General / Off-Topic What are you reading currently?
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Today I finished The Elderling Series, a 16 book Epic saga, by Robin Hobb.
Extraordinary.
The best fantasy fiction that I've had the pleasure to experience, topping my previous favourites of Stephen Donaldson's Thomas Covenant books and Tolkien's Middle Earth. Not just by a little bit, but head and shoulders above that elevated echelon of writing.
Exceptionally highly recommended.
Beware, however, it took me 20 months, or so to complete ... so not to be entered into lightly. But what fantastic rewards, engaging characterisation and twists and turns of narrative. The emotion that it illicits is simply astonishing.
There were several points throughout the Epic that had me in tears. And the ending? Yep, moved me to tears through several chapters.
The down side? Whatever I read next will likely be shallow and hollow by comparison.
Extraordinary.
The best fantasy fiction that I've had the pleasure to experience, topping my previous favourites of Stephen Donaldson's Thomas Covenant books and Tolkien's Middle Earth. Not just by a little bit, but head and shoulders above that elevated echelon of writing.
Exceptionally highly recommended.
Beware, however, it took me 20 months, or so to complete ... so not to be entered into lightly. But what fantastic rewards, engaging characterisation and twists and turns of narrative. The emotion that it illicits is simply astonishing.
There were several points throughout the Epic that had me in tears. And the ending? Yep, moved me to tears through several chapters.
The down side? Whatever I read next will likely be shallow and hollow by comparison.
Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
Michael Moorcock's fantasy might do the trick. Roger Zelazny's Amber books I recommend too.
Anyone else struggling to read/get through 'The Three Body Problem' by Cixin Liu ? I am finding it hard to care and get bored when it starts describing ( to me ) meaningless stuff like what is happening in the 'game', to me its like when people tell me about their dreams.
Gotta love the Fool.
Sword and Scimitar by Simon Scarrow, not too bad so far.
Finished this. I'd already seen the film so I knew the story but it was still a compelling read. Highly inventive.
Now reading:
Just finishing the Gap Cycle by Stephen Donaldson.
Although its one of those series where you kind of get tired of seeing how much hell the protagonists go through. Its like the Dresden Files where every single book Harry Dresden ends up getting the poo poo beat out of him.
Although its one of those series where you kind of get tired of seeing how much hell the protagonists go through. Its like the Dresden Files where every single book Harry Dresden ends up getting the poo poo beat out of him.
Brilliant. I must have read that series three times now.
I loved the first book how it basically retold the same story 3 times in increasing detail and accuracy.
Also came across an NPC in Elite just the other day called Succurso, and yes, he was a pirate
Great characters. All hail the Amnion.I loved the first book how it basically retold the same story 3 times in increasing detail and accuracy.
Also came across an NPC in Elite just the other day called Succurso, and yes, he was a pirate
I am now reading a book, sharp objects and I recommend it to everyone, as for me this is a very interesting detective story, I know that the series was released and I even started watching, but everything is somehow not right there (
Just finished the 3 Body Problem trilogy to mild disappointment and am reading some total fluff sci-if/cold-war spy series that isn’t good enough to recall the name of (the plague of Ebook readers is the same as its boon; you can buy a book without thinking about it when you can’t sleep at 3 am, but it’s a book you bought without thinking). I have Children of Time on the shelf and I’ve enjoyed the first 1/3 but haven’t returned to it for reasons I no longer remember, possibly I didn’t bring it on vacation and it lost its’ place in line.