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This may not fall under the category of fantasy or sci-fi, although I have to say a telepathic gorilla does seem to hint a bit at sci-fi...anyway, I just today finished a book (in which I read in entirety today, which gives you an idea of how interested I was in it) called Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. I refuse to give any details about the meaning, plot, or intention of the book because in doing so I don't think that I would do the book justice. By the way, this book was assigned to my Myth, Symbol, and Ritual class at Youngstown State University. Alls I have to say is that if your completely fed up with the way the world is or fed up with people in any way, READ THIS BOOK. You will be convinced that eventually the world will change if we all simply read this book or converse about its ideas. What I will say about the book is what it says on the back and is basically the premise of the book. This is an quote taken directly from the first chapter of the book and the only description of the book on the back "TEACHER SEEKS PUPIL. Must have an earnest desire to save the world. Apply in person."

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Just today I finished Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar Saga (starting with Magician: Apprentice and finishing with the fourth book A Darkness at Sethanon). This was probably the very first series I've truely been satisfied with since starting the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind my 8th grade year in middle school (5 years ago). He has great ideas, very distinct characters, but probably the two most amazing things about these four books I just finished were the complexity and diversity of the storylines (Feist follows each character in depth and seperates them throughout the book, making you feel like your reading a new story with every character shift). and the amazing world (or should I say worlds) that he creates. The world Midkemia and other worlds he creates in this series were obviously planned out to great complexity. Recently I found out that while Feist was (i think in high school) he and his friends created a sort of board game I think dealing with the world Midkemia and eventually Feist was compelled to create a story based on their game. After reading the series, if your compelled to find out more about its origins check out his website www.Crydee.com. Please reply if you've read or heard about the series and definately reply if I've convinced you to read it, I'd like to know your opinions as you read it.

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Hope this is ok (if not, mods go ahead and delete me).

I've just started re-reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and I decided to create a comm dedicated to discuss all the juicy bits and so here I am shamelessly promoting it. Every few days I'll be posting specific questions for people to debate over and discuss, while everyone is free to post their own questions, conundrums, and thoughts. Whether you want to vent or exclaim joyously over something, everyone is welcome here!

To check it out (it is brand new remember and I need people to join!) go here:

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P.S. This is very obvious but this new community is very very very SPOILERIFIC! (as you can probably guess). If you've not read Deathly Hallows then I'd recommended keeping a wide distance.

(Cross-linked to lots of places)

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Borders stores have free preview booklets with an excerpt from A Feast for Crows. Now we just have to wait until November 8th!

[crossposted to epicfantasy & asoiaf]