The Wizard Knight

Lamont Cranston · 07.16.2009, 02:38 AM

Any of you read this? I did last year, it still sticks in my mind.

Try to imagine every cliche of high fantasy, now rewritten to be entirely new and mind blowing.
http://home.clara.net/andywrobertson...mountains.html
http://www.amazon.com/Knight-Book-On...ion/B000FC1AAW
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/pro...283155&s=books
http://www.sfsite.com/07a/tk179.htm
http://www.theharrow.com/columns/reviews/knight.html
http://coffeeandtypescript.wordpress.com/
http://www.bewilderingstories.com/is...night_rev.html

Lamont Cranston · 07.16.2009, 06:10 AM

If you don't read this book you'll have missed out on something important and wonderful and all the cool people will laugh at you. Neil Gaiman

phoenix · 07.16.2009, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Lamont Cranston

Any of you read this?

no sorry

floatingslowly · 07.16.2009, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Lamont Cranston

If you don't read this book you'll have missed out on something important and wonderful and all the cool people will laugh at you. Neil Gaiman

I'm used to the cool people laughing at me.

I'm also a sucker for fantasy fiction. I think that I've read just about every D&D novel that's ever come out.

how does Mr. Gaiman compare to RA Salvatore?

Lamont Cranston · 07.16.2009, 09:12 AM

Salvatore writes for media licenses, Wolfe and Gaiman write original works.

floatingslowly · 07.16.2009, 09:25 AM

I'm ok with media licenses if they are done well.

and...you'll have to pardon me, I'm multi-multi-tasking this morning:

I've read American Gods and liked it a lot. I knew that I knew the name, but was having trouble pushing through my hypo-caffeinated state. I've heard that Anansi Boys was good too.

floatingslowly · 07.16.2009, 09:28 AM

and there I go again. I just googled Gaiman. so, I guess I still don't know who Gene Wolfe is. ok no holding out. it's coffee time.

dirty bunny · 07.16.2009, 01:59 PM

American Gods was good. Gaiman is perhaps most famous for the epic comic book The Sandman though

Lamont Cranston · 07.16.2009, 08:22 PM

Gene Wolfe wrote The Book of the New Sun

floatingslowly · 07.16.2009, 08:30 PM

so is The Knight the first in the series?

I'll pick it up when I'm done with what I'm reading.

we went to the bookstore a few days ago and I just didn't know what to get. it's all really hit and miss in the sci-fi/fantasy category (although I'll even read the shit ones just for easy digestion).

I was tempted to read The Dresden Files, but the "as seen on sci-fi" sticker scared me off. fucking SyFy.

Lamont Cranston · 07.16.2009, 09:08 PM

The Wizard Knight was first published in two parts: The Knight, The Wizard.

floatingslowly · 07.16.2009, 10:03 PM

well that's rather confusing then, isn't it?

calling it "The Knight Wizard" would have made things much clearer.

Sonic Youth 37 · 07.16.2009, 10:08 PM

Gaiman and Pratchett's Good Omens was one of my favorite books I read last year.

Lamont Cranston · 07.17.2009, 03:33 AM

not really that sort of fantasy 37

Lamont Cranston · 07.17.2009, 07:33 AM

why do you judge it poorly?

Sonic Youth 37 · 07.17.2009, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Lamont Cranston

not really that sort of fantasy 37

Yeah, I know. Gaiman was mentioned, so I made the post. I've never read any of this "high fantasy" or whatever stuff.

Toilet & Bowels · 07.17.2009, 12:29 PM

i might give this a try, i've been curious about fantasy lately, the only things i've read have been by tolkien, i loved that stuff when i was a teenager but now i find it pretty dull, but i'm curious to find out what is of interest in this whole genre that has sprung up in his wake.

Lamont Cranston · 07.17.2009, 10:25 PM

Well this harkens back to the medieval romances and earlier fantasy of guys like Lord Dunsany.

DeadDiscoDildo · 07.18.2009, 12:40 AM

I thought this was going to be a spoof on Batman.

Oh well.

Lamont Cranston · 07.19.2009, 04:54 AM

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Originally Posted by DeadDiscoDildo

I thought this was going to be a spoof on Batman.

Oh well.

