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Posted 24 June 2016 - 08:54 PM
firvulag, on 23 June 2016 - 04:46 PM, said:
Divine Cities duology by Robert Jackson Bennett
I flat out love these books, but RJB just sent off City of Miracles to the editor, so it's not a finished series and has become at least a trilogy. He's a genuinely excellent author and I think everybody should read these anyways.
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Posted 25 June 2016 - 09:55 AM
All 3 of Stephen R. Donaldson's finished series are fantastic:
* Thomas Covenant (10 books: 2 trilogies + a quartet)
* Gap Cycle (5 books, his strongest work and one if the best and most underrated sci-fi series)
* Mordant's Need (fantasy duology)
Also Matthew Stover of course, and anything by Gene Wolfe (whose only unfinished series is the Latro/"Soldier" books.)
* Thomas Covenant (10 books: 2 trilogies + a quartet)
* Gap Cycle (5 books, his strongest work and one if the best and most underrated sci-fi series)
* Mordant's Need (fantasy duology)
Also Matthew Stover of course, and anything by Gene Wolfe (whose only unfinished series is the Latro/"Soldier" books.)
This post has been edited by Salt-Man Z: 25 June 2016 - 09:56 AM
"Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more, not less. Without occupying space, it fills the universe. It nourishes everything, yet itself feeds upon destruction. We claim to control it, but does it not perhaps cultivate us as a source of food? May it not be that all wood grows so that it can be set ablaze, and that men and women are born to kindle fires?"
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
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Posted 25 June 2016 - 10:10 AM
I recently read the Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne by Brian Staveley...very good and completed...
https://www.goodread...e-unhewn-throne
https://www.goodread...e-unhewn-throne
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Posted 25 June 2016 - 12:32 PM
Seconding Unhewn Throne. Fourthing Acts of Caine. Seconding Coldfire. Thirding First Law.
Also:
Broken Empire
Land Fit for Heroes
All N.K. Jemisin
Dagger and Coin
Long Price
Monarchies of God
All Guy Gavriel Kay
Ketty Jay
Thunderer Duo
Bas Lag
Crown of Stars
All Vandermeer
Powdermage
the Magicians
Initiate Brother duo
Raven's Shadow
All these are finished and all are worth the time.
Also:
Broken Empire
Land Fit for Heroes
All N.K. Jemisin
Dagger and Coin
Long Price
Monarchies of God
All Guy Gavriel Kay
Ketty Jay
Thunderer Duo
Bas Lag
Crown of Stars
All Vandermeer
Powdermage
the Magicians
Initiate Brother duo
Raven's Shadow
All these are finished and all are worth the time.
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Posted 26 June 2016 - 12:44 AM
Haven't seen it listed but I loved Glen Cooks The Black Company. It's older than most books I've seen mentioned, but since this is a malazan forum I'll quote Erikson
"Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasy—something a lot of people didn’t notice and maybe still don’t. He brought the story down to a human level, dispensing with the cliché archetypes of princes, kings, and evil sorcerers. Reading his stuff was like reading Vietnam War fiction on peyote."
Steven Erikson
It dark military fantasy like Malazan, but different. Malazan is more about being soldiers challenging gods and overcoming them, where Black Company is about how being a soldier basically sucks except for the people next to you, and sticking by them.
Plus there's One-eye and goblin two of my favorite characters ever.
"Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasy—something a lot of people didn’t notice and maybe still don’t. He brought the story down to a human level, dispensing with the cliché archetypes of princes, kings, and evil sorcerers. Reading his stuff was like reading Vietnam War fiction on peyote."
Steven Erikson
It dark military fantasy like Malazan, but different. Malazan is more about being soldiers challenging gods and overcoming them, where Black Company is about how being a soldier basically sucks except for the people next to you, and sticking by them.
Plus there's One-eye and goblin two of my favorite characters ever.
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Posted 26 June 2016 - 08:02 AM
amphibian, on 24 June 2016 - 08:54 PM, said:
firvulag, on 23 June 2016 - 04:46 PM, said:
Divine Cities duology by Robert Jackson Bennett
I flat out love these books, but RJB just sent off City of Miracles to the editor, so it's not a finished series and has become at least a trilogy. He's a genuinely excellent author and I think everybody should read these anyways.
