Also, Fahrenheit 451 was quite good. It's short (as I recall, I read it at my grandfather's house when I was short of reading material as a child), but very good. When I saw it on this list, I put it back on my "acquire & read again" list. I'm sure I'd find it more horrifying now than I did then.
A Journey to the Center of the Earth was also quite good, is also short, and was a quick read that I recall.
I recall that The Once & Future King was tedious when I had to read it in high school.
The Wheel of Time is finally getting somewhere. Of course, with only 2 books left, it had better. You got bogged down around the same place many other people did. Brandon Sanderson co-writing the last 3 books helps.
I recall reading the Martian Chronicles in middle school. Parts of it have stuck with me, so it must have been decent. :-)
I've read all but the latest of the Drizzt series (you forgot the beginning b tag, btw). It's almost typical D&D-type stuff (being Forgotten Realms, you'd expect it) but Drizzt is a fairly interesting character, a dark elf going against the nature of his normally-evil race.
I enjoyed The Sword of Truth series, but the best thing to say about it is that at least HE finished the series, unlike Jordan.
I love The Stand. It doesn't depress me like most of other King's books. It's a bit long, especially if you read the (preferred) uncut version.
It wasn't even so much as I got bogged down on WoT as I got really really pissed off that I was paying $27 - which is still a lot of money for a book and I had significantly less income then! - for a hardcover book in which nothing happened and the binding split on the first read. I let that happen to me twice and said, "I quit!"
I can't say as I've ever even considered buying an RPG-based novel. I've always looked at them in the same regard as star trek novels/harlequin romances - things published to separate the undiscerning from their money.
I used to read loads of D&D novels. Don't really differ from your opinion, but they were better on average than Star Trek novels. (There *are* a few Star Trek novels that are actually good, mind.) Not sure why as they're both work-for-hire gigs; possibly because D&D is by definition all about storytelling? Who knows. Most of them are indeed pretty poor though
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(The books are all standalone, as far as I remember.)
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A Journey to the Center of the Earth was also quite good, is also short, and was a quick read that I recall.
I recall that The Once & Future King was tedious when I had to read it in high school.
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I recall reading the Martian Chronicles in middle school. Parts of it have stuck with me, so it must have been decent. :-)
I've read all but the latest of the Drizzt series (you forgot the beginning b tag, btw). It's almost typical D&D-type stuff (being Forgotten Realms, you'd expect it) but Drizzt is a fairly interesting character, a dark elf going against the nature of his normally-evil race.
I enjoyed The Sword of Truth series, but the best thing to say about it is that at least HE finished the series, unlike Jordan.
I love The Stand. It doesn't depress me like most of other King's books. It's a bit long, especially if you read the (preferred) uncut version.
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I can't say as I've ever even considered buying an RPG-based novel. I've always looked at them in the same regard as star trek novels/harlequin romances - things published to separate the undiscerning from their money.
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