07.16.2009, 02:38 AM	#1
Lamont Cranston 100% Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 725	Any of you read this? I did last year, it still sticks in my mind. Try to imagine every cliche of high fantasy, now rewritten to be entirely new and mind blowing. http://home.clara.net/andywrobertson...mountains.html http://www.amazon.com/Knight-Book-On...ion/B000FC1AAW http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/pro...283155&s=books http://www.sfsite.com/07a/tk179.htm http://www.theharrow.com/columns/reviews/knight.html http://coffeeandtypescript.wordpress.com/ http://www.bewilderingstories.com/is...night_rev.html __________________ This is how it will all end: not with floods, earthquakes, falling comets or gigantic crabs roaming the Earth. No, doomsday will start simply out of indifference.
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07.16.2009, 06:10 AM	#2
Lamont Cranston 100% Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 725	If you don't read this book you'll have missed out on something important and wonderful and all the cool people will laugh at you. Neil Gaiman __________________ This is how it will all end: not with floods, earthquakes, falling comets or gigantic crabs roaming the Earth. No, doomsday will start simply out of indifference.
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07.16.2009, 09:12 AM	#5
Lamont Cranston 100% Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 725	Salvatore writes for media licenses, Wolfe and Gaiman write original works. __________________ This is how it will all end: not with floods, earthquakes, falling comets or gigantic crabs roaming the Earth. No, doomsday will start simply out of indifference.
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07.16.2009, 09:25 AM	#6
floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	I'm ok with media licenses if they are done well. and...you'll have to pardon me, I'm multi-multi-tasking this morning: I've read American Gods and liked it a lot. I knew that I knew the name, but was having trouble pushing through my hypo-caffeinated state. I've heard that Anansi Boys was good too.
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07.16.2009, 09:28 AM	#7
floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	and there I go again. I just googled Gaiman. so, I guess I still don't know who Gene Wolfe is. ok no holding out. it's coffee time.
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07.16.2009, 01:59 PM	#8
dirty bunny expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: oh, why Texas actually Posts: 1,680	American Gods was good. Gaiman is perhaps most famous for the epic comic book The Sandman though __________________ kiss me kiss me in the shadow of a doubt
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07.16.2009, 08:22 PM	#9
Lamont Cranston 100% Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 725	Gene Wolfe wrote The Book of the New Sun __________________ This is how it will all end: not with floods, earthquakes, falling comets or gigantic crabs roaming the Earth. No, doomsday will start simply out of indifference.
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07.16.2009, 08:30 PM	#10
floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	so is The Knight the first in the series? I'll pick it up when I'm done with what I'm reading. we went to the bookstore a few days ago and I just didn't know what to get. it's all really hit and miss in the sci-fi/fantasy category (although I'll even read the shit ones just for easy digestion). I was tempted to read The Dresden Files, but the "as seen on sci-fi" sticker scared me off. fucking SyFy.
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07.16.2009, 09:08 PM	#11
Lamont Cranston 100% Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 725	The Wizard Knight was first published in two parts: The Knight, The Wizard. __________________ This is how it will all end: not with floods, earthquakes, falling comets or gigantic crabs roaming the Earth. No, doomsday will start simply out of indifference.
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07.16.2009, 10:03 PM	#12
floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	well that's rather confusing then, isn't it? calling it "The Knight Wizard" would have made things much clearer.
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07.16.2009, 10:08 PM	#13
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	Gaiman and Pratchett's Good Omens was one of my favorite books I read last year. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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07.17.2009, 03:33 AM	#14
Lamont Cranston 100% Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 725	not really that sort of fantasy 37 __________________ This is how it will all end: not with floods, earthquakes, falling comets or gigantic crabs roaming the Earth. No, doomsday will start simply out of indifference.
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07.17.2009, 07:33 AM	#15
Lamont Cranston 100% Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 725	why do you judge it poorly? __________________ This is how it will all end: not with floods, earthquakes, falling comets or gigantic crabs roaming the Earth. No, doomsday will start simply out of indifference.
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07.17.2009, 12:29 PM	#17
Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,226	i might give this a try, i've been curious about fantasy lately, the only things i've read have been by tolkien, i loved that stuff when i was a teenager but now i find it pretty dull, but i'm curious to find out what is of interest in this whole genre that has sprung up in his wake.
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07.17.2009, 10:25 PM	#18
Lamont Cranston 100% Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 725	Well this harkens back to the medieval romances and earlier fantasy of guys like Lord Dunsany. __________________ This is how it will all end: not with floods, earthquakes, falling comets or gigantic crabs roaming the Earth. No, doomsday will start simply out of indifference.
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07.18.2009, 12:40 AM	#19
DeadDiscoDildo invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3,805	I thought this was going to be a spoof on Batman. Oh well.
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