It's time for some book recommendations!

[jimmy olsen]

The Eye of the World would have been better as a standalone rather than the hook into a rather tedious series.

Lies!

[Neil]

The Eye of the World would have been better as a standalone rather than the hook into a rather tedious series.

Lies!

No, he's right.  It's hard to imagine a promising begining going more horribly wrong than the Wheel of Time.

[jimmy olsen]

The Eye of the World would have been better as a standalone rather than the hook into a rather tedious series.

Lies!

No, he's right.  It's hard to imagine a promising begining going more horribly wrong than the Wheel of Time.

I disagree. Book 11 was my second favorite one, and book 12 is getting great reviews.

I reread the series every year.

[CountDeMoney]

Sprague is awesome.

But Kildar is more an 'urban fantasy' than military sci fi.  It gets classified that sometimes because of some subplot about a mutant plague.

I guess that got left out in the review I read.

Don't even think about reading it Koera, the main character is a crazed rapist.

I am intrigued now.

Hmm.  You and me both.

[jimmy olsen]

Sprague is awesome.

But Kildar is more an 'urban fantasy' than military sci fi.  It gets classified that sometimes because of some subplot about a mutant plague.

I guess that got left out in the review I read.

Don't even think about reading it Koera, the main character is a crazed rapist.

I am intrigued now.

Hmm.  You and me both.

The 1st book in the series is named Ghost.

[Darth Wagtaros]

The Eye of the World would have been better as a standalone rather than the hook into a rather tedious series.

Lies!

No, he's right.  It's hard to imagine a promising begining going more horribly wrong than the Wheel of Time.

I almost have to agree.  So much of the work took a long time to say very little.  There was enough good stuff buried under the dross to make a good series.  Even a great one. 

I think in the end the Wheel of Time, while I did love it, is a cautionary tale about the peril sof being your own editor.

[Korea]

Sprague is awesome.

But Kildar is more an 'urban fantasy' than military sci fi.  It gets classified that sometimes because of some subplot about a mutant plague.

I guess that got left out in the review I read.

Don't even think about reading it Koera, the main character is a crazed rapist.

I am intrigued now.

Hmm.  You and me both.

If that intrigues you then you should definitely read Goodkinds Sword of Truth series.

[CountDeMoney]

Sprague is awesome.

But Kildar is more an 'urban fantasy' than military sci fi.  It gets classified that sometimes because of some subplot about a mutant plague.

I guess that got left out in the review I read.

Don't even think about reading it Koera, the main character is a crazed rapist.

I am intrigued now.

Hmm.  You and me both.

If that intrigues you then you should definitely read Goodkinds Sword of Truth series.

Highlight the rape parts for me.  I'll read those.

[jimmy olsen]

For the 1st series, this guy does that for you.

http://hradzka.livejournal.com/194753.html

[Strix]

The Eye of the World would have been better as a standalone rather than the hook into a rather tedious series.

Lies!

No, he's right.  It's hard to imagine a promising begining going more horribly wrong than the Wheel of Time.

I almost have to agree.  So much of the work took a long time to say very little.  There was enough good stuff buried under the dross to make a good series.  Even a great one. 

I think in the end the Wheel of Time, while I did love it, is a cautionary tale about the peril sof being your own editor.

And what happens when you take so long writing the series.....and croak before it's over!

[Malthus]

Try finding a copy of L. Sprague DeCamp's The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate for a nice "historical" romp absolutely indistinguishable from a fantasy romp, and then his Lest darkness Fall for an alt-his fantasy that really and truly does not suck.  Both are older books, so you may need to go used, but both are fabulous classics of their genres, and should appeal to any reader of fantasy.

Can't recommend  Lest darkness Fall too highly - it really is excellent. Haven't read The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate yet - I'll try to remedy that.

[Malthus]

For a wildcard: I'm currently loving Cornwell's Saxon books.
They're historic fiction, not fantasy, but they read just like they're from a hard fantasy setting. Really, really good stuff.

Yup, and a new one just came out. Excellent stuff.

[Darth Wagtaros]

The Eye of the World would have been better as a standalone rather than the hook into a rather tedious series.

Lies!

No, he's right.  It's hard to imagine a promising begining going more horribly wrong than the Wheel of Time.

I almost have to agree.  So much of the work took a long time to say very little.  There was enough good stuff buried under the dross to make a good series.  Even a great one. 

I think in the end the Wheel of Time, while I did love it, is a cautionary tale about the peril sof being your own editor.

And what happens when you take so long writing the series.....and croak before it's over!

I think it improved when he started letting TOR edit his crap, they cut hundreds of pages out of the last book, and it was the best one in nearly a decade.

[Strix]

I think it improved when he started letting TOR edit his crap, they cut hundreds of pages out of the last book, and it was the best one in nearly a decade.

I have to agree with that. The series was getting old and than I happened to buy that book in a discount store because I needed something to read on a trip. I enjoyed it a lot. It resembled the early parts of the series more.

[Korea]

Sprague is awesome.

But Kildar is more an 'urban fantasy' than military sci fi.  It gets classified that sometimes because of some subplot about a mutant plague.

I guess that got left out in the review I read.

Don't even think about reading it Koera, the main character is a crazed rapist.

I am intrigued now.

Hmm.  You and me both.

If that intrigues you then you should definitely read Goodkinds Sword of Truth series.

Highlight the rape parts for me.  I'll read those.

So every other page then?