The Wood Boy - The Burning Man
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • amazing illustration
  • Falls apart, horrible production value
  • Wonderful Adaptation of Two Novellas
  • Short but very good.
  • Not too impressed by the writing, but the art is magical!
 The Wood Boy - The Burning Man
Raymond E. Feist , Tad Williams , Sean J. Jordan , Robin Gillespie , Mat Broome , and Brett Booth
Manufacturer: Dabel Brothers Productions
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0976401118

Book Description

The Wood Boy is an adaptation of the short story by fantasy master Raymond E. Feist that first appeared in the Legends anthology (edited by Robert Silverberg) and offers a unique side story to the events depicted in his beloved book, Magician. The Wood Boy is an exciting story that offers readers an excellent introduction to Feist's Riftwar Saga. The Burning Man was written by world-renowned science fiction and fantasy author Tad Williams (Otherland) and originally appeared as a short story in the anthology Legends as well. A ghostly coming of age tale rendered in a beautiful, ethereal style by popular comic book artist Brett Booth (Thundercats: Dogs of War), The Burning Man is an exciting and thought-provoking story about life and death, love and fear, and innocence and betrayal.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars amazing illustration.......2006-11-10

I was not aware that I was buying an Illustrated or Graphic novel when I purchased this. I was greatly pleased at the illustration to go along with the story. I had read The Wood Boy in the Legends Series but to add the illustrations made it come to live. As for the Burning Man, reading this graphic novel urged me to read more of Tad Williams also. I would highly recommend this.

1 out of 5 stars Falls apart, horrible production value.......2006-04-27

This book is half good. Half of the Wood Boy story is really well illustrated, then the second half is drawn by some amateur. Same thing with the second story, the first half looks like the artist took his time to craft a lovely visual, then the second half it looks super-rushed, and half-assed.

Then the production value, filler pages flood the middle of the book advertising another series. ADVERTISTING. In a GRAPHIC NOVEL. Then at the end of the book you get a bunch of low resolution sketches that look like they were taken off a website at 72dpi.

Whoever ran the production and editing on this book should be kicked out of the comic book world until they have a clue how to put a decent book together.

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful Adaptation of Two Novellas.......2006-04-17

This graphic novel combines two stories that were adapted from two stories that originally appeared in Robert Silverberg's mammoth anthology LEGENDS in 1998.

This graphic novel collects:
Raymond E. Feist's THE WOOD BOY (a Midkemia story) and Tad Williams's THE BURNING MAN (a Memory, Sorrow and Thorn story).

I think that the WOOD BOY actually improves the story, because it adds visual depth to an otherwise rather lame tale. I have not read the story in a long time, but I remember that it was rather average. But the adaptation was very good and I am looking forward to MAGICIAN.

I think BURNING MAN must have been much more diffcult to adapt because it does not have a lot of outward action, but rather a lot of introspection. A lot hinges on atmosphere rather than plot. But I enjoyed the adaption quite a bit. It was very faithful to the text, but also added a couple of lines of dialogue here and there to make the story livelier. I think that worked rather well.

One little caveat though. When Sulis finally asks the Burning Man his question that he so desires to ask, the answer of the Burning Man is left out and the action resumes with the attack of Tellarin. Is that the point where the other two artists took over from Brett Booth? That was an odd moment, and I think that something is missing there.

But it is a nice book. The characters looked "right" enough to me and I would definitely like to see more of them.

Unfortunately, the Dabel Brothers have currently no other Tad Williams projects in the works (as far as I know), but I hope that that will change soon.

Meanwhile, I am looking forward to MAGICIAN, RED PROPHET and THE SWORN SWORD.

4 out of 5 stars Short but very good........2006-03-03

This "comic" is very good, it has a nice story, very much like other Fiest works (you know, a few fights and near death experiences, throw in a token bit of magic and royalty) and the graphics in this book are amazing.

Personally I felt that they could have been sold seperately so collectors only get the authors work they want, but both stories are good.

Besides that it is very short, takes under 10 minutes to read.

4 out of 5 stars Not too impressed by the writing, but the art is magical!.......2006-03-01

Personally, I think both Feist's Wood Boy and Williams' Burning Man are told better in the text version. While the art does add some definition to some parts of the story, and it is kind of nice to put faces and expressions to the names in the stories, I think it is obvious that these stories were not meant for the comic book format. By breaking up the writing into small bubbles, and relying on the artist for so much of the feel of the story, a lot of the original magic is lost. This is not to blame either the artists (who couldn't have done a better job in my opinion) or the writers. I just think it is hard to bring a novella such as those found in the Legends Anthology to the comic book format.

