Postby black_rose » Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:23 am
Littlemissmetal wrote:black_rose wrote:I think I'll always prefer Farseer and The Tawny Man to a certain degree (partly just 'cause I <3 the Fool!) but I did really enjoy The Dragon Keeper.
Incidentally (on a random note) do you ever find yourself telling the characters in books not to do something even though you know that they're going to 'cause it's how the book's written and it doesn't matter how much you tell them not to? 'cause I'm rereading A Song of Ice and Fire at the moment and I was practically yelling at Ned Stark not to go to King's Landing...
Song of Ice and Fire is about the only set of books I do that with, because they're my favourites and I get so involved!
I think its Storm of Swords thats the worst for me getting frustrated with the characters
Red Wedding, anyone?
Oh Jesus Christ, yes... I've only just started rereading A Clash of Kings so far, but oh gods I remember the frustration of that bit!! I'm getting dead impatient for the next one to come out, mind...
Calibur wrote:black_rose wrote:
Mostly on the Fantasy side of things:
Robin Hobb - literally any and all of her books. I'd recommend starting with The Farseer Trilogy, though. One of my favourite authors of all time.
George RR Martin - I'm currently re-reading the Song of Ice and Fire series, but a lot of his other stuff is really good as well. He also write Sci-Fi stuff as well as fantasy - Tuf Voyaging is good on the front, also Dream Songs (two part collection of assorted short stories) is probably a good place to start with his stuff.
Kristin Cashore - Graceling and Fire are an excellent pair of books...
Oh, and on a random extra Sci-Fi note, Blindsight by Peter Watts was a very interesting read.
Hope that helps!
Thanks for the list! I'll try and get my hands on them!
You're welcome... I hope you enjoy them
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