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Post by Xaa on Oct 22, 2007 8:00:22 GMT -5
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Post by Kilarin on Oct 23, 2007 21:13:07 GMT -5
whoo hooo!!!!!!! Thank you! Are you going dead trees version only for this book, or will an Etext version be out soon?
Either way, gotta have this book!
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Post by Xaa on Oct 24, 2007 12:55:39 GMT -5
whoo hooo!!!!!!! Thank you! Are you going dead trees version only for this book, or will an Etext version be out soon? Either way, gotta have this book! E-book version available now. =) www.diskuspublishing.com/jimfarris.html
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Post by Kilarin on Oct 24, 2007 14:01:54 GMT -5
Now I gotta ask. Any chance there is a soundtrack for this one?
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Post by Kilarin on Oct 25, 2007 10:17:39 GMT -5
Hooray! My E-copy just arrived!
I'm VERY glad that the small door to Oerth is opened again for ALL of us!
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Post by Liantedan on Oct 27, 2007 10:58:18 GMT -5
Just ordered my dead-tree version... Might take a while before it arrives, but as always, it'll be worth the wait.
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Post by Kilarin on Nov 6, 2007 18:01:18 GMT -5
At midnight last night, I completed "Paradox of the Last God". It was well worth staying up till midnight for! What interesting places Oerth is going! It's been an incredible journey following our favorite characters from book one all the way through book five. And as with only the very best of series, the characters have grown and changed. And not just the characters, but the entire world has grown and changed. Many writers write series that work like the original Star Trek. I LOVE the original Star Trek, but it had a flaw in that at the end of most episodes, there is a giant "reset" button hit. Next week, the characters will be exactly a they were before, and the universe will also remain unchanged. It will be as if nothing in the episode you just watched made any difference at all. The Oerth series is a shining example of how to have growth in both characters and environment. The characters in "Paradox" are the same people we met throughout the series, but they have also changed, they have been affected by what has happened to them. And the world of Oerth as we see it in "Paradox" is the logical conclusion of all the things we have seen throughout the series. Oerth isn't static, it's dynamic and growing. The cats are still the cats, but they have been changed by the wars. The Mus are still the Mus, but peace is settling in on them, and sometimes the peace can be uncomfortable. They have to adapt to a society with multiple species, each quite different from the other. There should be changes in the world view brought on by the peace, and we see those. And perhaps most of all, we have the telepathic horses who's seers can have imperfect visions of the future. Introducing such characters into a world should have profound effects upon it's culture, and even it's economy. And Mr. Farris does NOT disappoint here. He explores how the seers affect Oerth, and beyond, and how all of this affects the seers themselves, in a very logical and satisfying way. The ONLY thing missing from "Paradox" is a soundtrack, and heck, you can't have EVERYTHING. I would like to quote my favorite line from the book. No spoilers here: I love the sense of humor in these stories. This book could stand on it's own, but it will be obvious you are missing much of the back story. It will mean much more to someone who has read the rest of the series, which I heartily recommend that you do. At $4.50 each in e-versions, you can own the entire 5 book set for $22.50, with no shipping and handling. Thats the price of one good hardback nowadays. It's hard to beat a deal like that.
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Post by Xaa on Nov 10, 2007 12:00:41 GMT -5
At midnight last night, I completed "Paradox of the Last God". It was well worth staying up till midnight for! I'm glad you liked it. =) I like reset button series when they're done right, but I prefer series where things develop from episode to episode, book to book, etc. You can have a Crew Of Stalwart Heroes Exploring The Galaxy, sure. But they should at least learn something from week to week. One of the larger driving elements behind what I do is the idea that everything has consequences. For example, if you create a fictional universe where interstellar travel is possible and a vehicle capable of travelling to another planet is comparably as expensive as a luxury yacht is today, then you have to look at the consequences. Sure, you have the obvious consequences - merchants trade between planets. Then the less obvious consequences. Like tourism. Then the even less obvious consequences. Like plagues. Then the even less obvious consequences, and so on. Everything has consequences.
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Post by Xaa on Nov 10, 2007 12:02:38 GMT -5
Now I gotta ask. Any chance there is a soundtrack for this one? The program I use to create music doesn't work in WinXP. I haven't been able to create new music for quite some time. =/
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Post by Kilarin on Nov 10, 2007 21:40:16 GMT -5
And done well! Ugh! That's to bad. How old is the program? Would it run under dos box? Probably newer than that though. <sigh> Of course, if you've got an old windows install cd of the correct version you could use virtual box!. Anyway, I certainly enjoyed the music for the previous books, but this book was great even without a soundtrack.
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Post by Xaa on Nov 13, 2007 3:57:17 GMT -5
Ugh! That's to bad. How old is the program? Win95-ish. I can get it to function with MSACT by setting up a boot file that tells the program the swapfile is the size it expects, but it still won't access my WinGroove player for sounds, so I'm using the default MIDI player - RealTek AC97 with an extremely primitive Roland sound canvas. That, to me, sounds so bad, I can't work with it. Bear in mind that I create music one note at a time, using a trackball and clicking. Everything has to be perfect, or I just can't hear the melody in my head, I just hear the crappy midi player notes.
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