...Sprechen sie deutsch?I tend to prefer Chris Wooding’s young adult stuff to his adult fiction for some reason. In fact the same is true for most of the fantasy I read. The teenagers just seem to get a more interesting deal out of fantasy than we do. If I want serious, well written sci-fi or drama or whatever then I tend to go for adult books (though truth be told I haven’t read nearly enough adult science fiction books... I don't even know much Asimov. The latest I’ve tried to read is The Algebraist, and I had to stop that pretty early on, because the chapter with the guys head attached to life support specifically so another guy could beat the snot out of it on a regular basis kind of... freaked me out. Yeah I'm a wimp.
But anyway. Poison. Is a good book. One of those which takes much of it's content from mythologies, the story is basically about a girl going to recover her sister who was stolen by faeries. I didn’t originally expect much from a book that started with the words “Once Upon a Time”... but I was proven gladly mistaken. Wooding really knows how to break the rules. Poison was really enjoyable the first time I read it, and I felt a bit sore about losing the book. So I decided “what the hell?” and ordered a new copy. I’m a sucker for hardbacks, and decided to go for one which looked like it had a variant cover because it looked nicer than the paperback edition. Just yesterday my book arrived through the post much to my delight, until I opened the package and saw the blurb...
...In German.
Sigh.
So any native Germans on this website who enjoy Chris Wooding?
Tired
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Maybe Nanooki would like it, then?
I'm learning to sing in German, but I don't think that counts.
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And I can read German for no apparent reason, but I'm not in dire need of fantasy novels in it. Mainly because people will make fun of me even more. It's bad enough to sing in it and get O_o from everyone, I don't need to be out waiting for my sister and get "You read German?!" from everyone as well. You'd think no one had ever seen someone with a second language. ...Well, sixth language. But still.
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But wouldn't you be able to exchange it for an English version of the book? o.O It depends, I guess...
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Ha! let them laugh and make fun. But who'll be the one able to get a job in germany without a second thought, or work asd a translator earning like, thousands a day? Not them, that's for sure
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I'm pretty sure I csn, but all the same, there's a chance for a german speaker to get a free book out of this, why should I deny them the joy?
But then what will you do? Order another one?
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"Because I know you, and your heart would not allow it. Because I believe you are destined for great things... to bring about a new age... an age of peace... and I do not see what role destruction will have in that age." - Ignitus, speaking to Spyro.
Yeah, basically. I'm planning to write a script for it, so I need more than one copy anyway - I need to make notes on one XD
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