tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post7918659183292151084..comments2023-07-08T08:33:50.710+01:00Comments on Speculative Horizons: Brisingr review and commentaryJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07763695390241432518noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-85462534723029395902009-01-28T12:44:00.000+00:002009-01-28T12:44:00.000+00:00Mr Cereal: Agreed, but at least Tolkien could writ...Mr Cereal: Agreed, but at least Tolkien could write.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763695390241432518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-77518896718186029002009-01-28T10:43:00.000+00:002009-01-28T10:43:00.000+00:00Might I say that the great Tolkien himself also ha...Might I say that the great Tolkien himself also had the tendency to drown readers in lush descriptions? (Though, granted, I am not too fond of Tolkien, so that may be the problem right there.)Blackfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11399164331954354167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-19682216851608259882009-01-26T02:15:00.000+00:002009-01-26T02:15:00.000+00:00Sorry to derail this even further, but regarding W...Sorry to derail this even further, but regarding Weeks:<BR/><BR/>The crazy part was not Weeks writing two more novels before getting a deal. The crazy part was the editor not saying, "Hey you got really good by book three. How about going back and tightening up the first two"Jake Di Torohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872385058209588001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-88865766363115781682009-01-25T22:18:00.000+00:002009-01-25T22:18:00.000+00:00TD: Some author (was it Jeff Vandermeer?) once sai...TD: Some author (was it Jeff Vandermeer?) once said that, as an aspiring writer, you should read crap books as well as good so you can see what NOT to do. Potentially good advice, but I don't have the patience!<BR/><BR/>Regarding the Weeks: he wrote the entire trilogy before getting the Orbit deal, so they published the entire thing in the space of three months. Very good marketing strategy. Though I think Weeks was crazy to write the second two books before getting a deal for the first.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763695390241432518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-76132054116821147692009-01-25T18:59:00.000+00:002009-01-25T18:59:00.000+00:00LMAO i enjoyed the first two books well enough but...LMAO i enjoyed the first two books well enough but would agree they are neither original nor well written.Adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12876050775872445521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411517893000706576.post-88291644944115491982009-01-25T18:47:00.000+00:002009-01-25T18:47:00.000+00:00Still have not cracked the books, but good to know...Still have not cracked the books, but good to know they're only to be read as an example of "what not to do" regardless of popularity. Too bad.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of books, though, I was in my local B&N yesterday and saw the other two Brent Weeks' novels are out already. WTF, I said, wasn't <I>Way of Shadows</I> some kind of debut in 2008? How are all 3 books out already? I still haven't even read the first one!!! ARGH!Todd Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10141151129135759156noreply@blogger.com