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[Karkov]

I remember the one or two that I read being okay, but then again I remember the Shannara series being okay when I read it as a youngster and now I can appreciate how completely irredeemably horrible it is.

I reread the first three books pretty recently (past two months), it holds up pretty well.  The first two anyway.  You realize halfway into it that it's pretty silly and a bunch of in-fighting of politics and crap while the main BBEG is a semi-natural occurrence because someone colonized the wrong damned planet.  The BBEG also basically gets shoved into a closet and completely forgotten about at some point, and then it's mainly politics and in-fighting.

The third book's basically about a horny teenager and his pet dragon.

...  My paraphrases make this seem pretty bad in retrospect.  Eh, if you're into politics and telepathic dragons I guess it's alright then (unless it's the third book and then I still don't know what that one's about other than a horny teenager).

[Vorthon]

I've honestly never read any of Mcaffrey's stuff. Didn't she write something about an alien that was basically 'HUMAN BUT WITH A UNICORN HORN'?

[Xantalos]

I've honestly never read any of Mcaffrey's stuff. Didn't she write something about an alien that was basically 'HUMAN BUT WITH A UNICORN HORN'?

That was Axe Cop.

[Culise]

I've honestly never read any of Mcaffrey's stuff. Didn't she write something about an alien that was basically 'HUMAN BUT WITH A UNICORN HORN'?

That was Axe Cop.

*snrk* The worst part is, for all that I enjoy McCaffrey's works (Her Pern series and Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series were two of my absolute favourites when I was younger), I can actually see that.  No, he's referring to the Acorna series. 

[Urist McScoopbeard]

I've honestly never read any of Mcaffrey's stuff. Didn't she write something about an alien that was basically 'HUMAN BUT WITH A UNICORN HORN'?

That was Axe Cop.

THAT SHOW!!!

[inEQUALITY]

When it comes to McCaffrey I honestly couldn't get into her Dragonriders of Pern novels, even as interesting as the premise was. Somehow the Freedom series and the Killashandra Ree novels - the two I've read anyway, Crystal Singer and Crystal Line, since I could never find a copy of Killashandra - are among my favorite reads. Probably just nostalgia from being among the first scifi novels I ever read, but still.

[WillowLuman]

I've honestly never read any of Mcaffrey's stuff. Didn't she write something about an alien that was basically 'HUMAN BUT WITH A UNICORN HORN'?

That was Axe Cop.

THAT SHOW!!!

*That comic. Both versions are great, though.

[Flying Dice]

If you really want a laugh, read the one that is chronologically right after the core three dragonrider novels. So you've got the same telepathic dragons and political infighting, except now they've found and accidentally reactivated the original colony's AI. Four words: Riding dragons in space.

[WillowLuman]

Those four words would make a great Skyrim mod.

[Xantalos]

I FINALLY BEAT THE CALLER I FORGOT HOW ANNOYING THAT BITCH WAS AS A MAGE

[Putnam]

Those four words would make a great Skyrim mod.

You know what four words would make a better one?

Ziil Los Dii Du.

Also the Masser project is a being made(?) by some loremasters over at /r/teslore.

[Flying Dice]

Actually, to my understanding, riding TES dragons in space is marginally plausible, provided yon Dovahkin could have a space suit made entirely out of horker hide and nordic steel. :V

[WillowLuman]

Those four words would make a great Skyrim mod.

You know what four words would make a better one?

Ziil Los Dii Du.

Something about eating souls? Don't we already have that shout from Dawnguard?

[Furtuka]

It's the dragon eating shout used by the guy from Dragonborn.

[Putnam]

Actually, to my understanding, riding TES dragons in space is marginally plausible, provided yon Dovahkin could have a space suit made entirely out of horker hide and nordic steel. :V

Oh, the Dovahkiin could do it naked with the power of magic.

And the Dovahkiin got some good magic I tell you what.