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Originally Posted by: Gelcube  What is it about super-powered teenagers that make them remain virgins? It didn't seem like the author was very good at writing female characters. I enjoyed the novelty of reading the gayest book series I've ever seen, with zero sex scenes. He even shortly described semi-realistic BDSM leather scene play in a very non-erotic manner. The first Astlan book talked about Tom's dong in more length than all the three Legacy/Gilan books taken together.
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Or maybe he finally got a job....
T-A-G is very whiny about that sort of stuff. Really don't get it. He complains about "living expenses" whatever those are.
It's not like caves cost money. And eating and drinking are simply pleasures that one can do without.
About the only real expense is the AOL dialup fee to get on the Internet.
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http://www.prequeladvent...m/2011/03/prequel-begin/Quote:
One month ago you made yourself a promise: you were going to turn your life around. You were going to get a real job, stay out of jail, and not get into any more trouble with cults. Nobody thought you could do it; they said your questionable reputation, lack of any useful skills, and flagrant alcoholism would always hold you down.
But you had a plan.
You were going to start over, far from home. You pawned off your belongings, withdrew the rest of your inheritance, and narrowly managed to buy your way onto a merchant ship bound for Cyrodiil.
And now you have arrived, alone and penniless in a foreign country. Rounding up to the nearest week, you’ve been sober for an entire seven days. This is your chance to be whatever you want to be. Whoever you want to be.
You think you’ll start with a new name. Something less ethnic, maybe suitably Imperial, to fit in in your new home.
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Love Prequel, but it's been on hiatus for a bit now. Still very entertaining to read through.
On the Urban Fantasy front, I recommend The Black Wolves of Boston by Wen Spencer. It's amusing, action-packed, with enjoyable characters, and an interesting world. |
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Originally Posted by: Gelcube On the Urban Fantasy front, I recommend The Black Wolves of Boston by Wen Spencer. It's amusing, action-packed, with enjoyable characters, and an interesting world. Like brotha wolves?
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Like brotha wolves?
LOL, no, like wolves that are black colored, as opposed to grey, white, or purple.
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Do they have purple wolves in this series?
That might push me over the edge to reading it...
And on that front, are they naturally purple, or do they bleach their fur and then dye it purple?
If they can dye it purple, what about other colors? I'd like to see a tie dyed wolf! Wouldn't that be cool?
Not sure how easy it is to tie a wolf up in knots and then dye it, seems like a good way to get bitten but...no risk, no reward!
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No, there aren't any purple wolves. That would be interesting. There is tie dye, but it's a vampire's hands when he tries to make shirts. Still, the book was quite entertaining. One thing had me literally laughing until I jiggled away from the desk (no falling out of chairs for me!).  |
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So is it humorous?
I like humor. As you are probably aware, I live in a set of worlds beset by high anxiety and paranoia. Everyone is always freaking out about other people's machinations. It's drama drama drama. About like living in a telanovela, but not as campy. Fewer catfights...ooh...I bet Bess could put up one heck of a cat fight against some one...hmm Jehenna?
Anyway, I find it useful to relax and read about some lower stress parts of the universe. Some place where people have a sense of humor and things are lighter and not so gravitas bound.
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There is a good mix of humor and serious.
Ha! Catfight. I saw what you did there! |
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Hmmm, humor you say?
Unconventional Heroes - L.G. Estrella - basically a fantasy version of the Addams Family
Waldo Rabbit - Nelson Chereta
Orconomics - J. Zachary Pike - D'Orconomics would be the Mt. Doom version.
Dark Lord's Handbook - Paul Dale - Of course Evil would provide a cheat sheet.
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Very odd, many of those books you mention also appear on Amazon next to DoA.
Do not get why. Those are light hearted fantasies full of joy and humor. Where DoA is all tragedy, conspiracy, paranoia and impending Armageddon. Very dark and gloomy. The book has only one empathetic character full of joy, compassion and a sense of humor. Now admittedly, that happens to be the protagonist. One of the few books out there with an eight-limbed chain smoking hero that everyone can relate to.
Had not heard of Unconventional Heroes, going to have to investigate.
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Originally Posted by: Christopher Cope
Orconomics - J. Zachary
Listened to the audiobook, jeez. Fantastic. Some of J. Zachary's other short stories are pretty funny if short.
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The Dark Lord's Handbook LOOKED interesting, but it didn't live up to it's expectations with me.
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Ditto on Dark Lord's Handbook. It started out decent enough and then it just sort of went "meh."
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Hmm read the dark lords handbook awhile ago. Was unremarkable.
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Unremarkable. That's the word! I was expecting a villain using The Evil Overlord List, and got some tepid tea water instead. |
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Gel have you been taking my Tepid Tea Water? I need that for my experiments!
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Oh, was that yours? SO sorry. |
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Just please avoid grabbing things from now on without asking. Emissary's from the Realm of Blandness get grumpy and difficult to deal with when you don't have Tepid Tea Water on hand at a moments notice.
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