dark Is Rising. I like both of them (I read TDIR when I was young and reread a couple years ago). There are both good but very different. I think I would recommend HP to non-readers and TDIR to more accomplished readers.
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Ever happen to you? A friend lends you a book... Haggard - 31/08/2009 05:36:00 AM 1240 Views
tell the truth fistofpainx - 31/08/2009 05:43:56 AM 913 Views
I have friends who swear by Goodkind, actually. ~shudder~ *NM* Craig - 31/08/2009 06:08:05 AM 1163 Views
Poor misguided souls *NM* Ryan - 31/08/2009 06:46:43 AM 435 Views
I wish I could tell them that. Craig - 31/08/2009 07:09:15 AM 927 Views
The first couple were ok Kurrurrin - 31/08/2009 02:03:08 PM 943 Views
I try telling them that all the time imlad - 02/09/2009 08:50:54 PM 731 Views
All the time. And I'm bad with this. Perdita - 31/08/2009 07:55:54 AM 1004 Views
Re: All the time. And I'm bad with this. Haggard - 31/08/2009 09:30:35 PM 883 Views
That was pretty much the discussion in a nutshell Perdita - 01/09/2009 02:23:57 AM 993 Views
Wait, how on earth is Harry Potter a better role model than Will Stanton? Ghavrel - 01/09/2009 03:55:49 AM 1114 Views
I would tell her that but she's got a black belt in tae kwon do. I like my face where it is. *NM* Perdita - 02/09/2009 12:47:48 AM 535 Views
Re: All the time. And I'm bad with this. Kylia Skydancer - 03/09/2009 09:59:53 AM 1169 Views
Well, there are a couple of options. First, you could kill the friend. Bryce - 31/08/2009 08:22:10 AM 952 Views
You hit the nail on the head. Haggard - 31/08/2009 09:34:54 PM 893 Views
*dies laughing* *NM* Kylia Skydancer - 03/09/2009 10:02:17 AM 355 Views
Go to Wikipdia... Milla - 31/08/2009 10:13:21 AM 810 Views
Fortunately, this has never happened to me... James - 31/08/2009 01:54:31 PM 983 Views
Honesty is the best policy PhotoJim - 31/08/2009 02:05:03 PM 927 Views
"What kind of moron are you?" Haggard - 31/08/2009 09:11:46 PM 868 Views
Make a trade. Jacob - 31/08/2009 03:28:36 PM 866 Views
I did that with my niece. Tashmere - 31/08/2009 09:52:49 PM 874 Views
Me too... Jacob - 01/09/2009 06:43:31 PM 880 Views
Sandman...I think we have that in the garage...Gaiman? *NM* Tashmere - 01/09/2009 06:47:42 PM 390 Views
Gaiman's masterwork... the comic. *NM* Jacob - 01/09/2009 06:58:20 PM 404 Views
I'm not a big fan of graphic novels but The Sandman is exquisite in every way. *NM* Rebekah - 01/09/2009 07:00:32 PM 350 Views
Yep. ViolentKai - 31/08/2009 08:29:49 PM 933 Views
That sounds awful! Haggard - 31/08/2009 09:21:51 PM 887 Views
Thank you ViolentKai - 31/08/2009 09:24:00 PM 1047 Views
I generally avoid RL suggestions Stephen - 31/08/2009 09:01:50 PM 844 Views
Always the truth. People aren't that fragile. They would rather know the truth. Tashmere - 31/08/2009 09:48:10 PM 885 Views
I tell them the truth, it just isn't my cup of tea... Larisa - 01/09/2009 01:26:33 AM 885 Views
You can manage without reading Murtach74 - 01/09/2009 02:30:02 AM 828 Views
Jus t say you didn't like them random thoughts - 01/09/2009 06:30:25 PM 869 Views
bah, if I don't want to read it, I won't... LaSombra - 01/09/2009 07:05:21 PM 1119 Views
I avoid like the dickens! Kylia Skydancer - 03/09/2009 10:08:40 AM 899 Views
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