You're entitled to your opinion. It seems that when the fans jump down others throats for expressing dislike for one of Paul's books it's because the person doesn't really state WHY s/he didn't like it. Instead their comments come across as personal attacks on Paul.

I, for one, don't care all that much for The Touch. It just doesn't captivate me like some of Paul's other books, because it just doesn't hold up to some of his other works for me.

Express your opinion without personally attacking and you'll be fine.

(I like Reborn by the way.)

Marc got it exactly right. Opinions are your own and as long as you express them that way, no one should complain.

I did like Reborn. But, that may have been because it was a "sequel" to The Keep and it was written by FPW.

I love most all of Paul's books. However, there is only one I don't care for, but Paul can't be blamed for that one.

There is very little in FPW's body of work that I did not care for and Reborn does not fall into that category.

As for stating differing opinions, I think (on this board anyway) that all depends on the subject matter. Some opinions, no matter how they are worded, don't seem to be welcome, especially by the elitist sector. Most of the folks on this board are pretty decent and fair minded. I can't say that about everyone, though.

So welcome aboard, keep your head above the water, and for God's sake, don't let anyone push you around!

I suppose my feeling may be because I don't usually read "horror" books. I didn't find The Keep disturbing. Perhaps it was the fact that I read most of Reborn in the midst of a very stressful business trip with screaming children on planes and late flights, etc. etc... I guess the change in setting and time may have thrown me off in regards to the whole Adversary Cycle. It goes from The Keep to The Tomb and then to The Touch (which I didn't understand where it fit in the cycle until the final pages of Reborn), and then on to Reborn. I guess I'm feeling a lack of continuity or something. I will stick with it and finish the cycle, but I was simply wondering about what others thought.

Well if horror isn't your cup of tea, I can understand why you didn't like it as well. For a 'horror' novelist, FPW has relatively few flat out horror novels. The Keep, Reborn, Reprisal, & Nightworld from the AC qualify, and then Midnight Mass is the only other book I can think of that would be considered straight horror. However, most of his books contain elements that would be considered horror. His blurring of genres is what I find so appealing about his writing. He calls himself a genre/thriller writer, as in horror/thriller, sci-fi/thriller.

I believe Reborn and REprisal were originally one novel, but the publisher made the man break it up because of the length, not realizing that length is not a deterrant to his stories to those that read him.

When I finished reborn, I thought, ":Yeah, he's setting something up here, can't wait for the next installment"

keith the elder

There is very little in FPW's body of work that I did not care for and Reborn does not fall into that category.

As for stating differing opinions, I think (on this board anyway) that all depends on the subject matter. Some opinions, no matter how they are worded, don't seem to be welcome, especially by the elitist sector. Most of the folks on this board are pretty decent and fair minded. I can't say that about everyone, though.

So welcome aboard, keep your head above the water, and for God's sake, don't let anyone push you around!

Not just the elitist sector, but like he said, don't let anyone push you around.
BTW I also liked "Reborn". Reminded me a little of Frankenstein.
All the AC novels could stand alone, but they are all stepping stones to get to "Nightworld".


KRW

Not just the elitist sector, but like he said, don't let anyone push you around.
BTW I also liked "Reborn". Reminded me a little of Frankenstein.
All the AC novels could stand alone, but they are all stepping stones to get to "Nightworld".

"Elitist sector?"

I like Reborn too, but don't see it as a "stand-alone." To me it leads directly into Reprisal. The Keep, The Tomb, and The Touch, as I understand it, were all originally stand-alone novels. But Night World ties them into Reborn and Reprisal. How ever you look at it, that is one top-notch series of books.

Ken V.

"Elitist sector?"

I like Reborn too, but don't see it as a "stand-alone." To me it leads directly into Reprisal. The Keep, The Tomb, and The Touch, as I understand it, were all originally stand-alone novels. But Night World ties them into Reborn and Reprisal. How ever you look at it, that is one top-notch series of books.

Ken V.

The regulars, the big posters, you know.

I'll agree the AC novels lean on each other, Reborn and Reprisal more so than the others. But each book works on it's own, at least for me. Reborn and Reprisal do leave you with a feeling of wanting more, where the Touch an the Tomb end nicely on their own. Nightworld puts an exclamation point on them all!


KRW

The regulars, the big posters, you know.
KRW

Not quite...being a regular or a big poster doesn't necessarily make you an elitist.

Not quite...being a regular or a big poster doesn't necessarily make you an elitist.

Please. Don't keep us in the dark. Enlighten us. Why speak in riddles?

I loved the Keep, the Tomb, [i]and the Touch[/i]... Then it sort of simmered down some for me through the next two. But, Nightworld picked it right back up and sent me into bliss!

BTW - the Tomb is prolly my all-time favorite fictional book... Ranks right up there with Lightning (Dean Koontz).

-Rip