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Agree with the above, Arya is awesome... though I hope we get more of her chapters in book 5. You get the impression that books 4 and 5 were originaly supposed to be one book so he split them in half, but if it's one set of characters in one book and the other set in the next then the 3-4 chapters Arya and Sansa got in book 4 isn't enough.Niagro said:
Anyways, yes yet another recommendation for A Song of Fire and Ice by George R.R. Martin. May as well jump on the band wagon with the big budget HBO series coming out this April.
As a couple posters above have mentioned, "The Dresden Files" is an excellent series that I feel gets better with each subsequent book as deeper storylines were written, some that extended beyond the single-book's story (which I also love that each book has its own individual story.) I've read up to the last paperback in the series, "Turncoat", and am anxiously awaiting "Changes" to come out in paperback (should hopefully be in March, if previous release dates indicate anything.) I plowed through the 11 books nearly one-after-another, and saw how Jim Butcher's storytelling skills increased with each subsequent book; something I might not have noticed had I read them as they were initially released.
Another series I recently started on is "The Avery Cates Series" by Jeff Somers [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Somers#The_Avery_Cates_Series]. I've only read the first book, "The Electric Church" but was immediately sold. Somers paints a grim and gritty picture of this futuristic world, with tough-assed characters forced to live a kill-or-be-killed lifestyle that more often than not one doesn't have a choice in living. I've got the 2nd book on its way from Amazon as I write this.
I'm currently reading "Night Watch" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Watch_(Lukyanenko_novel)], the first in a 4-book series, after remembering seeing the film a few years back. Thusfar, I'm enjoying it though I've found it difficult to "get into"; I sometimes feel I'm missing something, like I'm supposed to more of what's going on within the world or with the characters even though it hasn't been explained to the reader. *shrug* It's still a decent read, so far.
Another series I recently started on is "The Avery Cates Series" by Jeff Somers [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Somers#The_Avery_Cates_Series]. I've only read the first book, "The Electric Church" but was immediately sold. Somers paints a grim and gritty picture of this futuristic world, with tough-assed characters forced to live a kill-or-be-killed lifestyle that more often than not one doesn't have a choice in living. I've got the 2nd book on its way from Amazon as I write this.
I'm currently reading "Night Watch" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Watch_(Lukyanenko_novel)], the first in a 4-book series, after remembering seeing the film a few years back. Thusfar, I'm enjoying it though I've found it difficult to "get into"; I sometimes feel I'm missing something, like I'm supposed to more of what's going on within the world or with the characters even though it hasn't been explained to the reader. *shrug* It's still a decent read, so far.
The Black Magician trilogy by trudi Canavan, the most immersive, cleverly written books I have ever read. The world seems very believable and trudi puts a good description into everything so you can truly get a feel for world. The relationships are believable and the plot is extremely well written. It also gives shows the reader the logic behind the magic, basically how magic works, other than just wave your wand shout a word an fire comes out (looking at you harry)
the series consists of:
The magicians guild
The Novis
The High Lord
also has a prequel which was equally as fantastic:
The magicians apprentice, read the first three first though.
Trudi has also begun a second trilogy, but the first book wasn?t as good as the others.
the series consists of:
The magicians guild
The Novis
The High Lord
also has a prequel which was equally as fantastic:
The magicians apprentice, read the first three first though.
Trudi has also begun a second trilogy, but the first book wasn?t as good as the others.
Everyone who hasn't read The Lord of the Rings should definitely do it, though it's not really a series but a single book... but there, I said it.
Other than that - George R.R. Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire' is a sound suggestion, a series every fan of good story and plot should read.
I heard Bernard Cornwell's Saxon and King Arthur series are pretty good. I haven't read either, but own both and will get to them sooner than later.
Stephen King's 'The Dark Tower' is very interesting. Imagine a dark story about a wild west type gunslinger with a sci-fi / postapocalyptic setting and fantasy overtones, add to that some of our own reality and you get a book which some hate, but I personally loved the whole series (even though I thought of a better ending, but there you go).
Other than that - George R.R. Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire' is a sound suggestion, a series every fan of good story and plot should read.
I heard Bernard Cornwell's Saxon and King Arthur series are pretty good. I haven't read either, but own both and will get to them sooner than later.
Stephen King's 'The Dark Tower' is very interesting. Imagine a dark story about a wild west type gunslinger with a sci-fi / postapocalyptic setting and fantasy overtones, add to that some of our own reality and you get a book which some hate, but I personally loved the whole series (even though I thought of a better ending, but there you go).
Well if you like foreshadowing so much you *might* like Steven Brust. He foreshadows the end of the book, he foreshadows in previous books, he foreshadows books he hasn't bloody written yet....
Start with Jhereg though, if you start with Dragon like me you'll have been thrown into the deep end and most people don't take that too well.
Start with Jhereg though, if you start with Dragon like me you'll have been thrown into the deep end and most people don't take that too well.
I liked R. A. Salvatore's Dark Elf series with Drizzt Do'Urden. Interesting read, a very good recommend.
Well, I would suggest the Drizzt series, but then you'd hunt me down and beat me senseless for making you believe that it was interesting, when anything interesting stops happening after the second trilogy.
On a tangential note, what's the deal with trilogies? It seems like all books coming out as of late are all part of some trilogy, as if making a piece of fiction stretch across three books somehow makes it more interesting, when in reality that more often means that a 300 page pile of tropes & clichés becomes a 900 page pile of book-tearing rage.
