I only ask because my sister told me they were mindless fun and said I should add them to my ever expanding queue of books to read. I heard about the disney plus show and I find the author to be annoying for going after people who wanted to see the characters as described in the book. I could honestly respect you if you were to say "They offered me a ton of money to make the usual trendy/modern audience changes to my book" instead of that he wanted to be more inclusive. If he felt that way then he needs to write a fantasy about a black girl or he should've made the character black to begin with. Not sure how many black kids were reading Percy Jackson (I could be wrong but I'd guess not as many as other groups), but I'm sure the ones who read them enjoyed it for what it was.
I know with ESG and stuff this is currently impossible but you could fix at least some problems in entertainment by simply saying that for whatever reasons certain hobbies/genres don't appeal to certain groups in large numbers and running off the core fanbase with the moronic notion that you will get some mythical new audience is absurd.
Exhibit A: Star Wars. I'm strictly pre-Disney star wars at this point. It would have to take new leadership at disney admitting to their mistakes and continuing EU stuff in it's own separate continuity because you had a loyal fanbase that you pissed off immediately. Could've thrown them a bone with some animated adaptations or finishing Sword of the Jedi at least. Comic books, video games, etc. Better yet, if a lot of white males enjoy a hobby, there is nothing wrong. Tolkien wrote LOTR for the British people, but anyone can read it. I am free to read and watch Japanese content. If you want to appeal to certain audiences, then make something you think will do the trick. Granted, it is much easier to bastardize or crap on whatever someone else has made (Wheel of Time).
Ok, sorry for yet another rant.
The first series is more or less fine, he goes full homo afterwards with the rest.
He give any reason why he added it?
Nope.
Honestly, I think they are safe from woke stuff so read them. Being mindless fun is great.
I like to read John Saul, it is like the McDonalds of horror.
I know it is silly but to this day I may come across a goosebumps book at a yard sale for a quarter and get it. I can read it in less than an hour. Mindless fun for sure. I'm currently reading Louis L'Amour. Really enjoying it, and he paints a great picture in your head of the old west. I will add those books to my queue. I guess it just annoys me, especially nowadays, when an author allows a trendy change to their work and act like they always wanted it that way. I remember a Prime miniseries based on a book about a teen girl who was straight in the book but they made her bi in the show and the author gave some long winded explanation when she could've just said "I took the money"
I'll check out John Saul
I was forced to read the first book for a class in college and it was pretty good considering I normally hate when I am forced to read things under threat of a deadline.
Animal Farm was like that for me in 10th grade. I ended up really enjoying it.
funnily enough the only book at school in the curriculum I enjoyed was 1984. Oh and Clockwork Orange.
You read Clockwork Orange in school? Cool! I also enjoyed the Shakespeare we read
We did King Lear, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet & Macbeth. I never really enjoyed them. But since High School I saw movies that I liked - Much Ado About Nothing & Midsummer Night's Dream that made me appreciate him more. I've seen tedious Shakespeare though like Coriolanus and the recent BBC Hamlet that was modernized. So as much as I appreciate his contribution to literature and the arts - it's just never really been my cup of tea. When it came to British classics I always preferred Agatha Christie, JRR Tolkien and Terry Pratchett.
Absolutely. I’ve always loved British culture. Well before they became obsessed with diversity Tolkien, Pratchett, and Christie are some great choices
A looong time ago when I was a teenager/pre-teen, but yes, they were decent from what I remember, I liked 'em well enough.
First series was mindless fun. Second was a bit more meh but had some awesome scenes but also more globohomo
Thanks! Kind of a shame that any story can be expected to include that
Only the first and last books of the first series is reasonably OK. The middle 3 books are all woke trash.
All the other series are deeply, deeply woke feminist trash.
My son did - not sure if he finished the series though. He started a lot of series like Rangers Apprentice that I think he grew out of along the way.
Sorry to hijack your thread Smithy - but I just thought this almost fits what you're talking about - my favourite book as a kid, that I think can still be read by adults (it actually makes a great book to read TO your kids, like at bed time because it's interactive) - and that is the Adventures of the Black Hand Gang. Anyone else read it? I fucking loved that book so much as a kid I paid an exorbitant amount for a second hand copy as its so hard to find.
Never heard of it. Will have to check it out.
If I was a publisher I'd by the rights and re-release it.
Because that's what Greek Mythology needs