Amber series...hard to categorize it's genre.

ringbearer · 08-19-2001, 01:12 AM

This series is so versatile...it's fantasy, sci-fi, swashbuckling, and high drama all rolled into one! Sorcery, mixed with computer science! Please, read this! If you do, YOU WILL LOVE IT!

Captain Stern · 08-19-2001, 02:09 PM

My uncle bought me a bunch of fantasy and sci-fi books for my birthday and among them was 'The Chronicles of Amber.' Now by looking at the cover and reading the blurb in the back this looked like your typical fantasy book so I thought great I love fantasy!
So I started reading it and thought maybe they had made a mistake in printing

The story was set in Denmark...the guy was smoking cigarettes and he was in a hospital and had a gun...so I put the book down and haven't read it since.

ringbearer · 08-19-2001, 08:47 PM

Please try again, You will not regret it, Captain Stern.

Onodrim · 09-23-2001, 03:05 PM

Captain Stern...WHAT THE HELL!? Usually I don't swear, but when it comes to anything relating books, I get riled! For godsakes, pick up the book and read a couple sentances and then put it down and not touch it again? What is the matter with you? Sheesh...Well, those are my thoughts.

ringbearer · 09-23-2001, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Captain Stern
My uncle bought me a bunch of fantasy and sci-fi books for my birthday and among them was 'The Chronicles of Amber.' Now by looking at the cover and reading the blurb in the back this looked like your typical fantasy book so I thought great I love fantasy!
So I started reading it and thought maybe they had made a mistake in printing The story was set in Denmark...the guy was smoking cigarettes and he was in a hospital and had a gun...so I put the book down and haven't read it since.

First of all the story starts out in upstate New York...not Denmark.
You were confused by the line..."In the state of Denmark there was the odor of decay"...which translates to "Something is rotten
in Denmark"! The story does not seem to be fantasy at first, but it is.

Onodrim · 09-27-2001, 04:59 PM

Right.

Captain Stern · 10-12-2001, 10:39 PM

Onodrim, Secondary school kind of ruined books for me for ever. I can't bring myself to read anything except fantasy or sci-fi nowadays.

Not that I'll let it beat me, I will give the book a second chance but it isn't on the top of my list as there are so many other fantasy and sci-fi books I want to read.

Comic Book Guy · 10-19-2001, 04:42 PM

Stern, you are right about secondary school ruining the experience of reading non-fantasy/sci-fi stories. In my school, they give you 'Roll of Thunder, hear my cry', force you to read it, give you evil and dull questions and assignments on it and then make you study it to death.

I believe they don't use fantasy and sci-fi because most of the english teachers can't understand it, and in my experience, turn their nose up at it.

ringbearer · 10-19-2001, 11:36 PM

School teaches you everything about literature except how to enjoy it!!

Legolas · 10-20-2001, 05:45 AM

Well, I've read the Amber series and, yes, the books are great. But, of course, not as good as Tolkien's books.

Bregalad · 11-13-2001, 10:30 PM

You know, I just got done re-reading the Amber books, and here is a thread all about it!

I love that series, I've read it several times. Of course, Cap'n Stern, you do have to get past the first five pages or so!

The first bit reads like a more mundane novel because our hero, Corwin, is just getting over a bit of amnesia that he's had for a few centuries.
But I have a question for our more intrepid Amber readers. If you could walk through shadows, what would you most want to find? Would you create/find a place, as Corwin did Avalon? Or would you go after a thing that is your heart's desire? This is a tough (or maybe easy) question for our Tolkien fans, you could literally walk to Lothlorien! But as far as things go, personally I'd love a talking horse! I guess I'm a typical girl!

ringbearer · 11-14-2001, 12:07 AM

Good question! After going to Amber, I would probably visit Middle Earth!

Bregalad, have you got a copy of "The Visual Guide To Castle Amber" yet!

Bregalad · 11-14-2001, 11:44 PM

LOL, yes, ringbearer, I've got the visual guide, I don't have......what was it called? The big book of Amber?

ringbearer · 11-15-2001, 11:56 PM

The Big Book of Amber is just all ten books in one huge paperback.

Putz0999 · 11-21-2001, 01:16 PM

I think I would like to visit Xanth (or is that (X*a)nth)).

I would like to watch an ogre crack a stone just by turning his incredibly ugly face at it. lol

A visit to some of Asimov's places might be pretty cool too.

Putz

Aragorn · 11-21-2001, 02:20 PM

Middle-Earth, of course!

08-19-2001, 01:12 AM	#1
ringbearer Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: St. Louis, Mo. USA Posts: 561	Amber series...hard to categorize it's genre. This series is so versatile...it's fantasy, sci-fi, swashbuckling, and high drama all rolled into one! Sorcery, mixed with computer science! Please, read this! If you do, YOU WILL LOVE IT! __________________ Ringbearer Hide Witch, hide! The Good Folks come to burn thee! Their keen enjoyment hid behind A Gothic mask of duty!

