http://www.gojensen.no from the mind of gojensen Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:47:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.gojensen.no/2003/09/04/the-soulforge/ http://www.gojensen.no/2003/09/04/the-soulforge/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2003 19:43:34 +0000 gojensen http://www.gojensen.no/?p=28 I read the latest DragonLance installment by Margaret Weiss during the summer holidays… As it was a prequel it couldn’t really shatter my world, but I have a sweet spot for the Majere brothers and will certainly suck up to the two next books in the “Raistlin Trilogy” aswell… (I’m actually reading book two now…)

]]> http://www.gojensen.no/2003/09/04/the-soulforge/feed/ 0 http://www.gojensen.no/2002/03/19/a-storm-of-swords/ http://www.gojensen.no/2002/03/19/a-storm-of-swords/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2002 10:20:16 +0000 gojensen http://www.gojensen.no/?p=14 The third installment of George R.R. Martins “A Song Ice and Fire” series. This is great, it captivates and urges one to read it through. Martins writing is very good, and makes you care for and understand the most cruel and vile characters. This book is full of intrigue, mystery and action from page to page, chapter to chapter and from beginning to end. With nearly a 1000 pages to it, I zoomed through it like it was just another comic book – it grabs hold and won’t let go! Readily recommended for anyone enjoying a good book, and especially for fans of Fantasy literature. 5/5!

Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Robb plots against his despised Lannister enemies, even as they hold his sister hostage at King’s Landing, the seat of the Iron Throne. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world. Filled with the stench of death and decay from the destructive dynastic war, Daenerys is gathering allies and strength for an assault on King’s Landing, hoping to win back the crown she believes is rightfully hers. But as opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings bent on overwhelming the Seven Kingdoms arrives from the outermost line of civilization. In their vanguard is a horde of mythical Others–a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. And as the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest in the quest for victory until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords….Brilliantly conceived and grand in scope, A Storm of Swords is the incredible tale of a world of harsh beauty and powerful magic, torn by treachery, ravaged by brutality, and consumed by greed and ambition. It portrays a war-torn landscape in which nobles and commoners, heroes and villains, the freeborn and the enslaved, all struggle to survive and to find their destinies…along with the dazzling bounty and wondrous enchantment that was once their birthright in the Seven Kingdoms.
(Text borrowed from Amazon)

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