Recent content by Konrad

I personally was a bit disappointed that The Hobbit relied so much on CGI compared to LOTR (which was CGI heavy in a good way--or a better way, IMO). I wonder if we are seeing filmgoers send a message? Dismal showing, and the reviews are not really that bad. Haven't seen it. It looked...

Cool suggestions... Thanks! K

This may be an odd bias--and I guess it's not really a complete bias--but as I've gotten older I tend to prefer a certain kind of traditional fantasy, which is partly based on my favorite image of the "knights in shining armor" of the Middle Ages. I don't mean chain mail knights or the kinds...

Ok, my two cents, if my take on this is worth that. Leonard is a master of his niche. However, his writing has changed dramatically since, for example, Valdez is Coming, which--even if you don't take westerns seriously--is one helluva book. If I remember correctly, he spends much more time...

Okay--I may be the worst self-promoter in the world... but here goes: When a young Wallahbear Troll, Barnabas the Black, sets out for the "Wilder East," he knows that both adventure and danger await. What he does not expect is a cave full of blood-sucking Hoogalites, tiny creatures keen to...

Saellys, That's what I'm really getting at, I suppose (aside from the old "too many cooks spoil the stew" mantra). I've never been a Del Toro fan at all. But worse than the fact that some parts of the film truly ignored logic is the resolved tension issue. If I were the screen writer for the...

Hmmm. One other thing still bugs me... the conflict between Bilbo and Thorin appears to be over for now. That's a bit too soon for me. I mean, we still have the spiders, the barrel float, etc. K

Hmmm. I liked parts of the movie, but had huge problems with other parts... For example, Radagast has a fast rabbit sled, but he covers an awful lot of ground in a day, I guess, zipping from Mirkwood to the dwarves at Mach 5 or so. Then there was Azog and the orcs, who make the Uruk hai of...

This is the kind of book I'll never find on the shelves in the English-language stores in Poland. I guess the odds of this being out on Kindle are rather low, but we'll see, as it sounds like something I would like. K

Cool... I seem to be in the minority, but for all its flaws, I did like The Wheel of Time. Jordan had a brilliant imagination, and the games of houses were worth it for me. Yes, I did get tired of the "every woman is in heat" approach, and no, I can't imagine re-reading the series, but it...

Wait--somebody clue me in... Did he actually finish the series? I thought there would possibly be two books left... I mean, of course, clue me in, but no spoilers, please! K

Actually, when I think back maybe it was a tie... For Whom the Bell Tolls and A Farewell to Arms. I know for some these days apparently uncool to dig Hemingway, but I was 17 and these two books not only got me reading, but they set me on the road to writing for a living. I've worked as a...

Well, personally, I became a big fan of Matt and Avieandra (sp? too lazy to look right now :) as the series went on. And Perrin's wolf world was intriguing... The series is so big and all encompassing that it's very difficult to crtitique it as you would an ordinary book... K

I've got to get to the Westmark series... You know--I can't remember the ending ot the Prydain series. Too long ago. Sorry to get back to this after so long, but I was sick as a dog! K

I've read the whole series. Easy to criticize, but parts of it were phenomenal, and extremely creative. I'm looking forward to this, if anything just to see how on earth Jordan was planning to bring it all to an end. K