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relic2279:

--- Quote from: Sukichan on May 11, 2010, 07:08:12 PM --- RJ has the greatest attention to detail and worldwide character creation in his epic tale, and the only one I've found so far that's up to par is Steven Eriksson. His writing is relentless... the world is brutal, the characters are wicked and I absolute love it. War is dark and he definitely gives it an unique touch you've never read before. Only one more book to go and the series is finished and even thou I've hold WoT as nr.1 for a long time I believe that in the end I'll favor Malazan. Eriksson's writing haven't shown any sign of faltering and I don't have that much faith in ghost writers I'm afraid, haven't read "The Gathering Storm" yet so I'll find that out eventually.

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I have yet to hear a single (noteworthy) bad word about The Gathering Storm. Sanderson did an amazing job. There are glaring differences in the style of writing in some chapters. But not in a bad way. Robert Jordan left a lot of material to work with... Outlines, complete chapters, thoughts recorded, and from what I've read in interviews, he had the ending planned out before he even started writing the Wheel of Time.

WoT gets a lot of flack for being a bit drug out, and there were definitely highs and lows, but (in my opinion) The Gathering Storm is on par with The Dragon Reborn. It was fantastic.

jaybug:
I'm a big reader. I agree with Devgil in the choices. And would add John Ringo, David Drake and Doc Taylor, yeah, he's a real rocket scientist, works for NASA kind, not sarcastic. I also recommend Larry Niven's Ringworld series. ANd C.J. Cherryh's Foreigner series.

Ooh, John Varley! I was watching C-Span and they were interviewing Tom Clancy, and Clancy called John Varley the best writer in America, of any genre. SO I picked up his Titan/Wizard/Demon trilogy. Wow! Been hooked ever since. Also love his Golden Globe novel.

Eric Idle of Monty Python wrote a sci-fi novel. I think it's great. I also learned more about the inner workings of comedy than I would have thought possible. THe novel also seems as if it would fit into John Varley's universe.

Just finished David Weber's Mission of Honor. Now what am I going to do the rest of the month? lol It stands alone, and mostly refers to the two previous novels, so a new reader should not have great difficulties in becoming absorbed in the story.

Sosseres:
I just started reading the Old Man's War by John Scalzi and will recommend it for keeping up a very good flow and being highly entertaining.
(click to show/hide)The story of how I left Huckleberry begins—as do all worthy stories—with a goat.
I laughed out loud when I got to that portion of the series and it has kept me hooked through the first two books so much that I just move on to the next when I get the time.



I will also second everybody recommending David Weber since he can make things I dislike reading about addictive.



Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series is something I warmly recommend as well. The books take place in the future with many of them featuring the cultural clash between "magic" and high technology from outside. The ideas and background work are things I like a lot, the start of novels quickly draws me in, though the characters tend to feel a tad flat. I especially liked the opening of "Winds of Darkover" (part of the "A World Divided" collection).

isukianime:
Military Fiction

W.E.B Griffin - if you like military fiction his early books are really good. the last few books have been unfortunately lackluster.

Tom Clancy - his early books are excellent. the newer ones i couldn't get through.

Fantasy

Terry Goodkind - Sword of Truth Series. Even thought the series "legend of the seeker" is based on this, the books are way better than the tv show. Well the first 3 anyways. Didn't like the 4th one too much. on book 5 now.

Raymond E. Feist - the first book of the riftwar sage is really good. the second if still good but i lost interest in his books after that.

Ixarku:

--- Quote from: Sosseres on July 09, 2010, 12:11:51 PM ---I just started reading the Old Man's War by John Scalzi and will recommend it for keeping up a very good flow and being highly entertaining.

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Coincidentally, I've got "Old Man's War" and "The Ghost Brigades" sitting in my 'waiting-to-be-read' pile.  I may hit those next after I finish Peter F. Hamilton's "The Temporal Void".

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