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Post by warrior25 on Jan 24, 2004 12:07:45 GMT -5
i'm more familiar with Stanek. In LotR there's gollum, orcs, shellob, urak hi, ents, cave trolls, elves, dwarves. In RM there's kren, wolmeres, giants, trolls, elves, dwarves, gnomes, hunter beasts, dragons.
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Post by mct on Jan 27, 2004 22:30:17 GMT -5
The twist Stanek puts on it is what I loved. I mean in his world Elves and Men are enemies. Both were once inslaved by a greater race (Titans). Gnomes are descended from Dwarves, hence gnomic dwarves. Races intermingle hence half trolls half giants. Not all trolls are bad in his world either witness Edward.
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Post by Trancemist on Jan 29, 2004 0:01:27 GMT -5
I'd have to say R.S cause almost every fantasy has a dwarf a halfling a humsn an an elf but R.S made up thed world and the races [ although what what would a fantqasy be without elves?]
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Post by Evenstar on Jan 29, 2004 1:26:05 GMT -5
True, I'll probably change my mind after I read more of Stanek's books. So far there haven't been too many beasts of what I have read.
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Post by Shire Hobbit on Feb 21, 2004 0:46:28 GMT -5
Some of Stanek's creature are very original so that's interesting.
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Post by Evenstar on Feb 22, 2004 9:41:55 GMT -5
I'm starting to find out about some of them like the dark and wood elves, ogres, troants, orcs, and the priests. They all sound pretty cool so far!
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Post by freakshow on Feb 23, 2004 14:03:31 GMT -5
Troants! I liked the way Stanek does the dragons too. Totally different from any fantasy i read before. It freaked me out at first what happens when Adrina faces the dragon king.
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Post by rtree on Feb 25, 2004 14:46:23 GMT -5
Dragons! It was new way to see them and amazing
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Post by flygirl on Feb 27, 2004 14:11:56 GMT -5
Maybe Tolkien's monsters were original back when he created them but everyone has copied them.
With Stanek a lot of what hes done is original and no one else has done. Like what with Edward the troant, Erravane the wolmerrelle queen. Stuff like that.
Plus elves and men are enemies. Lots of stuff like that too.
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Post by twig on Mar 11, 2004 13:00:02 GMT -5
Stanek
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Post by xxmarcoxx on Mar 11, 2004 23:22:59 GMT -5
definitely wolmerelle krens and troants all the way
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Post by freakshow on Apr 3, 2004 1:00:45 GMT -5
Wolmerelle all the way! You can't beat Edward Tallyback the troant either.
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