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

[WahiGuard]

I just started Dune for the first time, holy shit am I entertained by this book. The scene with the Reverend Mother in the beginning was soo intense. Love it.

[Souj]

reading Malazan, can't seem to make it into a pageturner for me

Took me a better portion of two books to actually feel invested in them.

[Zetanio]

I'm proofreading and editing something at the moment but I'm also reading the Forerunner Saga from the Halo series. It's kinda cheese but I'm enjoying it.

Malazan got boring as fuck for me after a bit.

I also started reading the wrong shit first.

[Eticket]

Once upon a time, I would have loved to see a sequel to The Shining. But after reading the sequel to the Talisman and the way he tries to tie everything into his Dark Tower mythos, I don't have much faith in King anymore. I think the last book I read by him Cell, which started out good but my interest petered out before I was done and had to force myself to finish it.

I wasn't thrilled with Cell either. However, this means you missed out on Under the Dome and 11/22/63, easily 2 of his best books and not tied to the DT mythos in any way that I can recall.

[Zeb]

People liked Under the Dome? Ugh. I''ll admit the way King writes about a town or country going to hell makes for an enjoyable read. He's had enough practice at it. I felt the resolution was fucking retarded for this book and ruined the whole experience.

[Rhinox]

So just finished IT


Holy fuck at that teenage gangbang scene. That was out of left field lmao

[Qalbert]

yeah... I remember reading it and being like wtf seriously?

[gaira]

No interest in King books anymore. I had read pretty much all of his works except Gunslinger over the years, and read those a few months ago. Last few books in that series where he makes himself a character was just terrible.

I remember that scene from IT though, I think he got quite a bit of criticism for it.

[Eticket]

Yeah I completely lost momentum on the DT series once he got to that point. It's funny how his accident both saved and killed that series at the same time.

[Sepukku]

The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien. Vietnam war book, but straddles the line between fiction and non-fiction. Not long, and should be fairly common.

read this tonight, not too bad, would recommend this to any lurkers as someone who took Jakson's advice

[Rhinox]

Finished. Elantris

Loved it. Becoming a real fan of Sanderson.

Mistborn any good?

[Tahona]

Mistborn is GREAT! Read them and you won't be disappointed. I like pretty much everything that Brandon Sanderson has written.

What I've read since last checking this thread and would recommend,

The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson
Elantris - Brandon Sanderson
Ender's Game - Orson scott card
Ender's Shadow -Orson scott card

[Wulfgang]

Finished the first three books of the Demon Cycle series. Not reading anymore series that aren't finished. Book #3 ended up a huge cliffhanger and it's killing me. Really loving it thus far though.

Mistborn is pretty good; would recommend.

[Zetanio]

I've begun my summer beach reading cycle. All mass-produced spy novels and intrigue stuff.

The English Girl - Daniel Silva
The Hit - David Baldacci
Various older books from both dudes.

[Eticket]

Just finished Escape From Camp 14. Wow. Heavy but an amazing read.

[Jaybar]

It's funny someone brought up Sanderson again - I just finished "Warbreaker" and it's very typical Sanderson-style writing. Lots of great narrative and perspective with a very unique magic universe. I will admit that a lot of the plot seemed predictable -but at the time I did not and would not believe my thoughts would come to fruition. I will not speak any more about this subject but he really knows how to attach you to characters.

[Doombear]

Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. So far I quite like it. Doing it audiobook style and as it is narrated by Gaiman himself, I think it is that much better because of it.

[Rhinox]

It's funny someone brought up Sanderson again - I just finished "Warbreaker" and it's very typical Sanderson-style writing. Lots of great narrative and perspective with a very unique magic universe. I will admit that a lot of the plot seemed predictable -but at the time I did not and would not believe my thoughts would come to fruition. I will not speak any more about this subject but he really knows how to attach you to characters.

definitely one of my favorite styles of magic in any fantasy universe.


Very original

[Evane]

Deadline has just announced that 20th Century Fox has optioned the television rights to Patrick Rothfuss’ epic fantasy trilogy The Kingkiller Chronicles to develop into an ongoing series. Eric Heisserer (Hours, The Thing) is attached to adapt the series as its executive producer.

The show will begin with the events of The Name of the Wind and follow through the other two books in the trilogy. No word yet on how the show will otherwise be structured, or if they will incorporate aspects of Rothfuss’ planned works after the Kingkiller trilogy.

Source.

[Qalbert]

http://io9.com/patrick-rothfuss-king...etti-830961576
not gonna make a thread for it just yet since there's no real info, but:

New Regency Productions and 20th Century Fox Television have optioned Patrick Rothfuss’ fantasy trilogy The Kingkiller Chronicle to develop into a drama series. Eric Heisserer (Hours, The Thing) is attached to adapt the series and will exec produce. Arnon Milchan, Andrew Plotkin, Brad Weston and Robert Lawrence (Die Hard With A Vengeance) also serve as exec producers.