Comments on: Thank you, Sir. http://japadamus.com/2007/09/18/thank-you-sir/ Fri, 16 May 2008 21:00:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: sushiattack http://japadamus.com/2007/09/18/thank-you-sir/#comment-712 sushiattack Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:01:48 +0000 http://japadamus.com/2007/09/18/thank-you-sir/#comment-712 n please n please

]]> By: japadamus http://japadamus.com/2007/09/18/thank-you-sir/#comment-714 japadamus Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:51:19 +0000 http://japadamus.com/2007/09/18/thank-you-sir/#comment-714 Sounds interesting. When I was younger I was really into Piers Anthony - although I haven't read his books in a long long time. One thing I hate about sci fi and fantasy though, is all the real human problems go away. I guess that that is the whole "fantasy" part of it...but I image if you have wizards and elves and shit you still have racism and rapes and herpes and whatnot. Like, I've never seen a fantasy novel where some dude has a stroke and has to sit in a hospital. Sounds interesting. When I was younger I was really into Piers Anthony - although I haven’t read his books in a long long time.

One thing I hate about sci fi and fantasy though, is all the real human problems go away. I guess that that is the whole “fantasy” part of it…but I image if you have wizards and elves and shit you still have racism and rapes and herpes and whatnot. Like, I’ve never seen a fantasy novel where some dude has a stroke and has to sit in a hospital.

]]> By: Jak Grabit http://japadamus.com/2007/09/18/thank-you-sir/#comment-717 Jak Grabit Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:17:32 +0000 http://japadamus.com/2007/09/18/thank-you-sir/#comment-717 If you want to read a fantasy that's nuanced and character driven and realistic when it comes to human problems, I'd highly, highly, highly suggest "The Song of Ice and Fire" series by George R.R. Martin. The first book is "A Game of Thrones." While Robert Jordan created the greatest epic, from a fantasy literature historical perspective, George R.R. Martin is my favorite author. His fantasy world is inspired by the historical War of the Roses, and the intrigue, murder (frequently of children), incest, rape, assassination, incest and incest all pretty much mirror the real historical penchant of medieval nobility for, well, murder and incest. Frequently gay incest. This isn't in a Jaqueline Carey sort of lurid sex-fantasy way, either. And, I don't know why this is, but nearly every single fantasy novel I've read written by a women turns out to be a taudry "Romance Section" sex book. Women are fucked up. Song of Ice and Fire is also being made into an HBO television series that's supposed to start sometime in 2008. Think "Rome" only with more twisted intrigue. I've never been so excited about a TV show in my life. If you want to read a fantasy that’s nuanced and character driven and realistic when it comes to human problems, I’d highly, highly, highly suggest “The Song of Ice and Fire” series by George R.R. Martin. The first book is “A Game of Thrones.”

While Robert Jordan created the greatest epic, from a fantasy literature historical perspective, George R.R. Martin is my favorite author. His fantasy world is inspired by the historical War of the Roses, and the intrigue, murder (frequently of children), incest, rape, assassination, incest and incest all pretty much mirror the real historical penchant of medieval nobility for, well, murder and incest. Frequently gay incest.

This isn’t in a Jaqueline Carey sort of lurid sex-fantasy way, either. And, I don’t know why this is, but nearly every single fantasy novel I’ve read written by a women turns out to be a taudry “Romance Section” sex book. Women are fucked up.

Song of Ice and Fire is also being made into an HBO television series that’s supposed to start sometime in 2008. Think “Rome” only with more twisted intrigue. I’ve never been so excited about a TV show in my life.

]]> By: Jak Grabit http://japadamus.com/2007/09/18/thank-you-sir/#comment-718 Jak Grabit Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:20:53 +0000 http://japadamus.com/2007/09/18/thank-you-sir/#comment-718 Oh! One more thing: If I recall, one of the characters in this series has as stroke and is confined to bed. One, a military genius, has gout and can't travel. And the whole war between the kingdoms essentially starts off as a chain of events that start with a boy getting injured while climbing and ending up in a coma. Seriously, if you're looking for a book, you enjoy intrigue, and you used to read Piers Anthony, I'd highly, highly recommend you pick up "A Game of Thrones." Oh! One more thing: If I recall, one of the characters in this series has as stroke and is confined to bed. One, a military genius, has gout and can’t travel. And the whole war between the kingdoms essentially starts off as a chain of events that start with a boy getting injured while climbing and ending up in a coma.

Seriously, if you’re looking for a book, you enjoy intrigue, and you used to read Piers Anthony, I’d highly, highly recommend you pick up “A Game of Thrones.”

]]> By: sushiattack http://japadamus.com/2007/09/18/thank-you-sir/#comment-724 sushiattack Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:30:07 +0000 http://japadamus.com/2007/09/18/thank-you-sir/#comment-724 I dont see the appeal in fantasy when the real world is so complex already. If you want to escape reality do what I do and just drink and/or run away from problems. I dont see the appeal in fantasy when the real world is so complex already. If you want to escape reality do what I do and just drink and/or run away from problems.

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