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Hiya, ya'll! Have...
Hiya, ya'll! Have any of you read Beyonders? By Brandon Mull?
@Admin, can I post the covers?
If so, here they are:
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Three:
I guess it's OK. It would be good if you included the name of the cover artist.
Admin
submitted by Winter Firefly
(November 18, 2014 - 4:31 pm)
(November 18, 2014 - 4:31 pm)
Yeah. They're pretty good, I guess, but most of the ideas are not original and it seems a bit heavy-handed.
(November 18, 2014 - 8:38 pm)
Sorry Admin, I don't know who did the cover art.
@INDIGO, HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT??????!!!!!!!!!
THEY ARE AWESOME! SURE IT'S A BIT CLICHÉ, BUT IT'S SO FUNNY! AND AT THE SAME TIME INTENSE! UHGGG! THIS MAY TURN INTO A DEBATE,
BEYONDERS: Winter Firefly
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NOT BEYONDERS: Indigo Blue (probably not your name, but let's just go with it.)
(November 19, 2014 - 4:52 pm)
* Slits eyes * Alright, let's debate .
Name one large theme which is origanal. The magic system is used in the Eragon series. The emperor idea is everywhere. They had maybe one, two new ideas. It's intense, but overly so. I guess some people may like it, but for me it isn't really worth it.
(November 20, 2014 - 10:18 am)
Jason got swallowed by a hippo for one thing. I don't have time for a good comeback, at the moment.
(November 20, 2014 - 1:26 pm)
Yes, I suppose. There was that, but usually almost EVERYTHING is of the author's own ideas. This, Brandon Mull just strings together other people's ideas, inserts a few of his own, and calls it his very own trilogy. Like a fanfic with a couple of new ideas. Maybe if he was a better writer, he might make it acceptable, but SERIOUSLY, I can barely stand the way he writes. It's dense and with little emotion. Hard to relate to and a kind of stylized, if you know what I mean.
(November 20, 2014 - 6:35 pm)
INDIGO, WHERE ELSE HAVE YOU READ A BOOK WHERE THE MAIN CHARACTER GOT SWALLOWED BY A HIPPO AND TRANSPORTED TO ANOTHER WORLD! I LOVE THE BEYONDERS SERIES!
(December 31, 2014 - 1:18 pm)
I'll be the judge.
OK GUYS!! CHOP, CHOP, HERE WE GO!! -slams gavel on desk- INDIGO BLUE, STATE ANOTHER REASON. THEN WINTER FIREFLY, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
WHO WILL BE OVERRULLED?!
(November 28, 2014 - 4:17 pm)
I will tomorrow Judge, Moon!
(November 30, 2014 - 4:29 pm)
Excuse me, Moon, may I borrow your gavel ? *Takes gavel and slams it on desk* I just stated a reason, for crying out loud !!! Do you think I could see what Winter F. says to that ?
(November 30, 2014 - 11:09 pm)
Well, think of, the Amar Kabal, that's not copying, and, ohhh, those one liners!
*****SPOILERS!*****
Look:
The Amar Kabal are a Wizard Born Race created by Eldrin
who are able to live multiple lifetimes. They have an amar or "seed" on
the back of their necks that, when they die, dislodges from their neck
and plants itself in the ground, and regenerates them. They start again
at the age they were before their First Death, a ceremony normally
performed at the age of twenty. They tie their hair around their necks
to protect and conceal their amar. Sometimes when a seed becomes
defective, it may cause the Amar Kabal to lose their ability to
regenerate after replanting.
The Amar Kabal are a cautious and prudent people. These traits are often attributed to their long lifespans.
There are two Amar Kabal mentioned in the first book. Jasher and Drake fight against Maldor, and they both assisted Jason and Rachel on their journey.
See?
I
can talk on, and on, and what about the Zombies? Who would have thought
worms, that eat your flesh, and drink your blood, make Zombies?
And Edomic, don't get me started,
with a euphoric rush, the more complicated and difficult the command the
greater the rush, and in vice versa for an unsuccesful command.
would face nausea, nose bleeds, head aches, cramps, tiredness,
frailness, and ultimately death.
asked to set a piece of a live tree on fire, the tree had resisted and
Rachel was left with the punishment of an unsuccesful command, it was
also said that the more inteligent the being the more resistance they
have to Edomic.
*****END SPOILERS*****
So, so, what do you say Miss, Indigo Blue? (I don't know why I keep calling you that, it just fits.)
(December 1, 2014 - 2:54 pm)
SPOILER ALERT (Maybe not, but just in case)
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I'll give you the Amar Kabal and the zombies, but seriously, if the magic system's original, then, heck, Snuggles likes Squeak !
In Eragon by Christopher Paolini, words in the languge of the elves allow the person to use magic. It requires concentration and energy, just like in The Beyonders series. However, unlike Eragon, Brandon Mull didn't use the time and energy to come up with the words of the commands. Christopher Paolini comes up with good commands and uses them concestantly; brisingr always means fire. Since Brandon Mull doesn't do that, it suggests he may not take the time to try and remember important details such as that.
New Point !!
It's heavy-handed. Really good authors can use smaller things instead of having complex, overdone, hard-to-understand twisting plots. They can create the epic feel without making such complicated plotlines. Are they really necessary? Do they contribute that much? Not really. They are used solely for suspense, because the author fails to stretch the suspense and fill it in with the tiny details which excite the reader.
SPOILER OVER
P.S : I really need to get onto a debate team or something. I just LOVE arguing.
(December 3, 2014 - 8:34 pm)
I love debating too.;)
(December 31, 2014 - 1:21 pm)