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    Steven Erikson: Malazan Book of the Fallen

    I'm sorry you've had to wait that long actually but good to see the books are finally making it to the US in MMPB. Along with Book 3 MOI and in fact the other books so far in the series prepare to have your literary socks blown off!!...:D
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    Have you met any authors?

    Well as I'm in Australia we don't tend to get too many international authors come here but I've met: Raymond E Fesit - signed copies of a hardback trilogy. Garth Nix Ian Irvine Cecilia Dart-Thornton Robert Jordan I'd like to meet: Thomas Ligotti China Mieville Steven Erikson R...
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    Lynn Flewelling

    Thanks I think I might just do that...:D
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    Steven Erikson: Malazan Book of the Fallen

    Well Malazan series is the best fantasy series I've read, probably because I like EPIC series more than any other form of the Genre so I do have a certain bias here. I prefer it to GRRM's Song Of Ice and Fire although along with R Scott Bakker he's also excellent.
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    is terry brooks ,or isaac asimov any good?

    Yes sorry, I didn't read the question properly, Word and Void series is definitely his best work. As has been suggested Brooks is fairly unimaginative especially with the Shannara books but I don't mind the books so much to have as a light read, I've certainly read worse. His other series...
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    Most Disappointing Authors?

    I love Catcher in The Rye...:cool:
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    is terry brooks ,or isaac asimov any good?

    I've reads everything by Brooks. I read his stuff in b/w heavier reads in the fantasy Genre as a bit of R'n'R. You're right in that it certainly has Tolkienesque themes. Unfortunately if you're after originality you're probably not going to find it here. His writing and story structure improves...
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    Lynn Flewelling

    Well I'm going to check out the Bone Dolls Twin series as GRRM raved about it at the time of its release, so it must have something going for it...;)
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    Who is your favourite author, and why?

    Pendulum is good but not as good as Name Of The Rose IMO. You may also like to try some of his other novels including Focault's Pendulum, Baudiliono or The Island of The Day Before but Rose is my fav of his books. I assume you're aware a film with the same title starring Sean Connery was made...
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    Most Disappointing Authors?

    Well as a fantasy fan I stay clear of anything by Robin Hobb, Terry Goodkind, David Eddings, David Farland and for non-fantasy Dan Brown...:(
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    Guy Gavriel Kay: Tigana

    Yep happy to add Ursula Le Guin (especially Earthsea and Left Hand Of Darkness) and some of GGK's notably Fionavar Tapestry and Tingana and to a lesser extent Lois M Bujold. I keep hearing about Gaiman and recently read American Gods which was very good. I believe the Rgiante series are not that...
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    Wandering books. Does this happen to you?

    I jealously guard my books plus my pet crocodile who stands guard 24 * 7 seems to help a bit...:p
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    Who Had the Best New Years Fireworks Display?

    The US even....:rolleyes: Melbourne had good fireworks but Sydney with the bridge was the best in this country..:D
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    John Steinbeck

    OOH what do I win...:D Whilst I'm located in Melbourne, Australia we have a 24 hours radio news station which takes direct transmissoins from NPR, BBC World and Deutsche Welle to name just a few, so I do recall NPR mentinonig something on their program "All Things Considered", you get that...
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    John Steinbeck

    Grapes Of wrath....:cool:
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    new years plans

    Been there done that already!.......:p :p HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
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    Susanna Clarke: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

    One of the top handful of books written in the past couple of years in speculative fiction, make no mistake about it..:D
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    The Fantasy Forum..........

    Indeed...:D :D
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    How's the weather where you live?

    Well you're all welcome to our 107 Farneheit weather if you insist..:D
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    i just found out about R.A salvator and terry goodkind

    You make some good suggestions there Ainulindale and thanks for the update on Mr. Vandermeer, see you over at Chronicles..:rolleyes: Hope you like some of the suggestions Jemima...:D
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