tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079424739175991097.post7297972172594336322..comments2023-10-22T03:26:52.715-07:00Comments on Authors' Union: Robert Jordan Wheel of Time Series...Jeff Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00667419764890599092noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079424739175991097.post-6212018540142777662009-11-23T08:14:38.999-08:002009-11-23T08:14:38.999-08:00I just wanted to clarify me Beginners statement I’...I just wanted to clarify me Beginners statement I’m not saying that’s what you meant. <br /><br />I just realized that’s how I made it sound that’s all. I would never insinuate you would be putting me down. You have helped me more than you know and I know you wouldn’t mean it that way. <br />You’re an inspiration to me, so I hope I didn’t offend you. If I did I offer my apologies… <br /><br />thxJeff Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667419764890599092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079424739175991097.post-76328373996631868552009-11-23T06:55:25.956-08:002009-11-23T06:55:25.956-08:00I didn't mean to imply otherwise. I meant that...I didn't mean to imply otherwise. I meant that the Dune series is very cerebral and cryptic. <br /><br />It borders on the category of books I call "headache books" - books too pretentious for their own good.<br /><br />It should be noted that I didn't mention a series here I haven't reread multiple times, including Anthony. These are all (except Anthony) on my favorite rereadables shelves.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079424739175991097.post-91198229701160139112009-11-22T10:30:24.535-08:002009-11-22T10:30:24.535-08:00I meant beginning to read books ,not that i can...I meant beginning to read books ,not that i can't read. the more involved it is, the better i'll like it.<br /><br />thx for your inputJeff Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667419764890599092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7079424739175991097.post-2568165883948483432009-11-22T07:22:04.460-08:002009-11-22T07:22:04.460-08:00Current favorite: Liaden series by Sharon Lee and ...Current favorite: Liaden series by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller<br /><br />Anne MacCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series (though some are marginal in the whole series). I got my sister to start reading with the Harper Hall contingent of that series and now she's a librarian.<br /><br />Heinlein has several books, but few true series. You might want to avoid is early books (pulp juvenile) and his late late ones, but Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is fantastic.<br /><br />For fun in the S&S type, the Myth Adventures are a silly irreverent romp, but quite rereadable. Many people feel the same about Piers Anthony's Xanth series. <br /><br />I used to like Piers Anthony a great deal as a child, read Xanth and Adept series and the Incarnations of Immortality, but, somewhere alone the line, I completely outgrew him and now I find him very hard to read.<br /><br />Dune (Frank Herbert) books are great, but not for beginners. <br /><br />If someone likes short stories, Heinlein has several anthologies and there's one called "Sword and Sorceress" edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley that was quite good.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.com