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Yeah, sadly the Heritage series were the peak. Now descended into a deep trough of mediocrity.
What book are you reading...
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Yeah, sadly the Heritage series were the peak. Now descended into a deep trough of mediocrity.
Finished Tigana... wow
Off to read more from the author.
They are pretty good reads, still waiting on the next one.
Off to read more from the author.
They are pretty good reads, still waiting on the next one.
What are the best books out there at the moment?
Me and my wife have just started reading again and would like some recommendations please?
I'm in to sc-fi, crime and thrillers etc. My wife is in to psychological thrillers, mystery, thrillers, horrors, romance and drama etc.
Thanks
Me and my wife have just started reading again and would like some recommendations please?
I'm in to sc-fi, crime and thrillers etc. My wife is in to psychological thrillers, mystery, thrillers, horrors, romance and drama etc.
Thanks
I have just finished reading the Elvis and Cole series by Robert Crais. Sounds like something you both might like.
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The flicker men, very good so far...
I read that book three times at school - loved it! Throughout uni I read the rest of his stuff, plus a bunch of other fantasy. Other than Tigana, The Fionavar Tapestry and a A Song for Arbonne stuck with me the most.It looks like a bunch of us are reading the same stuff and started from similar places. I started with the Terry Brooks, David Eddings, Guy Gavriel Kay, Stephen Donaldson, Stephen Lawhead etc and never looked back. Oh, and Sir Terry of course! Fantasy, be it more grounded or proper high fantasy, is totally my bag.
More recently I've gotten up-to-date with the Gentleman *******s (great so far), The King Slayer Chronicle series (just as good) and finished The Left Hand of God series (loved it). I'm currently working through the Demon Cycle series (book 4 at the mo and loving it!) and the standalone books that sit alongside the First Law trilogy. The First Law trilogy is possibly my favourite fantasy series in a good while btw. Fantastic stuff!
Currently re-reading Clive Barker's Imajica.
I read it when it was originally released and remembered I enjoyed it. This second re-reading some 20 odd years later, I'm feeling as if Barker is being self indulgent somewhat - drawing on his own experiences of his own sexuality.
It's still a good horror/fantasy read, but not as good as I originally remember. Maybe my tastes have changed over the years. I enjoyed his Weaveworld too, maybe I'll re-read that and see if it's his writing style.
Looking forward to getting and reading:
Joe Hill - The Fireman
Stephen King - End of Watch (last in the Bill Hodges trilogy, really enjoyed Mr Mercedes and Finders Keepers)
I read it when it was originally released and remembered I enjoyed it. This second re-reading some 20 odd years later, I'm feeling as if Barker is being self indulgent somewhat - drawing on his own experiences of his own sexuality.
It's still a good horror/fantasy read, but not as good as I originally remember. Maybe my tastes have changed over the years. I enjoyed his Weaveworld too, maybe I'll re-read that and see if it's his writing style.
Looking forward to getting and reading:
Joe Hill - The Fireman
Stephen King - End of Watch (last in the Bill Hodges trilogy, really enjoyed Mr Mercedes and Finders Keepers)
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Just finisihed 'To Have And Have Not' by Ernest Hemingway. Quite brutal in places, not much sentimentality I enjoyed it but the last quarter of the book seems to have little relevance to the main plot which spoilt it somewhat. Also the liberal use of the 'N' word was quite shocking to my modern sensibilities.
Just started 'Of Mice And Men' by John Steinbeck, really enjoying it.
Just started 'Of Mice And Men' by John Steinbeck, really enjoying it.
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Ive been reading the Dark Tower series by Stephen King...
Found out earlier today that its being turned into a move with Idris Elba playing the gunslinger
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I read these years ago and have just started rereading them. It's an epic journey!! I can't imagine how the movie will turn out. It took 3 movies to do justice to the Hobbit and the Dark Tower is infinitely more complex. First 10 part movie ever filmed
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I can't imagine how the movie will turn out. It took 3 movies to do justice to the Hobbit and the Dark Tower is infinitely more complex. First 10 part movie ever filmed
Stephen King has pretty much said that the film will change from the books. I get the feeling (that whilst the end will more or less be the same) how they get there will be different from the original written source.
I think he actually went on record to say that hardcore fans of the series might not like the changes, for example the film is going to start in the "middle" of the story not the beginning.
The film is supposed to be the "first of many, based on the Dark Tower series", not sure what "many films" actually equates to. But then again, I suppose, follow on films will only be made depending on how financially successful the first is!
First 10 part movie ever filmed
At least! A high budget series would suit it better imo. Either way, I'm hyped.
It'll be interesting to see how they handle the Salem's Lot and IT bits. And whether they'll get Stephen King to play himself. And the big bear! And the mental train! Getting even more hyped now
I mentioned a few in the last paragraph a few posts up. I loved the First Law series too so we may have similar tastes. You could also try Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie - it's the first of three standalone books set in the same time as the First Law series. I'm half way through it at the mo and, without spoiling anything, it's fleshing out one of my favourite characters from the series very nicely.
It looks like a bunch of us are reading the same stuff and started from similar places. I started with the Terry Brooks, David Eddings, Guy Gavriel Kay, Stephen Donaldson, Stephen Lawhead etc and never looked back. Oh, and Sir Terry of course! Fantasy, be it more grounded or proper high fantasy, is totally my bag.
More recently I've gotten up-to-date with the Gentleman ******* (great so far), The King Slayer Chronicle series (just as good) and finished The Left Hand of God series (loved it). I'm currently working through the Demon Cycle series (book 4 at the mo and loving it!) and the standalone books that sit alongside the First Law trilogy. The First Law trilogy is possibly my favourite fantasy series in a good while btw. Fantastic stuff!
Im starting some of his other stuff and i can tell its already going to be good.
Yep what you're reading are pretty damn good. The demon cycle kinda petered out after the 1st book imo
Best Served Cold is damn... It's my favourite book in the first law world.
Check out the Powder Mage trilogy by Brian McClellan
I love War of the Worlds, it's a great story. Worth another try!!
It's a good series although book 2 onwards doesn't quite live up to the potential that the first one lays down, and there is a bit of a silly twist at the end of book 4. Book 6 is out this summer I think, and I did read somewhere that they were going to make it into a TV series.
As Warbie says, carry on with the next in that line of stories, they are great. I'm just coming to the end of Sharp Ends: Stories from the World of The First Law, which as the name suggests, is a series of short stories from The First Law world. They all contain characters from previous books, and the last one is about The Bloody Nine
!! I've thoroughly enjoyed it.May I suggest you have a look at Mark Lawrence's works ( The Broken Empire Trilogy and the Red Queen's War Trilogy ) if you favour the grimdark style of Sith Lord Abercrombie
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I can't imagine how the movie will turn out. It took 3 movies to do justice to the Hobbit and the Dark Tower is infinitely more complex. First 10 part movie ever filmed
From what I read in SFX the other day, you are correct, the movie will start somewhere in the middle of the book series so we wont get to see anything from the early days of Rolands adventures
but we do meet 'The Man In Black' played by Matthew McConaughey.I'm currently only on book 3 so I need to get my act together if I want see this when it comes out.