To get back on point, I can only recommend a couple of single books, but I think they're definitely worth the read. The first being The Dream Hunters, part of the Sandman series with the added benefit of being illustrated by my favorite contemporary artist, Yoshitaka Amano. From what I've found, it's a reworking of an old Japanese myth, and it's told in a really compelling fashion that made me really care for foxes I didn't think possible.
The other book I will recommend is Taint of the Black Brigade, touted as a part of the "Chronicles of Abraxis Wren." It's an old school detective story set in the D&D world of Eberron, mixing two of my favorite things; noir narrative, and D&D.
On a tangential note, what's the deal with trilogies? It seems like all books coming out as of late are all part of some trilogy, as if making a piece of fiction stretch across three books somehow makes it more interesting, when in reality that more often means that a 300 page pile of tropes & clichés becomes a 900 page pile of book-tearing rage.
To get back on point, I can only recommend a couple of single books, but I think they're definitely worth the read. The first being The Dream Hunters, part of the Sandman series with the added benefit of being illustrated by my favorite contemporary artist, Yoshitaka Amano. From what I've found, it's a reworking of an old Japanese myth, and it's told in a really compelling fashion that made me really care for foxes I didn't think possible.
The other book I will recommend is Taint of the Black Brigade, touted as a part of the "Chronicles of Abraxis Wren." It's an old school detective story set in the D&D world of Eberron, mixing two of my favorite things; noir narrative, and D&D.
You have my respect for liking Arya, and regarding the books - I think GRRM said he was going to do one set of characters in one book and one in the other.RandV80 said:
Sadface, right?
Hopefully, wrong.
We may get to see Arya from the viewpoint of one of the other characters, which allows GRRM to 'power her up' so to speak, Valar Morghullus style.
Here's hoping.
[sub]Just realised that even revealing she's alive is a spoiler, will stop talking about it.[/sub]
the saga of seven suns series is quite good. it's a bit long winded but you barely notice as it has about a dozen characters that it follows with each character getting a chapter then switching; makes you keep reading to see what happens as most of the chapters end on a small cliff hanger.
[the horus heresy[/i] is good, even if you're not a big WH40K fan. the stories have lots of intrigue, mystery and action. some of the things will be hard to imagine as they aren't really described in great detail (it's assumed that you already know what a space marine/etc. looks like)
If your not a sci-fi fan:
David Gibbons writes a good series of archaeological adventures. the facts are good, the locations are described vividly and unlike similar books i've read the societies involved never seen too advanced to be plausible.
If you like crime karen rose is a good author and has a few series. though i would say that you can only read her work once as the books end up very similar to each other. the one you do read though is quite suspenseful and keeps you guessing.
hope that helps
[the horus heresy[/i] is good, even if you're not a big WH40K fan. the stories have lots of intrigue, mystery and action. some of the things will be hard to imagine as they aren't really described in great detail (it's assumed that you already know what a space marine/etc. looks like)
If your not a sci-fi fan:
David Gibbons writes a good series of archaeological adventures. the facts are good, the locations are described vividly and unlike similar books i've read the societies involved never seen too advanced to be plausible.
If you like crime karen rose is a good author and has a few series. though i would say that you can only read her work once as the books end up very similar to each other. the one you do read though is quite suspenseful and keeps you guessing.
hope that helps
Not sure what genres you are willing to try but here are my favourite series:
Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter, Laurell K. Hamilton.
Night Angel Trilogy, Brent Weeks.
Mortal Instruments, Cassnadra Clare.
House of Night, P.C. and Kirsten Cast.
The Eldarn Sequence, Rob Scott & Jay Gordon.
A Song of Ice and Fire, George R.R. Martin.
Hope you enjoy
Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter, Laurell K. Hamilton.
Night Angel Trilogy, Brent Weeks.
Mortal Instruments, Cassnadra Clare.
House of Night, P.C. and Kirsten Cast.
The Eldarn Sequence, Rob Scott & Jay Gordon.
A Song of Ice and Fire, George R.R. Martin.
Hope you enjoy
In what way?I've read the first 3 books and am planning on starting the fourth as soon as I finish what I'm reading at the moment.Can't say I've found them particularly depressing or soul crushing so far.Jamboxdotcom said:
He did.The afterword at the end of book 4 admits thisRandV80 said:
It isn't only an impression lol. If you have A Feast For Crows on hand, go to the last chapter entitled Meanwhile, Back At The Wall...Martin comes straight out and admits that A Feast For Crows and A Dance With Dragons were originally 2 halves of the same book. Just thought I should point that out ^_^RandV80 said:
Books from Margaret Weiss & Tracy Hickman (couple) are pretty good. Lots of dragons etc. Best known for the Dragonlance series which, according to wikipedia, holds about 190 novels.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dragonlance_novels
Awesome Fantasy stuff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dragonlance_novels
Awesome Fantasy stuff.
my favorite books are written by a dftba nerdfighter, his name is John Green, and his books are the absolute best! here's a list, "Looking For Alaska", "An Abundance of Katherines", "Paper Towns", "Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances - with Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle", and "Will Grayson, Will Grayson- with David Levithan"
i recommend reading an abundance of katherines and looking for alaska before the others... absolute genius!!!
i recommend reading an abundance of katherines and looking for alaska before the others... absolute genius!!!