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I'm currently reading Elven Star by Weis and Hickman. Book two of the Death Gate Cycle series.



I didn't start reading much fantasy until about 5 years ago, so I have a lot of catching up to do. With the help of a few book review blogs and Amazon's star rating system, I've been able to find a lot of great older books. I only have about 50 pages left, so I'm planning on finishing it up tonight.]]>
I'm currently reading Elven Star by Weis and Hickman. Book two of the Death Gate Cycle series.



I didn't start reading much fantasy until about 5 years ago, so I have a lot of catching up to do. With the help of a few book review blogs and Amazon's star rating system, I've been able to find a lot of great older books. I only have about 50 pages left, so I'm planning on finishing it up tonight.]]> http://forums.theplenty.net/showthread.php?tid=11 Wed, 21 May 2008 00:19:33 +0300 http://forums.theplenty.net/showthread.php?tid=11
Please remember that you alone can decide whether buying online or from certain sellers is safe or worth the risks for you. None of the items listed in this thread are guaranteed to be what the description says by those who post links here or by thePlenty.net's administration.

Now, here's the item that brought this idea to my head:
A bunch of "Humpty Dumpty's" on eBay, one of them contains [[Koko's Day Out]] (the one with the green cover, third in the first row).]]>
Please remember that you alone can decide whether buying online or from certain sellers is safe or worth the risks for you. None of the items listed in this thread are guaranteed to be what the description says by those who post links here or by thePlenty.net's administration.

Now, here's the item that brought this idea to my head:
A bunch of "Humpty Dumpty's" on eBay, one of them contains [[Koko's Day Out]] (the one with the green cover, third in the first row).]]> http://forums.theplenty.net/showthread.php?tid=10 Sun, 18 May 2008 15:25:24 +0300 http://forums.theplenty.net/showthread.php?tid=10 Ship Of Magic is disconcerting me a great deal. My mind is torn by what is occuring in this book. As Vivacia states, '...I think it is what your great-great grandmother would have called a premonition...'

I am enjoying all the various characters, and love some of them, loath others, and feel ambivalance to yet others. This is, of couse, the job of a good author, and Hobb is a great author. There were times is the Farseer, I felt the same way, though not to this strong effect.

So, has anyone else felt a real sense of unsettled feelings reading the books?[font=Courier][/font]]]> Ship Of Magic is disconcerting me a great deal. My mind is torn by what is occuring in this book. As Vivacia states, '...I think it is what your great-great grandmother would have called a premonition...'

I am enjoying all the various characters, and love some of them, loath others, and feel ambivalance to yet others. This is, of couse, the job of a good author, and Hobb is a great author. There were times is the Farseer, I felt the same way, though not to this strong effect.

So, has anyone else felt a real sense of unsettled feelings reading the books?[font=Courier][/font]]]> http://forums.theplenty.net/showthread.php?tid=9 Sun, 18 May 2008 00:30:17 +0300 http://forums.theplenty.net/showthread.php?tid=9 Finncon 2008: 26.-27.7.2008, Tampere
Vahvistettu aika ja paikka on la 16-17 Opus 4 -tilassa (jatkosta voidaan sitten sopia ideoiden mukaan erikseen). (Tampere-talon kartta, Opus 4 löytyy toisesta kerroksesta).

(Kommentteja voi jättää tähän nyt ainakin toistaiseksi rekisteröitymättä, allekirjoitathan viestisi silti nimelläsi tai nickilläsi, kiitos.)
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And in English:
Finncon 2008 will be held from 26th to 27th of July in Tampere, Finland. If you're attending (or just happen to be in Finland around that time) you can participate in a meeting of Hobb fans. We have a room (Opus 4 -room in the 2nd floor of Tampere-talo, see the map) reserved for our use from 4PM to 5PM on Saturday the 26th, but who knows what other plans we'll come up with.
In an attempt to keep things as easy as possible, I suggest that you leave any comments, ideas or see-you-theres here. You don't have to register to comment on this thread, just sign your post with your nick/name, please.]]> Finncon 2008: 26.-27.7.2008, Tampere
Vahvistettu aika ja paikka on la 16-17 Opus 4 -tilassa (jatkosta voidaan sitten sopia ideoiden mukaan erikseen). (Tampere-talon kartta, Opus 4 löytyy toisesta kerroksesta).

