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In a desperate bid to read something I knew I would enjoy, I re-read the Ukiah Oregon series by Wen Spencer this week. Although I did notice some flaws on this second reading that I'd completely ignored the first time, I still enjoyed it. Loved it. Enough so that I turned around and forced the first book on

quoth_the_ravyn before gushing at length about the series to

laura_josephsen.

During both the re-read and the gushing, I noticed a large number of similarities between the series and FFVII. The main character, for instance, is very much like Cloud -- real Cloud I mean, not FalseZack!Cloud. Cloud as he is before crisis, and then again later after he remembers himself. The parallels are so large that I'd almost be willing to bet that if you love FFVII, you'll at least like Ukiah.

In any event, this realization has led me to the need for still more gushing about all that the two series share (and how awesome that is).

( Cut for large, whopping spoilers )

[Poll #1784008]

I was reading reviews on Amazon, and someone quoted this sentence from Gardens of the Moon, the first book in a ten book series by Steven Erickson. Now, I love fantasy, but ten books sounded a bit much... and the more reviews I read, the more it sounded like it would not be my thing. Main characters introduced in one book only to disappear for a few more before resurfacing? Plotlines introduced, abandoned, then picked up again volumes later? That sounds frustrating to me. Add in that it sounds like it has twenty or so 'lead' characters, and I think not.

But what really really killed it for me was this quote. I hate sentences like this. They may sound great, but when you take it apart, it makes no sense. I hate that people get applauded for it -- where has reading comprehension gone? These books are apparently chock full of sentences like this one, and that would drive me bonkers.

Shades of FFVII: Ukiah Oregon

Reading Comprehension Quiz -- What does this MEAN?