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Eduardo_Sauron
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Does anyone over here knows the "Tyrants and Kings" trilogy by John Marco? I want to buy "The Jackal of Nar" (the first one) at Amazon, but I'd like to read some feedback before, since the shipping fee to Brazil is...well... expensive (if people rave enough, I may end up buying the whole trilogy).

I know Amazon has the whole review stuff, but I don't know...I'd rather trust fellow hatrackers. So...does anyone knows these books?

(I'll also buy "Hearthfire", by a certain OSC and "The Golden Compass", but I already know these are good picks).

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Another option would be "The Gunslinger", from Stephen King. The reviews seem to be very good. Do you know it?
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quote:
Another option would be "The Gunslinger", from Stephen King. The reviews seem to be very good. Do you know it?
Personally, I never recommend Gunslinger as a first King book. It's so very different from what else he was writing, especially at that time, that it took me four attempts - and two launches across the room in frustration - to finish the book once. I really needed the backstory in Wizard & Glass to make Gunslinger palatable.

::::;sob::::: only 22 days left until it's all over [Angst]

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I, on the other hand, started King on that book, and have subsequently launched every OTHER book of his I've read across the room.

Try it. Just cause you pick it up you don't have any obligation to finish.

Ni!

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Goody Scrivener
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I, on the other hand, started King on that book, and have subsequently launched every OTHER book of his I've read across the room.
[ROFL] [ROFL] [ROFL] [ROFL] [ROFL]
I can just imagine the size of the dent that The Stand or Insomnia left behind!!!!
Uhoh, now I have to go console my books... the autographed Talisman is looking mighty frightened now!

Goody

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I've had a hard time getting into The Gunslinger but I think I want to go back and try again. I really enjoyed The Stand and I think there is a link to the world King creates in that book and the world of The Gunslinger. Of course, that's the English major speaking--I could be totally wrong.

A series I've really enjoyed, though not on the same lines, is Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next books. The first one is called the Eyre Affair and is quite witty and just a great read.

Later!

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The Stand is AMAZING.
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Hi Taalcon! [Wave]

The Stand is amazing. It's one of the few books that I could not put down. The characters felt so real and the landscape was so rich. I was amazed at how well rounded and formed he made Randall Flagg --a character who is about as evil as any character in fiction could be.

Have you read the "director's cut" of the book? King added a couple of chapters to the end from his original draft (pre editors) and --well I won't say in case you haven't.

It's one of my top ten favorites of all time.

King also has a book called On Writing that is worth reading if you are a part of the writing life.

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I guess I'll try "The Gunslinger". Let's see how it turns out.
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Jess, you're right that the world of The Stand is connected to the world of the Dark Tower trilogy.
King actually printed a list of books that are connected to it in the last Dark Tower book. Now I know which books I can launch across the room.

Ni!

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I think John Marco also wrote another book as well...The Eyes of...something or other... [Big Grin]

Eyes of God, maybe?

It wasn't very good...I'll find it when I get out of work and see if i can post a review if ti.

I just hope that his other books are better.

Kwea

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If you read carefully, Stephen king puts practically ALL of his stories into the dark tower series. The Stand is very obvious, though.
I am reading the sixth book and can't wait for the seventh and last book to be published.

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[quote]If you read carefully, Stephen king puts practically ALL of his stories into the dark tower series. The Stand is very obvious, though.
I am reading the sixth book and can't wait for the seventh and last book to be published. [/uote]
Some of the links are more tenuous or are a six degrees kind of thing, but so far I think there are only a very very few books that I haven't linked into the DT saga yet.... Carrie, Cujo.... and Tommyknockers was just too weird to tie into anything else!

20 days and counting until we reach The Tower....

Goody

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*just browsed the flash-powered official DarkTower site*
19 days [Angst]
this story has been eating holes in my brain since I started it less than a year ago. Read the first 4 within about 1.5weeks.

"There are other worlds than these."
[edit: correcting quote *smacks forehead*]

Crazy as always,
Psychotriad

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Goody Scrivener
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quote:
"There are more worlds than these."
There are OTHER worlds than these... <thwap>

Bosses have already asked if I'm taking the 21st off... yes they do know of my addiction! The answer is no, though, as I'm borrowing it from the library so I don't have to wait for the UK edition to arrive (I like that cover better) so I probably won't have it in hand until the 25th anyway.

Goody

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