re: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Recommendation & Discussion Thread

He was definitely a bad arse. But I thought he was one of the lease compelling of the main characters.

He was pure violence and was the exact same in the last scene of the series as he was in the first. There was no much depth to him at all.

And he talked about sadness and all that but for all the talk he was never going to change or even really try to.

Depends what you mean by light.

If you haven’t read it check out The Lies Of Locke Lamora, first book of the Gentleman Bastard series.

It has its dark moments and some pretty good violence. But it is definitely more “fun” than typical grim dark.

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If you haven’t read it check out The Lies Of Locke Lamora, first book of the Gentleman Bastard series.

It has its dark moments and some pretty good violence. But it is definitely more “fun” than typical grim dark.

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I think this is my next go.

Has anybody read the His Dark Materials series? Debating starting that before the HBO series comes out.

You think Wax and Wayne is more going on than I am looking for?

You must really think I’m an idiot.

I’m just kind of sick of all the grimdark stuff, and I absolutely despise Malazan so I’m just trying to read different stuff.

I guess “entertaining” would be a better word than Light. I enjoy Lynch, Rothfuss, Sanderson, Etc. That sort of thing.

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You think Wax and Wayne is more going on than I am looking for?

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I think he was just assuming you didn't want gritty or convoluted at all, which Wax and Wayne does have a little bit.

Did you ever read Faithful and the fallen Fun Bunch? That series has that lighter old school feel and might be more what your looking for. Will Wight's Cradle series and David Wells Sovereign of the seven isles series would probably fit the bill too. I'm assuming you've tried Brian McClellan and read the Riyria books? Might fit the bill if not too.

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was the exact same in the last scene of the series as he was in the first. There was no much depth to him at all.

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I dont know why, but I havent read any of the spinoffs/prequels. Pretty bad on my part seeing as they are some of my favorite books of all time.

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You and iwy really need to read those 3 stand alone sequels by Abercrombie, like seriously.

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You think Wax and Wayne is more going on than I am looking for?

You must really think I’m an idiot.

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Haha mean you asked for light and straightforward. It isn't difficult or overly complex by any means but it doesn't exactly spoon feed you either.

Maybe look for more of a young adult geared book as straightforward fantasy, not sure how much light stuff is getting written these days, or maybe I just haven't heard of it.

Did you ever read the The Eragon book, I think its the first on in the Inheritance Trilogy. I read the first two when I was younger and enjoyed them but never ended up picking up the final book after it was released.

ETA: although looking back it seems that there were very mixed reviews on this so maybe not

Good things about those is you can probably burn through in a day or two. I sometimes want to go back and re-read my Redwall books from when I was younger as fun easy books to pick up and get through.

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I just don't think Mistborn/Wax and Wayne is particularly dark or convoluted? Do you?

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Not dark, but a somewhat complex. Certainly not Malazan, but its not a straightforward fantasy epic IMO. I was just reading too much into your comment about something light.

Book 1 of F&F takes a while to get going and I think the series picks up as it goes along. If you don't end up liking the characters a lot by the end of book 1 you probably won't like the series too much.

I liked it, its not Lies of Locke or that kind of stuff level but a solid read.

Also is Kings of the Wyld that well known? I can't ever find it in the bookstore and hadn't heard of it until earlier this thread.

Is it a must read, may add it to the list after I finish First Law

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Also is Kings of the Wyld that well known? I can't ever find it in the bookstore and hadn't heard of it until earlier this thread.

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Yeah, I didn't think it was that well known either myself. I hadn't read it myself until I saw Scruffy posting about it in this thread and decided to grab it. I had seen it pop up on Amazon as a suggestion for a while, but had never heard anything about it.

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