The "What are you reading?" Thread

[Jack Brickman]

Recently finished up Joe Abercrombie's Shattered Sea trilogy and I really enjoyed it. The books are technically young adult, but the only difference from Abercrombie's other works is a lack of the word "fuck" and that the main characters in each book tend to be in their teenage years. There's still tons of violence and adult content. I'd definitely recommend the series. The books are short and very quick reads. I think I crushed the third one in like two days. They take place in a Scandinavian-style setting.

Also read Robin Hobb's entire Liveship Traders trilogy near the end of last year. I've read all of Hobb's Fitz and the Fool books and enjoyed them for the most part, but damn Liveship Traders was fantastic. I'm planning on getting into her Rain Wild books (I think there are four) after I finish my current re-read of A Song of Ice and Fire (midway through book three right now...just after the Red Wedding).

I think Daniel Abraham's new book comes out next month as well, and I'll definitely be reading that. I've also got the new Sanderson Mistborn book on my backlog.

And on a non-fantasy note, I read The Martian and it was awesome. Much better than the movie (which I enjoyed). Very funny, easy read despite having a lot of science mumbo jumbo.

 

[FiveThous]

Squall by Sean Costello has been fantastic/hilarious. It's less that 200 pages and in the first 15 pages there were already 3 people murdered and a 250K cocaine deal. I'm about 75% of the way through and it hasn't slowed down. I'd recommend it as a nice weekend read.

 

[Lionheart]

Ready Player One is the book I have on deck

Good to hear, enjoy it man. Fun bit of trivia, Spielberg is directing a movie adaptation of the book.

 

[Triumph36]

Good to hear, enjoy it man. Fun bit of trivia, Spielberg is directing a movie adaptation of the book.

speaking of movie adaptations, leo & marty are (finally) making a movie for a book mentioned earlier: the devil in the white city. given how good they've been together i am super pumped about this; it's a relief tom cruise didn't get to make the movie when he purchased the rights a while ago.

 

[Tornicade]

Two of my daughters love to read and many of the books she reads become movies. They say the movie ruins the book. I tell them not to read the book until after rate movie because the book ruins the movie because all through the movie I hear them complain about things that are different. Sometimes they complain about significant plot changes, other times it's the actor has the wrong color of eyes.

Games of Thrones would be an exception to this. They Deliver

Not sure what books Five Thousand has already read but The foundation series along with the robot series by Isaac Isamov is must read science fiction.

Enders game( has an excellent sequel as well), Dune and Battlefield earth are also great reads.

The mote in gods eye is also a good series.

 

[FiveThous]

Games of Thrones would be an exception to this. They Deliver

Not sure what books Five Thousand has already read but The foundation series along with the robot series by Isaac Isamov is must read science fiction.

Enders game( has an excellent sequel as well), Dune and Battlefield earth are also great reads.

The mote in gods eye is also a good series.

Thanks torn

 

[Jack Brickman]

Games of Thrones would be an exception to this. They Deliver

Eh...even Game of Thrones the show is nowhere near as good as the books. It's a solid adaptation, and the first season in particular is fantastic, but there are a lot of changes that seem either pointless or detrimental, like totally changing Stannis' character and making him damn near a bad guy.

 

[Tornicade]

Eh...even Game of Thrones the show is nowhere near as good as the books. It's a solid adaptation, and the first season in particular is fantastic, but there are a lot of changes that seem either pointless or detrimental, like totally changing Stannis' character and making him damn near a bad guy.

Its a different medium. The characters thoughts and motives have to be expressed a different way. The show didn't ruin the book, they both stand on their own

 

[Jack Brickman]

Its a different medium. The characters thoughts and motives have to be expressed a different way. The show didn't ruin the book, they both stand on their own

I didn't say it ruined the books. I just said it wasn't as good.

 

[Jack Brickman]

As I mentioned in a previous post, the final installment of Daniel Abraham's Dagger & Coin series comes out next month. I'd definitely recommend that series for anyone interested in fantasy. It has some great characters, and it has an interesting focus on the role that banks can play in war. Martin includes this to an extent with the Iron Bank in Ice & Fire, but it's a lot more detailed in Abraham's series.

 

[js6684]

I think I already mentioned this series earlier but now that the 3rd and final book of the trilogy is out I wanted to bring it up again. Red Rising/Golden Son/Morning Star Trilogy by Pierce Brown. Morning Star just came out earlier this month. Best way to describe it is Enders Game + Game of Thrones + Star Wars/Trek + Hunger Games. Easily one of my favorites. Look it up!

 

[FiveThous]

I think I already mentioned this series earlier but now that the 3rd and final book of the trilogy is out I wanted to bring it up again. Red Rising/Golden Son/Morning Star Trilogy by Pierce Brown. Morning Star just came out earlier this month. Best way to describe it is Enders Game + Game of Thrones + Star Wars/Trek + Hunger Games. Easily one of my favorites. Look it up!

I have these in my amazon book wishlist.

As I mentioned in a previous post, the final installment of Daniel Abraham's Dagger & Coin series comes out next month. I'd definitely recommend that series for anyone interested in fantasy. It has some great characters, and it has an interesting focus on the role that banks can play in war. Martin includes this to an extent with the Iron Bank in Ice & Fire, but it's a lot more detailed in Abraham's series.

I'll check these out as well, thanks again.

Any chance a mod can change the title of this thread to "What are you reading?"

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

Thanks torn

Awhile back when looking for something to read, I decided to have a go at all the Hugo and Nebula (science fiction/fantasy winners). Didn't read them all, but came across some great stuff I might not otherwise have read.

Two that stand out to me are Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny, and A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller. Look them up on wikipedia or something to get an idea.

Almost anything by Jack Vance. His writing is very colorful, and extremely literate. Tales of the Dying Earth or the Demon Kings collection of novellas are a good place to start.

 

[Jack Brickman]

Started reading Calamity, the third and (I think) final book in Sanderson's Reckoners series that came out this week. It's a pseudo-fantasy series about our world after people started developing super powers. However, there are no super heroes in the series, really, as using their powers causes those who develop them to essentially become evil. The US is no more, as different cities and areas are run by the more powerful supervillains, with various less powerful ones working under them.

I really liked the first two books in the series. They're relatively short and easy reads. I'm like 30% into the third one now and it's similarly entertaining. I've enjoyed a lot of Sanderson's other books (he wrote the Mistborn trilogy, which was great), and he pumps out books at an insane rate too.

 

[Sebastian]

The Disaster Artist was a great read. One need not be a fan of The Room to appreciate it. Well written. Enthralling.