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Which fantasy writer are you?

#21 bwgan

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Posted 14 June 2009 - 07:23 PM

But, but...that's worse! Anyway, it CAN'T be true, because I love SE...QED.

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#22 Yellow

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Posted 14 June 2009 - 07:35 PM

bwgan, on Jun 14 2009, 08:03 PM, said:

A much better and more sensible test.

http://helloquizzy.okcupid.com/tests/the-c...used-words-test

English genius, w00t

100, 93, 93, 80. Match that with my HIGH BROW fantasy author score and you know you're onto a winner!

By the way, am I the only one who wanted to insert swear words into the blanks?

edit - have a go at the Nerd vs Geek vs Dork test:

http://helloquizzy.okcupid.com/tests/the-n...ek-or-dork-test

I got modern, cool nerd. Alllllrriiiiiiggghhhhhhttttt. Better get running, ladies, I'm coming for ya.

This post has been edited by Yellow: 14 June 2009 - 07:46 PM

Don't fuck with the Culture.

#23 Slow Ben

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Posted 14 June 2009 - 08:19 PM

Yellow, on Jun 14 2009, 02:35 PM, said:

edit - have a go at the Nerd vs Geek vs Dork test:

http://helloquizzy.okcupid.com/tests/the-n...ek-or-dork-test

I got modern, cool nerd. Alllllrriiiiiiggghhhhhhttttt. Better get running, ladies, I'm coming for ya.

This ones pretty cool. Pure Geek!

I've always been crazy but its kept me from going insane.

#24 Icarium Kalam

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Posted 14 June 2009 - 09:31 PM

Mary Gentle (High-Brow, very violent, experimental and cynical)

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'Fucking dragon.' <Fiddler>
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'Aye.' It's a good word. I think. More a whole attitude than a word, really. With lots of meaning in it, too. A bit of 'yes' and a bit of 'well fuck' and maybe some 'we're all in this together.' So a word to some up the Malazans. <Sunrise>

#25 Darkwatch

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Posted 14 June 2009 - 09:58 PM

I got Pullman.
9 High-Brow, -11 Violent, 5 Experimental and 5 Cynical

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RodeoRanch said:

You're a rock.
A non-touching itself rock.

#26 Illuyankas

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Posted 14 June 2009 - 10:06 PM

Lian Hearn, whoever that is. -5 High-Brow, 33 Violent, 9 Experimental and 13 Cynical. Silly quizzes. Although having a higher violence score than 99% of 'my peers' was funny.

Hello, soldiers, look at your mage, now back to me, now back at your mage, now back to me. Sadly, he isn’t me, but if he stopped being an unascended mortal and switched to Sole Spice, he could smell like he’s me. Look down, back up, where are you? You’re in a warren with the High Mage your cadre mage could smell like. What’s in your hand, back at me. I have it, it’s an acorn with two gates to that realm you love. Look again, the acorn is now otataral. Anything is possible when your mage smells like Sole Spice and not a Bole brother. I’m on a quorl.

#27 Slum

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Posted 14 June 2009 - 11:06 PM

I'm apparently an English genius. Hooray for my grasp of grade school English. 100, 100, 100, 86. I wish I knew what I got wrong...

#28 Yellow

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Posted 15 June 2009 - 06:17 AM

I think there's a link on there to a blog with the answers on... but I won't click random links on the internet, damn it!

Don't fuck with the Culture.

#29 Fist Gamet

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Posted 15 June 2009 - 01:49 PM

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

For The Record:

A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.
A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions.
You scored better than half in Nerd and Geek, earning you the title of: Modern, Cool Nerd.

Victory is mine!

#30 Grimjust Bearegular

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Posted 16 June 2009 - 01:50 PM

Mary Gentle (b. 1956)
7 High-Brow, 21 Violent, 3 Experimental and 1 Cynical!

oh yeah!

Maybe I should read something of Mary's now?

You are also a lot like Gene Wolfe.

If you want something more gentle (no pun intended), try Philip Pullman.

If you'd like a challenge, try your exact opposite, J K Rowling.

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#31 Use Of Weapons

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Posted 17 June 2009 - 10:48 AM

Lian Hearn is a great read, I'd recommend checking her out. She also has some of the best titles in the business. Her Tales of the Otori series starts with _Across The Nightingale Floor_, and continues with _Grass For His Pilllow_ and _Brilliance Of The Moon_. There are a couple of books after that initial trilogy.

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#32 Shinrei

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Posted 18 June 2009 - 12:29 AM

I got "Network Error (tcp_error)

Apparently I'm a failed unknown writer.

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#33 RangerSG

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Posted 22 June 2009 - 04:23 PM

I do like Lian Heard as well. The first two Tales of the Otori are brilliant. The third is alright. I haven't gotten to the sequel or prequel yet.

I came out: 3 High-Brow, 3 Violent, -5 Experimental and 11 Cynical- Michael Moorcock.

Who I actually like, except he got too interested in being "prolific" and his craft slipped. I like world building more than him too, though. Oh well. Coming in like China Mieville is cool too. My opposite being Katherine Kerr makes sense; I've never enjoyed her.

#34 councilor

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 10:57 AM

Moorcock apparently

highbrow, violent, traditional and cynical

Question:

Does being the only sane person in the world make you insane?

If a tree falls in the woods and a deaf person saw it, does it make a sound?

#35 Fist Gamet

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Posted 20 August 2009 - 01:10 PM

Shinrei, on Jun 18 2009, 01:29 AM, said:

Apparently I'm a failed unknown writer.

Aren't we all...aren't we all...

Victory is mine!

#36 RangerSG

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Posted 20 August 2009 - 09:07 PM

Fist Gamet, on Aug 20 2009, 08:10 AM, said:

Shinrei, on Jun 18 2009, 01:29 AM, said:

Apparently I'm a failed unknown writer.

Aren't we all...aren't we all...

Not failed until we've given up.

#37 LadyMTL

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Posted 20 August 2009 - 10:55 PM

Hmm...I came out thusly:

Philip Pullman
9 High-Brow, -3 Violent, 15 Experimental and 21 Cynical!

My exact opposite is Tolkien. The ironic thing is that I've never read any Pullman and I adore Tolkien. Go figure. Still, this was a pretty fun quiz!

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#38 Cougar

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Posted 21 August 2009 - 01:27 PM

I got Goodkind: c**t 21, talent 0,

I AM A TWAT

#39 Nostra

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Posted 18 December 2009 - 05:58 PM

I got Mary Gentle too, hur, seems a lot of us did.

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Posted 22 December 2009 - 04:47 AM

Nostra, on 18 December 2009 - 05:58 PM, said:

I got Mary Gentle too, hur, seems a lot of us did.

I did a similar test awhile back and got Gene Wolfe. Went to try out some of his books as they sounded interested (Claw of the Conciliator series) and really just did not enjoy him at all...didn't like the writing style, plot or characters. Only thing I enjoyed was the setting!