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mordeith · 28-07-2008 4:49pm

Just starting the Crimson Shadow trilogy by R.A. Salvatore

frenchtaxi · 29-07-2008 4:02pm

ixoy wrote: »

Blood and ashes - stop now! Save yourself and don't go any further. You'll thank me later.

hahaha! ITS TOO LATE! i have unfortunately reached the point where im reading it through my work lunch breaks! im completely hooked!
why should i stop?

ixoy · 29-07-2008 7:22pm

frenchtaxi wrote: »

hahaha! ITS TOO LATE! i have unfortunately reached the point where im reading it through my work lunch breaks! im completely hooked!
why should i stop?

Because it's great up until book six and then you have the soul crushing disappointment of the next six with turgid plotlines and flimsy characters. And yet, by then, it's too late and you can't stop but you wish you'd never started

fitz0 · 30-07-2008 12:49pm

I thought the series picked up again after the whole Aiel kidnap plotline which was a bit pointless. I really like the last 2 books. Pity RJ died

Hopefully the new writer will finish the saga well.
ANyway, planning on getting the Book of the New Sun. Cant think of the auther atm but Ive heard good things.

chopperbyrne · 31-07-2008 2:14pm

Just finished re-reading the Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan.

Very good series of books.

mordeith · 31-07-2008 9:37pm

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Just finished re-reading the Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan.

Very good series of books.

Age of the Five is a good trilogy as well

pH · 01-08-2008 11:02am

Just finished The First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie.

If you like George RR Martin, I'd be surprised if you don't like Abercrombie, not quite as good as Martin, but has the decided advantage of being complete, so you have a great trilogy and no waiting.

Joseph Kuhr · 01-08-2008 11:07am

frenchtaxi wrote: »

hahaha! ITS TOO LATE! i have unfortunately reached the point where im reading it through my work lunch breaks! im completely hooked!
why should i stop?

I'm listening to the audio book right now. I don't even need to stop while I'm working

I don't see myself going any further in the series tbh. It's a bit too immature for me.

AnCapaillMor · 01-08-2008 2:47pm

Just got the last book of the saga of the seven suns in the post.

kismet80 · 06-08-2008 10:09am

Just finished The name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss and was gutted to learn that the next book isnt out till April 09, arrrgggghhh, if i'd known that i might not have started because its such a good book that I just want to keep going and going

Have Sword in the Storm -David Gemmell and The lies of Locke Lamora lined up next, with Terry Goodkind - Confessor for the weekend,

David Gemmell i know and i've read loads of his books so it should be good but i'm a bit iffy about starting The Lies as i'm not sure what to expect, and i'm only reading Confessor because i've read the rest of the series and at this stage I just want it to end, the first 6 books were excellent and then it was all downhill, preachy, stuck in a rut kind of writing from there,

AnCapaillMor · 06-08-2008 10:36am

Sword in the storms pretty good as is the next rigante book, midnight falcon.

Finally finished the saga of the seven suns, 6 years later, its tough waiting on a book year by year. Love the way anderson builds characters that you really really hate.

briano · 06-08-2008 10:40am

I just finished "John Dies at the End" by David Wong.

It's retardedly awesome. Or Awesomely retarded. I loved it.

Dades · 06-08-2008 11:21am

Just started "Fast-Friend" and "Starlady" - two George RR Martin stories in one novella.

Damn you, George, get your swords out!

ixoy · 06-08-2008 1:19pm

kismet80 wrote: »

but i'm a bit iffy about starting The Lies as i'm not sure what to expect,

"The Lies of Locke Lamorra" was one of the best books I've read in the last year, and I read a fair bit. Excellent fantasy and a refreshing change from the norm.

kencleary · 07-08-2008 11:38am

Yeah another recommendation here for "The Lies of Locke Lamora". Picked it up on a whim and thoroughly enjoyed it. The sequel to it "Red Seas Under Red Skies" is pretty entertaining too.

