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Ok, so this will inevitably contain spoilers From The Malazan Book of the Fallen Mass battles: The Battle of Capustan - Memories of Ice The Battle outside Letheras - Reaper's Gale The Battle of the Mound - The Crippled God The Bonehunter's Last Battle - The Crippled God Individual Battle: Brys Beddict - Midnight Tides Spinnock Durav - Toll the Hounds Gruntle - Crippled God From David Gemmell's Legend The Seige of Dros Delnoch

Reading Janny Wurts' To ride Hells Chasm

Just finished Ian Tregillis' The Rising. The first book was good, but this book is excellent. Tight, extremely fast moving, action-packed, this book escalates everything to a new level. Also Tregillis can write a convergence! A small one, but a good one ​

Finished Twelve Kings in Sharakhai This book has some really good points - the setting and the worldbuilding. The idea of a desert city, sand ships etc. really caught my imagination It also has some weak points - its too long and too slow. Compared to the actual events, the book seems a bit stretched. Also the plotting could be better. The twists are no fun if you can see them coming!

I just wish he finished era 2 before he went back to all the other books. I really want to see how this story arc ends

An absolutely excellent book. I really really liked this book especially as it answered my objections from Shadows of Self. I think this is the best we have seen from Brandon in terms of character growth. Steris was boring/irritating in Alloy of Law, interesting, but limited in Shadows of Self, and absolutely scintillating in Bands of Mourning. I love her honesty, how she deals with her issues and problems and doesn't let them bog her down, how she is relentlessly pragmatic and practical and how she quietly underestimates herself. I think Steris is my favourite Brandon character. I also loved the way Wax responded to Steris, how he finally allowed himself to give in and be interested in the world she represented - that accounting scene on the train was lovely, and how he could eventually let himself love again. This is what I wanted and didn't get in Shadows of Self. I wanted Wax to respond to her in a way that acknowledged and respected her as a person and in this book that was exactly what I got. Marasi matured brilliantly as well. I loved the way she dealt with the situation after Wax had seemingly died. The hotel scene is probably the funniest Mistborn scene. Couldn't stop laughing. Overall I find the situation quite dark. The Set have suffered a setback, but they have only been delayed. How the South reacts is yet to be seen. Harmony is hard pressed by Odium(?) I think. My only objection? I don't want to wait so long to find out what happens next!

Agree absolutely. The book had me in awe with its poetic language and stunning evocation of a dying civilization

Since the Shardpool in Shadows of Self is blue, could it not have some connection to Elantris Spoilers

Just finished this book today. Really liked the pace of the book. Just a couple of points about the relationships 1. I really really wanted Marasi and Wax to settle their issues. Marasi admires and possible even idolizes Wax though this does change a bit later in the books, while wax seemed to be having a tough time treating Marasi in an equal manner. I really wanted this conflict resolution to further their character arcs. This is why I did not at all like Harmony telling Wax to treat Marasi better. I felt I would have liked it better if we had been able to see them work things out for themselves 2. I loved Steris in this book. She was very dynamic and showed Wax the advantage of her social, political and planning skills. However its a real pity that she vanished with about 60% of the book still to go.

Definitely wait for Book 1. 3 won't make a lot of sense without 1, and 2 continues a couple of things from 1. Reading Malazan out of sequence can be a bad idea.

Finished the two Cosmere Novellas Sixth of the Dusk and Shadows for Silence. Both excellent, though I liked Shadows for Silence more. The Cosmere connection there is a bit puzzling though.

I didn't like the change. I just finished Words of Radiance, and then read about the changes here. I don't get the vengeance/anger angle at all. Kaladin overcame his vengeance and feelings of bitter anger when he stood against Moash. That was the entire point of that scene. Thats why Syl returned and he got his powers backs His fight with Szeth was about fulfilling his vows. His vow was to defend Dalinar. When Szeth tries to streak away towards the plateau, Kaladin flashbacks to how Zahel targeted Adolin in the training arena to teach Kaladin about the difficulties regarding defending someone. Again when Szeth flies through the Storm, kaladin realises he knows where the army went and if he loses Szeth,Szeth will find Dalinar and kill him. His attack on Szeth was about defending Dalinar. He was fulfilling hos vows. That Szeth refused to defend himslef was something entirely separate, he realised that he had been deceived and all his actions were mistakes. Thus there was no vengeance here. Kaladin was doing his duty.

Actually first time I read about a Mistborn (Kelsier) I pictured his movements as kind of a cross between Spiderman and Assasin's Creed. 1. Would be Awesome!!! The nuclear power thing or something closely analogous to it will almost certainly happen in future series.

