DiscoDadda wrote:Okay, I read The Face in the Frost... Cute Little Novel.... Kinda had a similar feel like Harry Potter or Piers Anthony Xanth series... Kinda Goofy and fun and somewhat intriging but not wicked cool barbaric or dark.
DiscoDadda wrote:Okay, I read The Face in the Frost... Cute Little Novel.... Kinda had a similar feel like Harry Potter or Piers Anthony Xanth series... Kinda Goofy and fun and somewhat intriging but not wicked cool barbaric or dark.Disco
Kingofpain89 wrote:John Bellairs wrote young adult fantasy and mystery first and foremost so that is probably why you feel it has a similarity to Harry Potter or Xanth. Gygax had a pretty good idea what most young adults liked to read and thus the reason he put the book in Appendix N.The wizards in the book are more of the learned sage variety than the all powerful archmage that spends most of their time throwing fireballs and lightning bolts at foes. Most of the spells they use are simple and non-destructive. They dont fight any demons or cause any earthquakes. But I've always felt that there is plenty of darkness to the storyline. Its just that a lot of it is implied or hinted about instead of seen.The first time I read The Face in the Frost I was in 4th grade. It was an easy novel to read unlike a lot of the other adult fantasy stuff people had access to at that age. And it, as well as The Hobbit and a few other books, were what got me interested in playing D&D. Perhaps if you had read it when you were a kid you might appreciate it more as an adult.
DiscoDadda wrote:Also, I Just Started Darkness Weaves....
MetamorphosisSigma wrote:Now how did I not anticipate that request ? (NSFW). Okay, so Catherine (I think) isn't completely nude, and only one of them is carrying a firearm..LOL.[ Image ]
MetamorphosisSigma wrote:Oh, Una's the shiznit. She might hold the record for the Moorcock character who appears in the widest variety of stories (not sheer number of stories, but most settings). Off the top of my head, she's met Bastable, Elric, Jherek Carnelian.. eh, a couple others. But I guess you get around, being an interdimensional, time traveling, gun-toting superspy. I especially like her cameo appearances at the End of Time. She's always respectful, while being wryly aware of the inhabitants' naivete. I really need to complete my collection of White Wolf's Eternal Champion series, or maybe supplement the ones I have with the British series, which seem to go slightly cheaper. Alas, I sold my 60+ Moorcock paperbacks on eBay BITD so I no longer have many of the titles I once did (including this one).
jonjhargreaves wrote:I also discovered Kane thanks to this thread, my only problem is that I started Darkness Weaves and finished it the same day, never read a book in one sitting before.Now, I'm waiting for a full day to see if I can do the same with Bloodstone.Thanks all for pointing me to Wagner's Kane
MetamorphosisSigma wrote:I read the first Viriconium book (The Pastel City). I need to pick up the others.