I have a dull job, but the upside is I can read while I'm here. So i'm looking for something new. Last book series I read was the Name of the WInd series by Rothfuss.
I am looking for suggestions on what to start next.
I like high magic.
I don't particularily like the farmboy becomes a fighter type books.
It would be faster for me to tell you what ive read based on your suggestions. I've done a lot of reading.
Thoughts?
Daniel Abraham--The Long Price Quartet
Jack Vance--The Dying Earth books
Heroes in Hell
Mervyn Peake--Gormenghast--I dare you.
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Glen Cook is pretty good. The Black Company is dark fantasy centered on a mercenary company.
His Garrett, PI books are the best combination of fantasy and hardboiled detective fiction anybody is ever likely to write.
Two completely different styles from the same author.
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I have a dull job, but the upside is I can read while I'm here. So i'm looking for something new. Last book series I read was the Name of the WInd series by Rothfuss.
I am looking for suggestions on what to start next.
I like high magic.
I don't particularily like the farmboy becomes a fighter type books.
It would be faster for me to tell you what ive read based on your suggestions. I've done a lot of reading.
Thoughts?
My only thought is that you wouldn't be so bored if you actually did your job. I think you should quit so someone else can take your dull job.
Also, pretty soon, the mods are going to come around and move this to books forum. When they do, check out all the awesome book threads!
There's a book section!! Off I go.
Sorry, TCG, but I've got to favorite that remark from my Lord and Master.
My only thought is that you wouldn't be so bored if you actually did your job. I think you should quit so someone else can take your dull job.I have a dull job, but the upside is I can read while I'm here. So i'm looking for something new. Last book series I read was the Name of the WInd series by Rothfuss.
I am looking for suggestions on what to start next.
I like high magic.
I don't particularily like the farmboy becomes a fighter type books.
It would be faster for me to tell you what ive read based on your suggestions. I've done a lot of reading.
Thoughts?
First: Bitter much?
Second: I work as a teller at a really slow bank. I do my job fantastically, but it doesn't take much time or brain capacity. I'm less irritable if I can do some reading between customers. Everyone wins.
I have a dull job, but the upside is I can read while I'm here. So i'm looking for something new. Last book series I read was the Name of the WInd series by Rothfuss.
I am looking for suggestions on what to start next.
I like high magic.
I don't particularily like the farmboy becomes a fighter type books.
So no J. V. Jones "Bakers boy" then ? (Boy becomes magician!)
Perhaps
Stephen Erikson " Malazan Book of the Fallen."
10 books set in a high fantasy world where gods, men, women and others fight over dominance. First book is "Gardens of the Moon"
Or
"The Lies of Locke Lamora" by Scott Lynch.
Two gentlemen thieves who wants revenge.
Maybe
"Magician" (Riftwar Saga) by Raymond E. Feist.
Two boys grow up to be pretty awesome:)
David Gemmels Troy series. Starts with Lord of the Silver Bow
IMO the best stuff he has written
Also surprisingly close to the more modern theories on how/why the war started.
"Theft of Swords" and "Rise of Empires" by Michael Sullivan. Fun, no nonsense, really good, not that much magic.
" The Blade itself" and following by Abercrombie. REALLY good.
The last series by Tad Williams " Shadow...". Wonderfully nasty Sidhe, good story and better pace than usual. Feel free to skip some fever-dreams/hallucinations.
" The Painted Man" and " Desert Spear" by Peter V. Brett. !!!! Great.
if you're really desperate you could take a look at my draft for my book. it's very big, so you may have to download it to read it. please leave any comments or suggestions you can think of.
it can be found here
At work, an employee's time and effort should be directed towards serving the employer better. Perhaps your employer could give you some additional assignments that would be more challenging as well as rewarding to yourself and your company. Perhaps your company has training programs which will enable you to move to a different or more specialized area of employment. For example, banks not only utilize tellers; but they have officers specifically trained in dealing with clients with large balances, foriegn transactions etc. I feel it would be helpful to discuss these issues with your supervisor or manager as this might help to open other career opportunities for you. Organizations are always in need of smart motivated individuals who are willing to put in extra effort on their job.
Fear not, I just got my masters and I'm applying to jobs that are far more suitable. One of which is actually with my current employer, but on the corporate side. Besides, what is and what should be are often not the same. Also you seem to be under the false impression that an employer cares in any way about it's front line employees or their development. This is not the case. Employers only care about their employees development as it directly affects them. This is as it should be. It's called capitalism.
I perform the job they hired me for with startling speed and efficency. Due in no small part that I am grotesquely overqualified. A situation i'm close to remedying either in my current company or without it. Frankly, I'd be fine with either.