qwertyphobia · 07-08-2008 12:13pm

Iain M Banks - Matter and really enjoying it

frenchtaxi · 07-08-2008 1:50pm

Joseph Kuhr wrote: »

I'm listening to the audio book right now. I don't even need to stop while I'm working I don't see myself going any further in the series tbh. It's a bit too immature for me.

what do you mean immature?

growler · 08-08-2008 12:40pm

kencleary wrote: »

Yeah another recommendation here for "The Lies of Locke Lamora". Picked it up on a whim and thoroughly enjoyed it. The sequel to it "Red Seas Under Red Skies" is pretty entertaining too.

seconded, good read, refreshing take on the fantasy genre.

Currently ploughing through Steven Erikson, started early July and now on the Bonehunters.

I'm really enjoying this series, hope the standard can be maintained

meditraitor · 08-08-2008 12:58pm

AnCapaillMor wrote: »

Sword in the storms pretty good as is the next rigante book, midnight falcon.

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These are both good reads.

Im in the middle of The voyages of Jerle Shannara atm and they are OK, Something to tidy me over till The Return of the Crimson Guard (September publish date)

meditraitor · 08-08-2008 1:00pm

growler wrote: »

Currently ploughing through Steven Erikson, started early July and now on the Bonehunters.

I'm really enjoying this series, hope the standard can be maintained

I assure you the standard continues till the end of Toll the hounds. savage fantasy

mcgovern · 08-08-2008 6:58pm

Read "The End of Eternity" by Asimov, which was enjoyable.
Struggling through the 3rd Thomas Covenant book atm, not a fan.

Thanx 4 The Fish · 09-08-2008 9:43pm

Now reading the Fatal Revenant - Last Book in the last chronicles of Thomas Covenant, very enjoyable, and very heavy.

@lantis · 09-08-2008 9:46pm

The Atlantis Blueprint, by Rand Flem-Ath and Colin Wilson - Have only just started, but it seems quite interesting and will most likely keep my mind occupied with thoughts about long lost civilizations for quite some time..

mcgovern · 22-08-2008 2:07pm

Finished the 3rd book in Thomas Covenant, as well as Woken Furies by Richard Morgan.
Now re-reading Reality Dysfunction as I can't remember what happened in it and The Neutronium Alchemist is the only un-read book I have left!

eVeNtInE · 26-08-2008 6:03pm

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growler · 01-09-2008 7:56pm

Reaper's Gate by Erikson, seriously annoyed I didn't wait til all 10 of them were done before starting the series, as i have no idea how i'm going to remember all that when the final one comes out, another book would be required to give a decent recap of the first 9

entropi · 02-09-2008 5:51pm

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Just finished re-reading the Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan.

Very good series of books.

Totally agree here

mordeith wrote: »

Age of the Five is a good trilogy as well

And i've been told to buy these, will do as soon as i can

BlaasForRafa · 05-09-2008 10:53am

The Stormcaller by Tom Lloyd. Its like a mix of moorcock and feist i'd say, very good imo.

CiDeRmAn · 07-09-2008 9:43am

I'm reading HP Lovecraft at the mo, simply brilliant, SciFi/Horror at it's best, The Mountains Of Madness and The Call of Cthulu are genius, and they are making the former into a movie at last.
AvP nicked shamelessly from MoM to be honest, Antarctica ruins and all that.

Other than that I'm waiting for the new Pratchett, more from Peter F Hamilton, from John Birmingham, from Iain M Banks, seems very quiet in the SciFi world.

Sarky · 08-09-2008 2:15pm

Just getting stuck into The Steel Remains by Richard Morgan. It starts well. Haven't read fantasy with this flavour of black humour in a good long time.

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kismet80 · 22-09-2008 10:26am

Excellent didnt realise it was out already, must see if i can beg/borrow/steal a copy for a couple of hours

having said that i'm only going to read it because i've read Eragon and Eldest, and i'm not as convinced that they are as good as they should be,

Smart Bug · 23-09-2008 12:24pm

growler wrote: »

Reaper's Gate by Erikson, seriously annoyed I didn't wait til all 10 of them were done before starting the series, as i have no idea how i'm going to remember all that when the final one comes out, another book would be required to give a decent recap of the first 9

I find Wikipedia a great place for re-caps of this series & others like George RR Martin's A Song of Ice & Fire series (if you haven't read his books, do so now!!).

