Anyone bought Absolute Sandman (Neil Gaiman) ? It's damn worth it!!!

According to IMDB, Tristan will be played by Charlie Cox who I've never heard of, but judging from the couple of photos there he does look like he would make an adequate Tristan. I'm more excited about Claire Danes for Yvaine though. I really couldn't imagine a better choice.


EDIT : Not only is Robert Jordan old, he has also been diagnosed with a rare blood disease that requires chemotherapy treatment. Looks like the odds are against you Wheel of Time readers!

This post has been edited by foogray: Nov 14 2006, 12:18 AM

NOOOOO!!!! He better survive to finish the damn book! Or else I can't bear it!!

Btw, to Dragon Lance fans, I think they're gonna have an animation for it sometimes soon. Google it and you'll know

At Borders (at Curve), they have a 3-for-2 sale on Robert Jordan books. At least I think that's the author - plain black cover etc. There were 10+ parts in the book when I glanced so I decided not to start just yet.

Currently reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Taking a really long time to finish this, but it's real good.

I'm looking for fantasy novels. Can anyone recommend me some? I've been reading The Legend of Drizzt and looking for more of that sort of books. Thanks

Who wants my autographed American Gods? lol, kidding, won't sell it for the world. ^^

kirakracus: Fragile Things are quite good too, collection of short Neil Gaiman's stories. Read the Sunbird story first.

@havoc: fantasy... erm... I started fantasy with Edding's Belgariad... search around here... someone said something about Belgariad and I would recommend those books. If you read legend of drizzt (a book from forgotten realm series) why not just get the first few books of forgotten realm? I personally haven't read books from forgotten realm, so I can't recommend any.

Can info abit on legend of drizzt?

@Suet: Autographed copy? How you get it? The only thing I had was autographed yo-yos and CDs and my college Maths books. Haha.

Neil Gaiman had a book signing tour in Singapore, Australia and maybe several other Asian countries not too long ago. It might have been this year... or was it last year? Sorry, excuse my poor sense of time, but I'm guessing that's when she got hers.

I wasn't willing to make the trip to Singapore, so I tumpang a friend in Australia to sign my copy of The Wake (he spelled my name right, and even drew a little Morpheus). Kickin' rad.

Thanks for the recommendations. Erm.. which are the first few books of forgotten realm? I think Legend of Drizzt is a good start since it doesn't seem to have continuity from other forgotten realm books (no references to other books and even if there were, they were explained adequately )

So far from the few books that I've read, its about a drow (dark elf), Drizzt who ran away from his underground homeland because he was too different from his own kind. He couldn't accept their evil lifestyle so he became a self-exile wandering the underworld before making his way to the surface of the world. I find the books very fascinating (maybe coz its my first time reading about dark elves )

You like elves.... you read lord of the rings?? Haha. I'll go back and dig through my books to find what books to recommend. And if you like a more modern twist on elves, try the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer.

Yep, I love fantasy stories that revolve around magical and mysterious races. I thought I liked elves, but I find dark elves even more fascinating .

You kinda missed the boat in the early nineties, when Drizzt was so popular that everyone wanted to play a dark elf ranger who wields two weapons and has a pet black panther in their rpg games

Generally I find most Forgotten Realms novels to be a bit on the boring side, though Evermeet is really good! I highly recommend for anyone interested in FR's Elven history and their gods. On the other hand, I'd avoid the Avatar series - really bad writing. You might want to try the Icewind Dale series of books too, since Drizzt first makes his appearance in those books.

@Suet - will get Fragile Things eventually, maybe when in paperback format. It's 60-ish (20% off at Borders with other purchase). Thanks for the recommendation.

Btw book lovers, get your a** down to Big Bookshop Warehouse Sale @ Atria, Damansara Jaya. RM12 for paperbacks and RM18 for trade paperbacks. Loads and loads of books. Prepare to be broke.

Currently reading Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. The character name (Hiro Protagonist) has got to be the best character name ever!

This post has been edited by kirakracus: Nov 20 2006, 01:05 PM

Is the snow crash good? Cos the other books he wrote was ok only, I think. Quicksilver and the other one... can't remember.

The atria book sale is super cool. Last year, I got 7 books of Stephen King for just RM1 each (it was in the RM1 bin and the books in there changes everyday, so I was lucky. woot!)

This sale is until when?

I thought Snow Crash was a terribly fun read, but I haven't read anything else by Neal Stephenson so don't blame me if you hate it.

Three reasons why Snow Crash is awesome:
(No plot points given away, but I guess some people are a stickler for these things)


I was under the impression that Atria's last book sale was actually Popular's closing down sale. Was I mistaken? Why are they having another one?

It's the Big Bookshop Warehouse Sale - not Popular - although they did take over the same shop. The location is not at the actual shop but at the old Parkson Grand. Just head towards Delifrance on the 1st Floor and then you should see the doorway open on the opposite side of the circular thingy.

The interior is huge - it essentially goes the whole length of the floor. They have books, stationery, and other things as well.

It goes on until Dec 31st, so no rush .. although it would be great to have the first picks of all the books!

I got two other Neal Stephenson from there - part of the trilogy - System of the World and Quicksilver - both RM12 only. I thought they were worth it as they're these thick tomes despite being a paperback. Got a bunch of Chuck Palahniuk (3) as well - even though I haven't read him yet, but have heard great things.

Btw Lucifer_Light, if you want Snow Crash - Pay Less Books may have it - I got mine for RM 7.

Can anyone recommend me things that are futuristic/sci-fi types? I read Jennifer Government by Max Barry and totally loved it. Snow Crash is also in the similar sort of vein, and was recommended to me after that. Anything else?

Best sci-fi, LOTR proportions, Nebula and Hugo award WINNER!

Orson SCott Card, Ender's Game.

Movie coming out soon regarding the book.

Woot!!! Now I feel like reading Snow Crash. I'll go check out carrefour pay less book. Thanks!

I tried reading ender's games on my fren's recommendation. But I thought it was so-so only. Maybe because I don't really like sci-fi. I never really digged the guide to the galaxy too. It was so-so.

This post has been edited by Lucifer_Light: Nov 22 2006, 01:55 PM

Guys, payless having a warehouse clearance this 15th to 17th December!

Get yer bums there and grab some books!

I headed to the Big Bookshop Sale again and got a few more books - Kurt Vonnegut (Breakfast of Champions) and Neal Stephenson (Cobweb and The Confusion) .. which was great as I got the other 2 parts of the trilogy the first time I went - RM12 each. All in all, in the two trips, spent $300 but it is so worth it.

This week I read quite a bit ..
- Autobiography of a Geisha by Sayo Masuda (boring)
- 1001 Nights of Snowfall: Fables (good)
- Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (good)
- Identity Crisis (bad)

Currently reading Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami - final book of his that I haven't read.