What book are you reading at the moment ?

[K3NS31]

Indeed.

*edit*

Wheel of Time is very good, although full disclosure: I've read up to book 9 twice now, and haven't yet had the wherewithal to get through to the end.

But you're at the point where it starts getting better again cos Brandon Sanderson took over soon after that. (or so I'm told by a friend who finished the series. Book 4 or 5 myself only. Stopped years ago to wait and see if it would ever end). Same reason I haven't read Song of Ice and Fire. I'm sure he'll die before he finishes it, not that it matters now I guess. He's just writing the book adaptations of the TV series from this point on.

 

[faniebraai]

So I've decided on Wheel of Time. Let's see how it goes.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Anyone read Wheel of Time? Or should I just do LOTR.

Just do LOTR. It's essential reading.

Or if you're feeling brave... Malazan Book of the Fallen.

Or sword of truth

 

[herbertk]

https://www.amazon.com/New-Kingmake...id=1468236387&sr=1-1&keywords=the+king+makers

Interesting read.... about how developers supposedly run the show and why it has shifter.

 

[karnuffel]

Just finished Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings. I battled for the first couple of pages but then once I got stuck in I couldn't put it down.

 

[R13...]

So I've decided on Wheel of Time. Let's see how it goes.

As advised I'd go with LOTR before WoT it's an epic series that unfortunately loses the plot halfway through and over that many books it can be a bit of a slog

 

[faniebraai]

As advised I'd go with LOTR before WoT it's an epic series that unfortunately loses the plot halfway through and over that many books it can be a bit of a slog

damn

everything i think of reading just feels like crap at the moment... it might be because of the epicness of Hyperion Cantos I just finished.... I should stop comparing

 

[K3NS31]

Just finished Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings. I battled for the first couple of pages but then once I got stuck in I couldn't put it down.

Nice read, but those are more for the YA audience. Fun, but not as much now that I'm older. Still required reading if you haven't though.
Just stop after the second series (The Mallorean, which is basically the second half of the story anyway) - the quality drops dramatically after that.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

damn

everything i think of reading just feels like crap at the moment... it might be because of the epicness of Hyperion Cantos I just finished.... I should stop comparing

Haha, that happens... That subconscious comparison... It'll stop at some point.

 

[Cius]

Just finished the Belgariad by David Eddings and have started the Mallorian. Read them when I was 14 last so a great trip down memory lane.

On wheel of time, The first 4-5 books are amazing. It then bogs down a bit and gets very tedious up until near the end. Picks up a lot after Brandon Sanderson took over after RJ died. If you get stuck in the middle books instead of giving up just read one of the many online summaries and try pick up again at the next book. Its worth finishing.

 

[Cius]

Random point I just realised, David Eddings and Robert Jordan suffer from one common writers failing...

They both write a toxic kind of female character a lot and tend to cast a lot of their female's in a petty kind of bickering way. Kind of makes the characters a lot more shallow than the great series like Sanderson's Mistborn or the early Feist series.

Jordon still is a great writer but he would have done a lot better had he kept Wheel of time to about 8-9 books and dispensed with all the tangential side plots and characters. Most of that did not add to the story really and he could have kept to the core tale and finished it a lot stronger without adding another 100 names of characters you will never remember and more random events that don't really carry the main story forward in any way.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Random point I just realised, David Eddings and Robert Jordan suffer from one common writers failing...

They both write a toxic kind of female character a lot and tend to cast a lot of their female's in a petty kind of bickering way. Kind of makes the characters a lot more shallow than the great series like Sanderson's Mistborn or the early Feist series.

An unfortunate fantasy trope present in many writers' books. George R.R. Martin had a sharp take on it:

 

[themba990]

Currently reading 'A delicate truth' - John le Carre

Recently finished:
The name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
Dune - Frank Herbet
The Fold - Peter Clines

 

[K3NS31]

Currently reading 'A delicate truth' - John le Carre

Recently finished:
The name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
Dune - Frank Herbet
The Fold - Peter Clines

Keen to try some John le Carre - haven't read him yet but just finished watching The Night Manager, based on his book, which was absolutely brilliant.

 

[Cius]

@OrbitalDawn: So true, Martin actually writes some great female characters and an incredibly wide range of them. Comparing characters like Cersie, Brien, Catlyn, Catlyn's sister, Osha, Arya, Sansa, Scarlet woman, etc each one is so unique and incredibly believable with vastly different views of the world and behaviour towards others. I can picture women of each type in real life where with Jordan and Eddings I found the characters irritating in how one dimensional or stereotyped they can be. Not always the case but often felt that way.

 

[MjK]

I liked malazan book of the fallen and the sword of truth.
Although the sword of truth went off on a few tangents.

Will probably continue with the Kharkanas trilogy now.

 

[Nerfherder]

Just finished 2001 :A space odyssey. Such a great listen.

Busy with a collection of H.P Lovecrafts horror stories. Finnished the Dunwich horror and have started Call of Cuthulu.
Just feel like this needs to be part of my education. There are references to his work in a lot of popular culture even now, I just need to fill in the gaps.

Really interesting writing style, hard to follow at times but quite different.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Just finished 2001 :A space odyssey. Such a great listen.

Busy with a collection of H.P Lovecrafts horror stories. Finnished the Dunwich horror and have started Call of Cuthulu.
Just feel like this needs to be part of my education. There are references to his work in a lot of popular culture even now, I just need to fill in the gaps.

Really interesting writing style, hard to follow at times but quite different.

Are you reading it or listening on audiobook? Lovecraft's stuff will be a tall order to get right on audiobook...

 

[mattrudlles]

I'm braving the Harvard classics http://www.openculture.com/2014/03/the-harvard-classics-download-all-51-volumes-as-free-ebooks.html

Really good. My advice is to get newer versions of the contained books.

 

[Binary_Bark]

Re-Reading my Terry Pratchett collection.
Any other STP fans here on MyBB?