[quote]ShadowStrong wrote:
^I agree. I have a friend who works for Random House and even his own publishers thought he would be done in sept. 2010… seems like the only people who know what he’s thinking is GRRM himself.
Btw, loved the Kushiel Series, and pretty sure I have read everyone of jacqueline Carey’s books.
For anyone looking for more reading material, Elantris by Brian Sanderson was a pretty good stand alone. The Mistborn Trilogy by Brian Sanderson is hands down one of my favorite collections of writing. Currently reading the Crossroads series by Elliot Miller (picked it up in a used bookstore while my apt. was on fire…long story…) and I have enjoyed that thus far. [/quote]
I’m pretty sure GRRM mostly thinks about pancakes lately.
Yay@Carey I’ve read em all too.
TOTALLY Different genre but I’ve also read every Philipa Gregory book ever written. She’s ridiculously awesome. Historical Fiction.
[quote]ShadowStrong wrote:
^I agree. I have a friend who works for Random House and even his own publishers thought he would be done in sept. 2010… seems like the only people who know what he’s thinking is GRRM himself.
Btw, loved the Kushiel Series, and pretty sure I have read everyone of jacqueline Carey’s books.
For anyone looking for more reading material, Elantris by Brian Sanderson was a pretty good stand alone. The Mistborn Trilogy by Brian Sanderson is hands down one of my favorite collections of writing. Currently reading the Crossroads series by Elliot Miller (picked it up in a used bookstore while my apt. was on fire…long story…) and I have enjoyed that thus far. [/quote]
I’m pretty sure GRRM mostly thinks about pancakes lately.
Yay@Carey I’ve read em all too.
TOTALLY Different genre but I’ve also read every Philipa Gregory book ever written. She’s ridiculously awesome. Historical Fiction.[/quote]
Hallowed you are the only person I know who has read the Kushiel series. I think I love you
October Girl +1 for Guy Gavriel Kay as well.
And yes ASOIAF will always be my favourite series, if only for the red wedding, because no other scene can compare
[quote]ShadowStrong wrote:
^I agree. I have a friend who works for Random House and even his own publishers thought he would be done in sept. 2010… seems like the only people who know what he’s thinking is GRRM himself.
Btw, loved the Kushiel Series, and pretty sure I have read everyone of jacqueline Carey’s books.
For anyone looking for more reading material, Elantris by Brian Sanderson was a pretty good stand alone. The Mistborn Trilogy by Brian Sanderson is hands down one of my favorite collections of writing. Currently reading the Crossroads series by Elliot Miller (picked it up in a used bookstore while my apt. was on fire…long story…) and I have enjoyed that thus far. [/quote]
I’m pretty sure GRRM mostly thinks about pancakes lately.
Yay@Carey I’ve read em all too.
TOTALLY Different genre but I’ve also read every Philipa Gregory book ever written. She’s ridiculously awesome. Historical Fiction.[/quote]
Hallowed you are the only person I know who has read the Kushiel series. I think I love you
October Girl +1 for Guy Gavriel Kay as well.
And yes ASOIAF will always be my favourite series, if only for the red wedding, because no other scene can compare[/quote]
I tried to get my sister to read the Kushiel books because she also loves Philipa Gregory but it was a no go. Not sure why. I even read Carey’s two rather bizarelly written Godslayer and Banewreaker and I enjoyed them. Even Santo Olivia was a decent read.
Definitely in agreement that this series is certainly the best fantasy I’ve read.
My second favorite series, which I think is very well written, but has never really got the acclaim it deserves, is the series Sword of Shadows by J.V. Jones. Also, it you like Martin’s style you will probably love Joe Abercrombie and his First Law series. Things I like about Abercrombie; his violent, gritty writing style, he doesn’t wait ~ a decade between books, and its a pretty fresh take on a fairly worn out genre.
Oh, and fuck this HBO shit, I don’t have cable. Someone tie that old man to a chair and put him in front of a typewriter.
I would love to see Bernard Cornwwell’s Saxon Series put to the big screen.
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Heck yeah dude Sean Bean is the man. I loved the Sharpe series, in print and on TV. If I had to pick another Bernard Cornwell series for Bean to be cast in I would hands down pick the Arthur series.
I could never get into Erikson. He tries too hard but I’ve heard it gets good from the third onwards.
Try ‘The Darkness That came Before’ by R Scott Bakker. Prince of Nothing trilogy and the warrior prophet trilogy, second of which is coming out. Set of 9 books. Dark gritty , philosophical and just fun.
[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:
that was me!!! =)
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I did say stunning blonde.
One series which started off really well was the Riftwar Saga by Raymond Feist. The first book is Magician: Apprentice, which I’d recommend reading first. He’s been writing about the same world for the past 30 years and his more recent work has gotten stale, IMO. Everything up to and including The SerpentWar Saga I’d recommend, though.
