YTSEJAM Digest 7056

Today's Topics:

  1) re: ytesjambook club
 by Brian Hansen <email_address_removed>
  2) RE: ytesjambook club
 by "Niall Connaughton" <email_address_removed.au>
  3) RE: ytesjambook club
 by George Papadopetros <email_address_removed.au>

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Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 00:00:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Hansen <email_address_removed>
To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
Subject: re: ytesjambook club
Message-ID: <message_id_removed>


Puttting mathematics aside, are there any Dune fans
out there? I have been reading the Brian Herbert
books, that fill in the past (of the original Dune
books by Frank Herbert). They are fairly entertaining,
but not quite up to the caliber of the orignal Frank
Herbert books. They are more "soap opera serial"
stories, but I would recommend them to old Dune
fans...




		
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Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 00:44:32 +1100
From: "Niall Connaughton" <email_address_removed.au>
To: <ytsejam@torchsong.com>
Subject: RE: ytesjambook club
Message-ID: <message_id_removed.au>

I liked the original Dune books, though I think he was using progressively
more and more crack while writing each book :P

The new Dune books are a bit meh, IMO. I read the three prelude books, they
were ok. Then I read the first in the Butlerian Jihad series. What a
steaming pile of... well, my mother always told me if I didn't have anything
nice to say... I haven't picked up the later books from that series.

I finished reading the Robin Hobb books a little while ago. Those books are
great. Fantasy without the pixies, elves, dwarves, bearded magicians casting
fireballs, etc. I don't like much fantasy, so these books were surprisingly
good.

Niall

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ytsejam@torchsong.com [mailto:ytsejam@torchsong.com]On Behalf Of
> Brian Hansen
> Sent: Thursday, 23 December 2004 6:42 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: re: ytesjambook club
>
>
>
> Puttting mathematics aside, are there any Dune fans
> out there? I have been reading the Brian Herbert
> books, that fill in the past (of the original Dune
> books by Frank Herbert). They are fairly entertaining,
> but not quite up to the caliber of the orignal Frank
> Herbert books. They are more "soap opera serial"
> stories, but I would recommend them to old Dune
> fans...
>
>
>
>
>
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Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 08:21:49 +1100
From: George Papadopetros <email_address_removed.au>
To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
Subject: RE: ytesjambook club
Message-ID: <message_id_removed.au>


>I finished reading the Robin Hobb books a little while ago. Those books are
>great. Fantasy without the pixies, elves, dwarves, bearded magicians casting
>fireballs, etc. I don't like much fantasy, so these books were surprisingly
>good.
>
>Niall

I'm halfway through the third book of the second 'Farseer' trilogy and 
although the scenes always seem to be dark and gloomy, "surprisingly good" 
is a spot on description of her books. 


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