tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post8708500939210411735..comments2024-02-22T03:26:34.604+10:30Comments on Monster-Blood Tattoo: Did someone say 'Release Date'?D.M. Cornishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452470049845132286noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-47058543539571679262008-10-06T23:46:00.000+10:302008-10-06T23:46:00.000+10:302010? I can handle it...it's not like I had the se...2010? I can handle it...it's not like I had the second book preordered and everything and haunted the bookstore at 9 AM for 2days in advance just in case...<BR/><BR/>Honestly though...take your time. The longer it takes to get it out, the longer and more polished the book will be *_*<BR/><BR/>A movie huh? Maybe it'll come out at around the same time as the mythological Evangelion movie...if it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-25695145435319851662008-09-19T18:29:00.000+09:302008-09-19T18:29:00.000+09:30Hey, disapointed sure, but no worries monday, frea...Hey, disapointed sure, but no worries <B>monday</B>, freakish technology things are the bane of my stinkin' life. (Like the computer I use to blog with... grrr)D.M. Cornishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452470049845132286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-48507332470830963062008-09-19T16:01:00.000+09:302008-09-19T16:01:00.000+09:30See this? "78 comments"I demand a forum!See this? "78 comments"<BR/><BR/>I demand a forum!MooseGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16956065868959858631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-46169849429756400122008-09-19T15:54:00.000+09:302008-09-19T15:54:00.000+09:30MBT is definately better.MBT is definately better.portalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14317746948225748655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-36143615087007433932008-09-19T12:41:00.000+09:302008-09-19T12:41:00.000+09:30[O + I would officially follow the blog, DM, if bl...[O + I would officially follow the blog, DM, if blogger hadn't done some freakish warp with google and kicked me off the site and my old blog a year or so ago. sorry. *sigh*]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-12467079118430392242008-09-19T08:24:00.000+09:302008-09-19T08:24:00.000+09:30Well, there both great book series and you can kee...Well, there both great book series and you can keep your favorite, but personally, I say hurrah to MBT all the way!Jack Dixon Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436691242080790556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-85216010201101848272008-09-19T04:41:00.000+09:302008-09-19T04:41:00.000+09:30Yah the character sketches in MBT really do make t...Yah the character sketches in MBT really do make the books muck better and its nice to have a accurate idea of what the author wanted the characters to look like and really make the story so much better and more interesting<BR/><BR/>oh and when I meantioned I was looking forward to Brisingr I didn't mean to start a comparison between MBT and the Inheritence series so yah not sure why there is soAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-48268283837248486452008-09-19T01:10:00.000+09:302008-09-19T01:10:00.000+09:30I have to say, Lemony Snicket ties with Mr. D.M. a...I have to say, Lemony Snicket ties with Mr. D.M. as my favorite modern-day author. I own the Unauthorized Autobiography and it is amazing. Then again, I am biased, since I own too much Snicket stuff for one's own good. ;)<BR/><BR/>And as to Paolini's writing (I know, opening a wound--I'm sorry), I'm not into the books so much anymore because not only are they sooo long, but Paolini's made-up Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-56906937011058537852008-09-18T22:47:00.000+09:302008-09-18T22:47:00.000+09:30IMHO, the characters in the Inheritance series are...IMHO, the characters in the Inheritance series are characteristically weak (did that even make sense?). They were fairly cliche and I couldn't relate to them. It felt more like reading words strung together as a story than the words actually painting a picture in my head and move like it would on a T.V screen. >_><BR/><BR/>Anyway, Mr. Cornish, I think I've asked this question beforepearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12197859143272912983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-77308670203229455272008-09-18T20:26:00.000+09:302008-09-18T20:26:00.000+09:30Sam Hranac-I agree with your son!Noelle-I also hat...Sam Hranac-<BR/>I agree with your son!<BR/>Noelle-<BR/>I also hate all the characters in Eragon. Back to the technicality vs fantasticality on the last post, the characters in Eragon don't base their decisions on the right, logical thing to do, they base then on what would be the biggest copy of another book or movie!<BR/><BR/>MBT is so much better than the Inheritace series, the characters are portalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14317746948225748655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-41931373971077938632008-09-18T14:46:00.000+09:302008-09-18T14:46:00.000+09:30Waiting under two years is nothing. I'll look for...Waiting under two years is nothing. I'll look forward to it with eagerness and anticipation. I'm sure it will be a masterpiece! All the best!Stephanie Van Ormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15554947660127516832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-70941877853054149532008-09-18T13:48:00.000+09:302008-09-18T13:48:00.000+09:30Tell me about it. The character sketches really br...Tell me about it. The character sketches really bring things out in a way you wouldn't get otherwise. Particularly since one automatically imagines characters in books to look like something you have seen before. The Explicarium plainly devised to make some obscure yarn more feasible helps a lot with expanding the background of each bloke and lass without filling the story itself with cumbersome Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-26319213347128023632008-09-18T11:58:00.000+09:302008-09-18T11:58:00.000+09:30I also wanted to strangle pretty much every charac...I also wanted to strangle pretty much every character in Paolini's books at one point or another (including wanting to strangle the title character pretty much from start to finish...that's never a good thing). In the case of MBT, however, even the most minor characters are fleshed out to some extent, and many merit sketches! I have so many favorite characters that I can scarcely keep track of noellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946715913747710088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-64692676640444144472008-09-18T08:49:00.000+09:302008-09-18T08:49:00.000+09:30I actually avoided Mr Paolini's work because I hea...I actually avoided <B>Mr Paolini's</B> work because I heard it was so derivative.