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@Derp said in Books...Books...Books....:
Currently reading the Broken Empire trilogy. About 75% of the way through Prince of Thorns. I absolutely love it.
Just wait until the follow-up trilogy. It's set in the same world, and it fucking rocks.
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@Arkandel said in Books...Books...Books....:
@Derp said in Books...Books...Books....:
Currently reading the Broken Empire trilogy. About 75% of the way through Prince of Thorns. I absolutely love it.
Just wait until the follow-up trilogy. It's set in the same world, and it fucking rocks.
I have Red Queen's War on my shelf already.
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@Arkandel Yeah, I like Red Queen better than Broken Empire. Mind, I still liked Broken Empire, but there were points where Jorg was just a bit too Jorg. Also, I think Book of the Ancestor, also by Mark Lawrence, is really good. I really dug the characters.
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@lordbelh Yeah. I think Lawrence has legitimately become my favorite fantasy author even though he's (probably?) not as well known as the usual big names in the field.
Plus the Red Queen trilogy had a much easier character to like than Broken Empire. His own personality uh, issues and redemption arc were handled in a completely different way yet such a satisfying one.
***=What I quite love in both series were the depth of ideas, some of which I had never seen tackled before. For example in Broken Empire Jorg is dealing with an enemy who's ***
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Dryer's English has me doubting everything I know about grammar and thinking I am typing everything wrong.
However, I now know it is master's degree definitively so I can stop sweating about that one.
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I am liking Morgan, too. Not for Altered Carbon, but for A Land Fit for Heroes, which has a similar feel to Broken Empire. The protagonists are more likeable, but just as flawed in their own ways, and make dozens of questionable choices that make you wonder who you should be rooting for. The world is much darker and more brutal though, with baser instincts brought much more to the fore.
There are also ties to Altered Carbon for those that want such a thing.
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I hit one of those annoying ruts where I finished a whole bunch of books ALL AT ONCE, and now I'm not quite sure what to read next. I have a whole pile of stuff! But like, which one would suit my appetite best? #firstworldproblems
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I just finished re-reading all of Guy Gavriel Kay's alternative history world. I recommend these books WAY more than his Fionnovar Tapestry, which had some reeeeeeally problematic elements in it and ought to come with a huge trigger warning.
Loved A Land Fit For Heroes.
Has anyone else read Patrick O'Brien's "Master and Commander" series?
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NGL, I'm pretty excited to read The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
Eventually.
When I get tired of this current author.
Racism isn't Tinkerbell. It doesn't need you to believe in it for it to exist.
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@Derp I'm looking forward to that, too.
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@moth over here, mate
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@JinShei Who is an utter rockstar? YOU ARE.
All right, so, I need book suggestions. Not just books - but your FAVORITE book. Your Time Enough at Last episode of the Twilight Zone book. What is it? Why should I (or anyone else) read it?
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@moth Time travellers wife. Also Jin Shei
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@moth The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.
The Raven Cycle trilogy (starting with The Raven Boys). Actually, anything by Maggie Stiefvater, really.
Midnight's Children.
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.
The Golem and the Jinni.
The Secret History.
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I just finished Bad Blood and good LORD the damage a charismatic person can do!
@moth
What are some of your favorite things?
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My daughter got me going on the Lunar Chronicles (sci-fi reimagining of traditional fairy tales). Its pretty good even if intended for a younger audience. Similar to a place we tried to run a few years back that never caught on (fairy tales in space).
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Some of the last things I've read lately:
The Riverside Trio of stories by Ellen Kushner. A Bordertown book. Barbra Kingsolver, Any kind of travel writing, any kind of food writing, Nonfiction memoirs, Holly Black, Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, Kingkiller Chronicles.
I would like to broaden my scope and read other things.
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@moth
I suggest anything by Brandon Sanderson then!
Maybe start with Elantris or Warbreaker to get a feel for his writing before diving into his longer books.
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@moth
The Gentleman Bastards by Scott Lynch, starting with The Lies of Locke Lamora. The first book is a rather unique take on the fantasy genre, atleast in my experience. The whole book takes place in a single sprawling city and follows a band of criminals trying to live in a expansive criminal underworld. It's a marrying of a fantasy and a mafia story, with revenge at its heart.
I am personally a big fan of stories that keeps it tight and personal. There is no saving the world, no big world shattering mystery as I said the whole book is really just about one city, and about one band of criminals in that city. The cast of character is pretty colourful, with a few of them going against trope and a few with it.
The following books travel around the world hinted at in the first one as we learn more about it, each one has a very central classic story at its heart. One is a heist novel, another a spy thriller filled with political intrigue. The magical elements also increase slowly through the books as the character's view of the world expand beyond the reality they existed in at the start.
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@Olsson Reading the first one now, I like it.
