i haven't read the dark materials but i did enjoy the chronicles of narnia when i was a kid and again when i re read them before the movie came out. i can say the first movie was interesting but i haven't seen the second one and i somehow doubt i will.
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but as far as fantasy goes i have been reading R.A. Salvadore's Forgotten Realms series. working on the dark elf trilogy collectors edition. haven't gotten very far into it though.

Side Note: sorry if i broke the topic in here.

if your going to go see any of the Narnia movies go and rent the BBC version of them. campy special effects but very good.

I've been meaning to start reading the Forgotten Realms seires.
Though i haven't gotten around to it coz my local library is useless and doesn't have Homeland or Exile >.>

and they most likely never will. it is one of the highest one to get stole from the liberty that I know of. but they are REALLY good. you know you might try a used book store... they might have it for cheep.

Now that we're talking about airships, sprockets and other tech stuff like that, I remember again this lovely book I once read, with a similar theme. There was a girl who worked in a factory, then escaped and started to ride a mechanical dragon thingy. Having sex powered her up more for it, and the dragon was a living mechanism despite being a tech thingy. There were also these true names involved that you could command another person if you knew their true name (not the one given at birth, but one attached to your soul more of) and could picture their looks in your mind while calling them. A boy, friends with the girl, revealed her his true name and later died, then she encountered his re-incarnations (apparently he died a few lifes) and tested his true name (that didn't change in rebirth) if it really was him and it was. So she could get help from him when needed too. It was the book 'The Iron Dragon's Daughter' by Michael Swanwick. I really recommend it, even to those who aren't normally into tech stuff books.

Omg, it's Taraski!

Himee! *tackles*
Yush, I'm here. Even though I should be reading/studying right abouts now instead. But I'm trying to give at least a little of my effort towards the team Gasket myself too so I'm here.

Originally Posted by Taraski

Now that we're talking about airships, sprockets and other tech stuff like that, I remember again this lovely book I once read, with a similar theme. There was a girl who worked in a factory, then escaped and started to ride a mechanical dragon thingy. Having sex powered her up more for it, and the dragon was a living mechanism despite being a tech thingy. There were also these true names involved that you could command another person if you knew their true name (not the one given at birth, but one attached to your soul more of) and could picture their looks in your mind while calling them. A boy, friends with the girl, revealed her his true name and later died, then she encountered his re-incarnations (apparently he died a few lifes) and tested his true name (that didn't change in rebirth) if it really was him and it was. So she could get help from him when needed too. It was the book 'The Iron Dragon's Daughter' by Michael Swanwick. I really recommend it, even to those who aren't normally into tech stuff books.

Just from that one little detail, I like the sound of that book. The author must have done at least a little research into Celtic mythology. That's a pretty important part of dealing with fairies, so I'd be really interested in seeing how the author managed to apply it to a science fiction novel. :yes:

I remember hearing a little bit about that book. It kind of sounds interesting.

yah it dose sound interesting.
knerd: the author may not have done the research into the true names. it has been an Idea that has been cropping up all over the place. the first place I ran a crossed it was in Elf Quest, although the Pini's called them soul names not true names, but it was the same concept.

ELFQUEESSSSTTTTTTT. omgyay.
i still need to find volume 6. i hate when books go out of print. ;_;

Ah, ElfQuest. I've heard of it, but never actually read any of those books. The Wikipedia article on it is pretty entertaining. :lol:

Originally Posted by tirethminet

ELFQUEESSSSTTTTTTT. omgyay.
i still need to find volume 6. i hate when books go out of print. ;_;

you have not seen it? *is quite stund* you can probable get a copy of it off amazon for not to much. and they did have it reprinted by Dark Horse sadly no color.

I actually remember buying the original series of Elfquest in the comic store. The format was HUGE. Wendy really is a marvelous artist.

I love you Knerdigan! <3

Hi!

Love ya too, Tijdi-Bear. :hug:

(Your name is hard to turn into a nickname, you should work on that!)

Originally Posted by Guivre

I actually remember buying the original series of Elfquest in the comic store. The format was HUGE. Wendy really is a marvelous artist.

I know she is so good...... do you know if she is still doing art work? is she still alive?

Originally Posted by Gypsea Rose

and they most likely never will. it is one of the highest one to get stole from the liberty that I know of. but they are REALLY good. you know you might try a used book store... they might have it for cheep.

Hmmm, I suppose so. I have found it in a Dymocks store and also an Agnus and Robertson store. (I'm not sure what the American equivalant of these are)
And they are quite cheap, it's just only certain stores stock them and most are like a train and a bus ride away :/

@Gypsea -- I think she's still alive. D= I really don't know what she's up to, I haven't looked at Elfquest.com in a very, very long time. I suppose I should now. =D

pounder: well you can always make a day trip out of it.
Guivre: I to have not been to the site in a while.

A Song of Ice and Fire, anyone? Best fantasy series ever. Srsly.

"Song of Fire and Ice" always makes me think of a Ray Bradbury short story called "Frost and Fire." :lol:

HBO is about to start filming for the first book, A Game of Thrones. They're turning the book series into a long-running tv series like The Sopranos or The Tudors. :) I'm super excited about it. x3

Wow, that sounds pretty interesting.
I may not have the chance to see it, though. I'm afraid that my house doesn't get HBO. :(


So to cheer myself up, I've posted a new Science Fiction Book of the Day!

R is for Rocket by Ray Bradbury

I was never a big sci-fi novel fan, except for Kurt Vonnegut. Only he could insert alien abduption into a war novel and have it make perfect sense, and carry people through the universe in a giant bubble that reveals the meaning of life (which, surprisingly, isn't 42, apparently, according to some wacky people)

I also always liked Jules Verne, but I could never get into more then one of his books at any time period, they were just too.. big. o 3o