Mindfire
Istar
Mine are the "idiot ball" and "status quo is God".
Idiot ball? Status quo is god?
Never read the Sword of Shannara. How is it a LOTR ripoff? I keep hearing it is, but what are the similarities?
It drives me nuts when people become warriors of awesome prowess overnight. That takes years and years of extreme butt-busting. You can't put some farm boy on the road with a retired palace guard who trains him for a couple hours a night after they walk all day, and by the time they get to wherever they're going, the hayseed is a master swordsman.oop:
* Heroes who are incredibly lethal killing machines, forcing the author to invent implausibly powerful opponents
Wanara - that's a pretty good list, one most people will agree with.