Fantasy Book Club Series discussion
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Jim wrote: "Sorry, Maggie. I misread that."DITTO!! Sorry Mags!
I'll second the Dark Tower series. I've never read any Stephen King. I think his fantasy series looks interesting. Plus it could give me a feel of his writing style and I could decide if I want to try any of his other stuff.
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But 2nd place was a tie...lol. From the feedback we were getting, what we will do is start Wheel of Time after Ryria Revelations (since its a much longer series) Jon will moderate this one. This is good since the final book is coming out in January, so the timing will be about right.
We will do First Law as our next series, probably right after Mistborn.
I like this compromise. Since I'm catching up on Malazan and itching to read Mistborn I probably won't be able to start WoT with everyone but I'm glad that all parties interested in these series get a shot soon.
I've added all the books to the to-read bookshelf. Couple of questions for readers:
Do we include The Alloy of Law as part of Mistborn? If so, then I need to squeeze it in before we start the First Law Trilogy.
And, with respect to the Wheel of Time, do we include New Spring, the prequel?
Thanks, Jon
My vote would be yes to The Alloy of Law. I loved that book. Lol. :)I can't wait to start in on Mistborn and see if it's as great as I remember.
I'll be reading Wheel of Time too. Busy months coming up.
Jon wrote: "And, with respect to the Wheel of Time, do we include New Spring, the prequel? "If you do decide to include it, I would recommend you include it in order of publishing (i.e. between books 10 and 11), rather than start off the readthrough with it.
Jim wrote: "Jon wrote: "And, with respect to the Wheel of Time, do we include New Spring, the prequel? "If you do decide to include it, I would recommend you include it in order of publishing (i.e. between b..."
Whoops! I better go change my intro post then. :)
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If you do decide to include it, I would recommend you include it in order of publishing (i.e. between b..."
I agree with this!
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I think it's great that we can do three series. I've actually been amazed at how many different people participated in the discussion on the Riyria books. I think people who are interested in the different series will read what they want. Having a combination of long and short series gives everyone, including those just joining the group, the opportunity to join in where they want without feeling too overwhelmed.
Amelia wrote: "I think it's great that we can do three series. I've actually been amazed at how many different people participated in the discussion on the Riyria books. I think people who are interested in the..."Thank you, Amelia. I feel exactly the same way.
Helen wrote: "So starting with Alloy of Law?"I don't understand the question.
If you mean, would we start the Mistborn series read with Alloy of Law, I don't know. I have it but have not read it yet. I thought it was set in a later time period and it was published after the trilogy, so logically, it would come after the first three, correct?
Correct me if I'm confused.
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Right then, just so that I can get my Kindle sorted, after Crippled God it's on to Mistborn: Final Empire.Then when we are done with the Mistborn Trilogy that is four books we are onto First Law?
I will be taking the right fork in the group road with above series and not participating in WoT.
I was wondering how the WoT series was selected? WoT is still at a tie with First Law Series?
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Lee wrote: "Right then, just so that I can get my Kindle sorted, after Crippled God it's on to Mistborn: Final Empire.Then when we are done with the Mistborn Trilogy that is four books we are onto First Law?..."
I will insert Alloy of Law before we start the First Law series.
Have we decided if we're adding Best Served Cold and Heroes to the other three books of First Law as well?
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Maggie wrote: "Shell- I say why in message 59, but when they tied for 2nd there were various opinons posted in the poll thread. Instead of having a runoff between them, we decided to do First Law right after Mi..."Sorry Mags, I didn't see that post!! Okay so I get a lil break then before we start J. Abercrombie....YAY!!! :)
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Maggie wrote: "yup-if you dont want to read sanderson, you can rest up and catch up on your TBRs ....lol"Yep I got a few of those for sure! :) Been immersed in SE for a long, long time now!! :) When I finished TCG yesterday I was sad it was over!! :( BUT I still get to look forward to OST!! :)
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Maggie wrote: "I know, I keep going to pick up OST and mentally slap myself....lol"HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAAAAA....at least we still have a NEW Malazan tome to read yet!! :) It's great knowing there will be more books from SE/ICE in the future!!! :)
How are you liking Dan Simmons? He's an author I keep looking at, thinking I need to just stop looking and try him.
