I also liked Blake Crouch's Wayward Pines Trilogy.
Recently finished watching the show, which I moderately enjoyed despite knowing that the novels were completely butchered....so now I'm eager to read the novels to see if they are indeed better.
I also liked Blake Crouch's Wayward Pines Trilogy.
Recently finished watching the show, which I moderately enjoyed despite knowing that the novels were completely butchered....so now I'm eager to read the novels to see if they are indeed better.
I watched the first half of the show and have the rest on dvr but haven't gotten around to them yet. At least from what I saw the books were better, but I'm not sure if the first one will hold the same suspense with knowing the big reveal...
Why must I always be the isle of crazy alone in an ocean of sensibility? The should to everybody else’s shouldn’t? The I-will to their better-nots?
Anything and everything by Stepen Donaldson especially "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant,the Unbeliever" This series rivals LOTR for me .It is freaking awesome!!!! "The Gap" series by him is also really good.
The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon is also great,i liked it a lot more than i thought.Defintely up there among the great.Its hard labeling this,its Historical fiction,with some time traveling a bit of the supernatural love story all rolled up into one.
"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes"--Sherlock Holmes"
The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon is also great,i liked it a lot more than i thought.Defintely up there among the great.Its hard labeling this,its Historical fiction,with some time traveling a bit of the supernatural love story all rolled up into one.
I liked Outlander. I read the first 2 books twice I think, but I was never able to finish the 5th book.
“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon is also great,i liked it a lot more than i thought.Defintely up there among the great.Its hard labeling this,its Historical fiction,with some time traveling a bit of the supernatural love story all rolled up into one.
I liked Outlander. I read the first 2 books twice I think, but I was never able to finish the 5th book.
Yep they are amazing and each book got monolithic as the series progressed. I would suggest reading "The Lord Jon" series as well.
Her series is really raw,she pulls no punches after i read the first and second book i was emotionally drained and a totall wreck.
"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes"--Sherlock Holmes"
Yeah, outlander is geared towards women, it's about a really hot Scottish dude! But men enjoy it, too.
“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
So, I just finished reading A Song for Lya. It's a fairly short story, but I quite enjoyed it. It did freak me out a bit at the end.
Why must I always be the isle of crazy alone in an ocean of sensibility? The should to everybody else’s shouldn’t? The I-will to their better-nots?
So, I just finished reading A Song for Lya. It's a fairly short story, but I quite enjoyed it. It did freak me out a bit at the end.
Why? Does it have bearings on this series?
Not necessarily. It's not part of ASOIAF. I'm sure that it could be used to draw parallels the same as his other works, but I'm not sure there's anything special about it. There is a kind of "natural hive mind" at play throughout, that is somewhat enlightening.
Why must I always be the isle of crazy alone in an ocean of sensibility? The should to everybody else’s shouldn’t? The I-will to their better-nots?
Isn't the Outlander series more of a girly type read though? I've watched some of the episodes with my wife and it looks more of romance/love triangle story with some action thrown in. Maybe that's just the TV series though.
I always recommend Robin Hobb. The Farseer Trilogy is her best. That's the first of what is now 4 sets of trilogies. The weakest for me were the second set, The Liveship Traiders. But she makes up for it the third set, The Tawny Man. She just launched what she says is her final trilogy in the Realms of the Elderlings books last year with The Fitz and the Fool Trilogy and the second book is out tomorrow.
Incidentally, our hero here has endorsed her work on more than one occasion. He does lots of her book blurbs and reviews. 'Fantasy as it ought to be written' is one of the things Martin has said about her work.
The magic aspect is really low key.The main female protagonists is a time traveler and there's something kind of strange with the main male protagonists with regard to some kind of esp.
The way the show markets it is very romantic and it is in a sense but it crosses a few genres. Historical, romantic low fantasy fiction.
"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes"--Sherlock Holmes"
I will recommend the first two books in the new Joe Abercrombie, "Shattered Sea" series (Half a King & Half the World) and the first three books (The Red Knight, The Fell Sword and The Dread Wyrm) of Miles Cameron's "Traitor Son Cycle"
Isn't the Outlander series more of a girly type read though? I've watched some of the episodes with my wife and it looks more of romance/love triangle story with some action thrown in. Maybe that's just the TV series though.
I always recommend Robin Hobb. The Farseer Trilogy is her best. That's the first of what is now 4 sets of trilogies. The weakest for me were the second set, The Liveship Traiders. But she makes up for it the third set, The Tawny Man. She just launched what she says is her final trilogy in the Realms of the Elderlings books last year with The Fitz and the Fool Trilogy and the second book is out tomorrow.
Incidentally, our hero here has endorsed her work on more than one occasion. He does lots of her book blurbs and reviews. 'Fantasy as it ought to be written' is one of the things Martin has said about her work.
The magic aspect is really low key.The main female protagonists is a time traveler and there's something kind of strange with the main male protagonists with regard to some kind of esp.
The way the show markets it is very romantic and it is in a sense but it crosses a few genres. Historical, romantic low fantasy fiction.
I wouldn't describe the show as a romance. More historical fiction than anything else. Haven't read any of the books yet, but my sister tells me I'd like them, so someday I'm going to give them a shot. Probably wait for the. Author to finish the series though.
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