Gates of Fire

Brinn · Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 2:10 am Post subject:

Strap yourself in Dlb! Your in for quite a ride! Let us know what you think.
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stuart Mill

Avatar · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 6:37 am Post subject:

Brinn · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 6:01 pm Post subject:

OK I need to get some updates....

dlb, Dragonlily, what did you think???

Av, have you found this book yet?
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stuart Mill

Encryptic · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 6:18 pm Post subject:

I read it a few months ago after seeing a mention of it on the back cover of "The Ten Thousand".

Definitely one of the most powerful stories I've ever read. If they do ever make a movie out of this, I hope they can do the book justice...

On a related note, I also checked out Tides of War after I read Gates of Fire but I just couldn't get into it at all (though I'm open to trying it again). Is his "Amazon" (can't recall the title) book worth reading?

Brinn · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 6:55 pm Post subject:

"Last of the Amazons" is a decent read. I'd put it on par w/ "The Ten Thousand". It's better than "Tides of War" which I had a hard time getting into as well, and not as good as his newest "The Virtues of War".

None of them approach "Gates" although "Virtues" is a very good read about Alexander the Great. If you are going to read another Pressfield novel, "Virtues" is the one.
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stuart Mill

dlbpharmd · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 7:06 pm Post subject:

Brinn · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 7:21 pm Post subject:

OMG!!! I'm ashamed to say I know you!!! Wink

How far did you get? And did you start Super / System yet?
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stuart Mill

dlbpharmd · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 8:05 pm Post subject:

The Leper Fairy · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:09 pm Post subject:

Fist and Faith · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:45 pm Post subject:

Alrighty, then, let's take another look!! Very Happy

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Dragonlily · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 2:57 am Post subject:

Go dlb. Keep your independence. Wink

Once I've read THE TEN THOUSAND, it will be a natural segue to read GATES OF FIRE. I might be delayed by GODS AND LEGIONS, which is about Emperor Julian, one of my favorite historical mavericks.

Wink

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Encryptic · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 2:59 pm Post subject:

dANdeLION · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 3:18 pm Post subject:

Brinn · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 4:45 pm Post subject:

dlb,

Keep reading man!!!! Even if you absolutely hate it do it is a favor to me. If after you've read it you still think it was a bad book I'll be absolutely astounded.

If I had that attitude I would have never read the rest of the chronicles as I <heaven forbid> thought that Lord Foul's Bane was a bit slow.

KEEP GOING!!!!!!
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stuart Mill

Brinn · Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 4:39 pm Post subject:

Bumped for Skeletal Grace.
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stuart Mill

Fist and Faith · Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 1:21 pm Post subject:

I haven't pushed this book in quite a while. I must be slipping! Shocked

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Brinn · Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 3:02 pm Post subject:

LOL!!! Keep up the good work Fist. I will no be happy until every man women and child on this board has read this masterpiece!
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stuart Mill

The Leper Fairy · Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:15 pm Post subject:

Fist and Faith · Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:57 pm Post subject:

Those who haven't read it shouldn't be "tsk"ing anybody, young lady!!!
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We are not required to save the world. We are required to stand up as truly as we can for what we love. -SRD