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Post by dragonlord on Nov 23, 2003 22:59:17 GMT -5
I think expensive is relative depending on where you are. For me $14 was pretty expensive. I buy in paperback mostly, used a lot of the time. If you don't have a lot of bucks to spend you should only buy KMT and KA. They are continuations of each other. Don't buy EQQ--its the dark path which I don't entirely get but a lot of people seem to. It did have a few insights people keep talking about the Fourth--even RS in his siggy--that's mostly referenced in the EQQ. I think RS was trying to do something different that's all. He says clearly in all the descriptions to read KMT then KA. It even says that at the end of KMT:
Here ends KMT The continuation of the story is KA
or some such
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Post by Sparhawk on Nov 24, 2003 1:45:28 GMT -5
Sorry, but $14 is d**n expensive for paperback. "Pawn of Prophecy" by David Eddings is $8. And "The Elder Gods" is $25 (however that I oredered it from UK - now their prize was hideous (18 pounds)). But if his latest books are $8, I'll probably buy them.
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Post by narycrossthepond on Nov 24, 2003 3:28:43 GMT -5
Massmarket paperback I assume for Eddings? Trade paperbacks are different, they are the nice editions with nice paper. Basically a hard cover without the extra cardboard. So I got mine for 10 quid UK ($14 US). I see the new KE books talked about here are about 5 quid UK ($8). I think the covers on those editions are smart.
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Post by Sparhawk on Nov 25, 2003 1:05:32 GMT -5
ah, yep, for trade paperback Eddings'Belgariad vol1 was also 14 dollars... My mistake, sorry. Why Stanek doesn't have mass market editions?
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Post by epic on Nov 25, 2003 13:24:00 GMT -5
I love the new covers! ;D Stanek is the first author I know of who does the art for his covers. Granted he's done a few lame covers but most of it is mind-blowing.
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Post by Shire Hobbit on Nov 26, 2003 19:42:26 GMT -5
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Post by EmelBrodst on Nov 27, 2003 13:31:23 GMT -5
I'm reading the Ruin Mist Chronicles. The cover for Kingdom Alliance is what got me started reading.
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Post by Samiam on Nov 27, 2003 14:30:33 GMT -5
i got kingdoms and the elves of the reaches 1,2,3,4 i been readin since last year i think so great to have find this site.
what do think is best about the books? i think it is the charcters. they all have hopes dreams wishes. they all have pasts. they all rely on family and friends. i love that!
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Post by Shire Hobbit on Nov 29, 2003 18:42:52 GMT -5
I think there's a lot to be said for the covers too! I think some people don't get them, I've always thought they were interesting. I have several of the art posters hanging on my wall.
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Post by mct on Nov 30, 2003 2:02:13 GMT -5
Ruin Mist Chronicles is my second favorite series next to Tolkien's masterpiece Lord of the Rings.
I'm going to reread everything from Keeper Martin's Tale to Kingom Alliance before Fields of Honor comes out.
If I had to compare Tolkien and Stanek, I'd take Stanek because the prose is good and the books not so thick. I have a personal goal to read everything all J.R.R. Tolkien and Robert Stanek ever wrote...a lot easier with Stanek.
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Post by WaywardSon on Dec 1, 2003 18:00:32 GMT -5
Starting to make my way through Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches. Second book is where it gets really going and I was like whoa! yeah! more! the whole time.
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Post by edog on Dec 3, 2003 13:29:39 GMT -5
Finished the first three Ruin Mist Chronicles went on to Ruin Mist Heroes and Legends. Whoever recommended that thank you! It has been interested reading. It is amazing how much history RS wrote for the world.
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