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Originally posted by Vince Tortelli View PostI have two words for all of you.
Jason Delucia.
His kung-fu and grappling were the only things that actually won him fights, though.
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At least with Barry Eisler's John Rain series at least for the books I've read so far I only have to suspend my disbelief in the idea that an assassin would write down a first-hand account of his exploits. With John Rain I know I'll be getting Judo and BJJ.
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Originally posted by DarkPhoenix View PostBetween reading good ones, you need shitty ones to balance it out. The shitty ones piss you off, with you vowing never to read fantasy again. Then someone comes along and puts another fantasy book in your hands and you go back, not knowing whether you will be abused or loved by the author.
At least with Jack Reacher, I know I'll be getting fight scenes full of headbutts, knees, & elbows, instead of Aiki-crap.
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Originally posted by Bodhi108 View PostSo basically you guys read shitty fantasy novels.
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If I can say one thing for Jim Butcher, I'll say this:
He's never produced a book that was so self contradictory and just plain stupid as "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen". I'll say he's the Eli Roth of authors, with an option to be the Sam Raimi of writers depending on how the Evil Dead remake turns out.
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Originally posted by Fuzzy View PostNot if you turn your brain off and just enjoy the shit going boom.
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I have a weakness for pulp fantasy/sci-fi
Personally I really enjoyed the first few Dresden Files, the middle went a little bit meh and the latest two are picking up again.
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Oh man, the Dresden Files. I ripped through those books a while back, and enjoyed them less and less as I went along. The Aikido thing didn't bother me, though; suspending my believe for the purposes of magic also covers Aikido wristlocks.
At one point, though--and I can't remember which book it was, but it wasn't one of the early ones--Jim Butcher seemed to have a seizure or something that caused him to just keep typing "the next best thing to" over and over again. I've never wanted to punch a book so much in my life as I did each time Harry said that whatever thing was the next best thing to the thing he actually needed.
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Originally posted by Vince Tortelli View PostI have two words for all of you.
Jason Delucia.
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