04-20-2001, 01:52 AM | #1 |
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Has anyone read the Tad Williams Otherland series?
I just read the first book, and thought it was extremely good - anyone read the others in the series? |
04-20-2001, 01:51 PM | #2 |
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What's it about? If it's as good as The Wheel of Time, I'll certainly be interested in trying them on for size.
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04-20-2001, 05:15 PM | #3 |
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There's a short discussion of the Otherland books on my board if you are interested.
I read the first book, but have yet to read any of the others. |
04-20-2001, 06:23 PM | #4 |
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I'd say it is definitely as good as the Wheel of Time, though it is more sci-fi than fantasy. One similarity - large books! ~grin~
Anyway, it is about virtual reality, and has some really good characters and themes - I would definitely recommend it, and will hopefully be picking up two of the other books in the series today! |
04-20-2001, 11:23 PM | #5 |
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Okay, I'll check it out if I run across it at the local library. I'm in need of a new book series anyway, as I'm running out of Wheel of Time books. I'm working on the second to last one, and running through them at a VERY fast pace.
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04-21-2001, 03:47 PM | #6 |
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I've read the Otherland series and liked it very well. Hope you do also.
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04-21-2001, 08:39 PM | #7 |
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Okay, but I'll have to wait another three weeks before getting to them. We were at the library a few days ago and I forgot. (Sheepish shrug)
So now I'll just have to wait. |
05-02-2001, 01:06 PM | #8 |
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For those of you who have read it, how does Otherland compare with Williams' other series Memory Sorrow and Thorn ? I am considering adding Otherland to my summer reading list.
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05-02-2001, 04:21 PM | #9 |
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Otherland is the only thing of Williams' that I have read. Sorry I can't help more.
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05-02-2001, 09:13 PM | #10 |
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They're both very good. Otherland is possibly better.
Anyone read the last book? Ties up loose ends nicely |
07-19-2001, 06:39 AM | #11 |
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I have read I think all of his books so far. I loved the Dragon Bone books and I also started with Tail Chasers Song. Otherland I feel is a departure from Fantasy to Sci-Fi and I liked these books also. But... I think Williams is a better Fantasy Writer. I hope he continues to write more of this genre in the future.
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07-19-2001, 11:17 AM | #12 |
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I finished the series, and thought it was excellent, so shall have to check out his fantasy series.
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07-19-2001, 04:17 PM | #13 |
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I'm glad you liked them, Mathron.
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Eesh, mega old thread. Anyway, I just finished reading 'em. Fantastic books. That last book really did tie up all the loose ends.
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The Otherland series was slightly disappointing to me. It's a great story, and incredibly creative, but there are long stretches of extremely boring material in books 2 and 3. Another problem I had with the series was a lack of likeable characters. There are so many characters in the "main character" group that are just shells that it keeps you at a distance. I found myself focusing on the setting and the story a lot more to compensate.
I much prefered Memory Sorrow and Thorn. I wouldn't recommend Williams's newest book to anyone - War of the Flowers. What a disappointment! |
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