Hey Science Fiction/Fantasy book fans,
Sorry for no recent posts. I’ve been really busy lately, although in snatches of spare time I have managed to read 12 books in the last 2 weeks. :-o I read an interesting book on finances entitled, “The Richest Man in Babylon”, Ed Dunlop’s 7-book Christian fantasy allegory “The Terrestria Chronicles” books for young adults, and 4 fantasy books by Janny Wurts including, “The Sorcerer’s Legacy”, and her 3-book “Cycle of Fire” trilogy.
I would recommend all 12 of these books to any book reader. “The Richest Man in Babylon” is not SciFi/Fantasy, but it is more like historical fiction with real true financial principles. This book was well written, witty, and humorous. The Terrestria books are good young adult fantasy allegory, although it is geared towards Christian young adults, so if one is not a Christian or has little or no Christian background, then one won’t understand all of the allegories in the stories. They are somewhat similar to C.S. Lewis’s Christian fantasy allegory “The Chronicles of Narnia”. For the other four books, Janny Wurts is an author whose writing is just plain good. I had read her co-authored-with-Raymond Feist, “Mistress of Empire” trilogy set in Raymond Feist’s Midkemia world and thought it was quite good, but now that I’ve read some of her own individual work, I have discovered another author to read. Both her stand alone novel, “The Sorcerer’s Legacy” and her “Cycle of Fire” trilogy were really very good, and I’m looking forward to reading more of her books.
I am still re-reading WOT, I’ve made it to Book #7; A Crown of Swords. Books #4-6 were long books.
Just finished Crown of Swords and moving onto Path of Daggers.
Books 6-9 are fairly long two but I think book 6 is the longest one. With Winter’s Heart the series really perked up a lot for me. It never seemed to slow down after that.
This book is old school (1974), but I recently read “The Forever War” by Haldeman and was blown away. Short and sweet….a great piece of military science fiction. Just as interesting and possibly superior to “Starship Troopers” and definitely better than ‘Dune’ (which I read back in the day was never really comfortable with…seemed like a fascist aesthetic).
Apparently Ridley Scoot is preparing to create a movie version… so ‘The Forever War’ and its sequels might experience a revival in the near future. Read it now before the film comes out.
Books 6-9 are fairly long two but I think book 6 is the longest one. With Winter’s Heart the series really perked up a lot for me. It never seemed to slow down after that.
I am reading Book #10 Crossroads of Twilight right now and getting closer to the Sanderson book that I can’t wait to read.
Try “pawn of prophecy” its amazing
Try “pawn of prophecy” its amazing
Who wrote that?
Anyways I am still reading WOT. I just started Book #11 Knife of Dreams, so The Gathering Storm will be next.
@Brain:
Try “pawn of prophecy” its amazing
Who wrote that?
Anyways I am still reading WOT. I just started Book #11 Knife of Dreams, so The Gathering Storm will be next.
“Pawn of Prophecy” is book 1 of a great 10-book series written by David Eddings. It’s really a great book, but the entire series really needs to be read.
“Pawn of Prophecy” is book 1 of a great 10-book series written by David Eddings. It’s really a great book, but the entire series really needs to be read.
Were there 5 more books written after these five?
@Brain:
“Pawn of Prophecy” is book 1 of a great 10-book series written by David Eddings. It’s really a great book, but the entire series really needs to be read.
Were there 5 more books written after these five?
Nevermind, I found them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Malloreon#Guardians_of_the_West
I really only liked the first five. But its david eddings…he doesnt know when to say “THE END” and actually mean it.
I really only liked the first five. But its david eddings…he doesnt know when to say “THE END” and actually mean it.
I don’t think Robert Jordan did either, his life came to an end before his book did, and now it is being finished by Brandon Sanderson (using Jordan’s outline)
Is his son as good as he was?
btw i recomend “His dark materials” ( the golden compass is the first one)
Wont reveal what the ending is but lets just say…its not the stereotypical boy wins girl happy ending. Its not “bad” just…different.
Oh and check out The inheritance cycle (eragon)if you want a blatant lord of the rings rip off. coupled with some star wars cut and paste. just to insult your intelligence…The first book is an obvious cut and paste of better ideas. but it gets better as the series progresses.
has any mentionend enders game by orson scott card there is a whole series which good but the first ones were by far the best
has any mentionend enders game by orson scott card there is a whole series which good but the first ones were by far the best
The list of book suggestions are piling up while I am still re-reading WOT. I think I am going to read Sword of Truth next.
Enders game and enders shadow are the only good ones…skip that anti Catholic guilt trip that ender writes when hes a total wimp…
I may have mentioned this already (too lazy to look), and it’s not a book but a graphic novel, but Y: The Last Man is a great read. It also does not have a “happy” ending, but the whole series is very entertaining. It also had a lot of wisdom that helped me in my time of greatest need. Sounds funny, but it’s the truth.
You fellows need some more of the classics. Check out anything written by Issac Azimov. There was another series of books I read (I think there were five in all) which began with the Foundation Trilogy by Azimov. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis are also great authors. I enjoyed the Dragon Lance series and read them through the first twenty or so books before I moved on. I eventually became tired of the evil magic user’s brother failing to see what he had become.
