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I refuse to ever suffer through another farmboy fantasy opening.
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vn_jurojin
Title: Insolent Insomniac
Posts: 205
Registered: 2001-12-20 03:26:39
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9/5/11 5:58pm
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I refuse to ever suffer through another farmboy fantasy opening.
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vn_jurojin
Title: Insolent Insomniac
Posts: 205
Registered: 2001-12-20 03:26:39
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9/5/11 5:58pm
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I refuse to ever suffer through another farmboy fantasy opening.
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Kordirn posted:
While it worked well in Wheel Of Time... A couple years ago I tried to read the first book of the Sword Of Truth. The farm boy opening was quite horrid in that book, but that is only one of the myriad of problems in that god forsaken series. I got maybe halfway through that book before I threw it down in disgust.
I never thought I'd defend the Sword of Truth for anything, but I guess there's a first time for everything. The Sword of Truth didn't use a farm boy trope. Richard Cypher was mid-twenties when the story started, lived independently, and was already a bad ass in his own way. Just because he lived in the woods does not make it a farm boy trope.
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Ptilk
Title: Creepy old pirate
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Registered: 2002-2-13 14:52:58
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I refuse to ever suffer through another farmboy fantasy opening.
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I get really tired of the easy, pat back story for most books myself.
Of course when a book goes outside the norm....it's chances of getting published drop like a rock. Don't blame the authors, blame the business.
A few people who have already broken through (or were lucky enough to publish first outside of the US) don't stick to the norms and their books can be outstanding....though also a bit disturbing. Like having the "hero" be a washed up former renowned fighter who also happens to be a gay rapist who likes to kill random people for looking at him. Good, but very disturbing, read.
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Date Posted:
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Good Omens had a great opening, and it was fantasy set in modern times.
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Caoilin
Title: Instigator
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Registered: 2001-11-20 00:03:45
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good omens was written by the gods of our time.
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Date Posted:
9/5/11 5:58pm
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I refuse to ever suffer through another farmboy fantasy opening.
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Then you should read the synopsis first of the book, before reading it.
Or you could broaden your horizons and read books you thought were beneath you. It could make you laugh or cry.
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