tommystinker Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Ok so I've read Asoiaf and am nearly at the end of the Broken Empire trilogy so what next??I've been lurking on the forum for a while without posting and I've narrowed it down to three they are on the book shelf at home but carnt decide which one to throw myself into next.The Farseer Trilogy, The First Law or Mazalan seriesThese three seem to be the most popular on these boards and or at least ones that keep getting mentioned.Which would you choose first and why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errant Bard Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 So you expect people to basically repeat the posts you have already read about those series, and then read the three anyway?Why is choosing what to read first such a bigger deal than narrowing your choice to those three? It's like you went into a bakery, bought one croissant and one brioche among everything available, then needed someone to tell you what to eat. Eat both, order does not matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommystinker Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 Yes but I carnt eat both at the same time and I have to eat one first and eat the same item everyday for the next few months. So it's more like I've bought a hundred of each and have to eat 100 of the same item before I can try the other 100.I was a bit apprehensive about posting on this board your response is exactly why. There seems to be what I would call a lot of literary snobs on here who have been on here ages and read loads of books and don't like new people asking questions that have already been posted or similar to other post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EruditeFool Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Ok so I've read Asoiaf and am nearly at the end of the Broken Empire trilogy so what next??I've been lurking on the forum for a while without posting and I've narrowed it down to three they are on the book shelf at home but carnt decide which one to throw myself into next.The Farseer Trilogy, The First Law or Mazalan seriesThese three seem to be the most popular on these boards and or at least ones that keep getting mentioned.Which would you choose first and why? First Law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt b Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 There seems to be what I would call a lot of literary snobs on here who have been on here ages and read loads of books and don't like new people asking questions that have already been posted or similar to other post. I don't think it's a snob thing you're running into, but just a certain amount of fatigue from answering the same question again and again. I mean, who wants to do that? Especially when half the threads here are already answering your question. It's like if you posted in the IaF boards about how you just discovered R + L = J and are wondering if anybody else noticed. It's well trod territory. At best you'd get an eyeroll and a link to the current iteration of the R + L = J thread. At worst...well, we are on the internet. And, anway, the answer is The First Law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommystinker Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 Thanks matt b I understand where you and many others are coming from on this point especially the way you put it with the R+L=J example.As with most things I always seem to get on them too late and the path is well and truly trodden in fact it's tarmacd and is now a highway!!Thought I had a slightly different angle narrowing it down to three of the most popular.Thanks again for the response Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yersinia Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 You're going to end up starting with The First Law anyway (it is known), so just to be contrary I'll recommend reading the Farseer Trilogy first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yersinia Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Double post (stupid f*cking phone) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSumm Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 First Law is the most similar to Broken Empire of the three so go with Farseer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckwheat Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Yes but I carnt eat both at the same time and I have to eat one first and eat the same item everyday for the next few months. So it's more like I've bought a hundred of each and have to eat 100 of the same item before I can try the other 100.I was a bit apprehensive about posting on this board your response is exactly why. There seems to be what I would call a lot of literary snobs on here who have been on here ages and read loads of books and don't like new people asking questions that have already been posted or similar to other post.Actually, it is not like that. Books will not go bad if you do not eat read them for a time, so read the first chapter of everything and decide which one grabs your attention most. Read that. ;) Also, if we do not know anything about your preferences, it is hard to decide for you. I think you are the person who can decide best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommystinker Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 Actually, it is not like that. Books will not go bad if you do not eat read them for a time, so read the first chapter of everything and decide which one grabs your attention most. Read that. ;) Thanks good advise :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errant Bard Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Yes but I carnt eat both at the same time and I have to eat one first and eat the same item everyday for the next few months. So it's more like I've bought a hundred of each and have to eat 100 of the same item before I can try the other 100. I was a bit apprehensive about posting on this board your response is exactly why. There seems to be what I would call a lot of