Posted: 02 May 2008 23:49
I'm fond of Waterworms of Dune.
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Weirdly amusing.Ampoliros wrote:Big Mech Motocross Attack! (Machine crusade)
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Yeah! That'll do!House Hackonandon
Mmm...mebst?Saga of the 7 Dunes: House Corrino
From what little I know of the "Sag...uh!", I think KJamesA has "borrowed" more than a few ideas from Dan Simmons' Hyperion universe.btw has anyone here read or discussed somewhere how much of So7S is a rip off of all the "space operas" KJA has worked on or read?
Those Hyperion books any good? I've had one on my shelf for months but keep finding things I think are more important to read.SandChigger wrote: From what little I know of the "Sag...uh!", I think KJamesA has "borrowed" more than a few ideas from Dan Simmons' Hyperion universe.
Green Priests, flying trees in space, a gas giant with a breathable atmosphere, space barbarians on the edges of civilization...I'm sure there would be more if I actually read the books.
I'm sure you could probably find sources for most of his other "original" ideas if you look hard enough. His Ildrian (sp?) aliens seemed like humans in ET-drag with funny names at best. ... Feh!
Worst of all, though, is the shiteful writing in which all of the above is conveyed.
Yea, but it does sum it up nicely, doesnt it?orald wrote:Dung: House Colon. But it doesn't rhime well.
Nice!orald wrote:Maybe replacing "crusade" with "charade", but I'm half reeling here from lack of sleep to come up with something for the first part of it.
That's kinda funny. I bought all four in paperback and they languished in the bedside book pile for over a year or more, IIRC.A Thing of Eternity wrote:Those Hyperion books any good? I've had one on my shelf for months but keep finding things I think are more important to read.
I agree with Chigga; I really loved Hyperion.SandChigger wrote:That's kinda funny. I bought all four in paperback and they languished in the bedside book pile for over a year or more, IIRC.A Thing of Eternity wrote:Those Hyperion books any good? I've had one on my shelf for months but keep finding things I think are more important to read.
Of course, I was pissed off at Simmons for the piece of shit that Olympos turned out to be. (I REALLY enjoyed the first book of that duology, Ilium, btw.)
Anyway...any good? Well, let's just say they completely rehabilitated Simmons in my mind and restored him to Can Do No Wrong (Well, Probably) status.