[Stalker]

Baco Xtath said:

Mentalist said:

polishgenius said:

If you want something in an Asian setting (though it isn't necessarily Samurai-ish), I can't recommend Daniel Abraham's The Long Price Quartet highly enough if you've not already read it.

Or Chris Woodings' "Braided Path"

Or Sean Russell's The Initiate Brother and Gatherer of Clouds. More of a Buddhist feel but definitely Asian inspired. Both really good though.

Or Guy Gavriel Kay's Under Heaven and River of Stars. Historical fantasy set in the Kitai Empire (inspired by China's Tang and Song dynasties). Fantastic novels too.

[dietl]

Stalker, on 04 October 2013 - 08:47 PM, said:

Baco Xtath said:

Mentalist said:

polishgenius said:

If you want something in an Asian setting (though it isn't necessarily Samurai-ish), I can't recommend Daniel Abraham's The Long Price Quartet highly enough if you've not already read it.

Or Chris Woodings' "Braided Path"

Or Sean Russell's The Initiate Brother and Gatherer of Clouds. More of a Buddhist feel but definitely Asian inspired. Both really good though.

Or Guy Gavriel Kay's Under Heaven and River of Stars. Historical fantasy set in the Kitai Empire (inspired by China's Tang and Song dynasties). Fantastic novels too.

Or Barry Hughart's Bridge of Birds

[HiddenOne]

I just finished LIes of Locke Lamora, and I am very satisfied

[polishgenius]

dietl, on 04 October 2013 - 08:57 PM, said:

Stalker, on 04 October 2013 - 08:47 PM, said:

Baco Xtath said:

Mentalist said:

polishgenius said:

If you want something in an Asian setting (though it isn't necessarily Samurai-ish), I can't recommend Daniel Abraham's The Long Price Quartet highly enough if you've not already read it.

Or Chris Woodings' "Braided Path"

Or Sean Russell's The Initiate Brother and Gatherer of Clouds. More of a Buddhist feel but definitely Asian inspired. Both really good though.

Or Guy Gavriel Kay's Under Heaven and River of Stars. Historical fantasy set in the Kitai Empire (inspired by China's Tang and Song dynasties). Fantastic novels too.

Or Barry Hughart's Bridge of Birds

Or Elizabeth Bear's Range of Ghosts (and presumably the sequels, not got there yet though). These are set a bit further north and east - set across cultures based on Mongolian and Tibetan. I'm just re-reading the first after having read it not that long ago, and it's holding up very well to a reread. I love her myth-making.

[Use Of Weapons]

polishgenius, on 05 October 2013 - 04:11 PM, said:

dietl, on 04 October 2013 - 08:57 PM, said:

Stalker, on 04 October 2013 - 08:47 PM, said:

Baco Xtath said:

Mentalist said:

polishgenius said:

If you want something in an Asian setting (though it isn't necessarily Samurai-ish), I can't recommend Daniel Abraham's The Long Price Quartet highly enough if you've not already read it.

Or Chris Woodings' "Braided Path"

Or Sean Russell's The Initiate Brother and Gatherer of Clouds. More of a Buddhist feel but definitely Asian inspired. Both really good though.

Or Guy Gavriel Kay's Under Heaven and River of Stars. Historical fantasy set in the Kitai Empire (inspired by China's Tang and Song dynasties). Fantastic novels too.

Or Barry Hughart's Bridge of Birds

Or Elizabeth Bear's Range of Ghosts (and presumably the sequels, not got there yet though). These are set a bit further north and east - set across cultures based on Mongolian and Tibetan. I'm just re-reading the first after having read it not that long ago, and it's holding up very well to a reread. I love her myth-making.

Or Alma Alexander's _Secrets of Jin-Shei_, very Chinese-flavoured with mythology and characters and motivations -- if you can find it, that is.

[Use Of Weapons]

And for those reading the Wuirts WoLaS -- I love these books and desperately want to find out what happens, and have corresponded with Janny on occasion; but do you not find the excessively flowery dialogue wearying at times?

[Studlock]

Bizarrely not one of those books are from a person of Chinese (or other asian ethnicity) origin. Weird how that happens. Currently reading Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese for class, it's pretty interesting so far. Really like the opening story about how the main characters family got their name.

This post has been edited by Studlock: 06 October 2013 - 01:55 AM

[JPK]

Use Of Weapons, on 05 October 2013 - 04:20 PM, said:

And for those reading the Wuirts WoLaS -- I love these books and desperately want to find out what happens, and have corresponded with Janny on occasion; but do you not find the excessively flowery dialogue wearying at times?

Oh god yes! I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to backhand Arithon and tell him just to shut up and get on with it.

Btw, I finished The Protector's War last night. All in all a good book. There is a particular p.o.v. that tends to drag on for me who had a pretty decent chunk in the middle of the story that just made it drag a bit for me. Once I made it back to the two other p.o.v.s from this book though... What happened to those last 200 pages again? Wait, WHAT time is it?

