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I just finished reading American Tabloid on recommendation from a Crab and it was **** fantastic
Highly recommend it for anyone who likes that kind of thing
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You didn't like the one the lobster recommended
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Hahahahahahahhahha brilliant
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I'm going for a scuttle...
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The Nickman wrote:It also enables the Alliance of Light to develop into a full-blown cult in his absence.

Lysaer splitting from them was an interesting twist and sets up for a great finish if he can beat the curse and it ends up being both brothers versus the Alliance of Light.
Yes, agree on both. It shall be interesting to see where she goes.
Pigman wrote:I just finished reading American Tabloid on recommendation from a Crab and it was **** fantastic
Highly recommend it for anyone who likes that kind of thing
Yeah, I read it a while ago, too. It is great. I started reading the sequel, The Cold Six Thousand, but stopped about a third of the way through, as it got a bit boring / slow.
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Just found this thread. Like.
Fantasy/historical fiction reader myself so will have to give the Janny Wurts books a go after reading your discussion. Sounds good.
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They're fantastic, Archer. I'm really enjoying Game of Thrones too, but as anyone who's seen the shows will attest, nothing good EVER ****ing happens! They're simply horrible!!
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Read a book on raiders board member John Mackay recently.

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What was wrong with that post, we can't do book reviews ?
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Shadow Boxer wrote:What was wrong with that post, we can't do book reviews ?
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Haha, the ego's were similar
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Oh boy, a Twitter Q&A with EL James! Can she write enough to fill a tweet without using random unassociated adjectives as filler?


#AskELJames What's your favourite shade out of the 50? Is there a chance that more shades will be added?

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For anybody into Fantasy I strongly recommend checking out this list:

http://bestfantasybooks.com/best-fantasy-series.php

It's huge, over 80 series listed. I've been getting my next read from this guy for the past couple of years, and he's rarely steered me wrong. The big ones like A Song of Ice and Fire and The Wheel of Time (which I've never actually read) are there, Jordan's series isn't anywhere near the top though. I've also found some of my absolute favourites that I'd previously never heard of: The Long Price Quartet, Chronicles of Amber, Man of His Word.

My only regret thus far is The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant; there's enough good to have gotten me through the whole series, but its just so aggravating that if I never see that series again, it'll be too soon.
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I think I've seen a few people mention Patrick Rothfuss and the KingKiller Chronicles, must say I'd recommend them too. Great read, apparently he has signed a TV + Movie + Game deal as well, though I'm not convinced the world will translate very well in another medium. He's also a pretty funny read on twitter, had a good drunken session just the other night actually. https://twitter.com/PatrickRothfuss
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Sterlk wrote:For anybody into Fantasy I strongly recommend checking out this list:

http://bestfantasybooks.com/best-fantasy-series.php

It's huge, over 80 series listed. I've been getting my next read from this guy for the past couple of years, and he's rarely steered me wrong. The big ones like A Song of Ice and Fire and The Wheel of Time (which I've never actually read) are there, Jordan's series isn't anywhere near the top though. I've also found some of my absolute favourites that I'd previously never heard of: The Long Price Quartet, Chronicles of Amber, Man of His Word.

My only regret thus far is The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant; there's enough good to have gotten me through the whole series, but its just so aggravating that if I never see that series again, it'll be too soon.
Looks like a pretty good list, even if the Farseer trilogy is far too far down the list to have me take the rankings seriously! :D

I am completely with you on Thomas Covenant. My good friend convinced me to read the first trilogy and I couldn't get past the first book. An interesting enough idea, and I like characters with flaws, but I can only take so much of the single main character being a completely boring sooky prick with no real redeeming qualities.
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gangrenous wrote:
I am completely with you on Thomas Covenant. My good friend convinced me to read the first trilogy and I couldn't get past the first book. An interesting enough idea, and I like characters with flaws, but I can only take so much of the single main character being a completely boring sooky prick with no real redeeming qualities.
Yeah I'm halfway through the last book but after misplacing it for a few days and starting something else I haven't gone back to it.. I enjoy parts but then there are too many times I feel like its a chore to get through. Will have to bite the bullet and finish it soon as I can't stand leaving it like that.
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Into thin air, by John Krakauer. Pretty good so far.
The spiral of silence refers to the idea that when people fail to speak, the price of speaking rises. As the price to speak rises, still fewer speak out, which further causes the price to rise, so that fewer people yet will speak out, until a whole culture or nation is silenced. This is what happened in Germany.

If you do not speak, you are not being neutral, but are contributing to the success of the thing you refuse to name and condemn.
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I'm into the 9th book (Dust of Dreams) of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. The whole series is incredible. Better, I reckon, than the Wars of Light and Shadow series. I highly recommend it. Gardens of the Moon is the first book.
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I read the first book Travis as one of my mates (who is a big fantasy reader also) wouldn't stop talking about it. Not sure what to make of it though tbh, I didn't dislike it but I wasn't in love with it either. The end of the book reminded me of anime for some reason, pretty weird. I do wan't to give the second book a shot sometime however, as this mate is usually pretty spot on with his recommendations. Is it something that gets better as the series progresses?
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Archer wrote:I read the first book Travis as one of my mates (who is a big fantasy reader also) wouldn't stop talking about it. Not sure what to make of it though tbh, I didn't dislike it but I wasn't in love with it either. The end of the book reminded me of anime for some reason, pretty weird. I do wan't to give the second book a shot sometime however, as this mate is usually pretty spot on with his recommendations. Is it something that gets better as the series progresses?
Malazan book of the fallen? I think its pretty consistently good throughout, with some of my favorites being earlier on while the series is still focusing on the Bridgeburners.

