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Slayer91
Ireland23342 Posts
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AegonC
United States260 Posts
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DarthXX
Australia998 Posts
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Ozell
Canada105 Posts
I would also recommend David's Eddings work in general (Especially the Belgariad if I remember well). It's some nice fantasy easy to read and quite entertaining | ||
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Asrathiel
Australia377 Posts
I love these books! Aviendha is my favourite, she rocks (slightly less since she had to become a Wise One  ) but Mat's storyline is the best, god he's funny :D | ||
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lagmaster
United States374 Posts
On September 20 2011 10:08 AegonC wrote: I just started WOT and it seems really epic so far. I love his writing style, but idk how he can stretch this out over, what, 12 books? Books 4-6 are amazing, then it's not as great. When Brandon Sanderson takes over in book 11 it picks back up again. Great series, but he's much much much more tame than George R.R. Martin. You have a ways ahead of you if you're undertaking this series. But it was worth it when I did it. Edit: I was expecting the new book's release date was announced when i saw this bumped  | ||
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aebriol
Norway2066 Posts
On September 20 2011 17:44 Asrathiel wrote: Ooh yay WoT thread <3 I love these books! Aviendha is my favourite, she rocks (slightly less since she had to become a Wise One ) but Mat's storyline is the best, god he's funny :DMin is far better :/ Imho  | ||
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Immersion_
United Kingdom794 Posts
Pff Moiraine was always the best, dunno what u lot are smoking! I read these books about 6/7 years ago en masse, then the dribs and drabs as they came in. The first 5/6 are amazing, 9 is decent, as are 11+. 10 was so bad it wasn't actually funny (IMO). I do love the depth and his style though, it used to be far and away my fav series, A Song of Ice and Fire is beginning to rival it although they are quite different, and book 4 of that was also pretty bad imo. | ||
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Ghardo
Germany1685 Posts
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Sindri
Australia56 Posts
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Spitfire
South Africa442 Posts
Love it. The whole 'prophecy' idea may be done to death but its done really well in this instance. | ||
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Perseverance
Japan2800 Posts
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Logros
Netherlands9913 Posts
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AmericanUmlaut
Germany2597 Posts
To those of you recommending David Eddings and George RR Martin: Hell yeah! The Belgariad and the Elenium were both favorites of mine as a teenager, and I'm reading A Song of Ice and Fire right now with great enjoyment. | ||
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craque
United States32 Posts
Perhaps GOT had set the bar too high. WOT just seemed to be lacking in every aspect: the quality of its universe and mythos, the believability of it's characters, the polish of its story, even the language use of the author seemed subpar. Worst of all was that despite all flaws it seems that the series is held in the same regard as ASOIAF (hence the burning hatred). Can someone explain why the series is so beloved? To me it is as if people think the newest Duke Nukem is just as good a game as Starcraft and is a better e-sports platform. edit: grammar | ||
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casualman
United States1198 Posts
The later books in wheel of time are pretty damn crap but the same can be said for a song of ice and fire | ||
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DisaFear
Australia4074 Posts
I gave up on ASOIAF after book 3.5, probably should go and re-read Eagerly awaiting the ending to this series EDIT: @craque The first book is like that, the rest are better | ||
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Autofire2
Pakistan290 Posts
This isn't the way it HAS to be, just often the way it is. For Sci Fi, a huge amount of short stories by Isaac Asimov are absolutely sublime. Simply written, but great concepts. Frank Herbert's Dune is possibly the most complete sci fi story out there, though his later books weren't really that good. Farenheit 451. 1984. Enders Game. There's a lot of wealth in that genre. As for Fantasy...someone recommended Salvatore for his dark elf trilogy. It reads like a cartoon. Shannara is watered down LoTR and also has a very popcorny (corny and you feel like you should be having popcorn) shade to it. His Dark Materials starts off strong, IIRC, but loses the plot somewhere along the line. Robert Jordon explodes into exposition and weak characterization. The only new fantasy series that has truly impressed (can't really called Martin 'new' anymore) is The Kingkiller chronicles, which starts with The Name of the Wind. That's really, really good. Not so epic as the two giants, but absolutely does what it sets out to do. That said, since the series is neither finished nor so huge that you can get a good idea how it'll be, I can't make a final judgment. Still, if you like fantasy, your opportunities for good writing are limited and I would definitely recommend this one. Having said all that, I haven't read Dark Tower or whatever. How is that? | ||
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Logros
Netherlands9913 Posts
On September 20 2011 21:18 craque wrote: Maybe it was because I started WOT after I read all the ASOIAF books, but I found that I had to force myself to finish the first book of WOT and couldn't get any further once I realized that the first book had filled me with a burning hatred for the series. Perhaps GOT had set the bar too high. WOT just seemed to be lacking in every aspect: the quality of its universe and mythos, the believability of it's characters, the polish of its story, even the language use of the author seemed subpar. Worst of all was that despite all flaws it seems that the series is held in the same regard as ASOIAF (hence the burning hatred). Can someone explain why the series is so beloved? To me it is as if people think the newest Duke Nukem is just as good a game as Starcraft and is a better e-sports platform. edit: grammar Well part of it is that WoT was one of the first big epic fantasy series after LotR. I probably like ASOIAF more, but I still enjoyed the WoT books. And although some of the later books became longwinded, the same can be said of the last 2 ASOIAF books. Steven Erikson is the best though You can read those books for the 20th time and still find out new stuff. | ||
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bigjenk
United States1543 Posts
On September 20 2011 21:31 Autofire2 wrote: Honestly, LoTR and (EDIT) Game of Thrones are the only Fantasy books that are truly 'literature', almost everything else I've read is pure popcorn fiction. I love the fantasy genre, but it has far fewer true giants than the Sci Fi genre...perhaps because fantasy is often seen as a venue to escapism and sci fi is seen as a place where writers can talk about more 'serious' issues by filtering them through the lens of a new technology, a new age etc. This isn't the way it HAS to be, just often the way it is. For Sci Fi, a huge amount of short stories by Isaac Asimov are absolutely sublime. Simply written, but great concepts. Frank Herbert's Dune is possibly the most complete sci fi story out there, though his later books weren't really that good. Farenheit 451. 1984. Enders Game. There's a lot of wealth in that genre. As for Fantasy...someone recommended Salvatore for his dark elf trilogy. It reads like a cartoon. Shannara is watered down LoTR and also has a very popcorny (corny and you feel like you should be having popcorn) shade to it. His Dark Materials starts off strong, IIRC, but loses the plot somewhere along the line. Robert Jordon explodes into exposition and weak characterization. The only new fantasy series that has truly impressed (can't really called Martin 'new' anymore) is The Kingkiller chronicles, which starts with The Name of the Wind. That's really, really good. Not so epic as the two giants, but absolutely does what it sets out to do. That said, since the series is neither finished nor so huge that you can get a good idea how it'll be, I can't make a final judgment. Still, if you like fantasy, your opportunities for good writing are limited and I would definitely recommend this one. Having said all that, I haven't read Dark Tower or whatever. How is that? Good thing Jordan's peers all credit him with revitalizing the genre, and grrm personally credits him with inspiring his writing style. | ||
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