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

Holy hell, how did I not know about how good joe Abercrombie is! Very mic enjoying the first law trilogy.

[Puck]

Studlock, on 05 October 2013 - 10:23 PM, said:

Bizarrely not one of those books are from a person of Chinese (or other asian ethnicity) origin. Weird how that happens. [...]

True, that. I've been wondering that lately, too, because I have been looking for books written by asian authors. The conclusion I have come to was that not much is getting translated, and what does is rarely fantasy themed. Horror, SF or postapocalyptic stuff is what comes closest. Those books I've read, though, seems to have some kind of otherwordly feel built into them despite modern-day-settings.

I do recommend Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong, while I'm at it. Though one should not expect much in the way of action or drama, as it's more of a quasi-autobiographical novel. There's also a bunch of japaneses SF floating around. No fantasy novels I can think of, though.

[QuickTidal]

Starting Bernard Cornwell's THE PAGAN LORD.

Time to get back into Wessex and watch Uhtred punch our pious priests, fillet enemies, and drink like a Dane!

[worry]

Finished The Player of Games. This book...pretty engaging from the start, but there's a point like 50-60% in...a certain stroll through the city followed by a flip through some interesting television broadcasts...that changes the mood entirely and made me start reading at double speed. Totally awesome.

Now I'm gonna tackle Doctor Sleep, see what's up there.

[Tiste Simeon]

Finished FOD. Oh man that was ace!

[D'rek]

I'm reading the first of Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner series - Luck in the Shadows. Seems to be pretty standard fare trope-tastic sword & sorcery so far, with "foppish bards" and a young naive protaganist, but it's still pretty good overall. The worldbuilding and pacing are good so far so I'll keep going.

[Baco Xtath]

Bout 1/2 way through Great North Road and I'm not really impressed. Oh well, better than listening to the radio. Also about a 1/3 of the way through listening to Redemption Ark (read before) and really enjoying it - again. Haven't read a thing in two weeks as the wife and I have discovered Breaking Bad. Next listens are Blood Song and either Promise of Blood or the Judging Eye (though I may wait on this one until Unholy gets a release date).

[worry]

Seems like a good 1/4 of what everyone is reading lately has Blood in the title.

[yuna_anomander25]

gods,, its been ages since i last posted here,,

FINALLY finished with LIES OF LOCkE LAMORA,, will take a break before i read RED SEAS,, with the discussion of the book REPUBLIC OF THIEVES i was able to finish this,, but it would be a while before i could purchase that book,, as i'm so tight on my budget right now,, can't even spare for anything hobby-related,, oh,, well,,

also,, half-way down to A SONG FOR ARBONNE,, i'm also curious with the discussion regarding KAY,, i would like to see for myself whats the issue with TIGANA,, so i'm lining it up on top of my TRP,,

on to ROYAL ASSASSIN, WOKEN FURIES and THE HEROES once more,, never got to finish this books,, i'm planning to persevere with all of it,,

This post has been edited by yuna_anomander25: 07 October 2013 - 03:32 AM

[lastname]

Studlock, on 05 October 2013 - 10:23 PM, said:

Bizarrely not one of those books are from a person of Chinese (or other asian ethnicity) origin. Weird how that happens. Currently reading Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese for class, it's pretty interesting so far. Really like the opening story about how the main characters family got their name.

Hmm ... just finished Ponniyin Selvan - historical fiction with some fantasy elements. It isn't Chinese but its certainly of Asian origin and I'd recommend it heartily. Got the original read to me a bit at a time over a six month period and it's now definitely up there among my favourites. Free (legal) e-books of the English translation are available on the tubes in case anyone is interested.

[Morgoth]

dietl, on 04 October 2013 - 08:03 PM, said:

Finally finished Blindsight, which was great in many ways. Unique aliens, well thought out science stuff, interesting philosophy and vampires in space!

Haven't decided what to read next but I downloaded quite a few free classics for my touchpad. Maybe Faust, it's a must-read after all in German literature.

Faust is perhaps the greatest work of litterature ever written. I've read every translation in both English and Norwegian that I've been able to get my hands on, and I deeply regret that I didn't pay enough attention in German class back in school to read the play in it's original language.

So, go read Faust.

[Ukjent]

Baco Xtath, on 06 October 2013 - 11:11 PM, said:

Bout 1/2 way through Great North Road and I'm not really impressed. Oh well, better than listening to the radio. Also about a 1/3 of the way through listening to Redemption Ark (read before) and really enjoying it - again. Haven't read a thing in two weeks as the wife and I have discovered Breaking Bad. Next listens are Blood Song and either Promise of Blood or the Judging Eye (though I may wait on this one until Unholy gets a release date).

Just drop GNR and jump over to Blood Song or Promise of Blood. GNR doesn't get any better.