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[Cybatross]

Hey guys!

 

Reading nidriks' introductory post, where he said he was re-reading the Farseer trilogy, made me wonder: what is everyone reading? We're all (well, most of us anyway) self-confessed geeks with an interest in computer gaming. Do we share tastes in literature as well? Maybe I can get some great reading tips from you all

 

I'm currently re-reading Robin Hobb's Farseer trilogy as well, and it remains a favourite, along with the same author's Tawny Man trilogy. For those of you who haven't read any Robin Hobb, you have something to look forward to For those of you who have, another series of books that I find great and somewhat similar is the Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss. He has only published the first two books so far, so there will be a bit of a wait for the third and final part.

 

So, what are you reading at the moment?

[Saphra88]

http://www.amazon.co.../dp/0575118563 

 

Mistborn Trilogy for me, halfway through the second book, though its taken a backseat since ESO has been out

[Hessen]

I'm genuinely reading Little Women at the moment as part of a boxset of "classics" I got for Christmas.

[Dodger]

I highly recommend the Arabesk Trilogy by Jon Courtenay Grimwood.  It's a near future trilogy based on an alternate history of WW1 ending early and the Ottoman Empire surviving intact - which sounds less than brilliant but they really are a cracking read.

Edited by Dodger, 18 April 2014 - 08:23 am.

[Couladin]

Also re-reading the farseer trilogy - I read it first in Swedish many many years ago, and now re-reading it in english (half-way through the first book). So far (thanks to my bad memory) its a great re-discovery of a very well crafted tale. 

 

Other than this, the series I have re-read the most time is the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. If one can get past the obvious "I love americanized-style freedom and liberty" themes, it is a very good read.

Edited by Couladin, 18 April 2014 - 08:34 am.

[nidriks]

It's a brilliant series of books. Robin Hobb writes wonderfully.

 

If fantasy is your genre then you can do no worse than to read the Magician series by Ray Feist. I started the Empire trilogy but couldn't get in to it for some reason. And though I'm a huge fan of Hobb, I found the Liveship Trilogy slow to start and I picked something else up instead. I really must give that series more chance.

 

I believe the book I picked up instead of Liveship was Game of Thrones. I'd have to say that's the best series of the lot. George R R Martin is quite the writer. It's damn hard keeping my mouth shut when work colleagues are voicing their ideas about what's going on in the TV series.

 

The Shannara books aren't too bad. Many people will put them down saying the story is far too similar to LotR, and it probably is, but I really enjoyed them. The second and third Shannara trilogies are far better. The Jerle Shannara trilogy was something I couldn't put down it was that gripping.

 

One series of books I would recommend to anyone is His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman. It's kid's fiction really but it's one of those that adults will get as much enjoyment from. They made the Golden Compass (the first book) into a film the other year. Excellent books that I must have read three times now.

http://www.amazon.co.../dp/0575118563 

 

Mistborn Trilogy for me, halfway through the second book, though its taken a backseat since ESO has been out

 

I think I've just decided that'll be my next lot of books. I've had Brandon Sanderson suggested to me before, and that was many years ago, so it's about time I tried them.

[Funaki]

Im on Pet Sematary  by Stephen King right now and before that was The Shining also by King,  both  amazing horrors. Also a great one from King was Under The Dome. Read any of his books and youl be hooked

[GoA]

i just finished the entire magician series by raymond feist

good series, not incredible but pretty fun reads

some archs are great, the mistress of the empire was really good

 

I'm planning to start reading the weel of time next, gonna take a while to go through em

[nidriks]

i just finished the entire magician series by raymond feist

good series, not incredible but pretty fun reads

some archs are great, the mistress of the empire was really good

 

I'm planning to start reading the weel of time next, gonna take a while to go through em

 

Yeah The Wheel of Time has always appealed to me but it's a hefty commitment. I dunno how many pages each one is. (832 pages volume 1...according to amazon)

[GoA]

Yeah The Wheel of Time has always appealed to me but it's a hefty commitment. I dunno how many pages each one is. (832 pages volume 1...according to amazon)

 

aye it is, but i've heard too many people talk too highly of it to ignore it any longer

[Devlin1991]

Ready Player One, Ernest Cline.

 

Hyperion Cantos (series), Dan Simmons.

 

Currently Reading - Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson

Edited by Devlin1991, 18 April 2014 - 07:39 pm.

[Chuey]

Two I've recently read maybe of more interest to those from N Ireland or having an interest in the "troubles" - from the perspective of a young lad growing up in Belfast in the 70s

 

Paperboy and Breadboy

 

Usually prefer Biographys. Just finished Fergies, on to Stephen Fry

[Wight]

I love anything Brandon Sanderson releases, and I like the way he completed the Wheel of time series after Robert Jordan's death.

I have just recently finished a book called Blood Song by an author named Anthony Ryan and I have to say it was one the best reads I have had in recent years, looking forward to the second in the series which comes out in July.

[Belantis]

Im a huge fan of Anthony Beevor who writes books about the second world war. I read his books D-Day, Berlin 45, Stalingrad and lately The Spanish civil war.

[Rhimos]

In the wake of the new Horus Heresy release, I've committed myself to re-reading the entire series. It's a challenge, I think we're up to around book 30 if you include short story anthologies, but definitely worth it if you're even remotely interested in the Warhammer 40k universe!

[spankproof]

In the wake of the new Horus Heresy release, I've committed myself to re-reading the entire series. It's a challenge, I think we're up to around book 30 if you include short story anthologies, but definitely worth it if you're even remotely interested in the Warhammer 40k universe!

 

 

you poor poor man, i own them all and everytime i get half way through one I'm like "why do i read this tripe" the stories are good but the writers really really suck, it's only because i like the ip that i perservere