Books, Books?, Books!, Books...What are YOU reading? aka the WoT, GoT, Orson Scott Card thread

**mallister** · 2017-09-05 23:37

Originally Posted by Deftscythe

I don't really want to go into a rant I'd have to spoiler but the ending of the final book is one of the biggest anti-climaxes I've ever had the displeasure of reading and I'm not even talking about the shit that was so bad that, at least in the printing I have, King himself literally breaks the 4th wall to tell the reader that they might want to stop because he's about to shit in their mouth.

absolutely goddamn right.

**realalex** · 2017-09-06 00:40

Clockwork Orange
Battle Royale

This two are highly recommended. You should watch the film as well.

**Zetanio** · 2017-09-06 07:49

I already fucking said those.

Please fuck off.

**Odesseiron** · 2017-09-06 08:25

I just started (and finished) The Dark Elf trilogy by R.A. Salvatore in about a week. Man, what a great series that was. I'll be starting the Icewind Dale Trilogy tonight.

**Cichy** · 2017-09-11 00:47

Finally finished the first Wheel of Time book... plz tell me this shit gets better, I still have like 6 more of those books in my audible account...
I went through God Emperor of Dune in like 3 days, fucking loved it. Son of the Black Sword was not too bad, I enjoyed it. Reading Name of the Wind now and really enjoying that

**Coren** · 2017-09-11 06:34

If you didn't like the first one, it's probably not the series for you. I think the first five-ish are pretty good and they start going downhill before picking back up for the last ones.

**Zetanio** · 2017-09-11 07:32

Originally Posted by Cichy

Finally finished the first Wheel of Time book... plz tell me this shit gets better, I still have like 6 more of those books in my audible account...
I went through God Emperor of Dune in like 3 days, fucking loved it. Son of the Black Sword was not too bad, I enjoyed it. Reading Name of the Wind now and really enjoying that

It doesn't

**Marootsoobutsu** · 2017-09-11 07:44

Originally Posted by Cichy

Finally finished the first Wheel of Time book... plz tell me this shit gets better, I still have like 6 more of those books in my audible account...
I went through God Emperor of Dune in like 3 days, fucking loved it. Son of the Black Sword was not too bad, I enjoyed it. Reading Name of the Wind now and really enjoying that

The world-making is top-notch; the plot is plausible, if optimistic. The characters, though, mostly seem to serve as a broad band of stereotypes and ill-conceived mentalities. WoT's *great* if you want to explore a fantasy world and observe a world-spanning plot; it's fine if you look at the main characters, and see them not as individuals, but as conglomerations of the mistakes (and sometimes triumphs), of subsets of a variety of societies. It's pretty terrible if you read it for character development-- it's typical and predictable along those lines.

**Cichy** · 2017-09-11 12:09

I guess the world building is what I have problem with mostly. To me at least it's lots of names thrown at you with really no need or purpose. 7 towers of durka durka in a land of durka durka that was ruled by durka durka in an age of durka durka.

**Deftscythe** · 2017-09-11 13:11

Wheel of Time is not for you.

**Souj** · 2017-09-11 16:30

Speaking of...

Are the other books in the Malazan universe not written by the main guy worth reading? Not that I need more books to pick up and hoard. I have near 35 books sitting on my bookshelf I still need to read. Not to mention books I want to read a 2nd time.

**Dantrag** · 2017-09-11 17:57

https://smile.amazon.com/Dark-Matter...ds=dark+matter

Dark Matter, really enjoyable.

**Zetanio** · 2017-09-12 07:05

That's in my queue. I'm looking forward to it.

**Wulfgang** · 2017-09-12 14:40

Originally Posted by Zetanio

Children of Time

Red Rising series

The Expanse

Older stuff:
Brave New World
Fahrenheit 451
Clockwork Orange
Battle Royale
The Running Man
1984
Logan's Run
Fatherland

Finished Children of Time on my flight back to SF from Nantucket; definitely in the top decile of books I've read over the past decade, really enjoyed it. Some great perspectives on notions like first contact, evolutionary biology / social systems, relativity, and psychology.

**Yuri-G** · 2017-09-14 14:11

went to pick up Clockwork Orange, noticed that the Annotated Sandman volumes I-IV were just sitting there on the shelf... now I have plenty to read. although I'll speed through Sandman; comic books are always that way.

also, Clockwork Orange's vocabulary is just... good lord, I had heard stories, but this is my first time reading it. it's a testament to Burgess's talent that this book is still somehow not only readable but enjoyable

**Cichy** · 2017-09-15 13:36

goddamn Name of the Wind was fantastic...

**synistar** · 2017-09-15 14:10

And now it's been 8+ years since The Wise Man's Fear? May as well never see the light of day at this point.

**Zetanio** · 2017-09-15 14:15

Don't worry I'm sure he's busy writing right now.

Oh wait.

**Cichy** · 2017-09-16 12:12

hows the Mistoborn series?

**synistar** · 2017-09-16 12:21

Read it. Unanimous that Era 1 is good. BG is split on Era 2 with some enjoying it, others hating it.

I don't know how many times I have written something like that because when someone asks, it's distilled to that kind of answer. The final book of era 2 is slated for Fall 2018 so you can wait on that section if you go past the first trilogy.

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