Mahdi Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 No, you're all wrong. It's a quote from Rhombur in Hosue Corinno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMA_1 Posted January 29, 2003 Author Share Posted January 29, 2003 hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 I'm not kidding. He actually says that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acriku Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 I think he "hehe'ed" because he said that in the post right above yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMA_1 Posted January 30, 2003 Author Share Posted January 30, 2003 exactly what joe said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 who is joe? maybe they are writing the novels in a way that may attract movie producers, and make movies.(that would be good) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMA_1 Posted January 30, 2003 Author Share Posted January 30, 2003 its acriku, and I dont think so. All writers have different styles of writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard3000 Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 What's funny is that all of the kudos from reviewers printed in the prequels say how similar the writing style is to that of Frank Herbert. If I were Mr. Herbert, and I werent't dead for about 20 years, I'd take that as an insult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 Look closley at those "Kudos". You'll notice that a lot of them are the same couple guys quoted over and over again. It's especially visible in House Atreides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard3000 Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 Yeah, I noticed that too. The New York Times really has some low standards (not necessarily with Dune; they seem to give everything a good review). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel_Worf Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 The major rift between the works is that The Butlerian Jihad and Dune are thousands of years apart, with none of the same characters. Pretty much the same way God Emperor of Dune seems out of sync with Dune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dczx Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 The worst thing about BJ I don't like is the writing style... specifically, of Kevin J. Anderson. I remember in Creative Writing classes, even English classes, they said don't say,"It was a beautiful forest"say"The dark green forest of evergreens glistened in the dew of the morning. The smell of pine was strong in the air"okay, so I know that's cheesy, but you get my point. Keving J. Anderson doesn't "describe" a lot. He just says things and it's bad writing. Especially in the relationships with Butler / Vor Atreides / Harkonen guy... Frank Herbert described relationships through dialog, Kevin J. just says what it happening and doesn't describe anything.could I write a novel as good as them? probably not, but I can read novels better than theirs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quoudam72 Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 That is what I dislike about the prequels nothing for you to be inspired about to envision the characters, events and places they are writing about just average sci-fic writing. They have not put a signature on it like F. Herbert did with the original series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMA_1 Posted January 31, 2003 Author Share Posted January 31, 2003 "The worst thing about BJ I don't like is the writing style... specifically, of Kevin J. Anderson. I remember in Creative Writing classes, even English classes, they said don't say,"It was a beautiful forest"say"The dark green forest of evergreens glistened in the dew of the morning. The smell of pine was strong in the air" "I saw the exact opposite actually. They went too far into the details that they destroyed the mystery of it. Sometimes Details can be too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 I agree TMA-1, they retold some details like everytime they revisited a place, and it felt like a kids story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard3000 Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 Yeah, in some places, it felt like a soap opera, the way in every few chapters, they'd "bring you up to speed", as if you started halways through the book....Err... not that I watch soap operas. ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dczx Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 I guess they did both in places, I thought. They need to find a balance. I've read some of KJA's other books and they are the same way."The worst thing about BJ I don't like is the writing style... specifically, of Kevin J. Anderson. I remember in Creative Writing classes, even English classes, they said don't say,"It was a beautiful forest"say"The dark green forest of evergreens glistened in the dew of the morning. The smell of pine was strong in the air" "I saw the exact opposite actually. They went too far into the details that they destroyed the mystery of it. Sometimes Details can be too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel_Worf Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 I guess they did both in places, I thought. They need to find a balance. I've read some of KJA's other books and they are the same way."The worst thing about BJ I don't like is the writing style... specifically, of Kevin J. Anderson. I remember in Creative Writing classes, even English classes, they said don't say,"It was a beautiful forest"say"The dark green forest of evergreens glistened in the dew of the morning. The smell of pine was strong in the air" "I saw the exact opposite actually. They went too far into the details that they destroyed the mystery of it. Sometimes Details can be too much.Don't assume that it's all Anderson. I'm reading Captain Nemo right now. It has great descriptions. It's definetely on my top 10 list. But uh, you do know Brian and Kevin actually do these novels together. It could be either one or both of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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