Re: Hmmm...Is anyone still here? And, should I read the new books?

On 28 Mar, 05:37, Tom F <dontbot...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>
> How is that possible?  The "far inferior" bit, I mean?  I read my first
> Eddings ever fairly recently (first in Elenium series, luckily forgot
> the title), and I couldn't finish it mostly because I thought dialogue
> and pretty much everything else *were* abysmal, easily among the worst
> books I have ever read.

Try the Losers, it's ratest best by those who care about such things!

>And that includes Blyton's Famous Five some
> mumble years ago.

I always preferred the Five Find-Outers :)

>Can it *really* get worse?

Sadly, yes. Much.

>   "I sort of think it's a good idea to jam my finger up my arse now,"
>   said Sparhawk.
>
>   "No Sparhawk," answered Sephrenia, "that's sort of a bad idea.  You
>   Elenes are so smart, and we Styrics are so thick, so that's sort of
>   what's expected of *us*."
>
>   "I guess I sort of hadn't thought of that," Sparhawk admitted.


Well said - but really, still better than the Dreamers...

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