mass glorified literary violence

#1 cerveza_fiesta

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Posted 11 October 2007 - 12:22 PM

The whole battle in caputstan (sp?)...in fact that whole MoI book is one of the best examples of mass glorified literary violence ever. I remember describing it to my girlfriend and she just said "holy shit...why would you ever enjoy reading that". The tenescowri were one of the few "villains" in SE's books that I truly cared nothing for. They died by the tens of thousands and the more that died, the better the book got.

Anybody else find this book retardedly violent....and like it?

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Posted 11 October 2007 - 12:44 PM

I think it was violent in the extreme, but I think that the fantasy background helps you to detatch yourself from some of the more grizzled violence.

I enjoyed the grusome parts in MoI, but I recon if I was watching similar scenes unfold live, on the t.v, i'd be horrified.

Human canabalism and mass raping of the dead ... I see Bruce Perry's latest edition to Tribe being somewhat hard to swallow.

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Posted 11 October 2007 - 12:55 PM

It was enjoyable in a macabre way. I particularly thought the image of floors full and corridors of mounted dying Tenescowri vivid.

Personally if i was one of the defenders within the book and i saw people being eaten from my safe vantage point yonder id have to make a joke out of it all or go mad.

" WANT SALT WITH THAT!? " i bellow in my most manly voice.

"I think i was a bad person before. Before this time. I do not try to be good now but i am not bad. Perhaps if i try harder i may get a better hand dealt next time? But surely that makes it pointless? Perhaps i am good. Just good at being pointless. But that would make me bad. Bad at having a point. Ah…. I see now. I was nothing before, I am nothing now. I am bad purely because im pointless. "

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Posted 12 October 2007 - 03:48 PM

Flawed;213426 said:

that gave me a good chuckle there.

It would be so strange being a tenescowri. You'd actually be glad your side was losing...as long as you were hungry that is.

The only part that actually got me in this book were the women that went and screwed the dying guys. That part was super extreme. Showed me how far SE is willing to go in his writing and it made me realize that the ending of the series is just going to be ridiculous.

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Posted 12 October 2007 - 05:09 PM

You are correct that the violence here is very extreme. The tenescowri and the ladies of death (or whatever), really serve to show what kind of enemy the Panion is. Its not a mere ideological difference, but one the truest manifestations of Evil that draws our characters into war.

Thinking back at how revolting the idea of buildings sagging with the weight of the dead is. I remember that the only way I got through it was reminding myself "It is only a book"