Game of Thrones begins....

[Ed Anger]

I have three different first books on my shelf right now I bought on recommendation from varioues Languish posters.

Gene Wolfs Shadow & Claw
Glen Cooks Black Company
Steven Eriksons Gardens of the Moon

I think I actually read all of Gardens of the Moon. It was...well...terrible. It went all over the place, had no discenible point to it, and I suspect this was intentional - the authors rather infantile way of saying "Hey, check me out! Look how original and cutting edge I am! I will not be limited by the conventions of your conventional ways of telling conventional stories!"

The Black Company I remember reading and just thinking "Meh." and never had any desire to find the next book.

Only Shadow and Claw intrigues me - I could NOT get into the book, yet I feel like I am missing something as a result. I think there is a pretty good story in there, so maybe I will try it again.

Sadly, the one fantasy that I read as a result of hearing about it here that I actually liked came from a recommendation from Tim.

Awesome series. Loved the first three books and never found the rest.

They are all in omnibus versions by Tor.

[Zeus]

I meant I found the first volume of the first three.

[Ed Anger]

I'm sorta dreading the new ones Cook is writing. He killed off everybody interesting or stuck them on the glittering plain.

I just don't see where he can go with it. Unless it is a book of nude sketches of Soulcatcher.

[jimmy olsen]

Sadly, the one fantasy that I read as a result of hearing about it here that I actually liked came from a recommendation from Tim.

Which one!

I also couldn't get into Garden of the Moon, though I did like the Black Company. Haven't read the other one though.

[Razgovory]

The map sucks.

I'm a bit baffled as to why Yemen would need more territory.  They can't rule over the part they nominally control.  Same with Afghanistan.

[grumbler]

Raz, have you read the Amber series by Roger Zelazny?  If not, there's your series.  Short, well-written, and interesting.  I wouldn't bother with the second Amber series, which were more pot-boilerish.

[Razgovory]

Raz, have you read the Amber series by Roger Zelazny?  If not, there's your series.  Short, well-written, and interesting.  I wouldn't bother with the second Amber series, which were more pot-boilerish.

I'll pick it up then.

[Maximus]

Raz, have you read the Amber series by Roger Zelazny?  If not, there's your series.  Short, well-written, and interesting.  I wouldn't bother with the second Amber series, which were more pot-boilerish.

I second both of these comments. I read them in an omnibus of all ten books, but the first five were vastly superior to the later ones. And it says something that they could fit all ten in one volume.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Raz, have you read the Amber series by Roger Zelazny?  If not, there's your series.  Short, well-written, and interesting.  I wouldn't bother with the second Amber series, which were more pot-boilerish.

I second both of these comments. I read them in an omnibus of all ten books, but the first five were vastly superior to the later ones. And it says something that they could fit all ten in one volume.

It's a great series. I've reread the first 5 a few times.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Anyone else watching the HBO show?

[Grey Fox]

I'll watch it when it shows up online.

[Razgovory]

Anyone else watching the HBO show?

I did.  You see more tits then an hour on Cinemax.  Maybe that's why they bought the rights to it.

[LaCroix]

it's pretty fantastic. it seems a casualty is feudalism's lower-tier

[merithyn]

Just saw it. Well done, but someone who hasn't read the books is going to be very, very confused, I think.

[LaCroix]

those i saw it with were more unnerved by the sudden rush of rough child rape + incest + implied death of a child