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re: List your favorite genre/selections
Posted on 5/3/17 at 5:02 pm to LoveThatMoney
Posted on 5/3/17 at 5:02 pm to LoveThatMoney
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meandering into Fairy frick Land for 100 pages.
You didnt like reading about a nerds sexual fantasies with an elf god? I thought that was hysterical.
I also love Gaiman (AG onTV!) but rothfuss writes beautifully. Gaiman weaves a way better story together, without a doubt, but his writing is plain.
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Posted on 5/3/17 at 5:08 pm to DestrehanTiger
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I was trying to figure out why I couldn't find that book on Kindle. I guess I know now.
Damnit. I love my kindle after actively hating on e-books until I bought one about 6 months ago.
Posted on 5/3/17 at 5:14 pm to Kvothe
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Gaiman weaves a way better story together, without a doubt, but his writing is plain.
Utter fricking nonsense.
When his prose is plain, it is meant to be. And even in its plainness, it is thoughtful and beautifully written.
Don't get me wrong, I think Rothfuss is a good writer, but the love affair people have with him is hilarious and confusing to me. He's just a guy who can turn a few phrases. And Kvothe is a lying sack of shite character, which is amusing at first, but ultimately just annoying. Particularly in Fairy frick Land.
Posted on 5/3/17 at 5:45 pm to LoveThatMoney
I respect your opinions, but that's how I feel. I'll never hate on Gaiman either. I loved American Gods and Anansi Boys were great.
Posted on 5/3/17 at 6:23 pm to Kvothe
But to answer your question:
Probably Fantasy
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
American Gods
The Night Angel Trilogy
The Gentleman Bastards Sequence
The Chronicles of the Black Company
Raven's Shadow
The classics like Narnia and LotR and the Dark is Rising
In sci Fi, the Red Rising series, Slab City Blues, the Ender books, the Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Starship Troopers
Probably Fantasy
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
American Gods
The Night Angel Trilogy
The Gentleman Bastards Sequence
The Chronicles of the Black Company
Raven's Shadow
The classics like Narnia and LotR and the Dark is Rising
In sci Fi, the Red Rising series, Slab City Blues, the Ender books, the Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Starship Troopers
Posted on 5/3/17 at 6:43 pm to Kvothe
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Kvothe
Aren't you the guy who was going around claiming he fricked Felurian?
Posted on 5/3/17 at 6:52 pm to shinerfan
You don't have to believe the stories, although they are well documented in over 100 pages of text. Scribe may have been drunk though. Take it as you will.
May have the trophy to prove it as well. Stay tuned.
May have the trophy to prove it as well. Stay tuned.
This post was edited on 5/3/17 at 6:59 pm
Posted on 5/3/17 at 6:57 pm to Kvothe
Bernard Cornwell is my favorite author. Saxon series and his King Arthur series are wonderful
Posted on 5/3/17 at 7:35 pm to FalseProphet
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I really want to get into a sci-fi/fantasy series (read all of ASOIAF), but I just don't know where to start.
I really can't suggest the stormlight and king killer books enough. There are currently 2/3 planned done in kingkiller and 2/10(maybe?) for stormlight. Sanderson, who wrote stormlight, has around 5 different fantasy series that all have small tie ins to each other that are supposed to be a big pay off down the road. It's an awful lot of reading for a small amount of tie ins but it'll be crazy when/if he pulls it off. I've enjoyed everything he's written, but stormlight is a several steps above his other series.
The Ender series is mentioned several times here. I can only speak for the first one, but it's a fantastic sci-fi book. I even enjoyed the movie. Don't cheat yourself there though. Absolutely read the book first.
Posted on 5/3/17 at 7:37 pm to Kvothe
The Dresden Files are pretty damn good
Posted on 5/3/17 at 7:42 pm to Byron Bojangles III
I tried and tried after reading how much people love Butcher and those books. Similar to the dark tower, I couldn't get through book 2.
Posted on 5/3/17 at 8:14 pm to LoveThatMoney
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That's just complete horseshite. I wish people would stop sucking Rothfuss' dick as if he's fricking Tolkien. The man is a good writer. There are plenty of other good writers out there who can tell complex stories while not meandering into Fairy frick Land for 100 pages.
Thanks for giving me a good laugh. Count me in as another who doesn't get the Rothfuss love affair. His first book was entertaining but a pretty generic story, but the second was straight up author wank on the page, it was pretty much a big pile of meh even when he wasn't writing massive amounts of author sex wish fulfillment. Add in the fact he writes even slower than GRRM and he's pretty far down the list. I'd agree with the folks recommending Malazan, but I'd be careful with the first book. Many folks recommend starting with the second book of the series because the first can be hard for people to get into. I loved the first book, but Erikson doesn't do infodumps and just throws you into the world with no spoon feeding, so some folks can get pretty lost and annoyed. It's probably my favorite finished recent fantasy series though.
I also highly recommend Joe Abercrombie and Mark Lawrence.
Posted on 5/3/17 at 8:17 pm to Kvothe
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I tried and tried after reading how much people love Butcher and those books. Similar to the dark tower, I couldn't get through book 2.
The first Dresden book is a big pile of meh, the second Dresden book is pretty average at best, but the third book picks up quite a bit and the books 4 and on are fantastic. He really improves by leaps and bounds as an author as he goes along.
Now not liking the Dark Tower I can't help you on, books 2-4 of the Dark Tower are fantastic.
Posted on 5/3/17 at 8:28 pm to sportsaddit68
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Dan Brown's Robert Langdon books. (Movies did them no justice)
People always say this but I thought the movies tracked the books pretty faithfully. What exactly did the movies get wrong? Movies are almost never as good as books.
Posted on 5/3/17 at 8:39 pm to biglego
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People always say this but I thought the movies tracked the books pretty faithfully. What exactly did the movies get wrong? Movies are almost never as good as books.
They did a good bit of damage to the ending Act of Angels and Demons, and COMPLETELY changed the ending to Inferno. It's been a very long time since I saw Da Vinci code. Now, I did enjoy the movies for entertainment purposes, just as them being their own stand alone thing. Tom Hanks was the perfect cast for Robert Langdon.
Posted on 5/3/17 at 8:43 pm to Kvothe
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May have the trophy to prove it as well. Stay tuned.
Are you saying Bast could be short for Bastard?
Posted on 5/3/17 at 8:58 pm to sportsaddit68
That's true Inferno ending was changed.
Davinci Code movie was widely hated and I don't know why. I thought it was fairly true to the book.
Davinci Code movie was widely hated and I don't know why. I thought it was fairly true to the book.
Posted on 5/3/17 at 9:10 pm to auyushu
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I loved the first book, but Erikson doesn't do infodumps and just throws you into the world with no spoon feeding, so some folks can get pretty lost and annoyed
My major problem. I had no basis for anything that was going on. So I didn't give a crap about anything that happened even if it was told in a cool way.
Posted on 5/3/17 at 9:14 pm to biglego
Have any sci-fi fans read Peter Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy?
Posted on 5/3/17 at 9:21 pm to auyushu
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I'd agree with the folks recommending Malazan, but I'd be careful with the first book.
This is a solid point. Be prepared to not know what the hell is going on for a while. You'll piece it together over time and the payoff is totally worth it. Deadhouse Gates is one of my favorites of the series.
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