There are a number of sub-series within Discworld revolving around a character or a set of characters. Rincewind: Colour of Magic-Light Fantastic-Sourcery-Eric-Interesting Times-Last Continent-Last Hero-Unseen Academicals The City Watch:Guards Guards-Men at Arms-Feet of Clay-Jingo-Fifth Elephant-Night Watch-Thud!-Snuff The Witches: Equal Rites-Wyrd Sisters-Witches Abroad-Lords and Ladies-Maskerade-Carpe Jugulum Tiffany Aching: The Wee Free Men-A Hat Full of Sky-Wintersmith-I Shall Wear Midnight Death: Mort-Reaper Man-Soul Music-Hogfather-Thief of Time Moist von Lipwig: Going Postal-Making Money-Raising Steam Also there are a few standlaone books like Pyramids, Small Gods, The Truth, Monstruous Regiment. Please note that the chronological order of the series should be regulated by publication order. The Lipwig books are set towards the end of the Watch Arc, that is from after Fifth Elephant onwards. This is important becasue they take place in the same area and have crossover characters. The Tiffany Aching books are all set after Carpe Jugulum

Regarding Jim Butcher, don't worry! When I was reading Wheel of Time I broke it up with quite a few other reads as well. The advantage of Butchers books are they are quick, easy reads, and extremely entertaining. You don't really need to remember any overarching plot elements till book 7-8, I think, though you shoudl still read in chronological order. As for Wheel of Time, yes, Matt's ability with the quarterstaff is a bit jarring, but also very important. Which book are you upto?

Ooh, right, forgot. Two totally different topics so... anyway, lets see if I can edit it. Edit: I dont see a delete option, so maybe a mod can combine the two posts?

Devastated. I came across his books at an important juncture in my life and I learnt more form them than I have ever learnt in class

Finished Way of Kings, started Words of Radiance. So excited! As soon as I finish, I can start posting here full time! For the moment I don't want to be spoiled, even by implication. So I am staying away from all the Brandon threads. My first post will probably be a big thread containing my thoughts on the books as I read. I like doing that for the really large scale books and I dont think it gets any bigger than Cosmere!

Brian McClellan's powdermage trilogy? If you don't mind YA Steampunk, then I highly recommend Scott Westerfelds Leviathan trilogy. Have you read Joe Abercrombie? He is quite good as well. Rachel Aaron's Spirit Thief series was quite interesting. Started off light and got darker and more serious. Jim Butchers Codex Alera is a very entertaining read. Daniel Abraham's Dagger and the Coin series gets its final installment this year. I highly recommend this one. Max Gladstone's books are all set in the same world but function as standalones. I recommend him due to the high degree of originality of his ideas. N K Jemisin's Hundred Thousand Kingdoms trilogy is excellent. but it doesn't have the male PoV you are looking for until the third book. Also, Guy Gavriel Kay's standalone Lions of Al-Rassan is some of the most beautiful writng I have read in some time.

I started SF by Jules Verne: 20000 Leagues, Around the World in 80 days, Journey to the Center of the Earth. Then I read Isaac Asimov: the Foundation and Robot series, various short story collections, Nightfall, the Gods Themselves. Arthur C Clarke: Odyssey series, first two books of Rama, Fountains of Paradise and others Frank Herbert: Dune. Also read a bunch of others. Some by Heinlein, some by Niven. I loved Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos. A ton of military sf. David Weber, Steve White, Jack Campbell. Iain M Banks' Culture series is some of the best stuff I have ever read. I also love Neal Asher. Charles Stross is one of my favourite authors. Accelarando, Singularity Sky were both awesome. But my favourite is his Laundry series. Alastair Reynolds is an author I really respect for his attention to detail and mind-boggling plotlines. Peter Hamilton's books are always fun to read.

I read WoT last year. Book 1 is silly. Its cliche. 2 and 3 are far better. 4-6 shows the scope and size of the world expanding dramatically. 7-10 is a slog. Except the end of 9. The last part of 9 is brilliant. Book 11 is excellent. And Brandon's 3 book ending is....well let me put it this way: I literally could not stop reading. These were almost 1000 page books, and over a period of 4-5 days I read all three, with a little sleep and food squeezed in.

Hi everybody! Just joined up and am looking forward to discussing Brandon's books. At the moment I am pursuing a doctorate in modern history. I am heavily into fantasy and sci-fi. I also love rock and metal music. I first came across Brandon when I was reading Wheel of Time. I was quite impressed with the way he finished the series. Thats also when I decided I wanted a lot more of Brandon. So far I have read Elantris, and Emperors Soul. Then I moved on to Mistborn and finished with Alloy of Law. After that I read Warbreaker. I think Elantris is one of the best standalone fantasy books I have read. I absolutely love the magic system in Mistborn. Allomancy is so original! I so badly want to know if there will be a sequel to Warbreaker. I really hope that one day Brandon gives the main character in Emperors Soul a full length book to herself. At present I am on the verge of starting Stormlight Archive. I really look forward to asking some unanswered questions from Mistborn and most importantly understanding Cosmere. What exactly is it? I actually have no idea.