You can't really judge the series on Gardens of the Moon, nothing to do with its quality, but GotM just throws you in the deep end and expects you to pick up the world and magic system without much explanation. The subsequent books are really a different sort of experience as you actually have some sort of grasp on the concepts going in.
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Sounds like the 'Books of the Cataclysm' (also on that list).

The first book is **** crazy and you're trying to work out **** is happening and what it means. The next three then become more traditional fantasy and a lot easier to get through.

I quite enjoyed that series. Ended up reading a couple of Sean Williams' other quartets as well.
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I just finished Tyson's book which was very good. Also read 'the road' which was interesting. Now I'm onto some conspiracy theory book
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Sterlk wrote:
Archer wrote:I read the first book Travis as one of my mates (who is a big fantasy reader also) wouldn't stop talking about it. Not sure what to make of it though tbh, I didn't dislike it but I wasn't in love with it either. The end of the book reminded me of anime for some reason, pretty weird. I do wan't to give the second book a shot sometime however, as this mate is usually pretty spot on with his recommendations. Is it something that gets better as the series progresses?
Malazan book of the fallen? I think its pretty consistently good throughout, with some of my favorites being earlier on while the series is still focusing on the Bridgeburners.

You can't really judge the series on Gardens of the Moon, nothing to do with its quality, but GotM just throws you in the deep end and expects you to pick up the world and magic system without much explanation. The subsequent books are really a different sort of experience as you actually have some sort of grasp on the concepts going in.
Yeah, you understand it more quickly the further you get into the series. I found them all great, though. The second and third books are crackers, so you should give them a go. New characters get introduced fairly regularly, so you might find some of their story lines more interesting.
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So I'm reading game of thrones, getting through them at a records pace... What should I move on to next then?
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GoT was, at times, a chore to read
The spiral of silence refers to the idea that when people fail to speak, the price of speaking rises. As the price to speak rises, still fewer speak out, which further causes the price to rise, so that fewer people yet will speak out, until a whole culture or nation is silenced. This is what happened in Germany.

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dubby wrote:GoT was, at times, a chore to read
I don't find that at all. Even though I've watched the entire series thus far I've found the books to be really good. I'm already up to book 5 in only 2-3 months
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That's impressive. Fourth book was just painful at times
Danyrs (sp ?) was so bloody boring
The spiral of silence refers to the idea that when people fail to speak, the price of speaking rises. As the price to speak rises, still fewer speak out, which further causes the price to rise, so that fewer people yet will speak out, until a whole culture or nation is silenced. This is what happened in Germany.

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I've been off for 5 weeks on bonding leave which has helped haha
The one I'm on now "a feast of crows" seems the most slow going but then it's also the one that the show seems to have covered least so I'm finding that fascinating
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Pigman wrote:I've been off for 5 weeks on bonding leave which has helped haha
The one I'm on now "a feast of crows" seems the most slow going but then it's also the one that the show seems to have covered least so I'm finding that fascinating
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The Nickman wrote:
Pigman wrote:I've been off for 5 weeks on bonding leave which has helped haha
The one I'm on now "a feast of crows" seems the most slow going but then it's also the one that the show seems to have covered least so I'm finding that fascinating
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Sterlk wrote:For anybody into Fantasy I strongly recommend checking out this list:

http://bestfantasybooks.com/best-fantasy-series.php

It's huge, over 80 series listed. I've been getting my next read from this guy for the past couple of years, and he's rarely steered me wrong. The big ones like A Song of Ice and Fire and The Wheel of Time (which I've never actually read) are there, Jordan's series isn't anywhere near the top though. I've also found some of my absolute favourites that I'd previously never heard of: The Long Price Quartet, Chronicles of Amber, Man of His Word.

My only regret thus far is The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant; there's enough good to have gotten me through the whole series, but its just so aggravating that if I never see that series again, it'll be too soon.
:thumbsup A Song of Ice and Fire is my favorite!
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Just finishing 'Papillon' which has been a decent adventure type book. Prior to that I read the Altered carbon trilogy which was pretty cool. Next up is the Triathletes training bible.

Anybody reading or is everyone lurking the streets looking for Pokemon?
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Noticed a lot of people in this thread enjoyed to kill a mockingbird. I highly recommend an Australian book by Craig Silvey called Jasper Jones. I loved it, couldn't put it down. I've heard it described as the Aussie version of tkam.

For a good laugh I recommend The 100yo Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared, by Jonas Jonassan. Also by the same author The Girl Who Saved The King Of Sweden

If you are interested in historical fiction i recommend the author Conn Iggulden. His 2 series of books about julius ceasar and ghengis khan are cracking reads.
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gergreg wrote:Just finishing 'Papillon' which has been a decent adventure type book. Prior to that I read the Altered carbon trilogy which was pretty cool. Next up is the Triathletes training bible.

Anybody reading or is everyone lurking the streets looking for Pokemon?
There's a sequel to Papillon called "Banco" about his life post escape. Comes across a bit fanciful at times but, it is well worth a look if you enjoyed the first one. The movie of Papillon is good too, Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman.
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Up to book 3 in Daniel Abraham's completed The Dagger and Coin series. So far I think its pretty good, a lot of the POV characters aren't very likable though.
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