Garlan the Gallant Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Hi, Apologies for asking for a reccomendation but I've searched and come up empty handed. I mad a New Year's resolution to stop reading the same authors and to branch out to new debut authors. I found myself in a rut reading the newest Daniel Abraham, Robin Hobb, Brent Weeks, etc book and wanted something different. I've recently read the following and enjoyed them all, but I've rated them on how much I liked each: 1) The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins ***** 2) Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel **** 1/2 3) The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden **** 1/2 4) The Summer Dragon by Todd Lockwood **** 5) All the Birds In the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders **** 6) The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet *** 1/2 Some of my favorite reads of the past couple of years have been: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Uprooted by Noami Novik, Station Eleven by Emily St John Manuel, The Flight of the Silvers by Daniel Price, The Rook by Daniel O'Malley, and The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker. I did not enjoy A Crown for Cold Silver by Alex Marshall, The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu, or The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson. I'm a huge fan of the Forever War, the First Law Trilogy, The Expanse, The Warlord Chronicles, Snow Crash, Ready Player One, the Bitter Seeds trilogy, and R Scott Bakker but am looking for something different than the normal recommendations that are often seen on the board. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Sorry for the wall of text! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Ninefox Gambit. If you're not afraid of romance cooties try The Cold Between. How recent are we talking here? edit: Also have you tried Ann Leckie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 2015/2016 Speculative Fiction Debut Authors - you opened this topic back in May 2016. Another topic from 2014 - Best recent fanatsy debuts (or thoughts on these books)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Josiah Bancroft's Books of Babel is one recommendation I got from the board that I enjoyed a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errant Bard Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 She started publishing short stories in 2012 and got a bunch of prizes and nomination, but maybe 5 years is still "recent", so I want to mention Sofia Samatar here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Writhen Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 https://www.amazon.com/Hiss-Blade-Celestial-Ways-Saga/dp/1520461747/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487103604&sr=8-1&keywords=the+hiss+of+the+blade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Writhen Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 On 2/14/2017 at 3:46 PM, Darth Richard II said: Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 I've just bought 3 copies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Rhinos Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 I don't tend to read debut authors. Normally I prefer to wait a couple years and see what the overall impresses of their series are before I dive in. That being said I do tend to make lists of newcomers to keep an eye on. Here's my epic fantasy list for 2016, it might give you some ideas: Truthwitch by Susan Dennard The Guns of Ivrea by Clifford Beal Snakewood by Adrian Selby Silent Hall by N.S. Dolkart Infernal by Mark De Jager Hope and Red by Jon Skovron The Dragon Lords: Fool's Gold by Jon Hollis Steal the Sky by Megan O'Keefe Duskfall by Christopher Husberg The Cracked Amulet by R.B. Watkinson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Writhen Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 On 2/17/2017 at 4:48 AM, Calibandar said: I've just bought 3 copies. Of mine? If so, thx. if not, disregard this message lawl. In all seriousness tho OP, I would second The Cracked Amulet, Snakewood, Senlin Ascends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Oh my no, Snakewood is Goodkind level awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Writhen Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 On 2/18/2017 at 3:17 PM, Darth Richard II said: Oh my no, Snakewood is Goodkind level awful. Really? I've heard pretty good things about it. I haven't read the three suggestions, just making them based on overall buzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 From where? It was trashed on here abd on every review site I can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Writhen Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 On 2/22/2017 at 3:35 PM, Darth Richard II said: From where? It was trashed on here abd on every review site I can think of. General FB, Grimdark fiction readers and writers group. Maybe a different sensibility than some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Well all my Goodreads friends abd people I follow one starred it and people on the board here trashed it when it came out. *shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Writhen Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 22 hours ago, Darth Richard II said: Well all my Goodreads friends abd people I follow one starred it and people on the board here trashed it when it came out. *shrug* Hmm. There's a sample here http://www.orbitbooks.net/excerpt/snakewood/ . But yeah, different strokes for different folks or whatever. It's on my TBR but there's so much other stuff that I don't know when I'll get to it. I really want to make the time to finish Locke Lamora. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I can't bring myself to trust a book which apologises for poor writing in the first line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarius+ Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 On 2/11/2017 at 2:35 AM, Darth Richard II said: Ninefox Gambit. If you're not afraid of romance cooties try The Cold Between. Darth! I can't believe you left out Too Like the Lightning. Shame on you! Ada Palmer has written nonfiction before, but this is her fiction debut. Fabulous book. It's entirely different than The Library at Mount Char, but reading it gave me the same feeling of an author showing off during a highwire act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 6 hours ago, Contrarius+ said: Darth! I can't believe you left out Too Like the Lightning. Shame on you! Ada Palmer has written nonfiction before, but this is her fiction debut. Fabulous book. It's entirely different than The Library at Mount Char, but reading it gave me the same feeling of an author showing off during a highwire act. I hadn't started it yet when I made that post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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