re: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Recommendation & Discussion Thread

I've been mostly audio booking and decided to try and walk a lot while listening

I'm going to hit 1 million steps for the month of September today


All fantasy or scifi

I'm on the third book of Joe Abercrombie's Shattered Sea Trilogy.

I'm really enjoying the series. While not as broad in scope as the First Law books, its definitely an Abercrombie universe - just a little toned down.

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Just finished Blood Song by Anthony Ryan, which is the first in a trilogy called the Raven's Shadow series. I was pleasantly surprised for just randomly picking a book on amazon to download for the holiday weekend.


Let us know how you like the entire trilogy once you finish book 3.

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I didn't actually mind the trilogy as a whole. The third book was pretty uneven, but it wasn't that bad. That being said, my ability to slog through a book and just conquer it (especially when it's not like... Henry James or something awful like that) is pretty high.

Anyone know when red rising book 7 red god is expected to be release?

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im halfway through the blade itself and hooked. i find it interesting though they started film adaptation with Best served cold(which iIhavent read yet) rather than the trilogy?

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Best Served Cold is a pretty self-contained story and they easily tell it in a single movie. If they had chosen the original trilogy, you would need multiple TV show seasons or a movie trilogy to tell the story. I don't think they would bankroll that much risk (even if the first law trilogy is slightly better than best served cold itself).

Has anyone read either of the John Gwynn series?

I think thrr d TheFaithful and the Fallen + The Bloodsworn Saga

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Has anyone read either of the John Gwynn series?

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Faithful and Fallen is great. What Gwynn does best is character development and battle scenes.

The world building isn’t anything special if that’s what you’re looking for, kind of generic medieval European landscapes.

But his battle scenes are brutally violent, but realistic and not really over the top.

And he makes you really care for or absolutely loathe the characters. To the point that some some deaths are heartbreaking and others just so satisfying

There are 3 books involving characters from that trilogy (but that are standalones focusing on specific characters. They're usually called the "World of the First Law" books... but they aren't a trilogy per se) after that series. Then there is another trilogy called the Age of Madness that takes place after those 3 books but still is set in same world and involves basically the "next generation" of characters.


When I read them, I screwed it all up and started with Age of Madness, then read one of the World of the First Law books, then went back and read the first trilogy, then finished the other two World of the First Law books.

Cool thanks guys. Gonna finish stormlight reread then will take y’all’s advice. Like his style and after going from super dense Malazan last year this is a much easier read.

Trying to listen to Malice from John Gwynn. Really struggling to get into it after a few chapters