-----Original Message-----
From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 11:44 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: The Elder Gods
Try and dig up A Night in Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0380771411/qid=1067877579/sr=1
-2/ref=sr_1_2/103-7684070-2035829?v=glance
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0380771411/qid=1067877579/sr=
1-2/ref=sr_1_2/103-7684070-2035829?v=glance&s=books> &s=books
or
<http://makeashorterlink.com/?K37715C66>http://makeashorterlink.com/?K37715C
66
Its got a lot of great Lovecraft references. It also has some great classic
horror references in it too. Its broken into 31 parts, one for each night
in October. Its a great way to lead up to Halloween - reading one chapter
per day.
Mind you this is coming from someone who has a Miskatonic University
sticker on his car.
larry
At 10:38 AM 11/3/2003, you wrote:
>I thought the same thing. I had to read almost all the way down the post
>before it made sense.
>
>
>Dude, Uma most certainly does not have that Innsmouth look. I'll ask you
>kindly to recant. ;-)
>
>
>We need a good Lovecraftian thread at least once a month to keep me happy.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 10:34 AM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: Re: The Elder Gods
>
>Damn. I thought this was going to be a Cthonic thread.
>
>Oh, and talking about Kill Bill (elsewhere) am I the only one that thinks
>that they found Uma Thurman at Innsmouth?
>
>-Kevin (Thread hijacker)
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jim Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 9:25 AM
>Subject: The Elder Gods
>
> > I'm a guy in my late 20's so it goes without saying that I grew up with
> > Star Wars, and it was, not surprisingly, my favorite movie for a while.
> > I can watch it now and get past the rotten acting and stilted dialog and
> > Greedo shooting first (damn you, Lucas!), but I still appreciate the
> > effect it had on me as a child.
> >
> > As a kid, I was also a big, no, HUGE fan of David Eddings - I read the
> > Belgariad over and over again, all five books in only a few days. The
> > followup series - the Mallorean - was equally welcome. I knew the
> > characters inside and out, I could get lost in that world in a
> > heartbeat. Two followup "autobiographies" of main characters from the
> > series "Belgarath" and "Polgara" are in my book collection as well,
> > along with the "Rivan Codex", something of a "behind the scenes" wrap-up
> > of the minutae and process of developing what, at that point was
> > essentially a duodecology.
> >
> > So, the last statement is that I've been growing steadily more
> > disappointed with the Eddings' (he writes with his wife, Leigh), from
> > the second Sparhawk trilogy (The Tamuli), to the Redemption of Althalus
> > to the execrable Regina's Song - a non-fantasy set in Washington State,
> > filled with amalgams of every character they've ever written, put into
> > impossibly frustrating characters, in a plot with all the surprises of a
> > bowl of tomato soup.
> >
> > So, I approached the most recent work from them - "The Elder Gods" with
> > some trepidation. On one hand, their writing had become routine and
> > extremely predictable. On the other, the prospect of another fantasy
> > series had potential - maybe they were going to clean the slate and
> > start over with new ideas, and strong characters and... no, it sucks.
> >
> > Sucks is the best way to put it, as well. Eddings makes so much of his
> > knowledge of epic fantasy and classical literature, yet can't come up
> > with a unique idea anymore that's not wholly derivitave of his own
> > originally interesting characters. Oh, look, it's the snippy girl-god.
> > Oh look, it's the witty banter. Oh, look, a rag-tag cast of mismatched
> > characters. Oh, look, it's the good guys overcoming adversity and
> > suffering almost no casualties... on and on and on.
> >
> > Eddings, like Lucas, can't be faulted for a lack of imagination.
> > They've both created rollicking, evocative, fantastic worlds that you'd
> > want to be lost in forever if you had the chance. However, the other
> > shared aspect of their personality is that they just don't know when to
> > throw in the towel and call it quits. Eddings will trundle out the next
> > three books in what will likely be the worst series he's ever written
> > over the next few years. The world waits, nauseously, for Lucas' last
> > Star Wars movie, knowing, despite so much optimism, we all know how it
> > will turn out.
> >
> > Oh well. I'll always have Faldor's Farm to keep me company.
> >
> > - Jim
> >
> >
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