Posts from Literature.

I'm currently finishing the seventh book of "The Witcher." All these shifts in narration and timelines are starting to really annoy me. Sometimes it's a story about the Witcher, then mages talk about past events, and then some random characters discuss it from the perspective of a global legend... it sometimes gets to the point of absurdity. And each character keeps repeating the same thought over and over, to the point of annoyance, after which there are more tedious, demagogic transitions and shifts... I wish I could finish the remaining 300 pages and finally start reading "Ravenor." By the way, I understand why Sapkowski constantly writes about "who burped and farted" and "who leaned on whom." It's fantasy... you either write about elves, or about magic and prophecies, and also about battles. And that's it. So he's "creating diversity"...

Never mind, the narrative will pick up again towards the end, and everything will be fine. That "Lady of the Lake" quest almost killed me at the beginning too...

And again, the same problem with long cycles. Towards the end, they become very tedious. But overall, the series was successful. Lock writes fantasy, but it's quite realistic, and there's a lot of irony and sarcasm in it. You understand that yourself. I think he's just describing the character's personality. Or would you prefer it to be a children's fairy tale about a tower with a princess and a dragon, and a prince on a white horse? Andrzej did a good job with that.
Are you talking about "The Saga of Reinvan"? It's a good book, and so far, only the first one has been released. Although, in the second one, he seems to have lost some of his touch...

No, Exz, I'm talking about Abnett's "Ravenor," which, like many other things, can be found on bookz.ru, but let's not consider that advertising. This is... hmm... sci-fi. Well... the rough narrative certainly adds realism, but sometimes he overdoes it. What I like about science fiction is its diversity. You can come up with anything. But fantasy revolves only around mages and elves. That's why it's mostly the same. Everywhere there's an arch-enemy, a princess, and a hero, often an ancient elven prophecy; everywhere there are the elves themselves. Fantasy is interesting to play or watch, but reading it doesn't offer much variety.

Quite so... The Witcher, for example, is written in a very original and realistic way, which is rare in typical, saccharine fantasy where everyone is noble and so on. Or in stories where the main character kills everyone indiscriminately and, pardon me, sleeps with the women he saves. Here, neither of those things happens...
As for elves... I can only recall one fantasy story off the top of my head where they aren't present...

Yesterday, while flipping through channels, I stumbled upon a music channel that, for some reason, was showing old Soviet cartoons. They were showing "Uncle Fedor," which we all loved as kids. So, I dug out this picture book from the depths of my closet and read it. Now, it seems so strange to me. Uspensky is just amazing. Uncle Fedor came to the village and asked the watchman if there was a free house where he could live. Of course, there was. And it even had a TV, a radio, and all sorts of stuff. And a garden with vegetables. It's just that half the village moved to live in an apartment building. Apparently, they decided to earn money for a new life. And then they were looking for money and found a great solution – to find a treasure. The boy dug in the ground for half an hour, and guess what? He found a chest with money! It was so funny to read. And how he sent a hundred rubles to the factory so they would send him a fun tractor. If the tractor costs less than a hundred, they should send him the change. Wow, what a great book.

Loken, read "I Am Legend," it's a short book, only about 90 pages (in electronic format, of course), but it makes a very strong impression.

Yeah, I like it... I read quite a lot.

Yeah, I like it... I read quite a lot.

Everyone loves to read! It depends on what...

I really love to read, both fiction and non-fiction. Recently, I became interested in the writer Robert E. Howard; I learned about him from the biography of a musical group called Bal-Sagoth, whose name appeared in one of his stories. Many of his stories are short but captivating, bordering on fantasy.

I just finished reading "Metro 2033". The book made a very good impression on me... I came across it by chance... Now I really want to reread it...

Oh, I still haven't managed to get to it; it's been gathering dust near the computer for a couple of months now.

Nazgul – get there faster! I highly recommend it!! Honestly ;)

I've read fantasy by Oksana Pankeeva, but I'm back to reading classics again, and we've also started studying Onegin as part of the curriculum.

Nazgul - get there faster! I highly recommend it!! Honestly ;)

Tanya, why don't you get to the computer with Dudge and finally play your game:smile42: - Judge (in-game name) has ruled that you have to play it - there's no way around it. Otherwise, I'll soon lose my patience:smile35: