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I've only read 2, 4 and 5 on your list, and I think they differ quite a lot from each other, in regards to how dark the worlds are, how they are written, how many viewpoints there are and so on.

In my opinion, WOT is lighter than ASOIAF. It is more of a traditional epic fantasy; The Chosen One, with friends, battle the great evil. There's also a bit of coming of age, a bit of various cultures crashing, some really interesting and inventive mechanics of social structures... I would recommend it, but I also know a lot of people never got through it once it started dragging.

Very minor WOT-spoiler/trivia underneath, don't read if you haven't read the series (or don't care).

Asker, Norway

5 hours ago, AngelEy3 said:

I'm starting Lies of Locke Lamora tonight.

In for a treat, you are!

This count kind of depends on whether or not children's authors count. If they do:

1) L. E. Modesitt Jr, with 45 books.

2) Anne Cath. Vestly (norwegian childrens author) with 42 books

3) Brandon Sanderson, although it's hard to count because it depends on how one would classify "books". Basically it's "everything except infinity blade 2".

If children's books don't count, 3) becomes 2) and the last 3) is Robert Jordan, with 15 books (counting the ones Sanderson wrote as co-ops).

The Recluce series by Modesitt (19 books and counting)
The Kingkiller Chronicles by Rothfuss (although not done in full)
The Demon Cyle by Brett

I've read the first two books (in audibook form) of Outlander. It's a bit too much of a "book a housewife would read while blushing" for me, but if you can get past that notion the rest of it is rather entertaining..

Oh, and The Martian, which is probably the best audiobook I've ever heard even if it's a standalone, and Sci-Fi..

6 minutes ago, Extesian said:

Is this the only advance instalment?

Only one I've seen referenced at least. But I don't know all of the internet

Forgot to mention this in the first post: My source is http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/

Edit: Oh, and also the author himself, so now I don't even need to be afraid if it's legal: https://twitter.com/PVBrett/status/900815583884836870

In other news, Brandon seems to not be the only one to release parts of his book online before launch:

https://www.scribd.com/document/356551501/The-Core-50-Page-Friday

On 8/15/2017 at 10:30 PM, Left said:

I finished Assassin's Price last night, the latest Imager book by L.E. Modesitt Jr. It was better than the last two books in the trilogy because it was far less derivative of the series as a whole. It may be the first time Modesitt has ever written a non-magic user as the main character in his fantasy novels. It's at least the first one that I've come across. It was a good change in any case, and definitely a breath of fresh air. 

I enjoyed it too! It was refreshing to be allowed to know more than the main character for once (normally they figure out the riddles and then don't tell what they've figured out, but this time I knew some of the answers from the previous books).

On topic: After Red Sister, I've started Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb on Audible. Still on The Broken Eye in proper book form though. Might take a bit longer to read now since school started and I'm stuck with a brick of a book called "Introduction to the Practice of Statistics"...

On 08/01/2017 at 8:01 AM, Ammanas said:

Give me/us a update if he reads from Thorn of Emberlain please.

He didn't! But what he did read was really nice (partly because he had a pleasant reading voice). It was part of a short story coming out in an anthology in October.

Also got a book signed. Decided against asking about writing progress though, since that's just rude.

17 hours ago, Left said:

So I'm about fifteen(?) ish hours into Breath of the Wild. It really is a fantastic game. I just hope I can rush through the main quest line and finish that before I leave for BYU next week...

I think I used about 120h, but I tried to do it properly. Only lacked about 12 shrines in the end. If I remember correctly, you can speedrun it in about 1h.

Recluce: Lorn (with Saryn and Cerryl as runnerups)

Gentleman Bastards: Jean

Transformers: Bumblebee

Expanse: Amos

GoT: Tyrion

I wonder what format though? I remember for TGS they did one audiobook chapter, one chapter on kindle, and one or two directly on tor.com. Then again, lately (meaning the last few years), I think all the sample chapters I've seen have been directly on tor.com

We're heading off to Worldcon tomorrow, which is in Finland this year.