(Kommentteja voi jättää tähän nyt ainakin toistaiseksi rekisteröitymättä, allekirjoitathan viestisi silti nimelläsi tai nickilläsi, kiitos.)
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And in English:
Finncon 2008 will be held from 26th to 27th of July in Tampere, Finland. If you're attending (or just happen to be in Finland around that time) you can participate in a meeting of Hobb fans. We have a room (Opus 4 -room in the 2nd floor of Tampere-talo, see the map) reserved for our use from 4PM to 5PM on Saturday the 26th, but who knows what other plans we'll come up with.
In an attempt to keep things as easy as possible, I suggest that you leave any comments, ideas or see-you-theres here. You don't have to register to comment on this thread, just sign your post with your nick/name, please.]]> http://forums.theplenty.net/showthread.php?tid=7 Mon, 12 May 2008 18:59:54 +0300 http://forums.theplenty.net/showthread.php?tid=7
Please, add the forums to the navigation of theplenty.net! Thank you!]]>
Please, add the forums to the navigation of theplenty.net! Thank you!]]> http://forums.theplenty.net/showthread.php?tid=6 Mon, 12 May 2008 13:40:41 +0300 http://forums.theplenty.net/showthread.php?tid=6
I have a very mixed back in my bookshelf. All my Lindholm stories are paperbacks, and most of them are UK and/or reprint editions - a couple are second hand copies purchased from ebay because they're out of print. My copy of the Gypsy is a mass market paperback, and I don't like how it's in different size than the rest of them... but it was difficult enough to get a new copy of it, so I shouldn't complain.

When I first started buying the Elderling trilogies, the most recent book was (I think) Fool's Errand or the Golden Fool. So what was available in bookstores here were paperbacks up to those new ones. I chose to collect the UK paperbacks, mainly because I'm a huge John Howe fan and I didn't like the US covers for the LST trilogy. The first hardback I bought was Fool's Fate, and I've since then tried to slowly rebuilt my collection to hardbacks so they might survive the continuous re-reading better. (I need to find a better paying to job to ever get a chance to purchase the UK hardback of AA, though! :D)

I'll try to take a photo of my humble collection soon and post it here.

What have you got? :)]]>
I have a very mixed back in my bookshelf. All my Lindholm stories are paperbacks, and most of them are UK and/or reprint editions - a couple are second hand copies purchased from ebay because they're out of print. My copy of the Gypsy is a mass market paperback, and I don't like how it's in different size than the rest of them... but it was difficult enough to get a new copy of it, so I shouldn't complain.

When I first started buying the Elderling trilogies, the most recent book was (I think) Fool's Errand or the Golden Fool. So what was available in bookstores here were paperbacks up to those new ones. I chose to collect the UK paperbacks, mainly because I'm a huge John Howe fan and I didn't like the US covers for the LST trilogy. The first hardback I bought was Fool's Fate, and I've since then tried to slowly rebuilt my collection to hardbacks so they might survive the continuous re-reading better. (I need to find a better paying to job to ever get a chance to purchase the UK hardback of AA, though! :D)

I'll try to take a photo of my humble collection soon and post it here.

What have you got? :)]]> http://forums.theplenty.net/showthread.php?tid=5 Mon, 05 May 2008 23:05:39 +0300 http://forums.theplenty.net/showthread.php?tid=5

Quote:Tällä hetkellä meidän suunnitelmissa ei ole pokkariversiota Lordi Kultainen -sarjasta eikä uusia suomennoksia Robin Hobbin tuotannosta.


Vaikka Hobb-suomennosten tasosta voidaan olla montaa mieltä, on silti selvää että iso osa lukijakunnasta jää paljosta paitsi, kun ainoastaan Näkijän taru ja Lordi Kultainen-trilogia on tarjolla suomeksi. Varsinkin nyt, kun on tiedossa, että seuraava kirja (työnimi Dragonkeeper, julkaisu 2009/2010?) sijoittuu Sadekorpeen, olisi varsin olennaista, että myös triplatrilogian keskiosat käännettäisiin. Minusta näyttää aika selvältä, että Hobb on suomalaisten fantasiaharrastajien keskuudessa varsin arvostettu ja suosittu (jos esim. katsotaan kotimaisten alan foorumien keskusteluja tai esim. Lordi Kultaisen osien sijoituksia Mitä Suomi lukee-listoilla julkaisujen jälkeisinä kuukausina). Mikä siis neuvoksi? Otavalle toiveita kääntämisestä on esittänyt niin moni niin kauan, että jos siellä suunniteltaisiin jotain toimia, niin vastaus olisi varmaan jo muuttunut positiivisemmaksi. Pitäisikö siis kääntyä joukolla jonkin toisen kustantamon puoleen?]]>

Quote:Tällä hetkellä meidän suunnitelmissa ei ole pokkariversiota Lordi Kultainen -sarjasta eikä uusia suomennoksia Robin Hobbin tuotannosta.


