Myshkin Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 I don't know why people always separate the three trilogies..Probably because they are three separate trilogies. Each trilogy has its own distinct beginning, middle, and end. You don't have to have read the farseer trilogy to fully enjoy the liveship trilogy, and you don't have to have read the liveship trilogy to fully enjoy the tawny man trilogy. They are all connected, certainly, but they are each fully realized trilogies on their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curethan Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Yep, was recently talking to a guy who had read the liveship trilogy (and loved it) but had no real inkling of (or apparent urge to read) any of the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarius Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I don't know why people always separate the three trilogies.. I really don't. It also bugs me when people only read the 1st and 3rd trilogies because they love Fitz and never give Liveships a chance. I have found, from everyone I've ever suggested read it, that Liveship Traders (books 4, 5, 6) are their favorite - as are they mine.I am one of those terrible people who has read both the Assassin and Fool trilogies without reading the Liveship books. Somehow the concept of the Liveships just seemed creepy to me. Shrug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactus Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I am one of those terrible people who has read both the Assassin and Fool trilogies without reading the Liveship books. Somehow the concept of the Liveships just seemed creepy to me. Shrug.Oh, it is creepy. And pointed out as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 So, weirdly, the UK and US edition of the next book, City of Dragons are not coming out until February next year, but the Dutch edition is still scheduled to come out next week. It's been listed as such for several months now. Also, they are showing that book 4, Dragon's Blood, is due out in the Netherlands late November. They do have a history of early releases so I will follow up and see if they will actually be released at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Well, I can confirm the 3rd book just came out here, and book 4 is apparently actually scheduled for November. Pretty crazy, that's a full year ahead of the rest of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curethan Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 That is odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Robin Hobb just gave some confirmations for her next two novels.City of Dragons:US release: February 2012UK release: April 2012Blood of Dragons:US & Uk release: April/May 2013Disappointing news for English language readers, I will definitly pick up the Dutch editions now. Blood of Dragons comes out at the end of this month, 1.5 years ahead of the first language release. Never seen anything like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grack21 Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 The fuck? Closer releases my ass. *gets broom* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evamitchelle Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 I'm so jealous right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 So, the 4th book is out and I got it today. For anyone interested, the 3rd book is quite a bit shorter than the last one. The third one comes in at some 380 pages, but Dragon's Blood is 500 pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Mongoose Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Let us know how good it is, i've been struggling with the 2nd one a little so need motivation to continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentina Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I've read the farseer trilogy, tawny man trilogy, liveshiptraders trilogy and half of Dragonkeeper. You can't compare it to ASOIF, useless to try, but I like them in their own way. Hobb has a comepletly different POV and another kind of story. It's not that character-driven, there's a lot that belongs to the circumstances (I wouldn't call that deus ex machina in general, it's just a different kind of story).I liked the way she writes, but that's personal taste, I like storys that are built up slowly generally. I *love* Fitz, he's one of the best characters I've ever seen. I love his depressive mood and I love the way the first person perspective is done. Sometimes I wanted to shout at him and tell him that he's a selfish asshole, I really wanted to punch him into the face for the silly things he's done, especially when it comes to Burrich in the last tawny-man-book. Burrich was my favourite character besides Fitz, so what had happend drove me insane. A character you want to shout at how stupid it is touches you. A book doesn't always give you what you want, and so do characters. It's not important that the storyline and characters go the way you wish it to, as long as it touches something deep inside of you. I never judge a book shortly after I've read it, a good book is a book that I remember 10 years later.A big demerit for me was the fool. IMO giving him a major role was the biggest mistake Hobb could have made. He was okay for me in the first two farseer-books, as long as he stayed in the background more or less. I could live with his role in the third-farseer book, though it was slightly enough for me. But hell, in the tawny man trilogy... *shook my head* I'm out of words. I simply hated him.It got even worse (though I didn't think that was possible) In the liveshiptraders trilogy. I'd love to decapitate him, reanimate him, cut him into pieces, reanimate him, burn him, reanimate him, burn him again... When I read the tawny man trilogy I always thought: "Hell, I know why the white woman tries to kill him. If I was any of the characters, I've tried that too", but when I read the liveshiptraders, I wished she had hurried.Another demite was the first book of the tawny man trilogy. She could have spared it, really. For me it seemed like she wanted to write another book about Fitz and publisher said: "Okay, but only one. Let's see how it runs and if it sells well, you can write another" That book is comepletly unnecessary. It has no connection to the rest of the story and nothing (espacally nothing important) happens.And in the liveshiptraders there was no character I could identify with. I liked the book, I read all three within 14 days, and it was quite a good amusement for long cold evenings. I would regret it if I didn't read it, really. But there wasn't one single character I liked. That's a pity, it could have been a damn good book if it had more likeable charakters. The story starts to fade in my head, because the characters didn't touch me. It's hard for me to remember them, 'cause my brain works that way that I remember characters mainly, and the storylines only as a part of them.Doesn't matter, all in all I enjoied reading the books and I'll read all further books that belong to that world. Fools errand and the liveshiptraders were okay for reading it once, but I won't read them again. If it comes to the farseer trilogy I'm sure that I'll read them again several times :cool4: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frodostark Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 I'm back-and-forth on the Liveship Traders. I love the world and I love how she gradually keeps laying out pieces of the backstory and hints of past glories. But something was definitely missing...Farseer is one of my all-time favorites and really pulls me in. LT feels like a more drawn-out, slightly less-engaging version of it. It seemed like the attempts at epic scope kept coming off as slow pacing. LT is still a C grade to me, but that's a passing grade for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentina Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 I'm back-and-forth on the Liveship Traders. I love the world and I love how she gradually keeps laying out pieces of the backstory and hints of past glories. But something was definitely missing...I was fascinated by the idea to read a book settled in Bingtown, which was the most magical place I could imagine. For me a bit of magic passed away with all that boring balls and the kind of society. IMHO a lot of the story was pressed on Kennits shoulders, but he couldn't carry it. I don't remember him a lot, though a bad ass as a POV character always is a highlight for me. I don't even know the names of that couple, the girl with the mad ship and her boyfriend. Anything with A... Damn, the story was about her, and she was so colourless to me, that I forgot the name. Malta and her strange brother were simply not likable to me... That's what I'm missing compared to Fitz, the farseer cast was a lot better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinuviel Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Of the three trilogies, I liked Liveship Traders the best - maybe because Hobb gradually introduces the seasnakes as an interesting POV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattL86 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Robin Hobb's a bit like frozen supermarket pizza. It isn't all that good and you know it's bad for you, and there is better pizza to be had at a restaurant or a parlor. But if someone else bothers to heat it up it's still pizza, and you probably will have a slice.I read The Farseer trilogy and thought it was okay, but it was good enough for me to read the Liveship trilogy, I guess. I probably wouldn't have finished that one (especially with the oh so cliche rape scene, hate those), but I wanted to read the Tawny Man and I'm OCD about reading things in publication order. So I finished Liveships and then read Tawny Man. I can't say I really loved any of the 9 books, but they were apparently good enough to keep me coming back that long.Once I read that the new series had a mostly new cast I finally just made a clean break with Hobb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentina Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 especially with the oh so cliche rape scene, hate thoseOMG, don't remind me ... :tantrum: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migey Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 So, the 4th book is out and I got it today. For anyone interested, the 3rd book is quite a bit shorter than the last one. The third one comes in at some 380 pages, but Dragon's Blood is 500 pages.It's out already? In English?Where can I get it, because it's not shown as released on Amazon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grack21 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Don't think it's out in english. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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