Books

[Zac Attack]

Have you guys read anything interesting lately?

[Alca-diddly-doo]

I don't read books.

I read manga and Nintendo Power magazine and that's it.

[Blink]

I'm always reading something.

Currently I'm into a series of 11 books by Terry Goodkind. The first is called Wizards First Rule, the second I can't find anywhere. They are the thickest books I've ever seen, the first was easily the length of 3 regular novels... buy boy was it good.

So basically... read it!

At age 45, Terry Goodkind decided to fulfill his lifelong dream of being a novelist. A year later he sent a query letter describing his first effort, the three hundred thousand word opus titled Wizard's First Rule, to Russell Galen. Galen, one of the genre's most influential agents, quickly wrote back, "I feel a ripple of history in the making. Send me your book."[1]

Ten weeks later, Wizard's First Rule made news long before its actual publication due to the fact that the first-time novelist received an advance far above the average: $275,000, with a $300,000 ad/promo budget. Published in August 1994 with a first print run of sixty thousand copies - three to five thousand is the norm - it has become an international bestseller and garnered praise from the likes of Marion Zimmer Bradley, Piers Anthony, Anne McCaffery, and the Kirkus Review. It is also one of the most successful debut fantasy novels in the history of trade publishing. Immediately following its success, Tor published a sequel, Stone of Tears, which was given an equally impressive launch and led to the purchase of the rights to three more books and the entire Sword of Truth series.

Currently, there is a television mini-series in the works.

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[Simply Amor]

blink said:

I'm always reading something.

Currently I'm into a series of 11 books by Terry Goodkind. The first is called Wizards First Rule, the second I can't find anywhere. They are the thickest books I've ever seen, the first was easily the length of 3 regular novels... buy boy was it good.

So basically... read it!

At age 45, Terry Goodkind decided to fulfill his lifelong dream of being a novelist. A year later he sent a query letter describing his first effort, the three hundred thousand word opus titled Wizard's First Rule, to Russell Galen. Galen, one of the genre's most influential agents, quickly wrote back, "I feel a ripple of history in the making. Send me your book."[1]

Ten weeks later, Wizard's First Rule made news long before its actual publication due to the fact that the first-time novelist received an advance far above the average: $275,000, with a $300,000 ad/promo budget. Published in August 1994 with a first print run of sixty thousand copies - three to five thousand is the norm - it has become an international bestseller and garnered praise from the likes of Marion Zimmer Bradley, Piers Anthony, Anne McCaffery, and the Kirkus Review. It is also one of the most successful debut fantasy novels in the history of trade publishing. Immediately following its success, Tor published a sequel, Stone of Tears, which was given an equally impressive launch and led to the purchase of the rights to three more books and the entire Sword of Truth series.

Currently, there is a television mini-series in the works.

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I think I've read part of this series....

Sounds very very familiar any way haha.



as for me....

I'm re-reading Golden Compass again (movie sucked all to hell). I'll prolly read Terry Pratchett or Orson Scott Card after though. I need to find a new Orson Scott Card series hah.

[Blink]

Have you read the Worthing Saga by Orson Card? It's my favorite of his books, I'm doing my ISU on it.

[Zac Attack]

ISU?

[Blink]

zac said:

ISU?

Independent Study Unit, it's for English class.

[Arucard]

Manga are big ones i read. But for novels wise i read mostly stephen king books.

[Kahless]

Im reading alot of Charles de Lint right now, just finished Widdershins, probably the best book Ive ever read

[Moldy Cheese]

Urm. Last book I read was The Poetry of Aristotle, by Aristotle. Not on my own accord though. I'm currently 3 pages into a Scott Card novel, Ender's Shadow. I bought it like...4/5 weeks ago? Mostly because I haven't had any time to read anything other than school junk.

[Zac Attack]

Was going to say, Aristotle wouldn't be my first choice for a leisurely read.

[Moldy Cheese]

zac said:

Was going to say, Aristotle wouldn't be my first choice for a leisurely read.

It's alright. Interesting. But not all that exciting.