Vaikka Hobb-suomennosten tasosta voidaan olla montaa mieltä, on silti selvää että iso osa lukijakunnasta jää paljosta paitsi, kun ainoastaan Näkijän taru ja Lordi Kultainen-trilogia on tarjolla suomeksi. Varsinkin nyt, kun on tiedossa, että seuraava kirja (työnimi Dragonkeeper, julkaisu 2009/2010?) sijoittuu Sadekorpeen, olisi varsin olennaista, että myös triplatrilogian keskiosat käännettäisiin. Minusta näyttää aika selvältä, että Hobb on suomalaisten fantasiaharrastajien keskuudessa varsin arvostettu ja suosittu (jos esim. katsotaan kotimaisten alan foorumien keskusteluja tai esim. Lordi Kultaisen osien sijoituksia Mitä Suomi lukee-listoilla julkaisujen jälkeisinä kuukausina). Mikä siis neuvoksi? Otavalle toiveita kääntämisestä on esittänyt niin moni niin kauan, että jos siellä suunniteltaisiin jotain toimia, niin vastaus olisi varmaan jo muuttunut positiivisemmaksi. Pitäisikö siis kääntyä joukolla jonkin toisen kustantamon puoleen?]]> http://forums.theplenty.net/showthread.php?tid=4 Thu, 01 May 2008 00:46:06 +0300 http://forums.theplenty.net/showthread.php?tid=4
Existing PlentyWiki users:
If you already have a wiki account, it can save you some trouble if you pick the same username/password for your use here (how well your "sessions" are remembered depends on how your browser saves cookies, though). Unfortunately I haven't so far found a way to make this work the other way around (creating automatically forum IDs for existing wikiusers that is).

New users without a wiki account:
Anyone who creates an account here at the forums can use the same username & password at the wiki, no additional registration there is required. (Again, you have to login separately to both though, and it depends on your browser how long your "sessions" last. Still, this hopefully makes things easier.)
Welcome! :)

If you encounter any problems with this feature, please let me know! And don't hesitate to ask any questions, I'll try to explain how this works. :D]]>
Existing PlentyWiki users:
If you already have a wiki account, it can save you some trouble if you pick the same username/password for your use here (how well your "sessions" are remembered depends on how your browser saves cookies, though). Unfortunately I haven't so far found a way to make this work the other way around (creating automatically forum IDs for existing wikiusers that is).

New users without a wiki account:
Anyone who creates an account here at the forums can use the same username & password at the wiki, no additional registration there is required. (Again, you have to login separately to both though, and it depends on your browser how long your "sessions" last. Still, this hopefully makes things easier.)
Welcome! :)

If you encounter any problems with this feature, please let me know! And don't hesitate to ask any questions, I'll try to explain how this works. :D]]> http://forums.theplenty.net/showthread.php?tid=3 Thu, 01 May 2008 00:17:45 +0300 http://forums.theplenty.net/showthread.php?tid=3 http://forums.theplenty.net/showthread.php?tid=2 Thu, 01 May 2008 00:14:12 +0300 http://forums.theplenty.net/showthread.php?tid=2
2. Please be aware of spoilers. Stay away from areas and topics which are about books you haven't yet read. Don't post spoilery things in topics they don't belong in.
You wouldn't have wanted someone to ruin the plot for you, would you?

3. No fanfiction, no links to fanfiction. This is a site-wide policy. You can discuss it though, if you really think that's necessary. And posting fanart is very much ok.

4. Although there is a room for off-topic chat, please try to remember that this isn't a general forum, but a very specific one. So do think twice before you start a thread about politics/religion/your favourite brand of washing powder. Thank you!]]>
2. Please be aware of spoilers. Stay away from areas and topics which are about books you haven't yet read. Don't post spoilery things in topics they don't belong in.
You wouldn't have wanted someone to ruin the plot for you, would you?

3. No fanfiction, no links to fanfiction. This is a site-wide policy. You can discuss it though, if you really think that's necessary. And posting fanart is very much ok.

4. Although there is a room for off-topic chat, please try to remember that this isn't a general forum, but a very specific one. So do think twice before you start a thread about politics/religion/your favourite brand of washing powder. Thank you!]]> http://forums.theplenty.net/showthread.php?tid=1 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:12:11 +0300 http://forums.theplenty.net/showthread.php?tid=1
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* nameless the dog-boy (Minimum Posts: 0)
* newboy (Minimum Posts: 1)
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