<BR/><BR/><I>The Scar</I> by <B>Mr Meiville</B> on the other hand is tasty uniquely goodness.D.M. Cornishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452470049845132286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-3293632642944963212008-09-18T07:21:00.000+09:302008-09-18T07:21:00.000+09:30I'm sure it does move along well later on. It did ...I'm sure it does move along well later on. It did well. I don't mean to get down on the guy. Eragon just isn't for me. But then, I never got into Harry Potter either, so what do I know.Sam Hranachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497847902463757400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-49510481958007137282008-09-18T05:09:00.000+09:302008-09-18T05:09:00.000+09:30yah and mbt is definitly a much more interesting n...yah and mbt is definitly a much more interesting novel <BR/><BR/>and the first chapters in Eragon were the worst I agree with you there and its beginning was quite borrowed, but it does get better later onAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-36239446383023918352008-09-18T05:03:00.000+09:302008-09-18T05:03:00.000+09:30a tad harsh,but it does have truth to it yah and i...a tad harsh,but it does have truth to it<BR/> yah and its pretty obvious the diffrance between the series is the amount of uniqueness in them (mainly less uniqueness=the Inheritence Series And very unique MBT) <BR/>the fact that monster blood tattoo is so unique is what makes it so great. <BR/>Where as the Inheritence Series is just a great read that is really gripping(atleast it was that way forAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-89679953164742568902008-09-18T01:22:00.000+09:302008-09-18T01:22:00.000+09:30My son (12) described Eragon as Star wars plot wit...My son (12) described Eragon as Star wars plot with LOTR names.Sam Hranachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497847902463757400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-44334902292642046082008-09-18T00:42:00.000+09:302008-09-18T00:42:00.000+09:30thank you so much noelle and portals...by the end ...thank you so much noelle and portals...by the end of the first chapter of Eragon i was all PO'd because of all the, ahm, *borrowing* Mr Paolini utilized in every single aspect of the book, and the rather mediocre writing and story development, but every time i mention this to fantasy readers they bite my head off for some reason.<BR/><BR/>i guess as a person with a somewhat widespread experience Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-61661442835306873862008-09-18T00:30:00.000+09:302008-09-18T00:30:00.000+09:30I found Eragon and Eldest was a bit tough in some ...I found Eragon and Eldest was a bit tough in some parts. what I seek in a book is that you remember parts of the story, which Paolini´s books don´t. If you don´t, it´s not a good and interesting book. <BR/>Also it´s good if the language in the book is "alive" and not stiff and boring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-73989154525535293912008-09-17T22:05:00.000+09:302008-09-17T22:05:00.000+09:30Eragon had it's time, and Brisingr will certainly ...Eragon had it's time, and Brisingr will certainly bring it to popularity, but Paolini seems to write in an under developed sense as apposed to MBT. I just think I like sensory writing, and MBT has a really good mood to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-11577524264788393132008-09-17T19:14:00.000+09:302008-09-17T19:14:00.000+09:30I strongly agree with noelle about Eragon.The plot...I strongly agree with noelle about Eragon.<BR/>The plot of eragon and eldest was a COMPLETE mirror of the 4th Star Wars movie.<BR/>He is some guy who lives out in the middle of nowhere, until the old man takes him away to become the extinct super heroe type figure. there are a lot more similarities but iu wont go into them<BR/>I hate eldest, although eragon was quite good when i first read it.portalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14317746948225748655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-58608205502857592142008-09-17T13:03:00.001+09:302008-09-17T13:03:00.001+09:30Oh and Zakk - could you send that email again, I a...Oh and <B>Zakk</B> - could you send that email again, I accidentally junked it... =/D.M. Cornishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452470049845132286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-18935848588127998712008-09-17T13:03:00.000+09:302008-09-17T13:03:00.000+09:30Mister Paolini stalks his patch of the darkling wo...Mister Paolini stalks his patch of the darkling woods and I stalk mine - some folks prefer the fimiliar, some the unusual.<BR/><BR/>I must confess I am the latter.<BR/><BR/>I also must confess I have not read the <I>Eregon</I> books, indeed, that I do not read a whole lot of fantasy at all. I am one o those sods who read LOTR before any genre novel and have been spoilt for anything since.<BR/><BRD.M. Cornishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452470049845132286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29654538.post-23115932400997816452008-09-17T11:46:00.000+09:302008-09-17T11:46:00.000+09:30The difference is that the Eragon series is rather...The difference is that the Eragon series is rather amateur and relies heavily on the works of other authors, while everything about MBT is unique and the setting is new and fascinating and obviously there's been a lot of thought put into it. Eragon is more or less a cheap imitation of greater works of fiction and there's nothing new or exciting about it. The first book entertained me, I must noellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946715913747710088noreply@blogger.com