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Posted on 5/3/17 at 9:25 pm to auyushu
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Many folks recommend starting with the second book of the series because the first can be hard for people to get into.
Is this acceptable? Wouldnt ruin the first?
Posted on 5/3/17 at 9:30 pm to Kvothe
Ruin? Nah. I don't think I'd do it, though. You'll still have to dive in and learn a ton at some point. It just takes time.
Posted on 5/3/17 at 9:34 pm to Decisions
Cool. A good friend of mine has been trying to convince me to pick them up. I'll probably get the first one on my kindle tonight after this thread
Posted on 5/3/17 at 10:38 pm to Kvothe
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Is this acceptable? Wouldnt ruin the first?
The series has a crapton of characters, and not all of the books feature the same ones. The storylines all come together by the end though.
The only thing you would really spoil is that three characters from the first book show up in the second, so you would know they lived. You would definitely need to read the first book before the third one though.
Like I said though, the first is a really good book, it just can be confusing for folks because the magic system and history of the world can take a while to figure out without infodump style backstory.
Posted on 5/3/17 at 10:45 pm to LoveThatMoney
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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.
Did you read he second and third books LTM? They clear up most of the major confusion angles I think, particularly book 3.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 8:33 am to auyushu
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Did you read he second and third books LTM
I did not. I had no idea they got more coherent. The first one soured my appetite for them. Made me wonder what people were smoking when they said those books are great. I'll have to give the others a shot.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 10:04 am to Kvothe
My favorite books are the action type with characters like Reacher, Rapp, Harvath, ect. This is probably 75% of what I read now.
I also love books that deal with historical fiction and conspiracies. The first book to introduce this to me was The Da Vinci code. I'll read anything similar to that especially if it has do with religion. A second props to Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff.
I've been going through the Haller/Bosch books on audiobooks for the lat year. Down to just a few left. Absolutely love that series and makes me want to read more good detective and whodunit stories.
Another type of story I like is when someone has some kind of special power in a normal world. One series I read had a guy who had learned how to stop time and could leave his frozen body. It expanded into a whole series with a small race of people who had that ability and others. The biggest problem I have is almost all of the books that follow this formula are some kind of teen romance series which bores me. A similar vein is a character who has lived a very long time and experienced different eras like vampires.
I also love books that deal with historical fiction and conspiracies. The first book to introduce this to me was The Da Vinci code. I'll read anything similar to that especially if it has do with religion. A second props to Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff.
I've been going through the Haller/Bosch books on audiobooks for the lat year. Down to just a few left. Absolutely love that series and makes me want to read more good detective and whodunit stories.
Another type of story I like is when someone has some kind of special power in a normal world. One series I read had a guy who had learned how to stop time and could leave his frozen body. It expanded into a whole series with a small race of people who had that ability and others. The biggest problem I have is almost all of the books that follow this formula are some kind of teen romance series which bores me. A similar vein is a character who has lived a very long time and experienced different eras like vampires.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 10:11 am to Dave Worth
My Kindle reading tends to be, honestly, trash. Just whatever catches my eye and seems like a light read. I still buy books to read "literature" and histories. I used to try and keep up with the National Book Award winners each year, but life gets in the way. I'll still pick up a book if it is by Junot Diaz, Michael Chabon, Mark Danielewski, or Marilynne Robinson pretty much sight unseen.
The Earth is Weeping, a book about the Indian wars, is fantastic and very even-handed. If you're interested in what is likely a gaping hole in your historical knowledge (I know it was for me), give it a shot. Good read.
The Earth is Weeping, a book about the Indian wars, is fantastic and very even-handed. If you're interested in what is likely a gaping hole in your historical knowledge (I know it was for me), give it a shot. Good read.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 3:10 pm to Kvothe
Spy Fiction
* Red Storm Rising
Horror
* The Stand
Fantasy
* The Dragonlance trilogies
Crime Fiction
* The Firm
Science Fiction
* Jurassic Park
* Red Storm Rising
Horror
* The Stand
Fantasy
* The Dragonlance trilogies
Crime Fiction
* The Firm
Science Fiction
* Jurassic Park
Posted on 5/4/17 at 3:29 pm to Kvothe
In no particular order
Mistborn
Lord of the Rings
The Kingkiller Chronicles
Malazan Book of the Fallen
The Dark Tower series
Wheel of Time
The Dresden Files
The Iron Druid series
The Farseer Trilogy
ETA: ASOIAF. Forgot it. And I'm sure that I've forgotten others. Many others ( the Foundation and Dune series to name two). My bad.
