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I have most of Howard's stuff and wish I could find more. I have two 5-shelf bookshelfs stacked two deep but I am most proud of my Conan collection. Those books are tough to find though.

I tried CJ Cherryh but was just too slow for me. The one with the ninjas was ok.

I have the Chamberlain Shogun on VHS.
 
Well, it's been over 9 months. Time to give this thread a little bump and see if anyone else has read anything interesting.

For myself, I finally got around to reading The Dresden Files, and after a ho-hum first book, the second one hooked me and I blew through the rest in pretty short order (there are 13 books out at the moment). For anyone who hasn't tried these, do. They're really amazing. Up there with my favorite fantasy ever now. Hobb's Farseer and Tawny Man still edge them for me, but they're so different that it's really like comparing apples and oranges. Hobb's books are classic high fantasy, while Jim Butcher's Dresden Files are urban fantasy with the snarkiest and most sarcastic main character to ever appear in the genre. And Dresden only gets more and more sarcastic as the books progress. As a character in book 6 asks him, "Are you always a smartass?" To which he replies: "Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep." That pretty much sets the tone for the entire series. They're just damned fun to read.

Seriously, if you haven't read these, buy the first two books and thank me later.
 
Athiest I have to disagree on your synopsis of the "Wheel of Time" series. I think it is the best series I have ever read. Also it is not finished yet. They are writing the last book now. Should be out early 2013 (around March I believe).

Edit: I also really enjoyed "The Servants of Twilight" by Dean Koontz. Very creepy book. Finding it might be hard as it was written years ago and is no longer being printed.
 
Recently read the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. Enjoyed it immensely, best fantasy I've read in several years.
 
Cool, I get to bump this thread again after two years.

For those of you who liked Robin Hobb's books about Fitz and the Fool (i.e. the Farseer and Tawny Man trilogies -- Jazz Traveler won a lot of people over to them on this board, myself included), you'll be interested to know that Hobb is actually continuing the series with a new novel (a big one, listed on Amazon as 688 pages). You can see the cover and a short excerpt here:

https://io9.com/first-exclusive-look-at-robin-hobbs-next-novel-fools-1533631696

I have mixed feelings about this. The series ended so well that part of me dreads the continuation, because I won't be able to un-read it if it doesn't live up to the originals. Still, it's an exciting announcement, because if this upcoming book is as good as the others, we're in for a treat.

The book will be released on August 12th.
 
colton said:
Recently read the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. Enjoyed it immensely, best fantasy I've read in several years.
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Read his other books. He has become my favorite author. Elantris was just as good as those books and "The Way of Kings" was a long but great start to what he says will be a huge series.
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Great author IMO.
 
AtheistPreacher said:
Cool, I get to bump this thread again after two years.

For those of you who liked Robin Hobb's books about Fitz and the Fool (i.e. the Farseer and Tawny Man trilogies -- Jazz Traveler won a lot of people over to them on this board, myself included), you'll be interested to know that Hobb is actually continuing the series with a new novel (a big one, listed on Amazon as 688 pages). You can see the cover and a short excerpt here:

https://io9.com/first-exclusive-look-at-robin-hobbs-next-novel-fools-1533631696

I have mixed feelings about this. The series ended so well that part of me dreads the continuation, because I won't be able to un-read it if it doesn't live up to the originals. Still, it's an exciting announcement, because if this upcoming book is as good as the others, we're in for a treat.

The book will be released on August 12th.
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Traveler also got me hooked on Robin Hobb. I am glad she has another book coming out. I'm not as high on the dragon keeper series as most of her other work but it was still good. I hope this is as good as the "Assassin" series.
 
The only "new for me" author I have found the last little bit is Jim Butcher. His books are okay as a change up. Pretty well written, but the stories seem way to similar from one book to the next.
 
gregbroncs said:
The only "new for me" author I have found the last little bit is Jim Butcher. His books are okay as a change up. Pretty well written, but the stories seem way to similar from one book to the next.
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Yeah, I talked about Butcher's Dresden Files in this thread (see post #99 above), and I really love them. They keep getting better until they hit a high point around book 7 or so (the first book is actually a little weak). I wasn't crazy about the most recent one -- book 14 -- but they're all entertaining.

Have you read the short stories the happen between books? Some of those are quite good as well.
 
gregbroncs said:
Read his other books. He has become my favorite author. Elantris was just as good as those books and "The Way of Kings" was a long but great start to what he says will be a huge series.
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Great author IMO.
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Heh, my post was from two years ago, so I beat you to it. I've since read every last Sanderson book--including a couple that are unpublished and that you can only get by emailing him and asking for them. Elantris is actually about my least favorite of the bunch, though. Very excited about the new Stormlight Archive book that is being released tomorrow.
 
colton said:
Heh, my post was from two years ago, so I beat you to it. I've since read every last Sanderson book--including a couple that are unpublished and that you can only get by emailing him and asking for them. Elantris is actually about my least favorite of the bunch, though. Very excited about the new Stormlight Archive book that is being released tomorrow.
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I really must read Sanderson. He's been on my list of stuff to read forever, but it hasn't happened yet and probably won't for a while now that I'm starting preparation for quals and working on my dissertation proposal.
 
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