Friedman's Trilogy

[The Bowler]

One of my favorite series of books is The Coldfire Trilogy by C.S. Friedman. I re-read this trilogy about once every two years but I have never found anyone else who has ever read it without me making them. This is a great series that combines sci-fi, fantasy, some horror, and even a little old-time-religion for good measure. So how about it? Has anyone one else ever heard of or read these books and what did you think?

[grendel]

Great series.

Now read the Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons and we can OFFICIALLY like you.

[Blofeld]

Bowler -- haven't read them. Give up with the titles, in order. Thanks.

[grendel]

Black Sun Rising
When True Night Falls
Crown of Shadows


Good stuff.

You'll like it.

[This message has been edited by grendel (edited 07-05-2000).]

[Blofeld]

I asked Bowler. Know-it-all-a-hole.

[Blofeld]

Oops. Forgot.

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[The Bowler]

Thanks, grendel. I'm always looking for new good stuff to dig into. By the way, do you think that the Coldfire trilogy could ever be movie material? I always think about it but I think it might be too difficult.

[Blofeld]

Bowler -- I put my vote in for Dan Simmon's Hyperion Cantos as well:

Hyperion
Fall of Hyperion
Endymion
Rise of Endymion

[grendel]

The Coldfire stuff would make an excellent movie but, as in depth as they go into the literal geography of the world, i.e. cities, forests, the fey, it becomes cost prohivitive unless there is already an existing fanbase for such an intimidating project (i.e. LOTR or Star Wars).

I'd still love to see the film, but I have come to the sad realization that there must be HUGE buzz or "crap appeal" (i.e. Supernova/Wing Commander) before a sci-fi/fantasy flick gets made.

[Blofeld]

Speaking of "the fey", has anyone read this series by Kristine Kathryn Rusch:

The Fey
Book 1: The Sacrifice
Bk 2: The Changeling
Bk 3: The Rival
Bk 4: The Resistance
Bk 5: Victory

and the first book in the new saga "Black Throne":

The Black Queen

?

[The Bowler]

Just for clarification, what's this "crap appeal" phenomenon?

[grendel]

"Crap Appeal"

It means the producer got a blow job, or ANOTHER producer was looking at the script and said, "Hey, I know! Let's make the monkey a spy!" and nobody stopped him.

Good ideas with (usually) visionary young screenwriters behind them, taken by the soulless fucks of Hollywood and turned into 'Howard the Duck 2: Molt Harder'.

Crap appeal. They pump WAY too much budget into it to make it flashy while eliminating the story, and then at the last second you can hear them screaming "Oh Shit!" and slapping a Titan A.E.-like soundtrack on it and making the commercials look like MTV in space to grab the 12-17 year-old boy market.

Sucks, don't it?