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I just re-read Order of the Phoenix in anticipation of Half-Blood, and I have to say that it was much more enjoyable the second time through. My favorite is still Goblet of Fire, though, in terms of holding my attention. Order tends to drag on a bit with filler.

Well, I guess this work may have literary validity to some extent, but it did offend me and I don't care for it. Different tastes for different palates, I guess.

Yeah, I agree that Lucifer shouldn't be portrayed as a "nice bloke." But C.S. Lewis managed to portray Screwtape in a bad light without resorting to blasphemy and explicit sex. I guess I'm not objecting as much to the idea that Lucifer would be a bad guy as I am the author's use of explicit...

I thought it would be like C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters. The two works couldn't be further apart, however, at least as far as I read.

I tried to like this book. I really did. But the filthy language, the blasphemy, the wanton sex got to me early and I quit reading it about the time Lucifer blasphemed God's name. I'm religious and I don't enjoy hearing my God's name taken in vain. I want my $13 bucks back! Tubular

I have seven 6-shelved bookcases in my bedroom, four on the north near the bed, and three on the southwest and south. One is for Science Fiction, one for Fantasy, one for Children's Fiction, one for school textbooks, and three for nonfiction reference books. I group the fiction by author and...

Gerald's Game by Stephen King. And in the creampuff fantasy genre, Vale of the Vole by Piers Anthony. Every syllable in that one substituted its correct pronunciation with a "v" sound, and Anthony had to type each "v" in instead of just giving us the general idea that his vole had a lisp...

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Thanks for the welcomes! I just went out and bought "I, Lucifer" so I can read and discuss it in the upcoming forum. It looks like it is a funny, witty read. :)

Hi, I'm new here. I thought I'd check in and let people know I exist before I start posting in earnest. I love books, always have, and have dreams of being a writer of science fiction and fantasy. My name is Bill and I'm a 38-year-old single, never-married bachelor. I adore a good fantasy...