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re: Nerd Fiction for Book Readers
Posted on 4/15/15 at 10:59 am to elprez00
Posted on 4/15/15 at 10:59 am to elprez00
I don't read books like this, but a friend of mine wrote this one: Locmire's Quest.
I have no idea how good it is, but I bought it last year to help him out. Have any of you happened to have read it before, or even heard about it?
I have no idea how good it is, but I bought it last year to help him out. Have any of you happened to have read it before, or even heard about it?
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Posted on 4/15/15 at 11:02 am to TygerTyger
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I've tried reading the Malazan stuff and put it down twice. I don't know what it is, but it just isn't my cup of tea.
it can be that way
i read the first 4 or 5 books pretty quickly, then got fatigued by it when they introduced an entirely new civilization into the story
i put the series down for a year, read a bunch of King and Ice and Fire for the second time then picked it back up and im on the 7th book now
i think the break was good because although you have to look at summaries to remind yourself who the characters are (there are hundreds that appear regularly or come up), if you try to read straight through you end up just getting exhausted
im enjoying the books now, but i am looking forward to getting through the rest of this one and the last 3
Posted on 4/15/15 at 11:08 am to TygerTyger
I too have read almost all popular fantasy - at least the series that came out prior to about 2005. I've read SOIAF a few times and also couldn't get into Malazan. Malazan dumps you in the middle of the story, gives you a bunch of different story lines from the get go, and gives no clear protagonist. SOIAF at least started slowly and built up.
I love high, epic fantasy like Wheel of Time (my favorite), Lord of the Rings, and the first 5 books of Sword of Truth. I have read the Silmarillion twice and loved it. I do not think Sanderson is in the same realm as the guys writing high fantasy. He is good at magic but I do not like his character development or prose in general. He ruined Wheel of Time and Mistborn was a big disappointment.
I loved the Chronicles of Amber. It is from the 70's but very unique.
I would love to find the next Robert Jordan or Tolkien, but I just don't think there are any currently writing outside of Martin, and he takes 20 years to write a single book.
I love high, epic fantasy like Wheel of Time (my favorite), Lord of the Rings, and the first 5 books of Sword of Truth. I have read the Silmarillion twice and loved it. I do not think Sanderson is in the same realm as the guys writing high fantasy. He is good at magic but I do not like his character development or prose in general. He ruined Wheel of Time and Mistborn was a big disappointment.
I loved the Chronicles of Amber. It is from the 70's but very unique.
I would love to find the next Robert Jordan or Tolkien, but I just don't think there are any currently writing outside of Martin, and he takes 20 years to write a single book.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 11:10 am to Ash Williams
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if you found Storm of Swords hard to get through, you may not want to start Malazan
Its not that I didnt enjoy it. Its that I felt like I needed to take notes. There is SO much stuff going on, its hard to keep up with. Hell, I have to read episode synopsis' on GoT to keep it all straight.
I don't usually delve into Fantasy too much.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 11:11 am to Scruffy
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Only book I haven't been able to finish was Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie.
Has anyone else read it? I got to about 100 pages from completion and just put it down.
I powered through it. It was really tough to wrap my head around the whole gender thing, once you get past it it's not bad. I'm not sure how far you made it in, but once you realize what's really going on it adds another whole layer of WTF.
I did like the chapters alternating between past and present day. I will probably re-read it and give the sequel a try.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 11:17 am to craigbiggio
quote:I'm passed the point where I figured out what was going on. I'll probably power through the last 100 pages soon.
I powered through it. It was really tough to wrap my head around the whole gender thing, once you get past it it's not bad. I'm not sure how far you made it in, but once you realize what's really going on it adds another whole layer of WTF.
It just got to be so damn slow.
I do agree on the alternating between past and present. I enjoyed that.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 11:22 am to Scruffy
I kinda felt the same way about Reamde by Stephenson. About 3/4 of the way through it I just didnt care about how it ended. I powered through and was like "So what?"
Posted on 4/15/15 at 11:25 am to elprez00
That is probably the best way to put it.
I kinda just don't care how it ends, but I know that I should finish it. I'll do it soon.
Has anyone read On Silver Wings by Evan Currie?
I kinda just don't care how it ends, but I know that I should finish it. I'll do it soon.
Has anyone read On Silver Wings by Evan Currie?