Codex Alera. Can't believe that I forgot that one. My wife read these after I did and named our puppy Tavi.
All of these are pretty memorable. Well worth the time. For me anyway.
Mistborn
Lord of the Rings
The Kingkiller Chronicles
Malazan Book of the Fallen
The Dark Tower series
Wheel of Time
The Dresden Files
The Iron Druid series
The Farseer Trilogy
ETA: ASOIAF. Forgot it. And I'm sure that I've forgotten others. Many others ( the Foundation and Dune series to name two). My bad.
Codex Alera. Can't believe that I forgot that one. My wife read these after I did and named our puppy Tavi.
All of these are pretty memorable. Well worth the time. For me anyway.
This post was edited on 5/29/17 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 5/4/17 at 7:33 pm to LoveThatMoney
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I did not. I had no idea they got more coherent. The first one soured my appetite for them. Made me wonder what people were smoking when they said those books are great. I'll have to give the others a shot.
Yeah, given what I've seen of your reading interests I'd be surprised if you totally hated the second and third books (the 3rd, 2nd, and 5th books are generally considered among the best of the series by most people).
Erikson was heavily influenced by The Black Company and the books share many of the same themes, so I would think liking Cook like you do you'd like Malazan.
But Erikson tends to be a very love/hate type of author, so if you wind up not liking the second book you might not want to bother further. But I think Erikson's best books match up with anyones.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 7:36 pm to MississippiLSUfan
How could you not list ASOIAF?
Posted on 5/4/17 at 8:14 pm to Byron Bojangles III
Just forgot. I really liked those books.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 11:03 pm to Kvothe
Is the Mistborn series good?
What about First Law trilogy?
What about First Law trilogy?
Posted on 5/4/17 at 11:20 pm to CBandits82
I really enjoyed the mistborn books even though one could argue they toe the line of straight young adult lit. Worth the read though. I loved the conclusion to the series.
I haven't read The First Law
I haven't read The First Law
Posted on 5/5/17 at 8:16 am to Kvothe
I always assumed Bast meant cat, like the Egyptian goddess of warfare (Bastet).
Posted on 5/5/17 at 8:41 am to Kvothe
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I haven't read The First Law
I would read this before Hobb. Damn good trilogy!
Everyone needs some Logan Ninefingers in their life.
This post was edited on 5/5/17 at 8:48 am
Posted on 5/5/17 at 6:11 pm to MSMHater
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Everyone needs some Logan Ninefingers in their life.
Say one thing for Joe Abercrombie, say he's a hell of a writer.
First Law is an excellent series, and I like Abercrombie's stand alone books set in the same world even better.
Posted on 5/5/17 at 7:07 pm to Kvothe
I read a lot of different genres and tend to focus on favorite authors.
Neal Stephenson
Neil Gaiman
Cormac McCarthy
David Foster Wallace
Kurt Vonnegut
Robert Heinlein
Roger Zelazny
Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander series
Martin Cruz Smith
Mark Helprin
Tom Robbins
Michael Perry
Christopher Moore
King Killer is getting mentioned a lot and I did like it quite a bit. It has a few major warts but it's much better than most fantasy. George RR Martin started his series very well, I'm guessing Rothfuss will finish his series about as well as Martin has.
Neal Stephenson
Neil Gaiman
Cormac McCarthy
David Foster Wallace
Kurt Vonnegut
Robert Heinlein
Roger Zelazny
Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander series
Martin Cruz Smith
Mark Helprin
Tom Robbins
Michael Perry
Christopher Moore
King Killer is getting mentioned a lot and I did like it quite a bit. It has a few major warts but it's much better than most fantasy. George RR Martin started his series very well, I'm guessing Rothfuss will finish his series about as well as Martin has.
This post was edited on 5/5/17 at 7:12 pm
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