The Fantasy/Sci-Fi Books Thread Book • Page 19

Tehol and Bugg are top tier Malazan characters. Their exchanges are priceless.

 

Bugg rules

 

Well now I have to read this.

 

Started Boy’s Life by McCammon and thoroughly enjoying it so far. I’m assuming a few of you have read it.

 

I'm almost finished with the second book of the Wool trilogy, and I need a break from the world. Wool was great, but Shift is such a slog. Because of that, I'm ready for a new, preferably finished series. The highest fantasy I've ready is ASOIAF and The Name of the Wind. Any suggestions on where I should start?

 

The Dark Tower series by Stephen King is a favorite around here. The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan if you’re okay with a very long series. Also Malazan Book of the Fallen is one you absolutely want to read but I’d recommend reading a few other fantasy series before it.

 

The Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson.

 

Anything Brandon Sanderson is a good idea. As Garrett mentioned Mistborn is fantastic. It's also great reading one of his solo fantasy novels like Elantris or Warbreaker because you can get it on a fully realized fantasy world and get right back out. Then you can have some real fun and start the Stormlight Archive and get in on the waiting game with all of us for the next book.

 

Mistborn is amazing. I have never cried so hard at the ending of a book just from pure beauty.

 

Will always agree with @Garrett and @Vivatoto when it comes to recommending Brandon Sanderson. Mistborn is a great place to start, it was what got me into the Cosmere but can't go wrong with either Elantris or Warbreaker either before tackling Stormlight Archives.

Not really High Fantasy but I'm reading Shorefall, the second book in the Founders trilogy, so will recommend Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett, too. An easy book with a lot of mystery, magic and characterisation.
Rage of Dragons is the debut from Evan Winter and is really fast-paced, African-inspired fantasy that is full of "wow" moments, really looking forward to book 2.

Since you're also looking for finished series (good luck with ASOIAF and KKC, those are killing me waiting on them). I'd recommend Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan and later Brandon Sanderson. I'm currently on book 5 and it's shaping up to be a great series for me.

What I did finish recently is His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman since the TV series finished. Wonderful book based on daemons, or souls, and what Dust is. Hard to really explain and could be argued that it is YA but I blasted through the trilogy in like a week.

Last, but most certainly not least, I ALWAYS recommend Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin, especially the illustrated edition. This was/is my favourite fantasy and the first book, Wizard of Earthsea, is approx. 250 pages but Le Guin fills those pages with lore, magic and such beautiful poetry. It follows a boy born on an island wanting to master magic. He spends much time doing this but summons a strange shadow which causes havoc for him and others. It's truly a masterpiece.

Let us know what you pick!

 

Backing the Mistborn rec. It's a great introduction to Sanderson's writing.

 

Mistborn is definitely the best place to start

 

It’s truly stunning that he wrote a book better than The Hero of Ages. But man. He did undoubtedly with Words of Radiance and arguably with Way of Kings and Oathbringer.

 

I’m not so sure I like them better than the Mistborn books yet

 

oh we really gonna get into a Cosmere ranking now, aren't we?

 

Warbreaker at the bottom, Words of Radiance at the top, bloodbath in between. ;)

 

Now that's a fight I dont wanna be a part of. Warbreaker at the bottom?!

 

I'm almost done with Oathbreaker and I'm loving it. What's the release schedule look like? Isn't it supposed to be ten books?

 

WoK, WoR, Oath, RoW (out in Nov), and Book 5 are all one quintet, then there's a gap, then books 6-10 are another quintent. I think that's all we really know. I know the goal is to get to Book 5 out by the end of 2022. I think he plans to finish the Skyward trilogy between RoW/B5, and then finish the second Mistborn quartet after B5. Knowing him, there's probably more going on that I'm forgetting from his State of the Sanderson.

 

I love when autocorrect changes it to Oathbreaker! @Garrett summed up the release schedule (so excited for Rhythm of War and any subsequent novellas).

Still reading Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett and it's great!!

 

Thank you all SO much for the suggestions! (Also I'm glad that conversation evolved into a good ol' ranking talk!)

I started Warbreaker last night. Went with that one because it's Sanderson's "experiment" book, so I figured why not start with the odd one-off. It's also free digitally, so it gave me a good excuse to try reading my first ebook.

Today my buddy sent me this: The Most Awaited Book-'The Doors of Stone': Third Volume of 'The Kingkiller Chronicle' is all set for release. Click to know more.

Now I hope I can make it through Warbreaker, a reread of The Name of the Wind, and The Wise Man's Fear by August!

 

Don't tease me with KKC. I can't bare it much longer.

 

Yeah at this point I'll only believe a doors of stone release when I'm holding it in my hands. Doors and winds of winter both coming out in 2020 would be the only thing that could cancel out the start of this horrible year.

 

I hate that I’ll read that Rothfuss book because of hype and wanting to feel included but man I did not like the first two at all

 

I couldn't even finish the first one