Fantasy/Sci-fi Book recommendations revisited by Window - Page 52 - TribalWar Forums
Click Here to find great hosting deals from Branzone.com


Go Back   TribalWar Forums > TribalWar Community > General Discussion
Reload this Page Fantasy/Sci-fi Book recommendations revisited
Page 52 of 96
Thread Tools
Musashi
SGT Shred++
Contributor
Old
1021 - 05-30-2013, 22:53
Reply With Quote
On book 14 of C.J. Cherryh's foreigner series.

It's like aliens in downton abbey.
 
Musashi is offline
 
Sponsored Links
Bodom
VeteranXX
Old
1022 - 05-30-2013, 23:17
Reply With Quote
whats downton abbey
 
Bodom is offline
 
Dai Shinzo
VeteranXV
Old
1023 - 05-30-2013, 23:26
Reply With Quote
I took a break to read some non sci fi on predictive analytics and finally finished to start Way of Kings.

I can't decide if I like it yet or not, but it feels slow as **** and I typically have a pretty good tolerance for books like that.
 
Dai Shinzo is offline
 
cogzinofa
VeteranXV
Old
1024 - 05-31-2013, 03:34
Reply With Quote
jack vance just died.

apparently he lived in oakland.
 
cogzinofa is offline
 
Apathy
Veteran++
Old
1025 - 05-31-2013, 03:49
Reply With Quote
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dai Shinzo View Post
I took a break to read some non sci fi on predictive analytics and finally finished to start Way of Kings.

I can't decide if I like it yet or not, but it feels slow as **** and I typically have a pretty good tolerance for books like that.
it does get better, its nothing amazing but not bad. it picks up about half way through.
 
Apathy is offline
 
Scuzzle
VeteranXX
Contributor
Old
1026 - 05-31-2013, 03:52
Reply With Quote
If you're into comic books, Fables is a good read. It's AFN, but I've just picked it up and am really enjoying it. It's easily on par with Sandman.

Fables (comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
 
Scuzzle is offline
 
coombz
VeteranXX
Old
1027 - 05-31-2013, 03:55
Reply With Quote
are the Mistborn books better than Way of Kings?

feel pretty much the same as Apathy regarding Way of Kings, it was nothing special, but perfectly readable for the most part...
 
coombz is offline
 
Kerosene31
VeteranXV
Old
1028 - 05-31-2013, 06:07
Reply With Quote
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dai Shinzo View Post
I took a break to read some non sci fi on predictive analytics and finally finished to start Way of Kings.

I can't decide if I like it yet or not, but it feels slow as **** and I typically have a pretty good tolerance for books like that.
It is slow to get going, but about half way through it pulled me in.

Still kind of meh overall, but it does pick up.

Painfully slow to get going though. At times it feels like the author is trying to copy Martin's style of endlessly describing pointless details for no reason other than to fill pages.
 
Kerosene31 is offline
 
Irn-Bru
VeteranXV
Old
1029 - 05-31-2013, 07:00
Reply With Quote
Y'know Coombs, the Mistbron books can get ****ed to be honest...

I enjoyed the actual characters but the books got pretty ridiculous. I'm a fan of his writing but this one seemed like a whole heap of fantasy ideas spewed (ur using darts to pick combos) onto a storyboard somewhere. I think Abercrombie's stuff is far superior.

I now think of the Mistborn series in the same vein as the David Farland's Runelord books which I stuck with for about 6 novels and then metaphorically had some kind of brain haemorrage. It's like they have all the ingredients but they're missing the food processor.
 
Irn-Bru is offline
 
Eggi
VeteranXX
Old
1030 - 06-12-2013, 01:23
Reply With Quote
dang its hard to sort through this thread to find some sci fi gems to read.

anyone read some good sci fi space-opera-ish epic books recently they can recommend? i seem to have already read a lot of the good titles by alasair reynolds, peter hamilton, and vernor vinge. some more light douglas adams type sci fi would be good too.

is the culture series from iain banks (RIP) worth reading?
 
