Hey, has anyone here read Abarat? As you can tell by my avatar, I like it. Soooo, discussion?
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Yes, yes it is. The Prince of Darkness commands you to read his book.
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It seems to me that man has engaged in a blind and fearful struggle out of
a past he can't remember, into a future he can't foresee nor understand.
And man has met and defeated every obstacle, every enemy except one.
He cannot win over himself.'"
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I can't believe that Wikipedia thinks that quintets are rare... seriously, quintets are short. Look at the Wheel of Time series. 11 books, and it isn't finished and HE JUST WROTE A FREAKING PREQUEL! I want some of these fantasy authors to hurry up and write their books before they die!
But anyways, besides my rant. Never heard of that book before. Looks like it could be interesting though. I've read so many books. I'm hard pressed to have enough to read over a weekend. I'll probably see if I can buy this one just to have something new to read.
I can't believe that Wikipedia thinks that quintets are rare... seriously, quintets are short. Look at the Wheel of Time series. 11 books, and it isn't finished and HE JUST WROTE A FREAKING PREQUEL! I want some of these fantasy authors to hurry up and write their books before they die!
But anyways, besides my rant. Never heard of that book before. Looks like it could be interesting though. I've read so many books. I'm hard pressed to have enough to read over a weekend. I'll probably see if I can buy this one just to have something new to read.
Robert Jordan (Author of the Wheel of Time series) is an overly-wordy hack. His books are god awful, I still can't believe I read all the way to number 5.
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Wow, this is a thread for a fantasy comic, full of geeks like me, and almost no one has heard of Clive Barker/Abarat? Amazing...
Anyways, you don't have to read it, Disney bought the rights to the movie, multimedia, and themed ride for $8 billion. Or, you could be better than the average movie-goer and read a great book, your choice.
Hey, I saw the Wikipedia picture, and noticed if you flip it over, it stills says Abarat...
To answer your question, no, I have not.
Yeah, cool huh?
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He cannot win over himself.'"
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I can't believe that Wikipedia thinks that quintets are rare... seriously, quintets are short. Look at the Wheel of Time series. 11 books, and it isn't finished and HE JUST WROTE A FREAKING PREQUEL! I want some of these fantasy authors to hurry up and write their books before they die!
Hmm, Im not sure if this is true, but I heard he has a life-threatening disease, and may die within the next decade. Again, Im not sure if its true.
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Hey, I saw the Wikipedia picture, and noticed if you flip it over, it stills says Abarat...
Yeah. That's what is meant when the article says, "The title contains an Ambigram." There's a link to info on ambigrams in the Wikipedia article on Abarat.
Wizard: "I move the rock with the power of magic!"
Psionicist: "I move the rock with the power of my mind!"
Shadowcaster: "I move the rock with the power of Shadow!"
Truenamer: "Asknsdfksdfhasdjfhsn!" *rolls a 5* "Blast! Not again."
And Mendelson Shape should still be alive! Seriously, with a name as cool as 'Mendelson' how can you die?
OH MY GOSH! THANK YOU! SOMEONE HAS READ THESE BOOKS!
Yes, I totally agree, plus, falling off a giant moth would be a horrible way to die...
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"'There aren't any beginnings,' Burton said. 'Nor any ends.
It seems to me that man has engaged in a blind and fearful struggle out of
a past he can't remember, into a future he can't foresee nor understand.
And man has met and defeated every obstacle, every enemy except one.
He cannot win over himself.'"
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Yes, my avatar used a cloth being, stitched together as a slave, to crush the bodies of five beings, and animated a giant moth out of it as a mount for an assassin to kill a little girl. Interest rising?
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"'There aren't any beginnings,' Burton said. 'Nor any ends.
It seems to me that man has engaged in a blind and fearful struggle out of
a past he can't remember, into a future he can't foresee nor understand.
And man has met and defeated every obstacle, every enemy except one.
He cannot win over himself.'"
~John Steinbeck~ My Homebrew(Most Recent) | Forum Rules | IRC
Wizard: "I move the rock with the power of magic!"
Psionicist: "I move the rock with the power of my mind!"
Shadowcaster: "I move the rock with the power of Shadow!"
Truenamer: "Asknsdfksdfhasdjfhsn!" *rolls a 5* "Blast! Not again."
I felt cheated when he died too. Replaced by a stupid bug guy. Christopher Carrion kicked alot of arse in that book though. Wish he had beaten Matter Motely. Oh, by the way, Abarat is my favorite series. Love tha avatar, and the poem in your signiture greatly resembles the one in the first book.
I felt cheated when he died too. Replaced by a stupid bug guy. Christopher Carrion kicked alot of arse in that book though. Wish he had beaten Matter Motely. Oh, by the way, Abarat is my favorite series. Love tha avatar, and the poem in your signiture greatly resembles the one in the first book.
Thanks, and that's probably cause it IS the same poem. ;)
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"'There aren't any beginnings,' Burton said. 'Nor any ends.
It seems to me that man has engaged in a blind and fearful struggle out of
a past he can't remember, into a future he can't foresee nor understand.
And man has met and defeated every obstacle, every enemy except one.
He cannot win over himself.'"
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I absolutely love these books, but I guess it is a situation where you either love or hate them. In other words, everyone I've recommended them to has hated them, yet I find them amazing.
LoM, Great avatar by the way
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Yeah. That's what is meant when the article says, "The title contains an Ambigram." There's a link to info on ambigrams in the Wikipedia article on Abarat.
An ambigram being an ambiguous anagram or someting? I hate words people make up like that. Perhaps I should just read the article.
Oh, so an Ambigram is like a panandrom, except its part of the typeface rather than part of the word.
It calls it a "young adult book". To me that means it's for 16-19 year olds. From what a previous poster describes by "young" then it must mean "not overtly sex related".
Giving an example of something that isn't a quintology (or whatever the word is) isn't how you prove that they're common.
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It calls it a "young adult book". To me that means it's for 16-19 year olds. From what a previous poster describes by "young" then it must mean "not overtly sex related".
Compared to the majority of his other books of course. ::)
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LoM, Great avatar by the way
Thank you! It's by Mephitsobah, or however you spell it... :P
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It seems to me that man has engaged in a blind and fearful struggle out of
a past he can't remember, into a future he can't foresee nor understand.
And man has met and defeated every obstacle, every enemy except one.
He cannot win over himself.'"
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