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re: Fantasy Book Discussion Thread (Please keep spoiler free)
Posted on 8/15/16 at 12:13 pm to LoveThatMoney
Posted on 8/15/16 at 12:13 pm to LoveThatMoney
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The Book of the New Sun by Glen Wolff
Gene wolfe.
This series got me interested in fiction again after about a decade of only reading nonfiction.
Its so confusing but the "ah ha!" moments will forever stick with me. Its almost like reading an ancient text were you have to constanatly try to decode things.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 12:18 pm to ShamelessPel
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Welcome to The Wheel of Time.
Nailed it.
Now do one from any of the female characters POV.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 1:14 pm to Master of Sinanju
As mentioned the Drizzt books by R.A. Salbvatore
The old Drangon Lance books by Weiss and Hickman
The old Forgotten Realms books.
The old Drangon Lance books by Weiss and Hickman
The old Forgotten Realms books.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 1:19 pm to LoveThatMoney
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Couldn't agree more. It is a helluva read. Read the trilogy in about a week or two. Missed sleep over it. I would say it's Sci Fi, but Sci Fi and fantasy are so linked that you could probably throw them in together. At least non-hard Sci Fi.
This is what I was thinking as far as genre.
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Totally disagree with this. The whole point is to set up his next trilogy. It ends well, don't get me wrong. The arcs largely complete and we have a satisfying denouement, but the world around the characters remains in need of resolution and, indeed, so do many of the characters including the main one.
Maybe I didn't explain myself well. As you mentioned, there is still quite a bit remaining to be explored and explained. However, the primary arcs (atleast as they're related to this trilogy) for the major ~10 characters were completed. Yes they absolutely could and likely will have additional books, but the major conflicts/villains/themes/etc were largely wrapped up at the end.
That's all I meant. I've read some books where at the end it's almost like nothing was even mildly completed. There are still glaring questions with the villains or major plot lines addressed in the series. It's a very delicate line, but he did such an awesome job giving me enough resolution for it to feel like I already had a good experience.
He didn't leave me with the blue balls and try to use that as a reason to get me to come back. If he puts out a follow-up series I'll read it because the first romp was good, not because I'm still waiting to get off. Sorry for the sexual reference, but it's the only thing that made sense in my perverted mind haha.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 2:08 pm to cigsmcgee
Gene Wolfe. I always frick that name up. Neil Gaiman had a blurb on Wolfe's book and it got me to read it. Said it was the best sf novel of the last century.
It's pretty great.
It's pretty great.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 2:16 pm to FootballNostradamus
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Yes they absolutely could and likely will have additional books, but the major conflicts/villains/themes/etc were largely wrapped up at the end.
USA Today Article on Pierce Brown
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The second: Brown begins another three-part epic next year with Iron Gold, which expands on the cosmic saga of a multi-class struggle on Mars, he tells USA TODAY exclusively.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 2:31 pm to LoveThatMoney
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The Drizzt Do'urden books by R A Salvatore
Amazing
Posted on 8/15/16 at 2:35 pm to SabiDojo
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I literally read every single Brian Jacques book in elementary and middle school.
i effing loved Brian Jacques. Martin the warrior remains one of my favorite books OAT.
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The old Drangon Lance books by Weiss and Hickman
The old Forgotten Realms books.
the dragonlance books were very mediocre in writing but i loved the storyline.
This post was edited on 8/15/16 at 2:37 pm
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