Lee wrote: "I have put CG down, I don't want it to end. That and reading The Terror which s Malazan sized"You have to finish TCG Lee, you have too!!! Besides, if you're anything like me, you'll end up rereading the last 200 pages again right away because you wont believe what you read!!!!!
Well the only reason I put it down was because I was ahead of y'all. I wanted to discuss in the group. I had already whipped through Orb, and I knew when I started CG I would struggle to stop.So have picked it up again. 85% finished.
@ Traci, I have a love/hate relationship with Simmons, I thought Hyperion a wonderful read. I also hate every thing else he has done that I have read. Carrion comfort and Olympus spring to mind.
However, Terror is a really good read. Kind of Historical Fiction with a monster. It has plenty of theme, paced well (except the start is a little slow) and has some well developed characters. I am really beginning to hate one of them and was disappointed when another died, so that tells me I have engaged with the story.
Looking forward to Mistborn, but bearing in mind it is supposedly going to replace my Malazan read, that makes me nervous. Since June this year Malazan has been a constant every day occurrence. I have gone through the 10 (almost) Erikson and 4 ICE in that time. Every day.
Every day.
So, thinking of instead of going cold turkey, I reloaded GotM back on the kindle, so I could use it like a comforter.
Lee wrote: "...So, thinking of instead of going cold turkey, I reloaded GotM back on the kindle, so I could use it like a comforter. "Yes Lee, yes!!! :) You're gonna need it! Oh and a correction to you're statement above Lee, you've been reading Malazan since June of LAST year!!! LOLLLLL.... :)
Shows how out of it I am - I didn't know Alloy of Law was connected with Mistborn - the covers look much different. Isn't one of them steampunk? I'm confused. In any case - I'm glad about Mistborn and I'll worry about Alloy when we get there.
Traci wrote: "How are you liking Dan Simmons? He's an author I keep looking at, thinking I need to just stop looking and try him."I'm about 115 pages in to Terror and I love it. He does such a good job with the setting that you can feel the cold coming from the pages.
The only other novel by Dan Simmons that I have completed is Ilium which I enjoyed but not enough to jump right in to the sequel, Olympos. Ilium did raise my interest in Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time. I have bought the first volume, Swann's Way (the Lydia Davis translation). I have yet to read it.
I have just joined this group here and in the spirit of sharing I would like to nominate a series that I have not seen posted as of yet, the third book should be out ...soon and they have been very enjoyable for me, this is the bastards set and should be like 5 books or so, http://www.scottlynch.us/books.html as soon as its released I will set asside what book...book's, I am reading at the time and start again in this world. Then wait another six or so for Rothfruss's next kingkiller ect,mumble mum..Martin, mumble Hello all =)
Hi' I noticed the author Dan simmons on your post and iut set me trying to think of what novel I read of his that stood out for me, after much searching I finnaly found the book (much relief) kind of like the tune' that you cant get out of your head but have no idea what song... anyway I read this a long time ago but this has always gave me a "creepy" feeling and he expressed the story of the "power" and what some might do with such abilities, the book is http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11... I decided to post this link as other readers here have opinions, If you would I have forgoten Dan simmons and have not read much of his work, I would appreiciate your recommendation on his other work's.
Jack, welcome to the group. Sorry to break the news to you, but we've already selected our next three series to read.
I'm going to close this thread to avoid further confusion to newcomers.
Thanks for joining and I hope you enjoy the series we're reading and plan to read over the next few months.
Jon
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I added the three Tawny Man books to our 'to-read' shelf this morning. I created a new shelf for the entire series 'Real..."
Excellent! I'd like the other series' added and an overall folder. Brill.
Also, I'd like to nominate The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by Jemisin if I'm not to late.