literary snobs on here who have been on here ages and read loads of books and don't like new people asking questions that have already been posted or similar to other post.Let me reformulate: Since you are not providing any criteria on which we could base ourselves on to recommend reading one book or another first, then the recommendations you will get will be based on the poster's preference, but you have already read reviews and discussions of these series already (to narrow the choice,) so any recommendation you will get in this thread will be redundant, unnecessary, and empty of meaning (as you can see, not one of the response really explained "why" like you asked), therefore, as you already have all the information you could get, it falls to you to decide and indeed I don't see how it's impossible to read like one chapter of each, see what grabs you and continue from there, instead of being a good sheep and choosing the name mentioned most in a short thread for no clear reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilusmagnus Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Let me reformulate:Since you are not providing any criteria on which we could base ourselves on to recommend reading one book or another first, then the recommendations you will get will be based on the poster's preference, but you have already read reviews and discussions of these series already (to narrow the choice,) so any recommendation you will get in this thread will be redundant, unnecessary, and empty of meaning (as you can see, not one of the response really explained "why" like you asked), therefore, as you already have all the information you could get, it falls to you to decide and indeed I don't see how it's impossible to read like one chapter of each, see what grabs you and continue from there, instead of being a good sheep and choosing the name mentioned most in a short thread for no clear reasons.That is technically true, but people also need to talk. Just let them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errant Bard Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 That is technically true, but people also need to talk. Just let them.As far as I am aware, I am not locking a thread by responding to the opening poster, people who want to post will do it. Unlike you I am not asking for others to stop posting, but only saying to the OP that he should decide for himself because he has all the information he could get already and that he should, you know, think for himself based on his own preferences that he did not give us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilusmagnus Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Unlike you I am not asking for others to stop posting Argumentum ad consequentiam doubled by an ad hominem. "Let them talk" does not mean "stop posting." I will please ask you however to stop being rude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Buddy, that isn't even a 1 out of 100 when it comes to being rude on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EruditeFool Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Buddy, that isn't even a 1 out of 100 when it comes to being rude on here. No kidding... The RotYH thread still makes me shudder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhom Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 You know, I'd also point out that only one of those three series is well over 10 books long... You might want to consider starting to read Malazan, and then breaking it up with the other two at strategic points. Trying to go MBotF all in one go is an epic feat that I really wouldn't recommend. But you could very easily do books 1-3, then read First Law Trilogy, books 4-6, then read the Abercrombie standalones, books 7-10, then read the Farseer, then read some of the Esselmont Malazan books if you want. Or follow one of the other Malazan reading order threads and break it up somehow that way. I just can't see myself sitting down to read Malazan for the better part of a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Mongoose Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 You know, I'd also point out that only one of those three series is well over 10 books long... You might want to consider starting to read Malazan, and then breaking it up with the other two at strategic points.Trying to go MBotF all in one go is an epic feat that I really wouldn't recommend. But you could very easily do books 1-3, then read First Law Trilogy, books 4-6, then read the Abercrombie standalones, books 7-10, then read the Farseer, then read some of the Esselmont Malazan books if you want. Or follow one of the other Malazan reading order threads and break it up somehow that way.I just can't see myself sitting down to read Malazan for the better part of a year. You could argue that the Farseer trilogy is 14 books long by this point. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommystinker Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 You know, I'd also point out that only one of those three series is well over 10 books long... You might want to consider starting to read Malazan, and then breaking it up with the other two at strategic points.Trying to go MBotF all in one go is an epic feat that I really wouldn't recommend. But you could very easily do books 1-3, then read First Law Trilogy, books 4-6, then read the Abercrombie standalones, books 7-10, then read the Farseer, then read some of the Esselmont Malazan books if you want. Or follow one of the other Malazan reading order threads and break it up somehow that way.I just can't see myself sitting down to read Malazan for the better part of a year.This is the sort of advise I was looking for thank you. Spot on.Thanks to all that have posted a response,my op was probably not that clear in what I was after as Errand Bard pointed out :)Think I might start with the first law then farseer a before tackling the Mazalan books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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