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« Reply #225 on: September 16, 2011, 09:14:47 AM »

Yeah right. But be careful I notice you are also in love with big words. We don't want you to be the Hausa Soyinka  Grin Wink

Now about Sheldon. The Sands of Time and Tell Me Your Dreams are nowhere close to being his best books. Far far from that. He made his name with world-acclaimed novels like Other Side of Midnight, Memories of the Midnight Star (sequel), Rage of Angels, Master of the Game, If Tomorrow Comes, Windmills of the Gods. I assure you these novels make Sands of Time and Tell me your Dreams seem like second-rate Cool Grin. They are simply too superior. So try get your hands on them.
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« Reply #226 on: September 17, 2011, 10:04:18 PM »

Hmm... There are no better words to describe him and his writings. And I have read all these novels you mentioned. I can explain to you why none among them is my best, and why I chose those ones.
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« Reply #227 on: September 19, 2011, 08:31:35 AM »

You've read them, and still they are not better? Shocked Am surprised. But them am not. Its a matter of choice, isn't it?  Grin
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« Reply #228 on: September 19, 2011, 02:53:56 PM »

You've read them, and still they are not better? Shocked Am surprised. But them am not. Its a matter of choice, isn't it?  Grin


Other Side of Midnight; and Memories of Midnight
Although these two sequential novels are very interesting, there are but setbacks therein them, as I believe. If my memory serves me right: they tell stories of Noelle Page, Dimiris and others. The story is too fictitious; and some characters’ bad-planned deaths reduce the vitality and intrigue of it. At best, they shouldn’t have died. This last point applies more to Other Side of Midnight.

Windmills of the God
Diana Evans’ story. It’s also a sequence to one other novel, which I eventually forget its title now. The novel is too political and I’m one person who is less interested in the American politics that the novel talks about, i.e. U.S foreign policy in Americas—Ecuador, I think. More-over, the leading character isn’t a very good go-getter as usually are his heroes and heroines.

Master of the Games
Sincerely I even modified my preceding reply where I included it in the reply, yet I can’t see that now. The novel’s my third best novel by Sheldon I so much like it especially for its African historical context. Mc Gregor, I think is the father and the earlier central character of the story. He’s whom the story revolves around before it later centers on his daughter and subsequently his grand-daughter take on. I so much enjoyed reading it; from that I learned a lot such as the South African Bantu, Bantustan and so on.

If Tomorrow Comes
One thing to simply, though completely, criticize this novel with is it’s being too much a fantasy. The principal character of Tracy Witney performs actions beyond anybody’s expectation. Hence, the Master-Story teller there himself fails to shun away a great deal of “suspension of disbelief” in many a readers’ mind. I’m an example. Notwithstanding, it’s indisputably true that many regard it as Sheldon’s best. I’m sincerely not among.

Rage of Angels
I can’t say much here, for I had had started reading this novels for at least two times, but I never finish. As I many a times get les stuff to read these days—I’m not in Kano—I’ll procure it and read it.

Lastly, I thought you’ll include these two intriguing novels as well, viz Doomsday Conspiracy and Morning, Noon and Night. A very close friend of mine considers these Sheldon nicest. Individual differences.
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« Reply #229 on: October 26, 2011, 04:58:37 PM »

Reading Alex Laguma's A Walk in the Night.
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« Reply #230 on: December 09, 2011, 09:54:59 AM »

Re-reading my novel, A Weird Hope for publication...inshaAllah.  Cheesy
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