The Wood Boy is the tale of a small boy in the realm of Feist's Riftwar Saga that lives in a town taken by the Tsurani. As he learns to cope with living as a slave, and as he falls in love with his lord's daughter, the 'wood boy' begins to feel resigned to his fate under his new masters. When one of his only friends betrays his own and kidnaps(?) the lord's daughter, the boy finds himself setting out on a dangerous journey with nothing to loose and nowhere to go. The story ends as a promise for more to come.

In The Burning Man, a lonely girl named Breda is confused by nearly everything that has happened in her life. When she finds out that her cold acting stepfather has captured a witch and seems to be planning on hurting her, Breda goes stealth and witnesses her lover betraying his master. (Interesting both of these stories revolve around unexpected betrayals). This story is told in a narrative form with a much older Breda speaking to the reader of a time long past and includes much more text boxes providing some extra background and setting info.

Still a quick and fun read with really great art, but not a replacement for the original stories.
Man and Boy: A Novel
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Stopping at all stations to cliche central!
  • Cliche Cliche Cliche
  • parsons knows
  • What love really is...
  • Potential - yes, well written - yes, painfully transparent - yes
 Man and Boy: A Novel
Tony Parsons
Manufacturer: Touchstone
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ASIN: 0743225082

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HE HAD TO FACE THE TOUGHEST JOB OF HIS LIFE. AND HE NEVER ONCE THOUGHT HE'D BE ON HIS OWN.

Harry had it all: a beautiful wife, an adorable four-year-old son, and a high-paying media job. But on the eve of his thirtieth birthday, with one irresponsible act, he threw it all away. Suddenly he finds himself an unemployed single father trying to figure out how to wash his son's hair the way Mommy did and whether green spaghetti is proper breakfast food. This brilliantly engaging novel will tug at your heart as Harry learns to become a father to his son and a son to his aging father, takes stabs at finding new love, and makes the hardest decision of his life.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Stopping at all stations to cliche central!.......2007-07-19

After finishing this particular slice of banality I wondered why I'd bothered to waste these precious few hours of my life on a coming of age saga that failed to shed any light, whatsoever, on the mysteries of human experience. Moreover, the experience wasn't entertaining but simply downright depressing. I suppose, Parsons wasn't out to produce great literature but simply to cash in on the seeming market for what might be regarded as just another stage in the evolution of the realist novel, a la Bridget Jones. Whatever his motivation and indeed inspiration he appears to have successfully produced a barely diverting saga in which the protagonist, the son of Baby Boomers who missed the Boom, recounts the sorry consequences of a `night on the tiles'; `rush of blood to the head'; `moment of madness' - pick your own cliché - that causes him finally to grow up, face his parental responsibilities and be a man like his dear old `salt of the Earth', Diamond Geezer' dad. The reader is left wondering, however, if his dad should have paid more attention to his own parental responsibilities rather than popping round the pub on a Friday night `cos he deserves his drink' and stayed home, more often, to give his son the `right royal' slappings he so obviously missed!

1 out of 5 stars Cliche Cliche Cliche.......2006-09-25

I can't believe i spent a few good hours of my life reading this book. And I simply don't understand why it's getting so many good reviews. This book is just a spin-off of the truly great father-boy relation book Kramer vs. Kramer. The original book was touching and left me in tears. This book left me in tears because it was so cliche and so incredibly boring. It's not even well-written. This book is a combination of every possible cliche out there. I yet have to understand the kind of people who loved this book. Maybe i'm better off not trying to understand them at all.

4 out of 5 stars parsons knows.......2006-04-02

Parsons is without doubt up near the top of an elite pack of male-angst confessional novelists. Nick Hornby's High Fidelity or Dave Armitage's Born to be Mild are the only ones which come near. Both of those are laugh out loud funny(partic if you like the British sense of humour). These are the guys the Brits laugh at - give them a go. Parsons is very good and this is a top read, but he rarely disappoints.

4 out of 5 stars What love really is..........2006-01-08

Once in a while, a novel comes that brings with it a clear story showing what is really important in life...This is one of them.
Here you will find what mature love feels like, what real sacrifices are...but most of all the fact that in life the first time might not be the right one...
I would have added a bit more life into some of the characters and that is the only reason I am giving it 4 stars.
Enjoy a good book!

3 out of 5 stars Potential - yes, well written - yes, painfully transparent - yes.......2005-11-21

I found this book highly readable in the main but ultimately disappointing as it did not live up to its potential. It started off okay and looked liked it was going interesting places. I particularly liked the character of Gina and her development was good to a point but she too seemed to get stuck somewhere along the way.

