Darth Richard II Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 DO IT CMON DO IT KILL ME DOO ITT KILL ME NAOOOOW Oh wait, what are we talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Hi, I'm new to the forum, I read the forums a lot but dont post. However, I'm currently on book 4 of this series and am after some advise on similar (or any other good) fantasy series that the readers here recommend? ASOIAF is my first fantasy series (unless you count Harry Potter) and I am really enjoying it. Up to this point I never really understood the allure of fantasy novels and was happy with crime/thriller novels or just drama fiction. Some years ago I did start reading the LOTR series but grew immesely bored with the sheer volume of the world descriptions (I enjoyed the movies though). I started ASOIAF after watching the first season of the HBO GoT series and realised they are quite an enjoyable read. So what other series would you recommend for someone who is new to fantasy fiction? Thanks I don't know if I'm alone on this, but, I only started reading these books a few years ago. It was before the series started, but the book had Sean Bean on its cover and since I'm a big Lord of the Rings fan, I decided to give it a shot. By the way, Lord of the Rings is totally worth it, start with the Hobbit and don't look back! Anyway, sorry for the digression. I've been an avid reader of all kinds of books, mostly mystery, some political intrigue, some romance, family sagas. I loved the Harry Potter series. I've heard good things about The Wheel of Time but I haven't read it. YET. The reason I haven't read it yet is simple. I have become obsessed with the Song of Ice & Fire series! Truly! I cannot stop rereading these books. Three of them are in tatters and dropping pages and need to be replaced because of all of my writings in the margins and going back and folding significant pages with even more significant passages. George Martin has me for life! If he doesn't finish this series I'll be like a white rat on an exercise wheel forever bound to go nowhere! I have bought other books and they lay unread on my tables or shelves. Every once in awhile I pick one up and start reading and before I know it, I'm right back to where I left off. I learn something new every time I read these books and think I actually know something, then I come to this forum and realize I know nothing! I privately call myself Jon Snow at times as in "you know nothing Jon Snow." Whatever you read, choose a subject that interests you. Good luck. After a lifetime of reading I've finally hit a Wall of Ice & Fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Have to agree with The First Law. It's the only series that captured my attention/imagination in the same way as ASOIAF. I love your pic of Ser Duncan the Tall's shield. Its beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I have a serious question.WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON IN THIS TOPIC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Abercrombie Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 The thing about The First Law which I really love, and for me puts it in a totally different category to pretty much any other fantasy series, is that whenever people buy it I get some money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Ent Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 You’re probably alone in thinking that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentRoamer Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Haha @ Joe Abercrombie - When I read "a totally different category to pretty much any other fantasy series" it sounded so much like a parody of a Goodkind interview I snorted my morning coffee, I was expecting a discussion on important human themes to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yersinia Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 So that's where my money has been going... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghjhero Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Read Malazan!!! It's great!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 I don't know whats going on here, but read som Robin Hobb. Her newest made me remember just how insanelt fuckig awesome she is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Well, if you don't like Hobb, there's no helping you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reckoner Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 I think I came to Hobb's work too late. Though, I can't look at the new covers for the Farseer Trilogy without seeing Bran on book one, Jon on book two, and Mance Rayder on book three's cover. The synopsis for Memory, Sorrow and Thorn sounds pretty close to the overarching plot of ASOIAF, from the supernatural threat to the heroes. The Dragonbone Chair is one of the novels that inspired George to pen AGoT. You might try Richard Morgan's The Steel Remains...it is oftentimes lumped into the same, ah, classification, as ASOIAF and doesn't bore you with worldbuilding (though I don't think ASOIAF really fits into that classification). Mark Lawrence's Prince of Thorns is described as being like George Martin (or maybe Game of Thrones is what the blurb referenced; I don't have the book at hand right now) on speed. That might suite your tastes as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pecan Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 I don't think there's anything out there that's really comparable to ASOIAF. Abercrombie is real good, but so very, very different from GRRM, which is what you would expect since they are different people. The Malazan books are great, but not at all comparable to ASOIAF. I'm just now getting started on Bakker and again, completely and totally different from ASOIAF. I suppose my point is that there's other good stuff out there, but it's good in it's own way. And that's how it's supposed to be. We don't want authors simply copying each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reckoner Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 I agree. If ASOIAF is at the top of the epic fantasy genre, then Malaz is its equivalent for the sword and sorcery genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Arryn Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Bernard Cornwell's Warlord series are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Bernard Cornwell's Warlord series are great.This times a million. My all time favorite books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilusmagnus Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 I don't think there's anything out there that's really comparable to ASOIAF. Abercrombie is real good, but so very, very different from GRRM, which is what you would expect since they are different people. You have a point here. Let's say that if what you liked in ASOIAF was the worldbuilding and the huge amount of characters, The First Law may not be for you. However, if you like big battles, political intrigues and morally ambiguous POV characters, you have your choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Gilfellon Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 I think from now on we should just say read the First Law trilogy whenever these threads pop up. It saves time and gets us to the end of the conversation quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilusmagnus Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Can someone program a bot for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Ent Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Is it because of your mother that you say Can someone program a bot for this?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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