judging by reading through various threads ive come to the conclusion there is a fair few bookworms out there in metal land. So how about it?, discuss what your reading, and give your verdict, give some reccomendations and whatnot??
Just started the Redemption of Althalus by david eddings, so ill give my verdict whn im done. anyone else??
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lars_ulrichs_blister wrote:Just started the Redemption of Althalus
Not a bad book, but a bit predictable, like much of Eddings' work.
I'm currently reading "Assassin's quest", the last part of Robin Hobbs' "Farseer triliogy". So far, it's OK, but not quite as good as the first two. I'll wait and see how it ends, though.
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It's been a while since I read any fantasy stuff. I'm presuming you've read all the Feist books .... Magician et al lub? I like them best of any I've read tbh. Rather partial to Tad Willaims too. Ive read most of the Eddings ones but I agree with Tet they are a mite predictable. Have a pile of stuff to read at the mo but it's more girlie stuff so I doubt would be of much interest to people here.
Finished yesterday: David Eddings - The Diamond Throne (Entertaining, but he does tend to write to a formula. He also like a big cast, many of whom are interchangeable from series to series)
Also, last night : David Fiddimore - Tuesday's War (Lancaster crew "adopt" a female ATA pilot.) This one came as a bit of a surprise. Lots of eccentric characters (A psychotic Pole, a bomb-aimer who's way too fond of his bombs, a Lanc pilot who flies it like a Spitfire) and equal parts amusing and grim. Catch22 would be the closest parallel I can think of.
I read a lot. I tend to have two books on the go at a time. Mostly fantasy. From where I'm sitting I can see a shelf full of the usual suspects - Feist, Gemmell, Pratchett. Also Tad Williams, Terry Goodkind and Simon Green.
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Also, last night : David Fiddimore - Tuesday's War (Lancaster crew "adopt" a female ATA pilot.) This one came as a bit of a surprise. Lots of eccentric characters (A psychotic Pole, a bomb-aimer who's way too fond of his bombs, a Lanc pilot who flies it like a Spitfire) and equal parts amusing and grim. Catch22 would be the closest parallel I can think of.
I read a lot. I tend to have two books on the go at a time. Mostly fantasy. From where I'm sitting I can see a shelf full of the usual suspects - Feist, Gemmell, Pratchett. Also Tad Williams, Terry Goodkind and Simon Green.
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Pratchett to me will never grow old. However the manic chortling to myself is often a side effect of his books...
R Feist is a great writer, however I'd only read 2 of his books. King of Foxes and Talon Of The Silver Hawk.
Another couple more in the fantasy writers would be Gemmell, David Farland and Ian Irvine.
Although I've become more inclined to read horror/thriller/drama books lately. Ian Rankin is one of my favorite authors in those there parts!
Plus P.J Tracy and PD James.
R Feist is a great writer, however I'd only read 2 of his books. King of Foxes and Talon Of The Silver Hawk.
Another couple more in the fantasy writers would be Gemmell, David Farland and Ian Irvine.
Although I've become more inclined to read horror/thriller/drama books lately. Ian Rankin is one of my favorite authors in those there parts!
Plus P.J Tracy and PD James.
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