Wow, I had no idea about this. Looking it up it seems City of Miracles will be the last book in the Divine Cities books. Can't wait.
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Posted 26 June 2016 - 01:25 PM
Hairshirt, on 26 June 2016 - 01:58 AM, said:
Good point, that's been for years though. Not sure where he'll go with the story, I might need to read Soldiers Live again. I think it came out in 2000......pfft people complain about Grrm
Cook has been writing since then, just not in the Black Company universe.
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Posted 26 June 2016 - 09:49 PM
Well, he's written a few BC short stories in the intervening years: "Tides Elba", "Smelling Danger", "Shaggy Dog Bridge", and "Bone Candy" are the ones I'm aware of.
The forthcoming (?) novels are, I believe, supposed to take place either during or before the earlier BC novels (like the short stories.)
The forthcoming (?) novels are, I believe, supposed to take place either during or before the earlier BC novels (like the short stories.)
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"Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more, not less. Without occupying space, it fills the universe. It nourishes everything, yet itself feeds upon destruction. We claim to control it, but does it not perhaps cultivate us as a source of food? May it not be that all wood grows so that it can be set ablaze, and that men and women are born to kindle fires?"
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
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Posted 28 June 2016 - 07:17 PM
Hocknose, on 25 June 2016 - 10:10 AM, said:
I recently read the Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne by Brian Staveley...very good and completed...
https://www.goodread...e-unhewn-throne
https://www.goodread...e-unhewn-throne
I went with this. So far so good.
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Posted 19 August 2016 - 05:50 PM
^ Did you post in the wrong thread? (Those are books, not series.)
That said,
Legend is a standalone book. The Drenai series of which it is a part is finished, on account of the author having passed.
The Locke Lamora series is far from finished. The fourth book isn't due until at least next year, and there are I think at least 3 more planned after that.
That said,
Legend is a standalone book. The Drenai series of which it is a part is finished, on account of the author having passed.
The Locke Lamora series is far from finished. The fourth book isn't due until at least next year, and there are I think at least 3 more planned after that.
"Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more, not less. Without occupying space, it fills the universe. It nourishes everything, yet itself feeds upon destruction. We claim to control it, but does it not perhaps cultivate us as a source of food? May it not be that all wood grows so that it can be set ablaze, and that men and women are born to kindle fires?"
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
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Posted 19 August 2016 - 05:58 PM
I can't keep up anymore; I thought it was Wolverine...?
"Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more, not less. Without occupying space, it fills the universe. It nourishes everything, yet itself feeds upon destruction. We claim to control it, but does it not perhaps cultivate us as a source of food? May it not be that all wood grows so that it can be set ablaze, and that men and women are born to kindle fires?"
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
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Posted 19 August 2016 - 06:14 PM
Salt-Man Z, on 19 August 2016 - 05:50 PM, said:
^ Did you post in the wrong thread? (Those are books, not series.)
That said,
Legend is a standalone book. The Drenai series of which it is a part is finished, on account of the author having passed.
The Locke Lamora series is far from finished. The fourth book isn't due until at least next year, and there are I think at least 3 more planned after that.
That said,
Legend is a standalone book. The Drenai series of which it is a part is finished, on account of the author having passed.
The Locke Lamora series is far from finished. The fourth book isn't due until at least next year, and there are I think at least 3 more planned after that.
I thought the Locke Lamoras weren't an actual series, but just in the same world. I might've heard wrong though.
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Posted 19 August 2016 - 06:17 PM
theocean, on 19 August 2016 - 06:14 PM, said:
Salt-Man Z, on 19 August 2016 - 05:50 PM, said:
^ Did you post in the wrong thread? (Those are books, not series.)
That said,
Legend is a standalone book. The Drenai series of which it is a part is finished, on account of the author having passed.
The Locke Lamora series is far from finished. The fourth book isn't due until at least next year, and there are I think at least 3 more planned after that.
That said,
Legend is a standalone book. The Drenai series of which it is a part is finished, on account of the author having passed.
The Locke Lamora series is far from finished. The fourth book isn't due until at least next year, and there are I think at least 3 more planned after that.
I thought the Locke Lamoras weren't an actual series, but just in the same world. I might've heard wrong though.
Im just trying to find things to read, and didn't want to post another new topic.