Our hero who screws up on a passing fancy just became one enormous maudlin bore for me. How did he ever succeeded at his high powered executive producer job with his low-keyed, I'm-doing-my-best-but-look-at-the-lousy-hand-I've-been-dealt, attitude. The father was an interesting and believable bloke as were most of the characters and for that matter the scenes were also painted in real fine. However, I found myself skipping lines then paragraphs and then pages, as the book started to compete with Tuesday With Morrie, which rates as the worst sentimental trash I have ever read. The fact is the author could have done much better if he hadn't played up to cheap, over-the -top schmaltziness. This was so transparently obvious; and in this respect, I am once again amazed at the enthusiastic rave reviews this novel got. Are people so desperate for artificial sentiment when there is a real world out there?
The Old Man's Boy Grows Older
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • another great hunting book by Robert Ruark
  • WONDERFUL WORK - OWN THIS ONE
  • The Old Man's Boy Grows Older
  • The second-best Hunting book I've ever read.
 The Old Man's Boy Grows Older
Robert Ruark
Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 080502980X

Book Description

The heartwarming sequel to the best-selling The Old Man and the Boy is a moving, nostalgic tale that will transport the reader back to a time when going fishing was not about fish, but the stories told afterward.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars another great hunting book by Robert Ruark.......2006-08-03

"The Old Man's Boy Grows Older" is the wonderful sequel to "The Old Man and the Boy". As the author grows up and moves away from his grandfather, he remembers more of the things his grandfather taught him. Being hungry, miserable and mistreated in his first job as crew on a cargo ship brings memories of hunting for ducks and the wonderful food prepared in hunting camp. The reader can see how the grandfather started teaching Ruark to be a man, and dealing with adversity on his own taught him more. As with "The Old Man and the Boy", this book contains some really beautiful hunting and food writing. A book not to be missed by old men, boys, and anyone else who loves the outdoors.

5 out of 5 stars WONDERFUL WORK - OWN THIS ONE.......2004-09-16

I hate sequels, but in this case it worked! The Old Man and The Boy was great, this one is too. I would recommend this one for any age. I am a big "rereader" and this one is certainly on my list of rereads. In my opinion, these two books are the author's best work, much better than most of his fiction.

5 out of 5 stars The Old Man's Boy Grows Older.......2000-06-08

A brilliant sequel to the book "The Old Man and the Boy. Very moving, an excellent account of a man's memories of the lessons taught to him by his Grandfather, "The Old Man". We were moved to tears, both my husband and our grandson have a copy. Marvellous!

5 out of 5 stars The second-best Hunting book I've ever read........1998-07-20

The reason it's second-best, is that the first book, "The Old Man and the Boy", is the best. Buy them both, read the other one first. If you can, read them when you're 13 or 14 and you're just starting to get good at hunting. If you can't, then just read them anytime, anywhere.
The Old Man and the Boy & The Old Man's Boy Grows Older - 2 Books in One (Classics of American Sport Series)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Well worth reading again & again!!!
  • Probably the finest piece of classic sporting literature.
  • Read as a boy, this book shaped my adult life.
  • Fathers should read and pass on to their sons.
  • One of my favorite books. Any outdoorsman would love.
 The Old Man and the Boy & The Old Man's Boy Grows Older - 2 Books in One (Classics of American Sport Series)
Robert Ruark
Manufacturer: Stackpole Books
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Well worth reading again & again!!!.......1999-09-19

I've owned this book for a number of years & I find it is DEFINITELY a "keeper". My wife can"t understand why I drag it out & re-read it every Fall. I'd read & enjoyed Ruark's fiction in my younger days, but when I stumbled across "The Old Man & The Boy" it reminded me of times in the woods & on the water with my own father & the life lessons I was taught at those times. Both books together are simply a double treasure.

5 out of 5 stars Probably the finest piece of classic sporting literature........1999-07-29

My grandfather gave me a paperback edition of the "The Old Man and The Boy" when I was about twelve. I am thirty three now and this book has never left my side. I have since acquired "The Old Man's Boy Grows Older." This work has similiar flavour. For those sporting people who long for the days of ethics and morality in the field and in the home this book is a must read. You can virtually smell the campfire, hear the Quail calling and learn some important lessons on life and sport.

5 out of 5 stars Read as a boy, this book shaped my adult life........1998-05-01

As a success in my field, I was questioned by my trade organization what management books I kept on my desk. Only one: The Old Man and the Boy.

