Yes, that’s right. Fantasy indeed. And no, I’m not talking about the sexual type (although that type is good, too). I’m referring to the fantasy genre of books.
A few weeks ago, Peter C (olilolo.com-group-outlier) lent me the book Magician by Raymond E. Feist. Now, most of the rest of the olilolo.com gang has been extolling the vertues of this genre and author for years, but having been burnt by Tolkien (shudder), I shunned their suggestion. To Doyle and Stu, I offer my sincerest apologies. I was wrong – this series is awesome and the genre isn’t shit by default. I suppose it’s just hard to do well.
So far, I’ve read the first book (Magician), almost finished the second (Silverthorn), and have the third book (can’t remember the name) ready to go. It’s good, too, cause there’s still 12-or-so(!) books left in the series. They definately provide a relaxing escape from the humdrum of public transport and stinky public transport patrons. I recommend them to anyone. DON’T LEAVE IT TOO LATE!!
In other yet-to-be-blogged news, I moved back to Brisbane a month or so ago to be with the gang and my family, and have a new retail-type job in the city. I’ve been there several weeks now and I’m liking it so far. Don’t know yet whether it’ll be a long-term thing or what. I guess we’ll see.