@Nonnahswriter Thanks for that link, interesting, I've bookmarked it for further reading.
And talking of non sequiters, Ben Aaronovitch's 'Peter Grant' series continues to be immensely entertaining, drily humorous and occasionally insightful - very good, lightweight easy reading.
@Nonnahswriter Tamora Pierce is great. I especially love some of her later novels, like the Bekah Cooper series (she's George Cooper, the Thief Lord from the Alanna series ancestress). Her Wild Mage series has a bit of controversy around it, because of the ages of the two main characters who end up getting together (not having sex, but a relationship. Sex and kids (no marriage AFAIAA) come later. But the girl, Daine, is young, and the man, Numair, is in his early to middle 30's. So a ton of people got all farklempt over the age difference between them. Me, not so much. It's not like they are shagging, after all. Just in love.
Yup, I remember the Wild Magic books. Those were some of my favorites, I think I still have them in my room somewhere. Funny thing though, I guess I was so young that the romance just didn't occur to me, so when my friend told me they'd gotten married and had a child in a different series, I was like, "WAT." XD Definitely gonna reread those sometime again.
I started looking for copies of The Hunger Games because I figure if it's done this well, it's gotta be a good trilogy of books. I've heard nothing but good things about it (the books, not the movies). Divergent also had an interesting concept, and an interesting choice for style--from what I read in snippets, the author wrote the book entirely in first-person present-tense. Post-apoc is the latest trend, but that doesn't mean the books coming out of the trend are bad or just copying each other. We saw the same thing with the vampire trend thanks to Twilight. :P Many of these authors had been sitting on these manuscripts for years, just waiting for the market to sway in their favor before they finally tried getting them published; it's not like they're just cranking them out to go with the times.
I think I've been at that point since I started reading though tbh. Especially since I read slow. Never trusted those fast readers, I don't think they get the full experience.
Never trusted those fast readers, I don't think they get the full experience.
But there are too many books I yet want to read! I read fast but I tend to re-read books, but by chapters and not chronologically (I mean, I re-read one chapter and maybe I skip 3, or go back and read the first chapter… Pure chaos).
Can anyone, who has read one of the Dragon Lance books, give me an opinion about the authors tone. From a Baldur's Gate players perspective. I want to look into the book series for winter.
I recently read the first of the Conan Chronicles...they are so racist it's unbelievable!! They're also quite sexist too...a few of them involve Conan rescuing a beautiful woman with a short skirt from some black guy who tries to rape her, then basically raping her himself, except for some reason it's not rape when Conan does it.
I'm now reading another free one from Amazon called Eye of the Moonrat...or, to use its full title: Eye of the Moonrat: Every Fantasy Cliche Ever Written. XD
Interesting...I know the early Conan comics where very well illustrated, with cover art. I once met someone who helped change Arnold's tire when he was stuck on the side of a highway. I am looking for something with mindflayers or the word "drow" in it. Be careful, I have heard Conan novels can make any man more stupid.
@Squire You should check out Diana Wynne Jones' "Dark Lord of Derkholm" and "Year of the Griffin" (plus the sort-of prequel "The Tough Guide to Fantasy Land", which thoroughly deconstruct the tropes of the typical (very bad) fantasy novel.
@Squire You should check out Diana Wynne Jones' "Dark Lord of Derkholm" and "Year of the Griffin" (plus the sort-of prequel "The Tough Guide to Fantasy Land", which thoroughly deconstruct the tropes of the typical (very bad) fantasy novel.
I have the Tough Guide to Fantasy Land. It's a work of genius.
@Squire You should check out Diana Wynne Jones' "Dark Lord of Derkholm" and "Year of the Griffin" (plus the sort-of prequel "The Tough Guide to Fantasy Land", which thoroughly deconstruct the tropes of the typical (very bad) fantasy novel.
Thank you. It looks like she I might enjoy her style. I appreciate the suggestion.
