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Posts Tagged ‘Glen Cook’

Top 10 Books I read in 2012

December 27, 2012 Mathias Leave a comment

Comments on this list before I begin.  First of all, this is not a top 10 list of books published in 2012 that I read.  This is a top 10 list of books that I read in 2012, regardless of year published.  Only books that I read for the first time in 2012 qualify for the list.  For example, I reread The Black Company by Glen Cook. which I have rated at 4.75 stars and my #18 favorite book.  However, because it is a reread, it does not qualify for this list.  Lastly, these are my opinions, and my opinions alone. Read more…

Categories: Book Reviews Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Alchemist, Amp, Empire, Favorite Book, Games, Glen Cook, Grahame Smith, Heir, Hunger, Lincoln, List Of Books, Michael J Sullivan, O Malley, Rook, Seth, Suzanne Collins, Swords, Tina, Top 10 List, Vampire Hunter

Is It Me, Or Is Dark Fantasy “Just Getting Lazier”?

December 13, 2012 Mathias Leave a comment

In an episode of Family Guy, Peter is listening to the police scanner.  Brian walks in and remarks, upon hearing a crime being reported, by saying, “Is it just me, or is rap music just getting lazier?”

Well, I have come to believe something similar when it comes to what is popularly known as “dark fantasy”.  Dark fantasy is that sort of fantasy where you have an anti-hero with morally questionable motives.  Decades ago, I read The Black Company by Glen Cook.  It’s a great piece of dark fantasy, following a band of anti-heroes (The Black Company) and narrated by an analyst (named Croaker) who has a knack for coming up with really fun, yet bizarre, ways of describing common occurrences and The Company’s exploits. Read more…

Categories: Fantasy, General Things Tags: Abercrombie, Blade, Caricatures, Character Development, Clocks, Croaker, Dark Fantasy Novel, Family Guy, Fantasy Genre, Glen Cook, Heroes, Jorg, Knack, Laziness, Motives, Occurrences, Police Scanner, Prime Example, Rap Music, Thorns

Best Fantasy/Fiction/Sci-Fi Books I Ever Read (31 Through 40)

November 25, 2012 Mathias Leave a comment

This list continues my previous ones which can be found at the following links:

Best Fantasy/Fiction/Sci-Fi Books I Ever Read (Top 10)
Best Fantasy/Fiction/Sci-Fi Books I Ever Read (11 Through 20)
Best Fantasy/Fiction/Sci-Fi Books I Ever Read (21 Through 30)

31. Alice‘s Adventures In Wonderland by: Lewis Carroll (4.5 / 5 Stars)

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Categories: Book Reviews, General Things Tags: Abercrombie, Adventures In Wonderland, Alice S Adventures In Wonderland, Bleak Seasons, Charles Dickens, Douglas Adams, F Scott Fitzgerald, Fantasy Fiction, Glen Cook, Great Gatsby, Guide To The Galaxy, Hitchhiker, Hyperion, Lewis Carroll, Madeleine L Engle, Robert A Heinlein, Sci Fi Books, Stranger In A Strange Land, Tale Of Two Cities By Charles Dickens, Wrinkle In Time
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