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

[Souj]

I don't think any of the three sequels were as good as the first, but not bad. I think Endemyion was maybe the worst of the three, I can't really remember. They all kind of blended together in my memory.

[Zetanio]

Another year at least until the next ASOIAF book. That fat fuck is gonna die.

[Robertfb]

Got two different emails from Barnes and noble today. First email on my notification showed: "Preorder new Game of...
And I'm like, new Game of thrones book finally got a date? Nope. Just another stupid prequel sort of thing about the Targarians. Fuck off, Martin. Stop writing stupid shit and come out with the next book already.

Second email was... Preorder the newest book in the Dresden...

And again, foolishly, I thought, hey! Butcher finally has a fate for the new Dresden book. Nope. It's a short story collection.

I'm used to Martin being a disappointment, but Jim Butcher used to put out a new book every year and then suddenly, nothing. I know he was working on that Aeronaut book, but still.

My mom (who loves GoT, but won't read the book, despite loving that genre) brought up that new prequel book while browsing B&N this morning, my reaction was the same. I'm sure he is waiting till GoT ends and popularity dies down before he decides to continue it.....

[Zetanio]

Ya I preordered the Targaryen history thing.

[Zzsark]

Just finished the first Mistborn trilogy. Looking to get into another book, but not sure if I want to jump right into Wax & Wayne, or maybe check out Elantris or some other cosmere book. I've read Warbreaker and all the Stormlight books so far. Any thoughts?

[Souj]

Just finished the first Mistborn trilogy. Looking to get into another book, but not sure if I want to jump right into Wax & Wayne, or maybe check out Elantris or some other cosmere book. I've read Warbreaker and all the Stormlight books so far. Any thoughts?

Aside from elantris and the other Mistborns I don't think there are any other cosmere books unless you count the White Sands graphic novel.

And asking about Wax and Wayne books in this thread will get you no solid opinion about the series one way or the other. Only thing people can agree on is that it's not as good as original trilogy.

I'd say go for Elantris first.


Edit: there's also the Cosmere Unbound collection of short stories, but that's something that should be read after all the Mistborn books that are outright now.

[Zetanio]

The latter Mistborn stuff is very divisive on here. I personally think it's trash.

I'm rereading the Foundation series from Asimov. If you haven't read it, get to it. You wouldn't think it was written years and years before most stuff in the genre.

[BaneTheBrawler]

y'all know i love sci fi, but i actually didn't care for the Foundation series. They were good, but just didn't click for me.

[Souj]

Finished The Blade Itself and I'm definitely going to pick up the last two books.

[Zetanio]

Abercrombie is legit man.

[Rulke]

Just finished the first Mistborn trilogy. Looking to get into another book, but not sure if I want to jump right into Wax & Wayne, or maybe check out Elantris or some other cosmere book. I've read Warbreaker and all the Stormlight books so far. Any thoughts?

Don't waste your money on the new Mistborn stuff. It's horrid. I wish I could undue my time with the first 2 books.

[Zzsark]

Don't waste your money on the new Mistborn stuff. It's horrid. I wish I could undue my time with the first 2 books.

I ended up getting Elantris so that will be next. I already have the first book of Era 2 mistborn. I guess my only question really is, is there much content around the greater cosmere in the next 3 books?

[Souj]

In those three Mistborn books, no. But there's a short story in the cosmere collection that takes place after the third one that probably has the biggest lore implications of any story period focusing on the cosmere itself. Though if I remember correctly the short story wouldn't really be incomprehensible without new era Mistborn, it just would spoil a lot of stuff.

And I myself is in the camp of the new era Mistborn not being all that bad- the first two books anyway. I did start getting really bored of the Bands of Morning half way through.

[Souj]

Rebought The Blade Itself because it was cheaper to buy the trilogy than the last two books separately.

[shukudai]

I'm going to be in the minority here, and while the original Mistborn trilogy was definitely of higher quality, I absolutely adore the Wax & Wayne books.

[Buffy]

Do I want to go down the Shannara rabbit hole? It's 30 books deep.

[Coren]

I'm going to be in the minority here, and while the original Mistborn trilogy was definitely of higher quality, I absolutely adore the Wax & Wayne books.

I actually liked them a lot as well. They aren't quite up to par with the stormlight books, but not bad imo.

[Zetanio]

Fam,

I've been reading a ton of scifi but I've kinda run dry a bit.

I reread Altered Carbon, read The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch (A little meh), and the third Themis Files book (Great)

I'm looking to pivot into something else, maybe some military fiction, maybe some grimdark 40k shit.

IDK. I need some new ideas.

[BaneTheBrawler]

Richard Fox's Ember War is a pretty fun military sci fi series.



David Weber's Honor Harrington universe is huge to digest, but generally really good, and would definitely fit the military sci-fi bill. He suffers from a lot of the detail-overdose GRRM does, and I've heard Honor called a Mary Sue, but if you can get past those foibles, it's really, really good.



For a bit more political/cerebral experience (but still with enough action to keep things interesting) you could try the Foreigner series by C.J. Cherryh. It's my absolute favorite. I haven't read much of her other works, but I've heard nothing but good things. Her Chanur books were my introduction to her work.

It's not sci fi, but Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe novels are fucking stellar military fiction. Set in the Napoleonic wars (and the wars in India leading up to them), following a Redcoat. There's even a TV show starring Sean Bean, which I have yet to get around to finishing.

If you want a mix of sci-fi and age-of-sail, the Safehold Series by David Weber is pretty good. Haven't read the latest book, and I've heard it's a bit disappointing, but thus far they've all been pretty fun.




There's also the Vorkosigan novels by Lois McMaster Bujold. Fantastic books, would highly recommend.

[gaira]

Do I want to go down the Shannara rabbit hole? It's 30 books deep.

there's maybe 6 books worth of material before everything just repeats over and over, was obvioius brooks was out of ideas or just encouraged to milk the series dry. enjoyable as a young adult i guess, but wouldn't recommend them today.