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#281 polishgenius

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Posted 26 December 2015 - 07:38 PM

Steph Swainston is ace. Her fourth book, the prequel Above the Snowline, I wasn't fond of, but the three books in the series proper are great fun. Especially if you fancy something easy-reading but away from the medieval-fantasy norm.

ps, Chance: the next Castle novel comes out next year; scheduled for December. And judging by her twitter she's writing far, far faster than she ever did as a full-time writer - she's already halfway through the one after that and says she's started work on the next two after that as well.

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#282 Chance

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Posted 01 January 2016 - 04:48 PM

polishgenius, on 26 December 2015 - 07:38 PM, said:

ps, Chance: the next Castle novel comes out next year; scheduled for December. And judging by her twitter she's writing far, far faster than she ever did as a full-time writer - she's already halfway through the one after that and says she's started work on the next two after that as well.

Yay though her writing career was over or at least seriously stalled. Very good news !

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Posted 03 January 2016 - 10:53 PM

Mark Lawrence, on 25 December 2015 - 08:09 PM, said:

I've just started Janny Wurts's Curse of the Mist Wraith. I only know her through the trilogy she wrote with Feist (which I really liked). Is this one good? It's certainly a fat book!

I've read the first 3 "Wars of Light and Shadow" books so far. It's a good series, but wordy and VERY slow-burning. Enjoyable, but I wouldn't try reading them back-to-back.

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Posted 04 January 2016 - 11:26 PM

Sorcerer to the Crown
The Flicker Men
Dark Orbit
Phoenix Rising: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences (and the series as a whole)

I'm trying to choose what to buy with my two audible credits.

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Posted 05 January 2016 - 02:07 PM

Puck Puckster, on 25 December 2015 - 09:00 PM, said:

..the Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne?

Take the Dresden Files and remove all character flaws from the main character.

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Posted 05 January 2016 - 04:18 PM

acesn8s, on 05 January 2016 - 02:07 PM, said:

Puck Puckster, on 25 December 2015 - 09:00 PM, said:

..the Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne?

Take the Dresden Files and remove all character flaws from the main character.

Nah. Butcher is a way more effective storyteller, the Dresden supporting cast is leaps and bounds more interesting, and Harry never hits the pubs with Jesus Christ (as far as we know).

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#287 Esa1996

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Posted 15 January 2016 - 12:36 PM

Mentalist, on 03 January 2016 - 10:53 PM, said:

Mark Lawrence, on 25 December 2015 - 08:09 PM, said:

I've just started Janny Wurts's Curse of the Mist Wraith. I only know her through the trilogy she wrote with Feist (which I really liked). Is this one good? It's certainly a fat book!

I've read the first 3 "Wars of Light and Shadow" books so far. It's a good series, but wordy and VERY slow-burning. Enjoyable, but I wouldn't try reading them back-to-back.

I was unable to finish the first one, not due to wordiness or slow plot progress, but the lack of clear POVs. The narrator switched between POVs without any indication of doing so, and that put me off, though I'm thinking of going in again after finishing my re-read of WOT 6, as I really want to read and like the series. There are too few long epics to leave one unread because of problems with the narrator.

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Posted 03 August 2016 - 04:29 AM

How about Mark Helprin's Winter's Tale?

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Posted 10 August 2016 - 07:45 AM

Has anyone read Black Wolves by Kate Elliott? Can't seem to find it in the forum anywhere.

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Posted 10 August 2016 - 08:13 AM

Hammerhead88, on 10 August 2016 - 07:45 AM, said:

Has anyone read Black Wolves by Kate Elliott? Can't seem to find it in the forum anywhere.

Finished it recently. Quite excellent. It was my first Kate Elliott.

Its the first book of a series, but if I understand correctly, it is set in the same universe as the Crossroads series.

The book itself is quite excellent. Long, multiple POV characters, lots of political intrigue - here is a link to my Goodreads Review if you are interested

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Posted 11 August 2016 - 12:02 PM

Has anyone read the Magician's whatever trilogy by Trudi Caravan? I picked it up for free so I was just wondering if it's worth a read?

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Posted 11 August 2016 - 12:03 PM

It's not. Might work as kindling, though even there I suspect it will fail.

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Posted 11 August 2016 - 12:04 PM

Tiste Simeon, on 11 August 2016 - 12:02 PM, said:

Has anyone read the Magician's whatever trilogy by Trudi Caravan? I picked it up for free so I was just wondering if it's worth a read?

Magic school YA.

Would recommend it for teens

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Posted 11 August 2016 - 12:29 PM

Andorion, on 11 August 2016 - 12:04 PM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 11 August 2016 - 12:02 PM, said:

Has anyone read the Magician's whatever trilogy by Trudi Caravan? I picked it up for free so I was just wondering if it's worth a read?

Magic school YA.

Would not even recommend it for teens

Edited for correctness.

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#295 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 11 August 2016 - 09:55 PM

Huh. May give it a miss. Or maybe use it for my test holiday read next time I'm off...

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#296 Puck

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Posted 03 September 2016 - 03:01 PM

Any comments regarding the Truly Epic Fantasy Bundle? The only name I recognize is Sanderson, whom I can't stand.

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#297 polishgenius

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Posted 03 September 2016 - 03:32 PM

The only other names on that list I recognise are Hickman, who is the 'Hickman' of 'Weis and Hickman' dragonlance fame, and Michael Stackpole, who's okay.

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Posted 03 September 2016 - 03:33 PM

Puck, on 03 September 2016 - 03:01 PM, said:

Any comments regarding the Truly Epic Fantasy Bundle? The only name I recognize is Sanderson, whom I can't stand.

I know you don't like Sanderson, but Shadows For Silence was an absolutely excellent read.

I have read a couple of Michael Stackpole books. Not bad, enjoyable. 6.5/10

I have read a Tracy Hickman collaboration work and that was very very good

#299 Esa1996

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Posted 04 September 2016 - 10:28 AM

Esa1996, on 15 January 2016 - 12:36 PM, said:

And I did indeed go back to it and finished the first book (Wars of Light and Shadow: Curse of the Mistwraith). The story is fine, the world is decent, but I hate the narrator. Even so I've recently been thinking about trying the second book once I get my current to-read list read.

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