4 out of 5 stars Fathers should read and pass on to their sons........1997-11-30

My mother gave this to me to read when I was 8 or 9. I have since grown up to be an avid hunter with respect for my elders and the great outdoors. I now have a son who is approaching 19 who has also read the book. He has been fortunate to have an "Old Man" by his side.

5 out of 5 stars One of my favorite books. Any outdoorsman would love........1997-10-25

My father and I have read this book over and over. Now that I live in a large city, reading "The Old Man and The Boy" reminds me of my childhood, life in a rural community and the satisfaction of learning proper etiquette in the outdoors from someone older and wiser than I.
Tokyo Boys & Girls, Volume 4 (Tokyo Boys&Girls)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • THREE SIMPLE WISHES
  • Miki Aihara's cute 5- volume show from 95.
  • Revenge...a dish best served cold...
  • Like Hot Gimmick? Give it a try!
  • Tokyo Shounen Shoujo
 Tokyo Boys & Girls, Volume 4 (Tokyo Boys&Girls)
Miki Aihara
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ASIN: 1421504006

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Miki Aihara is the author/creator of several popular shôjo manga including SEITEN TAISEI, SO BAD!, SORA NI TAIYÔ GA ARUKAGIRI, and TOKYO SHÔNEN SHÔJO. HOT GIMMICK is her most recent title and is currently running in the shôjo anthology Betsucomi, which is published by Shogakukan. Although not a Tokyo native, she currently resides in the Setagaya ward, where most of HOT GIMMICK takes place.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars THREE SIMPLE WISHES.......2006-07-27

Mimori Kosaka has a few simple requests of God. She wants to get accepted into Medai Attached High School. She wants to wear the uniform and be cute. Lastly, she wants to spend her high school years with a handsome boyfriend. Two of these wishes come true. She gets accepted into Medai, one of the best schools in the city, and of course, she gets to wear the uniform, but the third one is running into a bit of difficulty. It's kinda hard to meet the guys because the school is split into two halves, male and female. The boys and girls can still SEE each other through the windows across from each other so it's not very hard to scope each other out from a distance. Mimori makes a new friend quickly in Nana Takaichi, who is as beautiful as she is naive. Mimori is a bit tougher and more of a tomboy. Mimori's personality also lands her the job of being class representative. On the boyfriend front, things are looking pretty ugly. Atsushi Haruta holds a grudge against Mimori for something Mimori did to him back in elementary school and swears revenge against her. Mimori doesn't even remember him! Ran is another guy that dislikes Mimori, but at least she knows the reason. She ruined a computer game he was developing for a contest. And then there's Kuniyasu, the resident stud, who goes along with the other two guys because he's a jerk, or maybe he's just bored.

I liked Tokyo Boys & Girls because I know how awkward going to a new school can be and also because we've all had days when everything went completely wrong. Or you unintentionally upset people and made them dislike you. These are all just human things that happen to all of us. So in this respect, Mimori is a sympathetic character. Watching her interact with the guys is pretty funny at times. One problem I had with this book was in the sometimes cliched storytelling. The biggest example of this is the conflict between Mimori and Haruta. Everytime he's on the verge of telling her what she did to him, another character shows up to interrupt the story, and so the author pulls the carrot back and hits us with the stick. This happens again and again, and it gets annoying. I'm sure the secret, once revealed, will not warrant all this bait and switching. The art at least never fell into bad shojo shortcuts and retained normal looking designs instead of rail-thin bishonen Clamp ostriches. Volume 1 was interesting enough to make me read Volume 2, where I HOPE Haruta will reveal his grudge so we can move on with the story.

5 out of 5 stars Miki Aihara's cute 5- volume show from 95........2006-03-16

This is a really good series, who just keeps getting better and better, for each volume. In the first volume I had some trouble distinguishing between the characters.. as there were three people with almost the same hairstyle and face.. But once you get down that Haruta has dark roots (which means he's the only one with bleached hair.. the others are just drawn that way) then you're good.

It's sweet, exciting, and fun.. a but angsty at times- as it should be ;) There is character development.. and they just get more and more loveable (or in the one case- annoying) for every page. It's from the mid- nineties. I mention this because the clothes are not as up to date as in many other mangas.. but it's loveley, and sometimes it's nice to read series who are only five volumes.. cuz who really have the patience to wait 3-4 years for that 27-volume series to come to an end?

Do yourself a favor and buy it today ;)
I also recommend Korean Manhwa "Goong", Miki Aiharas "Hot Gimmick", immensly cute and beautifully drawn "Merupuri", and for those with connections= anything by Korean manga artist Hwang Mi Ri, especcially "Hot blooded woman" about tough female gang leader Ha Ji,(Jijang of her highschool) is great.

