Fuck "His Dark Materials" to death, I did a book report on them back in highschool, since then those three books have come to share a second place on my most hated book list, right behind the Bible.

 

One of my favorites, but boy does it drag on. I think he either set out with a trilogy or six books in mind (can't remember) yet he finished 11 books before he passed away. A new writer has taken over and he has 3 books planned out before the story is finished so that's 14 in all, and there no small books. Great series if you don't mind a story that really drags out.

 

Yes I like the series so I follow it. There was only meant to be one more book, like there was only meant to be 3 (or 6) in the series to begin with.

Thankfully before he passed away he recorded all his ideas on how he wanted it to end, so that's what the new author has to work with. Originally it was only meant to be one more book, but after awhile they expanded it to three because they didn't want to leave any plot-hole unturned, which there is a lot of in Wheel of Time as it stands.

Here is an article about it:

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/j/robert-jordan/gathering-storm.htm

 

From what I gathered, Robert Jordan only intended for one more book to be written. The author who is continuing it has split the one book into three separate books.

Has anyone read the Riftwar Saga by Raymond E. Feist? He is probably one of my favorite authors and his books are worth a read.

 

Note that this is because otherwise the 'one book' would be the size of three of its predecessors, possibly a little more. With a storyline that's gone on as long as WoT has, there's a lot of ground to cover if you want to tie up the majority of the plot lines.

 

I have kind of read it. I read Magician and about 2 or 3 books after that, I can't remember. It kept on jumping generations and so on, so I stopped after awhile. I've reread Magician a couple times but none of the others. Can't really remember what happens after Magician, which is an idea of my opinion on the series overall.

 

I've read the entire series up until the latest one. I liked the first 10 or so books but his latest stuff just seems forced. I sort of gave up after the last one
where

Spoiler

Pug throws a fucking planet at the big bad

I liked it when it was Jimmy the Hand, and his kids not the newest incarnation of them. Haven't read the latest book and I'm still on the fence if I will.

 

I could never get over the fact that the main character's name was Pug. I mean, usually if its a dumb name but I like the character, the name can grow on me. But Pug... no, not happening. I think I only read the first three books in that series.

On Wheel of Time, it's definitely a love-hate for me. I really enjoyed the first two books, and then the fourth and fifth, but after that (and during the third) the mc disappears for long stretches at a time, and I just couldn't handle it. And then the narrative got soooo slow--I think in the last one that I read (like 10 or 11) the whole plot arc takes place in a matter of days, in the space of 800 - 900 pages. Painful.

But the author who's working on the new book(s) is a personal favorite of mine, and snappy pacing is one of his strong suits. If he has to spread it into three books, it's because there a shit ton of stuff going on. Which is good.

 

I actually preferred Feist's series The Conclave of Shadows to any of his other books.

 

i will recommend...

all Stephenie Meyer Books coz i love her creation...^_^

Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
The Host
Breaking Dawn

 

Heh, feels weird to see a thriller about a possible US vs Russia war, as opposed to the more contemporary conflict with terrorists or China. Or rich people buying water.
Edit : that may have to do with how it was written in 1994, my bad.

It got awesome reviews on amazon, so I'll probably give it a try.

Edit again : I don't know how I missed the above post. inb4shitstorm...


EDIT : I think this thread was meant to be dedicated to this particular book, and not a rec-a-book thread.

 

I recommend all of the Dexter series by Jeff Lindsay.

No.

 

Stephen Lawhead: Songs of Albion Trilogy: The main character is sort of like a Gary Stu by the end, but its still good. Sherwood Smith: Indas Trilogy: Same as above

 

hahaha good one.

I recommend Orson Scott Card. Well known Author, but I only just bought Ender's Game the other week. Loving it.

 

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson is a great book.

I love the Ender's Series, but I like Ender's Shadow the best.

For those who have not read it, Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman is one of my favorites.

 

'Vellum', by Hal Duncan (and its sequel, 'Ink').
Part action adventure, part discussion on language, part retelling of ancient myths. Duncan has an initially alarming tendency to switch timelines and realities without breaking paragraph, but once you get into the swing of things, these are amazing books. Well written, and intense, if a tad insane.

 

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is pretty good. It's a book about a girl living in WWII-Germany, written from Death's point of view.

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer was also a decent book for the most part, although I really wouldn't reccommend reading any of the sequels, as they contain Artemis changing from the amoral, apathetic (convincing someone that they've betrayed the secrets of their people after kidnapping them, for instance) gold-obsessed (their family motto is Gold is Power), super-smart character that he was in the first book into an emotional, caring, and general "GROUP HUG!!!" type character in the later books.

 

I read it as well and liked it. However that was when I was around 13 years old. I try to reread it now and I realize, first and foremost, it is a children's book.

The idea behind the child genius bent on taking over the world is awesome like always, but the way it is executed leaves no doubt of its intended audience.

 

I was quite fond of the new Stephen King book, Under the Dome. Spectacular for the first 950 pages, then downhill after that. A lot of the setup, which looked very promising, is washed away in a single moment, completely changing the main conflict of the book. It felt like it could have gone easily for another 500 pages, but King just wanted to end it. Regardless, still a great read overall.