Fantasy Fiction http://valis22074.yuku.com/forums/8 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:06:07 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://valis22074.yuku.com/forums/8 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Robert Jordan fyi ]]> http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/1996/t/Robert-Jordan-fyi.html ...primary amyloidosis with cardiomyapathy. That means that some (only about 5% at present) of my bone marrow is producing amyloids which are depositing in the wall of my heart, causing it to thicken and stiffen. Untreated, it would eventually make my heart unable to function any longer and I would have a median life expectancy of one year... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (shirethain) http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/1996 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:52:18 GMT <![CDATA[ Decag ]]> http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2001/t/Decag.html
Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh. :bawl :b ]]> feeds@yuku.com (shirethain) http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2001 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 23:24:32 GMT <![CDATA[ Worst series ever, aka eulogy to Eddings & kudos for Hob ]]> http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2000/t/Worst-series-ever-aka-eulogy-to-Eddings-amp-kudos-for-Hob.html
David Eddings, before Leigh and before the horror of the series I just tried to plow through, was one of my early fantasy-fic reads - one of the reasons I became enthralled with the genre.

I love epics - multiple volumes of big thick books with wonderful characters I might not really ever want to know which make me feel a tad lonely when they end...as if I were summarily dismissed from... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (shirethain) http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2000 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:21:10 GMT <![CDATA[ Knife of Dreams (robert jordan) ]]> http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/1995/t/Knife-of-Dreams-robert-jordan-.html
Anyone read The Wheel of Time Series?? Anyone looking forward to this book being released?
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]]> feeds@yuku.com (susie1977) http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/1995 Thu, 06 Oct 2005 17:12:35 GMT <![CDATA[ scary short story ]]> http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2004/t/scary-short-story.html
Right now it's only at www.lulu.com/content/161353 if anyone else wants to read it and talk about it. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Savidbor) http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2004 Sun, 11 Sep 2005 17:52:03 GMT <![CDATA[ Gene Wolfe's Latro novels ]]> http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/1994/t/Gene-Wolfe-s-Latro-novels.html Latro in the Mist)? I'm a fan of (among others) Jack Vance, E. R. Eddison, Mervyn Peake, Lord Dunsany, Clark Ashton Smith, Avram Davidson, and Sylvia Townsend Warner. Would you recommend the novels to a person with such tastes? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Dan Gunter) http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/1994 Tue, 09 Nov 2004 14:12:05 GMT <![CDATA[ Matt Hughes, Black Brillion ]]> http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2009/t/Matt-Hughes-Black-Brillion.html Black Brillion, a new novel by my acquaintance Matt Hughes. Matt's a frequent poster at the Jack Vance Message Board. Black Brillion (just out) is a very fine novel, set in the same fictional universe as his prior novels, Fools Errant and Fool Me... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Dan Gunter) http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2009 Sun, 07 Nov 2004 00:00:40 GMT <![CDATA[ The Watchers ]]> http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2006/t/The-Watchers.html The Fantastic Four, Stan Lee & Jack Kirby created a being called The Watcher, who lived on the moon and observed humankind. Actually, he was of a race of such beings, who had similar outposts throughout the (Marvel Comics) universe. They operated under a non-intervention directive.

Several months ago, while considering Genesis 6, passages from Job, a particular Psalm, and the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rolling Bear 1) http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2006 Sat, 06 Nov 2004 01:11:38 GMT <![CDATA[ Philip Pullman's "Golden Compass" ]]> http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/1997/t/Philip-Pullman-s-quot-Golden-Compass-quot-.html
I loved it, even though I don't usually read much fantasy. The double character of Lyra and her "daemon" Pantalaimon is an unforgettable one.

The plot challenges our perceptions of good and evil, and the adventures Lyra leads us into are unusual, to say... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (MoodIndigo1) http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/1997 Fri, 27 Feb 2004 23:39:31 GMT <![CDATA[ Daniel da Cruz ]]> http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2011/t/Daniel-da-Cruz.html The Grotto of the Formigans. A light, perfectly readable 185 pages, with little to complain about...and a nice twist in the tale ending.

I also have Mixed Doubles, and I was just wondering if Formigans was typical of Da Cruz's style? (If so, I'll try to get to feeds@yuku.com (DRAGONEMISIS) http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2011 Mon, 24 Nov 2003 01:59:33 GMT <![CDATA[ Eragon ]]> http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2012/t/Eragon.html
www.randomhouse.com/teens/eragon/

Adios :smokin
]]> feeds@yuku.com (DRAGONEMISIS) http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2012 Mon, 24 Nov 2003 01:49:41 GMT <![CDATA[ The Age of Unreason ]]> http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2010/t/The-Age-of-Unreason.html The Waterborn. That book was really quite good; traditional fantasy with enough ingenuity and good writing to keep one occupied. The sequel, Blackgod, was almost as good.

Looking through Amazon.com, I see that Keyes has written an entire series of five books, called "The Age of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (One Bad Ash) http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2010 Sat, 15 Nov 2003 23:12:53 GMT <![CDATA[ Sylvia Townsend Warner ]]> http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2008/t/Sylvia-Townsend-Warner.html Kingdoms of Elfin, but apparently lulled the good folks there into a coma. But, because I'm stubborn, I'll mention the stories here as well. The collection is outstanding. Warner's prose is brilliant (decidedly not overwritten), and the stories are romance almost devoid of romance. She writes as if Tolkien never existed. Whether or... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Dan Gunter) http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2008 Mon, 20 Oct 2003 19:46:27 GMT <![CDATA[ Mercedes Lackey ]]> http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2013/t/Mercedes-Lackey.html
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Fiore Scarlatto) http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2013 Tue, 30 Sep 2003 09:42:53 GMT <![CDATA[ Best fantasy novels of the past decade ]]> http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2014/t/Best-fantasy-novels-of-the-past-decade.html feeds@yuku.com (luditheyardfool) http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2014 Wed, 10 Sep 2003 02:54:14 GMT <![CDATA[ Steven Brust ]]> http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2015/t/Steven-Brust.html Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (MardiGrasChick) http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2015 Fri, 05 Sep 2003 18:04:26 GMT <![CDATA[ anybody ever read the dark tower books by stephen king? ]]> http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/1999/t/anybody-ever-read-the-dark-tower-books-by-stephen-king-.html ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ninjaturtle121) http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/1999 Fri, 05 Sep 2003 10:39:04 GMT <![CDATA[ Mervyn Peake on BBC ]]> http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2016/t/Mervyn-Peake-on-BBC.html
www.mervynpeake.org/news.html

]]> feeds@yuku.com (luditheyardfool) http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2016 Sun, 10 Aug 2003 13:18:58 GMT <![CDATA[ World Fantasy Con 2003 in Washington DC ]]> http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2017/t/World-Fantasy-Con-2003-in-Washington-DC.html
Authors/Guests of Honour are Brian Lumley and Jack Williamson. World Fantasy Con
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feeds@yuku.com (MoodIndigo1) http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2017 Thu, 24 Jul 2003 21:21:15 GMT <![CDATA[ Just started book 4 in the series of Rhapsody ]]> http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2018/t/Just-started-book-4-in-the-series-of-Rhapsody.html
And it is promising to very good :D

Anyone read it yet ?

Im only at the the third chapter as yet , but i cant wait to read more :jumpy

The author is Elizabeth Haydon :)... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Forever Xena) http://valis22074.yuku.com/topic/2018 Wed, 09 Jul 2003 01:29:02 GMT