There's a used bookstore near me that always has a huge selection of these same fantasy authors I've never read before. What can anyone tell me about: CJ Cherryh Sara Douglass Katherine Kurtz Katherine Kerr Andre Norton Ben Bova Poul Anderson Harry Turtledove They have a massive selection of these authors and I'm always very intrigued
not a damn thing lmao. those authors i feel like always have a lot of books available at used places which gives me pause
I was looking for a short, easy read and I reread New Spring on a whim, and it's making me think about possibly diving back into a full WoT reread... if I do it though I'm gonna try to commit to actually finishing it this time - I always dip out partway thru, and usually before everyone says the slog begins I've only read one of those authors, CJ Cherryh, and it was her Faded Sun trilogy, which I enjoyed.
I've honestly thought about utilizing summaries for a book or two where I usually give up, because I've always heard / read that it ends really strong with the Sanderson books
I went on Reddit the other day and read people debating this very idea back & forth for far, far too long
it's basically the most frequent discussion I see on booktube discords and what not. I have no dog in the race because I stopped at book 4 (not because I wasn't enjoying or anything)
Katherine Kerr is fantastic. Welsh-inspired otherworld fantasy with reincarnation across multiple eras. Very good. Poul Anderson is science fiction and fantasy. One of the best and most underrated writers of the past century. His book The Broken Sword came out the same year as The Fellowship of the Ring, and there’s an argument that it’s the better book released that year. (I think Fellowship still wins… but I was astounded at how good The Broken Sword was.) I’m very interested in all the others but haven’t read their stuff yet. I have books by Cherryh, Douglass, and Kurtz on my shelf already.
My main theory is that 4-6 are SO EXCELLENT that even just “very good and entertaining” 7-9 get docked quite a bit. The climax of 9 is one of the top 5 moments of the whole series for my money.
that was another point brought up a few times - that there are 3 books in the series that together are the greatest fantasy trilogy of all time. I can't remember if they were saying books 4-5-6, but I think that was it.
I actually went to go start my reread tonight, because I thought I owned a copy of The Eye of the World, but it turns out I do not my dumb ass apparently owns books 0.5, 3, 4, 5 & 6
I read The Eye of the World in 2018 and I will start book 10 in a month or two. This series is going to end up taking me 10 years to finish. I love it, I'm just not a fast reader and don't like to read books in the same series too close together
RE: Redwall -- that was my favorite series in middle school and the first fantasy series that ever really hooked me. I've been wanting to revisit it I just checked out The Tower of the Tyrant by JT Greathouse. Anyone read it?
Finished DCC on my flight home. Super quick read. Enjoyed the hell out of it. I do wonder if the premise will get a bit tiring as the series goes on, but gonna dive straight into book 2 then have a bit of a book break
Dinniman does a great job as the series goes on with the overarching plot staying interesting and the floors all having distinct vibes keeping it fresh. if you enjoyed book 1, I think you'll enjoy the rest quite a bit. I will say I think I have book 2 at the bottom of my rankings but it's kind of a rocket ship from there.
Man fourth wing was dumb as hell. Glad it was a quick whatever read but not sure there is anything I liked about it.
Sadly, we could only dream of most of our favorite fantasies selling as well as Fourth Wing. related, DCC is getting a hockey night somewhere. Denver, maybe?