Posted on 4/15/15 at 11:33 am to elprez00
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Its that I felt like I needed to take notes. There is SO much stuff going on, its hard to keep up with.
yea
malazan is very much that way in that is is world building
i always have a page open on my iphone browswer so i can look up places and characters that i forgot about because they were 4000 pages ago but they're referenced like they've been the main character the entire time
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:17 pm to LeonPhelps
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Mistborn was a big disappointment.
The first two Mistborn were good, but it ended weak. Believe me, the Stormlight Archive stuff is a huge step up.
quote:Hell yeah. I've read the series twice.
I loved the Chronicles of Amber. It is from the 70's but very unique
Some other great 70s era fantasy: The Elric stuff by Michael Moorcock and the Fafrd and the Gray Mouser stuff by Fritz Leiber.
For a completely different view on fantasy, read The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R Donaldson. It's the ultmate anti-hero tragedy.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:21 pm to TygerTyger
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For a completely different view on fantasy, read The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R Donaldson
I tried. I read the first 2 books but really just lost interest. It's probably been 10 years now since I last tried but I couldn't get into it.
I'll need to check out those other 70's series.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:24 pm to TygerTyger
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The first two Mistborn were good, but it ended weak. Believe me, the Stormlight Archive stuff is a huge step up.
I enjoyed the first Mistborn, hated the second. So I stopped there.
I am tired of waiting over a decade for a series to be completed. I did it with Sword of Truth and Wheel of Time. I first read ASOIAF around 2001 and who knows how much longer I need to wait there. I will check out Stormlight Archive but I am going to wait until the last book is in paperback, so I probably have a good decade to wait since it is meant to be a 10 book series.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:49 pm to LeonPhelps
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Dresden Files
I've been resisting this series for some reason. It seems set in modern times, which is the biggest deterrent. Is the first book indicative of the rest of the series so that I can get a good impression of whether I will enjoy the full series or not?
Sort of. Thematically you will get a great feel of the world and the characters; however, the writing is borderline good-amateur for the first 2-3 books. You will see improvement with each though. Once you get to book 3-4, it's phenomenal. He is a great story teller, and you'll be surprised by where he takes this series. Don't get me wrong, the first couple of books are good read, they just aren't anywhere near the greatness that the series becomes.
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Ready Player One
one of the best novels of the last 20 years. I'm pumped for the Spielberg movie
Posted on 4/15/15 at 1:52 pm to elprez00
Also want to throw in: read all things Neil Gaiman. He is in my opinion the best fantasy writer. Each book is unique, and he has a knack for creating characters that draw you in. I'd definitely read the following:
Good Omens (top 5 book for me)
The Graveyard Book
Stardust
Anansi Boys
You won't go wrong with any of his others, but those are his gems
Good Omens (top 5 book for me)
The Graveyard Book
Stardust
Anansi Boys
You won't go wrong with any of his others, but those are his gems
Posted on 4/15/15 at 2:01 pm to Midget Death Squad
Include American Gods, Neverwhere, and Ocean at the End of the Lane.
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Posted on 4/15/15 at 2:23 pm to Midget Death Squad
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Sort of. Thematically you will get a great feel of the world and the characters; however, the writing is borderline good-amateur for the first 2-3 books. You will see improvement with each though. Once you get to book 3-4, it's phenomenal. He is a great story teller, and you'll be surprised by where he takes this series. Don't get me wrong, the first couple of books are good read, they just aren't anywhere near the greatness that the series becomes.
His (Jim Butcher) Codex Alera series is legit and more fantasy based if that is what you are looking for.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 2:45 pm to Green Chili Tiger
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If you enjoy horror and nerd fiction, check out Necroscope by Brian Lumley. It's about a man that can communicate with the dead, a secret branch of British Intelligence that employs people with ESP, and a vampire that is part of the KGB, set during the cold war.
One of the greatest series I've ever read. Can't recommend it enough.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 2:56 pm to Midget Death Squad
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Ready Player One
one of the best novels of the last 20 years. I'm pumped for the Spielberg movie
Needs to be two movies. Theres simply too much going on to cram it into a two hour movie.
That would make an awesome HBO mini series.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 3:00 pm to AUveritas
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One of the greatest series I've ever read.
How it hasn't been picked up for a movie or cable series is baffling to me.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 3:36 pm to LeonPhelps
You could also try the Earth Sea Trilogy by Ursula K. Le Guin. Yeah it's 5 books in the series, but she wrote the first three in the early 70's. Disregard the 2 other Earth Sea Books she put out in the 90's.I pretend they don't exist.
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