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[Fredward]

Can't believe the forum doesn't have one of these. But anyway do bookwormy things here like talking about/recommending your favourite reading material, bitching about series you don't like anymore, lament the fact that GRRM is so not gonna finish ASOIAF before he dies and etc.

 

Anyway I came here for recommendations. I'm running out of books to read. I feel this might be because I like fantasy/sci-fi a lot and yet it seems a terribly trope-filled genre (aren't they all?) and I'm quickly developing a nasty allergic reaction towards the ubiquitous stock characters in every second book I pick up.

 

Here are some of the authors/books I like:

 

Scott Bakker

China Mieville

Joe Abercrombie

Daniel Abraham

George Martin

Scott Lynch

Gail Carriger

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series

David Foster Wallace

 

Scott Bakker writes really dark & heavy fantasy mixed with a lot of philosophy, China Mieville writes new weird stuff and I highly recommend his Bas-Lag series, Abercrombie writes fantasy but does so very cleverly by either completely avoiding character tropes or inverting them, Daniel Abraham also writes fantasy but the series I read (the Long Price) took place in a completely different setting than the usual fantasy setting and he had nice characters, George Martin is George Martin, Scott Lynch writes pretty standard fantasy but he does so very, very well, Gail Carriger writes steampunk + vampires and werewolves - don't judge me it's an interesting setting, GWTDT I liked a lot when I was younger not sure I'd still be so crazy about it now tho and DFW wrote Infinite Jest and has a place in my heart forever.

 

Writers/books I don't like:

 

C.S. Friedman

Brandon Sanderson

Peter F Hamilton

 

What do these three have in common? Over reliance on cliches my pretties. Hamilton also had totally **** character development. Even worse than the other two, which is saying something lemme tell you.

 

So any suggestions? I like different but only if its done well. Not like the Strong Female Lead which has become a cliche of its own because they are all EXACTLY THE SAME. Tragic backstory? Check. Attractive? Check. Excellent at their profession? Check. Independent and don't-need-no-man-yet-always-wind-up-with-one-anyway? Check. Rescued at least once in the series? Check. You get the idea. I clearly like fantasy but I'll read anything as long as its fiction, non-fiction is icky.

 

 

[Rusty Sandusky]

Can't believe the forum doesn't have one of these.
 

Yeah, about that....

http://forum.bioware...re-you-reading/

[Ieldra]

I like all of the above, except David Foster Wallace, whose work I don't know at all, and Gail Carriger, of whom I've read two books and found them missing that little undefinable something I'd need to stick with her books. I also like those you don't like for their strengths, which they do have, though not in all their books.

Bakker is something special. His trilogy "The Prince of Nothing" has a place of honor on my shelf, I've never found a fantasy story with so much to think about. As I see it, this trilogy is required reading for anyone who likes fantasy stories. His current trilogy takes some getting used to and may not be for everyone.

[mybudgee]

... nerd alert?

[OdanUrr]

I haven't read any of the above though I was (and still am) going to read Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy. I tried reading George Martin but it was too dark for my tastes. Some of the authors I've read (more than one title) and enjoyed include:

 

- Isaac Asimov (always at the top!)

- Arthur Clarke

- J.R.R. Tolkien

- Brent Weeks

- Terry Goodkind (the first three books of The Sword of Truth, after that it gets bad fast)

- Robert Doherty (Area 51 series)

 

Recently, I read Patrick Weekes' "The Palace Job" and David Gaider's "Asunder" and I liked them both so I'm eager to read more from them. I also gave Chris Evans a go a while back with the Iron Elves trilogy but I couldn't get past the beginning of book 2 (the first book was not bad). Something similar occurred when I read Robin Hobb's "Assassin's Apprentice" and "Royal Assassin." While I enjoyed the former I really disliked the latter what discouraged me from finishing the trilogy.

 

I've read plenty more but this'll do for now.

[Fredward]

I like all of the above, except David Foster Wallace, whose work I don't know at all,

 

I reeeaaallllyyyy recommend it, it's something else. It takes some getting use to as well but I've never read anything quite like it.
 

 

- Terry Goodkind (the first three books of The Sword of Truth, after that it gets bad fast)

 

I only read one of his books and I think it was a spin-off or a standalone or something and it was really bad. The thing that kept jumping out at me was the wonky reasoning. I think one of those ladies with the Sticks-o-Pain was the worst when she was explaining her motives. I can't even remember what it was about anymore but I kinda blinked at that. It made no sense when you put any thought into it, and she wasn't being duplicitous this was just lazy writing.

[Jordan]

Yeah, about that....

http://forum.bioware...re-you-reading/

What are you reading is an unscrupulous post count booster. This is a legit discussion thread.

[Neoleviathan]

Are you only looking for authors with a series? No series to his name and no longer living, but John Gardner is one of my favorite authors and he has allot of good reads. Try Grendel, Sunlight Dialogs, Wreckage of Agathon.