'Did you know' that if you trawl Amazon for Secondhand Hardbacks you can pick up some really good quality copies of older titles for next to nothing? Because Amazon sell through a lot of third party, specialist secondhand book dealers there are a lot of hardbacks on offer for ridiculously low prices - often as low as £0.01 + £2.80 p&p (presumably due to stock and asset management requirements). They vary in quality from 'acceptable' to 'as new' and the prices reflect this but even so, and sticking to a policy of only buying 'very good' or better I've managed to get hold of the following books (to replace existing, worn paperbacks) ALL in hardback and incl. p&p:
The Fionavar Tapestry (Kay), all three books, £19.78
The Mallorean (Eddings), all five books, £26.64 (can't find the Belgariad anywhere)
The Fionavar Tapestry was wonderful. I remember reading that a long time ago. The "Memory, Sorrow and Thorn" series by Tad Williams was wonderful as well.
I've been trying to sell my family members on Glen Cook's "Black Company" series, but no one wants to put the time in. It just makes me sad.
In other news, I have SUCH a backlog of books I basically stopped reading for almost a year. >.> I'm intimidated by my own book pile. It's embarrassing, but I know I'll procrastinate on everything else I have to do if I stumble on a good book and basically hide in my room and shirk sunlight for the next several months...
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It takes a lot of time and effort to keep on track of the story.
And talking of non sequiters, Ben Aaronovitch's 'Peter Grant' series continues to be immensely entertaining, drily humorous and occasionally insightful - very good, lightweight easy reading.
I started looking for copies of The Hunger Games because I figure if it's done this well, it's gotta be a good trilogy of books. I've heard nothing but good things about it (the books, not the movies). Divergent also had an interesting concept, and an interesting choice for style--from what I read in snippets, the author wrote the book entirely in first-person present-tense. Post-apoc is the latest trend, but that doesn't mean the books coming out of the trend are bad or just copying each other. We saw the same thing with the vampire trend thanks to Twilight. :P Many of these authors had been sitting on these manuscripts for years, just waiting for the market to sway in their favor before they finally tried getting them published; it's not like they're just cranking them out to go with the times.
a = current age
b = estimated lifespan
c = average time taken in days to read one book
and
y = the number of books on your 'to read' list
When:
((b-a)x365)/c)<y
the point of despair has been reached.
I read fast but I tend to re-read books, but by chapters and not chronologically (I mean, I re-read one chapter and maybe I skip 3, or go back and read the first chapter… Pure chaos).
I want some BG addict opinion...?
-Happy Holidays
I'm now reading another free one from Amazon called Eye of the Moonrat...or, to use its full title: Eye of the Moonrat: Every Fantasy Cliche Ever Written. XD
'Did you know' that if you trawl Amazon for Secondhand Hardbacks you can pick up some really good quality copies of older titles for next to nothing?
Because Amazon sell through a lot of third party, specialist secondhand book dealers there are a lot of hardbacks on offer for ridiculously low prices - often as low as £0.01 + £2.80 p&p (presumably due to stock and asset management requirements).
They vary in quality from 'acceptable' to 'as new' and the prices reflect this but even so, and sticking to a policy of only buying 'very good' or better I've managed to get hold of the following books (to replace existing, worn paperbacks) ALL in hardback and incl. p&p:
The Fionavar Tapestry (Kay), all three books, £19.78
The Mallorean (Eddings), all five books, £26.64 (can't find the Belgariad anywhere)
Shogun (Clavell), £7.48
Noble House, £4.33
Tai-Pan, £3.74
Which bearing in mind that most new paperbacks here in the UK cost about £10+ represent a pretty good deal I think.
In other news, I have SUCH a backlog of books I basically stopped reading for almost a year. >.> I'm intimidated by my own book pile. It's embarrassing, but I know I'll procrastinate on everything else I have to do if I stumble on a good book and basically hide in my room and shirk sunlight for the next several months...
#ReaderProblems?