Eggi is offline
 
coombz
VeteranXX
Old
1031 - 06-12-2013, 01:33
Reply With Quote
yes Eggi, read surface detail or hydrogen sonata or matter by banks

also Ready Player One by some other dude f or lighter reading

no one really matches Douglas Adams but you could try some Terry pratchett if you haven't already...will post again if something else occurs to me, I feel like I'm forgetting someone
 
coombz is offline
 
ArakAtak
VeteranXX
Old
1032 - 06-12-2013, 07:27
Reply With Quote
Quote:
Originally Posted by Eggi View Post
some more light douglas adams type sci fi would be good too.
Read the Red Dwarf series, written as a collabaration by the creators of the TV series, released under the name "Grant Naylor"
 
ArakAtak is offline
 
Tryp
VeteranX
Old
1033 - 06-12-2013, 07:32
Reply With Quote
Old Man's War - John Scalzi [5/5]

****ing amazing book. Like a mix between The Forever War - Joe Haldeman and Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein (two of my favorite books of all time).

I don't know about the sequels. Going to investigate after I finish Mookwalking With Einstein.
 
Tryp is offline
 
Window
VeteranX
Old
1034 - 06-12-2013, 08:43
Reply With Quote
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dai Shinzo View Post
I took a break to read some non sci fi on predictive analytics and finally finished to start Way of Kings.

I can't decide if I like it yet or not, but it feels slow as **** and I typically have a pretty good tolerance for books like that.
Keep going, the first half (like others have said) basically just sets up the world, then dives into the story after
 
Window is offline
 
Falhawk
VeteranXX
Old
1035 - 06-12-2013, 08:47
Reply With Quote
Quote:
Originally Posted by Eggi View Post
dang its hard to sort through this thread to find some sci fi gems to read.

anyone read some good sci fi space-opera-ish epic books recently they can recommend? i seem to have already read a lot of the good titles by alasair reynolds, peter hamilton, and vernor vinge. some more light douglas adams type sci fi would be good too.

is the culture series from iain banks (RIP) worth reading?
Use of Weapons is a totally great book

also Player of Games
 
Falhawk is offline
 
Eggi
VeteranXX
Old
1036 - 06-12-2013, 09:20
Reply With Quote
**** i love this thread
 
Eggi is offline
 
SuperSniperX
Veteranniner
Contributor
Old
1037 - 06-12-2013, 15:29
Reply With Quote
The Lost Fleet series has been pretty decent, if you're looking for space opera
 
SuperSniperX is offline
 
MadHatSam
VeteranX
Old
1038 - 06-12-2013, 15:36
Reply With Quote
Quote:
Originally Posted by Falhawk View Post
Use of Weapons is a totally great book

also Player of Games
Both amazing reads, really enjoyed those.

Also the two most recent ones are good as well, Look to Windward and Hydrogen Sonata, although HS might just be sentimentally good since it is the last one.
 
MadHatSam is offline
 
Skibbi9
VeteranXX
Contributor
Old
1039 - 06-12-2013, 15:41
Reply With Quote
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tryp View Post
Old Man's War - John Scalzi [5/5]

****ing amazing book. Like a mix between The Forever War - Joe Haldeman and Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein (two of my favorite books of all time).

I don't know about the sequels. Going to investigate after I finish Mookwalking With Einstein.
#2 is great. #3/#4 are ok, they overlap about 80% of material with each other (same story, 2 povs)
 
Skibbi9 is offline
 
ArakAtak
VeteranXX
Old
1040 - 06-20-2013, 06:31
Reply With Quote
So I started reading "Ready Player One"

From the first couple of pages I knew I was going to love it.
If you like the 80's or 80's pop culture references and you like video gaming and MMORPGs you will love this.

The 80's pop references may get a bit tedious especially having them explained but then again I lived through it so I guess it's for the benefit of you unlucky youngsters who missed out.

I have found that I really like reading stories about video games. Maybe about people playing a video game at least (also loved the RPG parts of Reamde).
It's a bit strange but reading about someone playing an RPG in a dungeon is somehow more compelling than straight dungeon/fantasy books.

Anyhow - I can hardly put it down so a big go get it and read it.
 
ArakAtak is offline
 
Page 52 of 96
Reply


Go Back   TribalWar Forums > TribalWar Community > General Discussion
Reload this Page Fantasy/Sci-fi Book recommendations revisited

Social Website Bullshit

Tags
alex dare levert , alex knapik-levert


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


AGENT: claudebot / Y
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 08:08.