re: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Recommendation & Discussion Thread

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I was looking up the ratings for the series the other day on Goodreads just because I was curious how people thought of it these days, and one of the first reviews for the first book was basically like "congrats, you've finished Rape:the novel, now you get to read one of the best sci fi series of all time".

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haha I remember seeing that one.

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And I'd agree, the first book and a good portion of the second are some of the most fricked up stuff I've read (along with the hobbling portions of Dust of Dreams in Malazan)

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Ya no doubt - i got through the first one, and read some reviews for the next few. Once I saw that it wasn't 5 books of just terrible rape and psychological abuse / torture I decided to move on. That section of Malazan was rough too.

Going to start Book 3 tomorrow - reading one of the "books" in garden of the moon tonight. Its crazy how great Gardens of the Moon is on the re-read after you know whats going on and catch all the subtle references.