Nihil Obstat Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 * comes back on phatmass after long absence... reads this thread ...leaves for another 6 months * pWnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 I'm not a Stephen King guy. your loss. it's not really a horror series. it's pretty much amazing. i'm on my fifth or sixth read-through of the whole 7 books. Also, there appear to be guns in those books. That makes it automatically lame if it's supposed to be about wizards. it's not supposed to be about wizards. whomever said it was? :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted July 5, 2013 Author Share Posted July 5, 2013 (edited) your loss. it's not really a horror series. it's pretty much amazing. i'm on my fifth or sixth read-through of the whole 7 books. it's not supposed to be about wizards. whomever said it was? :blink: Well, seeing as how Harry Potter is about wizards, and you said this series is better than Harry Potter, it's natural to assume this book series is about wizards. However, with a book title like "Wizard and Glass" that's another indicator it's about magic. I just don't like books involving guns, I guess. I don't mind modern-era books (Though fictional books based in the Medieval time are the best, and Harry Potter somewhat is with its lack of electricity and awesome castles), but I don't know, you just throw guns in a book and I get bored of it. Edited July 5, 2013 by FuturePriest387 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 I just don't like books involving guns, I guess. I don't mind modern-era books (Though fictional books based in the Medieval time are the best, and Harry Potter somewhat is with its lack of electricity and amesome castles), but I don't know, you just throw guns in a book and I get bored of it. You would probably enjoy Raymond E. Feist's series of books. The first two are called Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master (originally released as one enormous book simply called Magician). Very much a medieval setting, much like medieval Europe (more prominently in earlier books), which is invaded by a human race from another world, whose culture rather resembles Imperial Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Harry Potter is the Paula Dean of literature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Well, seeing as how Harry Potter is about wizards, and you said this series is better than Harry Potter, it's natural to assume this book series is about wizards. However, with a book title like "Wizard and Glass" that's another indicator it's about magic. I just don't like books involving guns, I guess. I don't mind modern-era books (Though fictional books based in the Medieval time are the best, and Harry Potter somewhat is with its lack of electricity and amesome castles), but I don't know, you just throw guns in a book and I get bored of it. lol. it's not "about guns" really. do people shoot guns? yes. but the story doesn't revolve around guns or magic. it revolves around a quest, really. About a gunslinger (kind of like a knight, and the last of his kind), on a quest to the Dark Tower, the nexus of time & space, because the world has "moved on" (the threads of time & space are starting to loosen), and to make it to the Dark Tower is to hopefully set things aright again. meh. anyway. do want you want. just don't prematurely judge and think a book is about one thing, when it's not. :) (kind of like how people assume Harry Potter is from the devil.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlySunshine Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 False. From snopes: http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/potter.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Bombay Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Snopes is an infallible arbiter of the truth. Good to know. Can we read Playboy for the articles? I don't want to be one of those people who assume Playboy is from the devil. I'd like to think of myself as much more progressive and open minded. It is the 21st century after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted July 5, 2013 Author Share Posted July 5, 2013 lol. it's not "about guns" really. do people shoot guns? yes. but the story doesn't revolve around guns or magic. it revolves around a quest, really. About a gunslinger (kind of like a knight, and the last of his kind), on a quest to the Dark Tower, the nexus of time & space, because the world has "moved on" (the threads of time & space are starting to loosen), and to make it to the Dark Tower is to hopefully set things aright again. meh. anyway. do want you want. just don't prematurely judge and think a book is about one thing, when it's not. :) (kind of like how people assume Harry Potter is from the devil.) I didn't particularly mean it's "about" guns. It just involves them, most likely heavily, since the guy is a "gunslinger" as you say. :P It's just not my genre of choice, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted July 5, 2013 Author Share Posted July 5, 2013 You would probably enjoy Raymond E. Feist's series of books. The first two are called Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master (originally released as one enormous book simply called Magician). Very much a medieval setting, much like medieval Europe (more prominently in earlier books), which is invaded by a human race from another world, whose culture rather resembles Imperial Japan. Sounds pretty good. I'll have to look those up! Do you know anything about a book series called Songs of the Earth by Elspeth Cooper? I saw what I think was the first book at a Barnes and Noble once and on the preview there was a prayer to a mythical God that greatly resembled the Hail Mary. I've been meaning to get it, but it looks like it heavily involves magic and its in a setting I described before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted July 5, 2013 Author Share Posted July 5, 2013 Snopes is an infallible arbiter of the truth. Good to know. Can we read Playboy for the articles? I don't want to be one of those people who assume Playboy is from the devil. I'd like to think of myself as much more progressive and open minded. It is the 21st century after all. The issue, good sir, is that not one of your lame arguments has any logical or statistical truth to them, whereas ours do. I do wonder if they taught you the art of debating and logical thought while you were in seminary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Sounds pretty good. I'll have to look those up! Do you know anything about a book series called Songs of the Earth by Elspeth Cooper? I saw what I think was the first book at a Barnes and Noble once and on the preview there was a prayer to a mythical God that greatly resembled the Hail Mary. I've been meaning to get it, but it looks like it heavily involves magic and its in a setting I described before. I have not read it, but I do think I have heard of it a few times. Sounds very familiar. I think I have probably heard if referred to before, though probably not reviewed or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Vinny Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 So, we all settled that reading Harry Potter is not necessarily harmful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 So, we all settled that reading Harry Potter is not necessarily harmful? You have been here long enough to know better. :proud: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Vinny Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 You have been here long enough to know better. :proud: Is it okay to watch The Sopranos? It's about this Catholic family in New Jersey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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