Reading Conn Iggulden's Lords Of The Bow now, a historical/fantasy account of the rise of Genghis Khan. Read his Conqueror Series too, pretty darn good.

krpc · 23-09-2008 1:14pm

eVeNtInE wrote: »

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I loved those books (Eragon, Eldest) - didn't know the most recent one was available until I read your post

eVeNtInE · 23-09-2008 4:04pm

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madrab · 26-09-2008 8:09am

Just finished Dan Abnett's "Legion" - Part of the Horus Heresy series

One of the better books in the series

neosmaster · 26-09-2008 10:56am

Finished Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds really enjoyed it have ordered the 2nd book from Amazon - Redemption Ark , can't wait to get stuck in.

While I'm waiting for that to arrive I've started The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrommbie ( Book 1 of The First Law Trilogy )

I'm about half way through it now and loving it...

Then I have Brisingr waiting and Abhorsen after that...So I've a few weeks of good reading ahead of me I think

Dades · 29-09-2008 11:56am

Just finished a couple or Arthur C Clarke's I never got around to before...

The Fountains of Paradise, and The Songs of Distant Earth.
His writing style is like an old armchair - comfortable!

About to start "Pavane" by Keith Roberts later.

mcgovern · 06-10-2008 4:01pm

Reading "Dangerous Games", which is a book of short stories edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois mainly on future "reality tv".

Sarky · 07-10-2008 3:05pm

A few chapters into Return Of The Crimson Guard. It's rather good indeed.

mcgovern · 08-10-2008 10:18am

Now reading "The Skinner" by Neal Asher.

qwertz · 08-10-2008 3:11pm

Rereading The Dreaming Void to be able to read The Temporal Void

Dreolin · 09-10-2008 10:35pm

I just finished the Temporal Void, and now I'm moving on to Friends like these By Danny Wallace

trout · 10-10-2008 4:48pm

Just finished The System of The World - Neal Stephenson, last part of the Baroque Cycle.

It was brilliant ... thoroughly enjoyed the whole series ... it defies description, and is nothing like his other work(Snow Crash, Diamond Age) ... but now I need recommendations.

*wanders off to read the rest of the thread ... to pick up tips*

Shiminay · 10-10-2008 5:06pm

I just finished a really strange book called Mir by Alexander Besher. I'm still not entirely sure what it was about, but there were sentient tattoos...

bonkey · 10-10-2008 5:09pm

The Awakened Mage by Karen Miller (sequel to The Innocent Mage).

Not the best two-parter I've ever read, but I like her main character (Asher) because he's plenty flawed.

mcgovern · 12-10-2008 1:47pm

mcgovern wrote: »

Now reading "The Skinner" by Neal Asher.

Just finished this, now starting on Pattern Recognition by William Gibson.

Thanx 4 The Fish · 12-10-2008 3:04pm

Brisingr, have been reading the books since before Paolini sold the rights for the films and this is the third installment. Have not gotten to the end so not sure if this is going to be like the wheel of time and he is going to make as much as he can from it.

sure hope not.

growler · 13-10-2008 9:58pm

Sarky wrote: »

A few chapters into Return Of The Crimson Guard. It's rather good indeed.

had never heard of this, am i right in thinking this is a "spin off" of the malazan series from Eriksson

never heard of the like ... any good ?

nearly bought this just now with Toll of the Hounds thinking there had been 2 books out inside a few months

Kiith · 14-10-2008 5:33am

Ya, its a spin off. I'm re-reading the Malazan books as well. Gardens of the Moon is a fantastic book. Seriously one of the best books i've ever read. And now Deadhouse Gates, which is also fantastic.

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