5 out of 5 stars Revenge...a dish best served cold..........2005-11-11


"Tokyo Boys and Girls", the newest effort by Manga artist Miki Aihara that is currently being released by Shojo beat, starts off with a basic premise. Mimori Kosaka is a new student at Meidai Attached High School. On the first day she befriends the beautiful Nana Taikaichi after managing to secure herself a window seat. Why is the placement so important? Well, in an all girls section of the high school with only a courtyard separating the girls from the boy's side of the school it becomes a strategic location to meet and be scoped out by all of the available young men... And Mimori has every hope of acquiring a handsome boyfriend this year. Her hopes are soon dashed when she is elected by her peers to become the class rep, which basically means she'll spend the better part of her time running errands for the teachers, but what she fails to realize is that many of the errands involve delivering things to the boy's side of the school... which naturally puts her in a good position to be in with the guys.

On her first trip she encounters a young man with bleach blonde hair whom Nana informs her is a member of the West Tokyo Biker gang. The young man stays in her mind even when she chooses Nana to be her assistant rep and they make more trips over to the boy`s side. Eventually she reveals who she is, and to the young man's surprise she turns out to be a woman whom he's declared revenge upon. Apparently his name is Atsushi Haruta, and he and she were classmates in grade school, but the funny thing is that Mimori has no idea who he is. Things become even more complicated when an accident caused by Mimori erases a computer disc of a few classmates of Atsushi's. One of the classmates is a young man named Kazukita Kuniyasu, a young man whom Nana met in cram school and has developed quite a crush on. The other boy, Ran Shingyoji, is the one who is really distraught over the loss of the disc, as it was his and Kuniyasu's entry to a yearly video game contest. Suddenly everyone wants revenge against Mimori, and the three men band together to achieve this end.

While this concept is not as attention getting as Aihara's "Hot Gimmick", it is definitely a worthwhile read. Because there is not the same amount of shock value we get to know the characters of a more natural momentum. Also, there is the fact that several of the people want to be in relationships with one another... Ran likes Nana, who likes Kuniyasu... who likes to remain unattached but for some reason is drawn to Mimori... and then there's Mimori who can't help but think about Haruta, even though he has sworn revenge on her... Who exactly was he from her past?

The art from the manga is very well done, and the characters are wonderfully flawed and engaging. Overall, a wonderful read, something I intend on keeping up with in the future.

5 out of 5 stars Like Hot Gimmick? Give it a try!.......2005-08-09

This story is very similar to Hot Gimmick (by the same author): young girl, cute, sweet and nice-looking, becomes the target of several guys and one just happens to be a childhood friend she has totally forgotten about. Only one thing can come from that...

It's a good volume, not much story, but you're introduced to all the characters and prepared for the rest of the story. The old early 90's manga art may be shocking to see especially since the style on the cover is simlar to the author's newer work but once you get past it, you have a fun cute story!

4 out of 5 stars Tokyo Shounen Shoujo.......2005-07-10

"Tokyo Boys and Girls" is the newest manga from Miki Aihara, author of "Hot Gimmick".

The story is about Mimori Kosaka, a girl who isn't afraid to speak her mind. On the first day of school, she befriends the beautiful but ditzy Nana, and is chosen to be the class representative(even though she doesn't want to do it.) Then she meets Atsushi, a boy who claims to have known her during elementary school. He claims that she betrayed him in the past and is out to get revenge, but Mimori can't remember what happened. To complicate matters, Mimori and Nana accidentally break a home made video-game belonging to to other boys, Ran and Kuniyasu. Ran likes Nana, so he comes up with a plan to get close her. Also included in this volume is a short story about Nagase, an average girl, and her problems in dating a popular guy, Reiichi.

The characters are believable. Mimori is not annoying or perfect, and the other characters all get their chance to shine.

THe art is pretty, but it's not as good as in "Hot Gimmick". The character designs fit their personalities well. The backgrounds are good, and so is the overall layout.

Still, so far, this isn't as good as "Hot Gimmick". I know it's only the first volume, but that's all it took to hook me with the latter. If you want to read some of Aihara's work, I'd suggest you try "Hot Gimmick" first. Even so, this is a cute manga for anyone who's enjoyed her work. And if you're in the younger set, go with "Tokyo Boys and Girls" as it has almost no language or sexual stuff. This is a very good manga, and you should pick it up.
Coming to Grips With Huckleberry Finn: Essays on a Book, a Boy, and a Man
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    		Coming to Grips With Huckleberry Finn: Essays on a Book, a Boy, and a Man
    Tom Quirk
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