And the Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy as well as the Legends Trilogy by Hickman and Weis.
Also, the Belgariad Series by David Eddings. Rather sarcastic humor at times, but I really liked the characters and how the story was laid out. The second series, Mallereon, was almost a copy of the Belgariad, which was disappointing.
And the Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy as well as the Legends Trilogy by Hickman and Weis.
Also, the Belgariad Series by David Eddings. Rather sarcastic humor at times, but I really liked the characters and how the story was laid out. The second series, Mallereon, was almost a copy of the Belgariad, which was disappointing.[/quote]
I second these books, though they’re definitely lighter reading than most other suggestions in this thread. They’re just pleasant reads that don’t require a lot of thought, they’re each centered around a small group of central characters.
If you like ^^those books, you’ll probably like the whole Drizzt Chronicles (starting with Homeland by R.A. Salvatore)- it’s one of my favorite fantasy series.
[quote]Blaze_108 wrote:
If you like ^^those books, you’ll probably like the whole Drizzt Chronicles (starting with Homeland by R.A. Salvatore)- it’s one of my favorite fantasy series.[/quote]
I’ve read the Icewind Dale trilogy (which was great, I still have those on my shelf) and began reading the Drizzt Chronicles but got burned out with the storylines. I liked the rivalry between him and Artemis Entreri, though.
[quote]Blaze_108 wrote:
If you like ^^those books, you’ll probably like the whole Drizzt Chronicles (starting with Homeland by R.A. Salvatore)- it’s one of my favorite fantasy series.[/quote]
I’ve read the Icewind Dale trilogy (which was great, I still have those on my shelf) and began reading the Drizzt Chronicles but got burned out with the storylines. I liked the rivalry between him and Artemis Entreri, though.[/quote]
The Icewind Dale trilogy is my second favorite part of the series. The first trilogy starting with homeland is my favorite by far.
One series which just came to mind is the Myth series by Robert Asprin. Another Fine Myth is the first book.
Great mix of humor and seriousness. They’re tiny books (200 pages) in comparison to A Game of Thrones or Eye of the World, so it’s a quick read if someone’s short on time.
Thank you T Nation-I started reading this based on a suggestion from this site. This book series is outstanding. I am an avid reader and this series is possibly my favorite (although I’m only 2 books into it).
I love the serious, but if he pulls a Robert Jordan and dies before they’re finished, I’m going to have a shit fit.
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That is a valid concern but Brandon Sanderson, IMO, has really done a great job with TGS and ToM. And I guess to continue to derail this Sanderson’s Mistborn series is pretty decent, too. And I would like to throw Patrick Rothfuss’ Kingkiller Chronicles out there. I’ve only read The Name of the Wind but it was nasty, highly recommended.
I can’t even explain how excited I am for Dance with Dragons to be released. Hopefully during this half decade period where he’s been writing he’s gotten a chunk of 6 and 7 finished as well and they’ll all be released one year after another.
[quote]Nards wrote:
Has anyone read The Fall of the Malazan by Steven Erikson?
I read the first book but he seems to try much too hard to build a complex world with too many names and too much back-history.[/quote]
Erikson’s Malazan series is a tough slog at first, but stick with it if you can. Gets really, really good, when Karsa Orlong shows up (Eriksons homage to the Conan books) you will be happy.
[quote]Nards wrote:
Has anyone read The Fall of the Malazan by Steven Erikson?
I read the first book but he seems to try much too hard to build a complex world with too many names and too much back-history.[/quote]
Erikson’s Malazan series is a tough slog at first, but stick with it if you can. Gets really, really good, when Karsa Orlong shows up (Eriksons homage to the Conan books) you will be happy. [/quote]
Thanks for telling me this as I was about to post asking about fantasy series that center more on one hero and that’s not as complex as high fantasy.
I have a lot of Conan literature (including comic books) and would also like to hear suggestions on Conan-type stories that you don’t need to remember so many names and places.
[quote]Nards wrote:
Has anyone read The Fall of the Malazan by Steven Erikson?
I read the first book but he seems to try much too hard to build a complex world with too many names and too much back-history.[/quote]
Erikson’s Malazan series is a tough slog at first, but stick with it if you can. Gets really, really good, when Karsa Orlong shows up (Eriksons homage to the Conan books) you will be happy. [/quote]
Agreed sorry I missed this earlier. Erikson is not an easy read however once you get his “style” down to me have been the best fantasy books I have ever read. He is brutal and graphic but yes takes a while to get into his “world” his next book in the series comes out this month and I cant wait.
And Erikson lived in Winnipeg for a long time and was in the anthropology department (I think at my university…we have two in Winnipeg) and when I look at his pic I think I may have seen him on campus back in 1992 or so.