TO ALL: If you're not willing/able to contribute to the question at hand, in this case book suggestions, please save your unsolicited advice for a new/different thread. Thanks in advance. TCG
P.S. To those who have stayed on topic, Thank you. I'm going to start looking up the books you mentioned. I appreciate the input.
Mmm...books...
-- "The Wizard Knight" duo of books by Gene Wolfe. (One's "The Wizard" the other, "The Kniight".)
-- The "Khaavren Romance" series (The Phoenix Guards, Five Hundred Years After, etc.) by Steven Brust. (Steven's "Vlad Taltos" series might also work for you.)
Just some opening thoughts. If you wished to expand out some more (from high magic fantasy into, say, urban fantasy, period fantasy, etc., I could suggest some others as well.) :)
Good luck in your new adventure in reading! :)
Scott Bakker's PRINCE OF NOTHING and ASPECT-EMPEROR trilogies sound like they might be suitable, particularly if you are a fan of DUNE. Imagine LORD OF THE RINGS if it had been written by Frank Herbert with a lot more magic and sex and you're halfway there.
I back-up the suggestion for Steven Erikson's MALAZAN series, and raise it by mentioning Brandon Sanderson (particularly a good choice if you like Rothfuss). I recommend starting with Sanderson's MISTBORN trilogy, which is complete and highly enjoyable.
So no J. V. Jones "Bakers boy" then ? (Boy becomes magician!)
I would consider Jones's sequel series, THE SWORD OF SHADOWS (which starts with A CAVERN OF BLACK ICE), which is flat-out awesome. Whilst some characters recur, it's mostly new characters in a new area of the same continent, so you can read it without reading the BOOK OF WORDS sequence (of which THE BAKERS BOY is the first book) first. The difference in quality between the two series is enormous, with THE SWORD OF SHADOWS comfortably standing among the best ongoing, long-running fantasy series around.
some stuffHey mang, I've seen you around here a bit, and your name is uncannily familiar. Are you by any chance a . . . musician?(...)
Unfortunately not, but if i was i'd be a drummer:)
And another series starts with " Scar night" by Alan Campbell. Are Fallen gods, an immortal assassin and a suspended city high magic enough?:)
My friend works security, most of the time he plays the videogames and watches the movies his employers leave for him. 12 hours a knight on shift he has a computer for games and a tv for watching movies. Once an hour he goes around and checks all the doors to make sure they are locked, and swipes his key code at each door, then goes back to playing. Mostly he works out for a couple of hours (he teaches martial arts on the side) then watches movies.
TO ALL: If you're not willing/able to contribute to the question at hand, in this case book suggestions, please save your unsolicited advice for a new/different thread. Thanks in advance. TCG
I don't know Martin Kauffman from Adam, but I must apologize for my Lord and Master. Bad Leafar, bad!
I can understand how his comment rubbed you the wrong way, but if you are familiar with my Lord and Master's shtick, it was pretty amusing. Apologize to the nice caffeinated golem, Master!
I'm not familiar, but not much offense taken. I got over that small offense within seconds. I'm just not interested in justifying my existance on this thread. If you'd like to start a new thread for that purpose just let me know. :-)
So, what book did you decide to go with?
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson (1st of the Tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen, a lovely 10-book series, now safely completed)
Tunnel in the Sky by Robert Heinlein
Variable Star -- outline by Heinlein, written by SPider Robinson
The Elric Saga by Michael Moorcock
The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazney
Conflict of Honors by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
... I could go on, but that should be a good starting list.
:P
The Miles Vorkosigan books are good, also by Bujold. Starts with either The Warrior's Apprentice or Shards of Honor.
Sissyl --
This is her science-fiction? I stumbled into her fantasy works, had never heard of her prior, then found out she was more famous for the sf side of things. Go figure. Her fantasy REALLY rocks.
Hmmm... Bujold has written a pretty good number of books. They are quite read-worthy. Some are amazing.
When she sat down to write, as I understand it, she wrote four books before getting published, and all these were eventually published. They were Falling free, Ethan of Athos, The warrior's apprentice and Shards of honor. Shards of honor is the first of two books starring Cordelia Naismith, The warrior's apprentice is the first one dealing with the adventures of Miles Vorkosigan, Cordelia's son. Ethan of Athos is a spin-off of the Miles books featuring a side character, and Falling free is a prequel in the same universe. Any of these is a good starting point, though I would suggest The Warrior's apprentice. She then wrote Barrayar (sequel to Shards), and a full series of books following Miles (The Vor game, Cetaganda, Borders of Infinity, Brothers in arms, Memory, Mirror dance, Komarr, A civil campaign, Diplomatic immunity and Cryoburn). All of these are solid, memorable and, to my thinking, sharper than the later fantasy books. Try them and see.
In the interest of completeness, I should add that she has written more than this. Checking her bibliography out on t3h int4rw3bz isn't difficult. =)