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« Reply #100 on: October 20, 2009, 04:49:20 pm »
I'm currently re-reading the Young Wizards series by Diane Duane.

Now i know a lot of you here are highly religious, some to the point you won't even read anything having to do with "magic" but i want all you, specifically, to read this.


The Young wizards series of books are about Nita and Kit, two teenagers who become wizards. In this series, however, the term "wizards" is not used in the traditional sense. Wizards are beings given the ability to manipulate the universe's energy, by the Powers that Be. Without giving a long complex explanation, The Powers that Be are the gods. There is a Power superior to all the others, known as the One. All the others are the "minor deities", which, in any form of Christianity, would be called the archangels.

The Powers come from a universe known as Timeheart, which is for lack of a mortal word for it, is heaven. Though never fully explained (of course), the powers created spacetime outside of timeheart, and made life. They CAUSED the big bang, and shaped it into the universe, and created life.

Now what makes this series so incredibly different? Think, do the gods have to abide by the laws of the physical universe? of course not. they created life everywhere, in the "billion homeworlds", simultaneously. Earth was of the first run of creation in this universe, but yes, they did try again, many times, populating this universe, and all the others.

Then one of the powers, feeling he had to add something, created death, entropy. The power, called throughout the series "the Lone One" was expelled from timeheart, and the other powers tried to reverse the damage caused, but to no avail. The only place entropy was now created was timeheart, and the Powers that Be decided to make it so that every soul that died because of the lone one's "gift", for that was how he put it, would come to timeheart, and live forever there.

Wizards are beings that have been gifted by the Powers with the ability to manipulate the Physical universe so that they may work to slow entropy.

The series focuses on Nita and Kit, two teen who discovered wizardry, and... well our friend wikipedia can tell the rest.
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In Life's name and for Life's sake, I assert that I will employ the Art which is its gift in Life's service alone, rejecting all other usages. I will guard growth and ease pain. I will fight to preserve what grows and lives well in its own way; and I will change no object or creature unless its growth and life, or that of the system of which it is part, are threatened. To these ends, in the practice of my Art, I will put aside fear for courage, and death for life, when it is right to do so -- till Universe's end.




I am currently re-reading book 5, The Wizard's Dilemma.

In this book, Nita's mom gets cancer, and she goes through everything seemingly possible to save her.




this series is a wonderful read, and if anything is more religious than almost any other fantasy book.

go pick up the first one from the library. i guarantee you'll be hooked. Wink
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« Reply #101 on: October 23, 2009, 06:25:27 am »
Now I am reading Gentle ben. By someones name I cant remember, I love nature books.
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« Reply #102 on: October 23, 2009, 07:36:17 am »
Ok, I just finished Chosen by Ted Dekker, and it was an amazing book! I love how it fills in the gaps between Black and Red.
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« Reply #103 on: October 23, 2009, 07:51:02 am »
What series is that?
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« Reply #104 on: October 23, 2009, 07:58:17 am »
Chosen is part of The Lost Books sereis. Black, Red, White, and Green are part of The Circle Trilogy. Showdown, Saint, and Sinner are part of The Paradise Series. They all interlock to form this giant circle.
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« Reply #105 on: October 23, 2009, 09:17:44 am »
That sounds awesome. I was just reading Frankenstien the other day, it was retarded.
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« Reply #106 on: October 23, 2009, 09:22:44 am »
I'm not a fan of that book. At all.
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« Reply #107 on: October 23, 2009, 09:24:57 am »
Same here, I didn't even finish it. Now I am reading gentle Ben as mentioned in my earlier post.
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« Reply #108 on: October 23, 2009, 09:29:02 am »
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Ok, I just finished Chosen by Ted Dekker, and it was an amazing book! I love how it fills in the gaps between Black and Red.

 Yah the Lost books are definately awsome! Right now I am reading the Babylon Rising series by Lehay (wow probably butchered the spelling of that)  Sad anyway its the guy who co-wrote the left behind series.
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« Reply #109 on: October 23, 2009, 09:35:17 am »
I can't remeber if I've read that series...  :-\ But Left Behind was good up until book 12. I didn't like the ending AT ALL.
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« Reply #110 on: October 23, 2009, 09:40:22 am »
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I can't remeber if I've read that series...  :-\ But Left Behind was good up until book 12. I didn't like the ending AT ALL.

 I know eh!!! REALLY disapointing Sad ah well.....I think that is probably the longest series I have read....its HUGE! anyway....the Babylon Rising books are good....they are about a guy who looks for Biblical artifacts, and kinda end times stuff.......
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« Reply #111 on: October 23, 2009, 09:42:52 am »
Sounds interesting. I'll have to check it out next time I go to Barnes & Nobles.

The longest series I have ever read was the New Jedi Order series, there was over 15 books in that series! Actually... scratch that. Nacy Drew/Hardy Boys are the longest series I've read.
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Nacy Drew/Hardy Boys are the longest series I've read.

  Oh yea........guess I forgot about those........(although I didnt read Nancy Drew)Wink those were some classics! Kinda predictable but still good....
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« Reply #113 on: October 23, 2009, 09:48:22 am »
My longest series in the redwall series, it has like 30 books, and they all are over 400 pages.
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My longest series in the redwall series, it has like 30 books, and they all are over 400 pages.

 Those are some good books too!!! I have only read the first 7 or 8 though.....I should keep going with those......
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« Reply #115 on: October 23, 2009, 01:27:53 pm »
Well, if you consider all the Star Wars books a huge series, they beat out Nancy Drew by... 10 books?
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« Reply #116 on: October 24, 2009, 10:59:57 am »
Probably, I loved the red walls, I was hooked. I was literally couldn't go without one...
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I've just finished reading The Spook's Stories: Witches by Joseph Delaney. His books are amazing, this last one had five short stories in it and were brilliant to link in with the main books. He's my favourite author, and I met him recently at school for a talk and book signing. Smiley The film's coming out in 2011, or perhaps 2010.
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I'm reading Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter.  It's really a good book, if you like Star Wars.  It shows Maul's true nature.  Compared to this book, he was a weakling in The Phantom Menace.
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« Reply #119 on: October 25, 2009, 11:00:31 am »
Really? I havent heard of it...
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