Anyone else from this site going? I know it doesn't have Sanderson, but it does have a lot of other interesting things

I used to think that the only way I could read was a real book. And I still prefer that, but now that space is running out for books in our home, I've started buying more and more "new tries" on my Kindle (or with Audible).

Also, with everything Amazon has done lately with shared libraries across ebooks and audiobooks (which means me and my boyfriend don't have to buy everything twice anymore), and with reading/listening on various devices once you've bought the book (which means that if I forget my Kindle at home I can still pick up where I left off either on my phone or a computer screen), I'm getting more and more sold on the whole deal.

But still, I will buy everything from my favourite authors in physical form and rather remove everything else in the end if space runs out.

On 3.8.2017 at 7:54 AM, Briar King said:

Lightbringer is a fun read. I also quite enjoyed Night Angel though a lot of people I've noticed didn't.

Well, I've only read the first one so far. I should read the rest but I accidentally bought book 1 again instead of book 2 It was interesting enough, but I thought some of the ending was a bit "over the top" in the part of getting out of trouble..

1 hour ago, AngelEy3 said:

I really enjoyed Lightbringer and felt like each book is a growth on the one before it. Plus, Turtle Bear! 

I like the fact that the author basically reinvented MTG without even knowing it

1 hour ago, Ammanas said:

1. It was not narrated by the excellent Nick Poedehl 

No, it was narrated by the author himself! Which I actually enjoyed, I think Patrick Rothfuss has a really nice voice.

1 hour ago, Ammanas said:

2. Perhaps it got better, but from what I listened to it was about a girl meandering around by herself. Not my cup of tea.

Can't really answer if it gets "better" since that would be spoiling the book, but yeah, I guess that book is one of those you either get really into, or you don't. Me, I liked being in her head, because she's rather interesting as a character.

I play way too many SuperCell games on my phone. Should finish "Horizon Zero Dawn" since I'm about 20% in, but took a break for my first holiday and forgot to start it again. Also purchased Splatoon 2 the other day but found it rather boring..

@Ammanas Have never had that happening with books, but it happens with board games all the time as I grow more experienced.

On topic; finished Aether, started "The Broken Eye" (Lightbringer #3).

I guess the strangest book I ever read was "The Slow Regard of Silent Things" by Patrick Rothfuss, so I'm probably lucky.

While I really liked the book, I thought quite a lot of the dialogue was "too easy". 

For example, when Raeth gets Taenen on "his side" it seems the words he used was now powerful enough somehow to bring about the change in the man. Also, Raeth and D'naa share way too much information with each other too quickly for it to feel right.

So, if I was to rewrite it, I would work a lot on the dialogue, and probably throw in a lot more scenes between two people before they were suddenly best friends. I think, however, that Brandon has gotten way better at this later in his career.

@old aggie Yet another book I haven't read! It seems hanging out here is really expanding my "to read" list.

I have thought along those lines before though, but that's mostly when dealing with the early philosophers like Thales. Also, each of the books in the series I have come with an extensive foreword explaining where the texts have originated and what kind of world we had at that point.

@Khyrindor What are those drawings on the wall? They look nice!

@Ammanas Will do! (If we get in...)

4 hours ago, Ammanas said:

Always cool to see another Lynch fan!

And another! Just one week left before we venture for Finland and Worldcon. Lynch will have a reading there so here's me hoping it's new material

10 hours ago, Ammanas said:

Well, I don't know if I can recommend the audiobooks bc the author reads most of her works and she doesn't have the most exciting voice. Maybe you can look past it?

I tried a sample on Audible and see what you mean Textbook and/or kindle version it is then

Now what should I use those Audible credits for. The recommendation system is a bit off, since it keeps recommending me books I have in other formats (for example, it keeps insisting i get all the Sanderson books for some reason... But I own them already!).