Fantasy/Sci-fi Book recommendations revisited

I just finished book 3 of George R.R. Martin last week (Is my favorite so far of the series).

Loved The Name of the Wind, and got Wise Man's fear yesterday. Was only able to read a couple chapters last night. I wish I had re-read The Name of the Wind, as there is so much stuff I forgot.

Hoping TWMF, serves as a nice buffer before I start Feat for Crows though, as then I'll have to wait like the rest of the world for Book 5...forever.

Anyway, anyone have a good link to a quick summary/review of TNotW?
 
I've read a few of Iain Banks books now. He makes them needlessly long. The story generally doesn't get going until like the last 1/3rd
 
ZephyrFox said:
The Heir to Empire trilogy by Timothy Zahn is pretty good even if you aren't into Star Wars.
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Zahn's Conqueror's trilogy is really awesome. Epic space opera style military sci-fi mixed with some of the hard-boiled detective thriller novel stuff that shows up in some of his other series.
 
Damn you finished? I am about halfway through and look forward to leaving the Harry potter world behind. Rothfuss' style is unique and I feel like it draws you in better than a majority of the formulaic fantasy out there right now. No elves, dwarfs or any of that crap.

I am loving it so far.
 
I fucking love having a kindle (and a demonoid account) because i already have 90% of these books on my hdd. i have nothing to add except the wheel of time was boring and shitty, and i wouldn't recommend it to anyone. ever


Darklord said:
The touchscreen at the bottom is far better then dealing with all of the kindles buttons.
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you press one button to turn a page forwards. home and then the page over buttons to find a book. enter to select a book

thats 3 buttons ive used on the kindle :shrug:
 
Falhawk said:
I've read a few of Iain Banks books now. He makes them needlessly long. The story generally doesn't get going until like the last 1/3rd
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I agree, and yet somehow I keep reading them. I guess the world he's constructed is JUST interesting enough that I don't mind the glacial pace of his stories.
 
|Blitzkrieg| said:
If "Dance with Dragons" doesn't end the series, I doubt the series will ever be completed
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Wiki calls for two more books after it. I've been waiting for him to complete them before starting, but I figure the heat death of the universe is going to come first, so I may have to just start them...
 
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