I seem to do this on every site I go to, but I'm a reader. Need a new series to start on, so I gather ideas from threads like these!
I'm just finishing off The Night Angel trilogy. Very good and recommended, about assassins if that's your thing. Fantasy book by Brent Weeks.
Books I recommend you pick up TODAY and read:
Brandon Sanderson. Anything by this author. He's finishing up Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series but his Mistborn trilogy is hands down the best series of novels I have ever read. His stand alone book Elantris is excellent too. He's known for his creation of magic systems and the man is just creatively brilliant.
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The Curse of Chalion, by Lois McMaster Bujold. I am a sucker for fantasy books that deal with religion and politics, making it both accessible and understood, while still following rules that are a delight to discover. Fate vs free will is powerful stuff.
Also the first three books of the Foreigner series (Foreigner, Invader, Inheritor) by CJ Cherryh are also amazingly good, if you haven't stumbled across them yet. Lots of aliens, doing actual alien things for actual alien motivations - no humans in costumes, here :)
Also the first three books of the Foreigner series (Foreigner, Invader, Inheritor) by CJ Cherryh are also amazingly good, if you haven't stumbled across them yet. Lots of aliens, doing actual alien things for actual alien motivations - no humans in costumes, here :)
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The Otherland tetralogy by Tad Williams.
Crazy sci-fi/cyberpunk dystopian future. All our dreams and nightmares about how the internet will evolve come true. Well worth reading.
Crazy sci-fi/cyberpunk dystopian future. All our dreams and nightmares about how the internet will evolve come true. Well worth reading.
Tokoro, while I like Tad Williams, The Otherland series made me so mad. It was 3 books to even get to the major plot point of the story I felt. It could have easily been put into one book but it felt like he was obligated to stretch it out.
I have to agree on the way he painted the world though, there were many time throughout the book that I was nodding my head thinking "that is completely where we are headed".
I have to agree on the way he painted the world though, there were many time throughout the book that I was nodding my head thinking "that is completely where we are headed".
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+1 on the Sanderson recommendation. I finished The Way of Kings not long ago, and that series is going to be mindbogglingly good. Both Elantris and the Mistborn trilogy are amazing, too. I actually haven't read his Wheel of Time books yet. Waiting for the whole series to be completed first. Then I'm going to listen to all of the (masterfully read) audio books in one fell swoop.
Most recently I read Dan Simmons' Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion. Both are really good and are especially recommended to those of you who like both science fiction and classic literature.
Most recently I read Dan Simmons' Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion. Both are really good and are especially recommended to those of you who like both science fiction and classic literature.
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I'll have to look into the Sanderson books. I've loved and hated many aspects of his finishing Robert Jordon's long winded saga, but I suppose taking over such a large story should have such difficulties.
I'll always be a big fan Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea books, particularly The Tombs of Atuan (second book in the series).
Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones was quite enjoyable if you're into something a bit more lighthearted.
Ahem...there is also that new guild wars novel that came out. I've been meaning to get it, but it has yet to appear at the bookstore that I have a gift card. Also I have a shoebox full of books I'm working on.
My current read is American Gods, by Neil Gaimon.
I'll always be a big fan Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea books, particularly The Tombs of Atuan (second book in the series).
Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones was quite enjoyable if you're into something a bit more lighthearted.
Ahem...there is also that new guild wars novel that came out. I've been meaning to get it, but it has yet to appear at the bookstore that I have a gift card. Also I have a shoebox full of books I'm working on.
My current read is American Gods, by Neil Gaimon.
Right now I'm reading Broke by Glenn Beck. I'm sure not all of you would like him, but he does go into how we came to have 1.5 trillion dollar deficit. The first part of the book is mostly the history of our debt and I just finished that part. Spoiler: the problems started with the democrats and then the republicans had no problem making things worse.
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With the release of the Engineer, I would like to recommend Boneshaker by Cherie priest and Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld. They really invoke the steampunk spirit.
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