Just something I realised last night that I wanted to point out. In Brisingr, Nasuada has the idea of using magic to make lace, a labour-intensive activity that required very little energy. In Discworld, one of the positions at Unseen University is... Professor of Eldritch Lacemaking. I know the chance of Paolini having copies this is very slim, but still. Just thought I'd point it out. (Also perhaps the idea that if Paolini had read The Science of Discworld, in which I first noticed the title, Inheritance might have been a very different book indeed). That's all from me, and I hope everyone either : a) has a safe and happy holiday; or b) goes about their life in a pleasant manner. See you in the New Year. I'm hoping we get a drunken Newsletter update from Paolini. :D
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My 9 year old has just finished reading Eragon, and wants to read Eldest :P Leaving aside the quality of it (She's nine, she has time to develop taste ok? Even Eragon is better than more bloody Enid sodding Blyton...) I would like to know whether there is anything in Eldest that is overtly sexual - as opposed to implied since that will just go over her head - that I should know about. Normally I'll read the book first to make certain if it's suitable, but I'll be damned if I'm wasting two hours of my life ploughing through any more of CP's drivel. Besides which I doubt my husband could take the three months of me complaining about the book and tell me I should stick to reading what I like and stop being negative.... Any comments on my daughter's choice of reading matter will be subjected to an interrogation on what *you* were reading when you were nine. I'm sure there are skeletons in your wardrobe too ;)
Following up on derrick mace's idea, I present an article by Torylltales from way back - March 30th, 2009.
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Since Livejournal's format allows for old threads to be buried easily under the weight of newer posts, I hereby call for the Old Thread Appreciation Week, where everyone links or types back a post they favor or appreciate. Rules: 1- Original post must be more than a month old. 2- One member mustn't post/link multiple times, but post the links to their favorite threads all at once. 3- It is OK for two members to link to the same post(s). 4- The posts must be related somehow to the Inheritance Cycle, the Twilight Saga or the Maradonia...articles. 5- Write: OTAWE (Old Thread Appreciation Week Entries) as the title, followed by your name. Example: Title: OTAWE: Derrick_Mace. 6- Please do not forget to mention the original writer of the article. 7- It would be best to link to older posts; like ones older than a year. 8- Tag OTAW, so that we might do this again after a time. Enjoy!
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This isn't sparked by or in reference to any book in particular, but just a general genre-specific question. What is your stance on replacing words in fantasy that takes place in other lands/worlds? I know it's not uncommon for some authors to avoid our own terminology and replace inches, meters, miles, etc, with their own words. Same can go for time, cursing, so on... In general, do you think this helps the feel of things over all, or is it just a pain to have to flip to the back to figure out how long a 'span' is? I mean, realistically these people are probably not speaking English (or whatever language the novel is published in) to begin with, so it would make sense to assume such things were translated as well. But at the same time, a lot of our sayings and metaphors and terminology is specific to and rooted in the history and context of our world, so it can come off as out of place to hear a dwarf saying 'See you next Thursday!' or whatever. What do you feel really needs to be replaced, if anything? When is too much too much? Also, I'm not as well read as I'd like to be, but I recall some authors italicizing invented words every damn time they are used. Is this some sort of unwritten rule or is it a stylistic choice?
On the Folly of Trilogies: Part One In this two-part series, I will examine the place of the trilogy in fantasy fiction, and the problems that one faces when writing a trilogy, and what, in my opinion, is the best way to go about doing so. ( Read more... )
Tune in soon for Part Two, which unfortunately has been cancelled due to lack of interest. :P
Edited for factual errors regarding Earthsea. Sorry!
This is being done from memory of the books since I can't be arsed to re-read them (or, in the case of Brickinger, actually read the damn thing) Are there even any seasons in Alawhatsit? For that matter, are dragons reptiles and how do they deal with winter?
So, a while ago there was a conversation about Bella being psychic and nuts and Edward feeding off the misery she caused. That was a fun, fun discussion. At one point the subject turned to Illithid/Mind Flayers and I mentioned that they were great to use for psychological stuff, and mentioned the following story as my influence for how to use mind-bending creatures and foes, although I didn't have the link at the time. http://www.gamejag.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=79106Be warned, this is by no means a 'nice' story. It's quite frightening by the time its over. Nevertheless, I wanted to share it and maybe inspire someone else the way I was inspired.
Hallo all! So I was wondering, does anyone want the AS site back? Perhaps we could turn it into a general site about writing, along with being critical of crappy books? predak123 proposed doing a podcast a while back on a_soc_k. Because I've got about a gig of webspace and a domain name, with subdomains, that I am not really using for anything besides some image hosting and backups. And I'd be happy to shell it out for the site, with a subdomain. My hosting allows me to install stuff like Word Press or other blogging software that'd make this easier. And if anyone's kept the old articles (I know they're on archive.com), that'd be cool, too :) So what do ya think, guys? Although it occurs to me that perhaps the wiki has filled the hole left by the site... ETA: Alright, I shall bring back the site. I've decided to use WordPress Multiuser, which I'm installing right now. It'll let everyone who wants to join have accounts (after you ask me) and posting access.
I was on rinkworks and I read one of their Book-a-minutes of the Dragon Reborn and the ending went like this: Robert Jordan: Ha! Fooled you! That wasn't the real big-bad, now I can write forty more books
Now since book four of Eragon will be out sometime I got to wondering if Paolini will do what Jordan did?
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