08-19-2001, 02:09 PM	#2
Captain Stern Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 319	RE My uncle bought me a bunch of fantasy and sci-fi books for my birthday and among them was 'The Chronicles of Amber.' Now by looking at the cover and reading the blurb in the back this looked like your typical fantasy book so I thought great I love fantasy! So I started reading it and thought maybe they had made a mistake in printing The story was set in Denmark...the guy was smoking cigarettes and he was in a hospital and had a gun...so I put the book down and haven't read it since.

08-19-2001, 08:47 PM	#3
ringbearer Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: St. Louis, Mo. USA Posts: 561	Please try again, You will not regret it, Captain Stern. __________________ Ringbearer Hide Witch, hide! The Good Folks come to burn thee! Their keen enjoyment hid behind A Gothic mask of duty!

09-23-2001, 03:05 PM	#4
Onodrim Sapling Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Savage, Minnesota Posts: 8	Amber Captain Stern...WHAT THE HELL!? Usually I don't swear, but when it comes to anything relating books, I get riled! For godsakes, pick up the book and read a couple sentances and then put it down and not touch it again? What is the matter with you? Sheesh...Well, those are my thoughts.

10-12-2001, 10:39 PM	#7
Captain Stern Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 319	RE Onodrim, Secondary school kind of ruined books for me for ever. I can't bring myself to read anything except fantasy or sci-fi nowadays. Not that I'll let it beat me, I will give the book a second chance but it isn't on the top of my list as there are so many other fantasy and sci-fi books I want to read.

09-27-2001, 04:59 PM	#6
Onodrim Sapling Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Savage, Minnesota Posts: 8	Right.

10-19-2001, 04:42 PM	#8
Comic Book Guy Best Ex-Administrator ever Join Date: May 2001 Location: Ireland Posts: 60,547	Stern, you are right about secondary school ruining the experience of reading non-fantasy/sci-fi stories. In my school, they give you 'Roll of Thunder, hear my cry', force you to read it, give you evil and dull questions and assignments on it and then make you study it to death. I believe they don't use fantasy and sci-fi because most of the english teachers can't understand it, and in my experience, turn their nose up at it.

10-19-2001, 11:36 PM	#9
ringbearer Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: St. Louis, Mo. USA Posts: 561	School teaches you everything about literature except how to enjoy it!! __________________ Ringbearer Hide Witch, hide! The Good Folks come to burn thee! Their keen enjoyment hid behind A Gothic mask of duty!

10-20-2001, 05:45 AM	#10
Legolas Elven Warrior Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Vilnius, Lithuania Posts: 171	Well, I've read the Amber series and, yes, the books are great. But, of course, not as good as Tolkien's books. __________________ Legolas - a stupid stubborn elf

11-13-2001, 10:30 PM	#11
Bregalad Elven Warrior Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: KY Posts: 217	You know, I just got done re-reading the Amber books, and here is a thread all about it! I love that series, I've read it several times. Of course, Cap'n Stern, you do have to get past the first five pages or so! The first bit reads like a more mundane novel because our hero, Corwin, is just getting over a bit of amnesia that he's had for a few centuries. But I have a question for our more intrepid Amber readers. If you could walk through shadows, what would you most want to find? Would you create/find a place, as Corwin did Avalon? Or would you go after a thing that is your heart's desire? This is a tough (or maybe easy) question for our Tolkien fans, you could literally walk to Lothlorien! But as far as things go, personally I'd love a talking horse! I guess I'm a typical girl! __________________ "They have called me that ever since I said yes to an elder Ent before he had finished his question" -Quickbeam This post property of Entmoot.

11-14-2001, 12:07 AM	#12
ringbearer Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: St. Louis, Mo. USA Posts: 561	Good question! After going to Amber, I would probably visit Middle Earth! Bregalad, have you got a copy of "The Visual Guide To Castle Amber" yet! __________________ Ringbearer Hide Witch, hide! The Good Folks come to burn thee! Their keen enjoyment hid behind A Gothic mask of duty! Last edited by ringbearer : 11-14-2001 at 12:09 AM.

11-14-2001, 11:44 PM	#13
Bregalad Elven Warrior Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: KY Posts: 217	LOL, yes, ringbearer, I've got the visual guide, I don't have......what was it called? The big book of Amber? __________________ "They have called me that ever since I said yes to an elder Ent before he had finished his question" -Quickbeam This post property of Entmoot.

11-15-2001, 11:56 PM	#14
ringbearer Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: St. Louis, Mo. USA Posts: 561	The Big Book of Amber is just all ten books in one huge paperback. __________________ Ringbearer Hide Witch, hide! The Good Folks come to burn thee! Their keen enjoyment hid behind A Gothic mask of duty!

11-21-2001, 01:16 PM	#15
Putz0999 Sapling Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 9	I think I would like to visit Xanth (or is that (X*a)nth)). I would like to watch an ogre crack a stone just by turning his incredibly ugly face at it. lol A visit to some of Asimov's places might be pretty cool too. Putz

11-21-2001, 02:20 PM	#16
Aragorn Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Anywhere but where I should be. Posts: 369	Middle-Earth, of course! __________________ And they carried them to the flatlands But they died along the way And they built up with their bare hands What we still can't do today. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO till the day I die.

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