Burgold Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 12 minutes ago, Destino said: City of Stairs was just the right amount of weird and the setting was great, sort of a post standard fantasy. It was set after the big bad was defeated and oppressed were now in charge. I finished the sequel a bout a week ago. I liked it as much if not better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 33 minutes ago, Burgold said: I finished the sequel a bout a week ago. I liked it as much if not better. Turyin was great in City of Blades. I liked it very much. I have not read City of Miracles yet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Not sure where to put it and just wanted to share. I'm a week away from being guest of honor at a science fiction/fantasy con in Roanoake. It's a small Con, but I'm still pretty geeked up and shocked that I was their choice. My guess is that some people really liked what I did as a panelist at Mars Con and got into my books. Anyway, it's pretty wild. Hopefully, it's a great event. I haven't ever done the GOH thing before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinsfan1311 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 There are too many great authors and stories to pick anything, or anyone, in particular. Currently reading Pierce Browns "The Golden Son", which is the second story in his Red Rising Trilogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinny21 Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 I'm really intrigued by the Rothfuss/Kingkiller news. Does this also mean Rothfuss has been writing a prequel? It's going to be interesting to see who they go with to play Kvothe, assuming he's the main character in the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Oathbringer, the 3rd book in the Stormlight Archive was released today gonna jump into that right after i wrap up Half A King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 Finished City of Miracles by Robert Bennett yesterday. Really satisfying conclusion to the series. @Destino and I chatted about this series a bit earlier. This one stars Sigrud, but the previous protagonists do make cameos. He wraps up the divinity issue in a pretty cool way. For more, but no spoilers, here's my full review on Goodreads. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2188290424?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 On 11/14/2017 at 11:34 PM, StillUnknown said: Oathbringer, the 3rd book in the Stormlight Archive was released today gonna jump into that right after i wrap up Half A King Totally forgot about this release date. Thanks for mentioning it. 1248 glorious pages! I'm going to be losing sleep for a couple weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 6 hours ago, Burgold said: Finished City of Miracles by Robert Bennett yesterday. Really satisfying conclusion to the series. @Destino and I chatted about this series a bit earlier. This one stars Sigrud, but the previous protagonists do make cameos. He wraps up the divinity issue in a pretty cool way. For more, but no spoilers, here's my full review on Goodreads. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31522139-city-of-miracles That's great to hear. Oathbringer is jumping to the front of the line, but City of Miracles won't be too far behind. Still have to read The Core (demon cycle 5) too. Also, the link you posted doesn't take me to your review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 4 minutes ago, Destino said: That's great to hear. Oathbringer is jumping to the front of the line, but City of Miracles won't be too far behind. Still have to read The Core (demon cycle 5) too. Also, the link you posted doesn't take me to your review. I really liked Sanderson's Steelheart series. Haven't read any of the Oathbringers. Link is fixed to the Goodreads review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 49 minutes ago, Burgold said: I really liked Sanderson's Steelheart series. Haven't read any of the Oathbringers. Oathbringer is the 3rd of his planned 10 book series, The Stormlight Archive The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance preceded it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 3 hours ago, StillUnknown said: Oathbringer is the 3rd of his planned 10 book series, The Stormlight Archive The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance preceded it. Gotcha. I try to avoid series that aren't completed especially if they are good though I've been more lax on that recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 8 minutes ago, Burgold said: Gotcha. I try to avoid series that aren't completed especially if they are good though I've been more lax on that recently. i'm usually the same way. Sanderson is one of the few I trust to complete a series of that scope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Was actually working on a book myself, over the summer. Came to me in a dream (I'm bipolar so occasionally even with meds my dreams get pretty real) Just from the dream alone, i got the subject matter, setting, ending sequence, and a setup for book 2. Alway been a huge fan of Stephen King, since I was a kid, so some of the inspiration came from that. Lot of people liked the premise, but as i started watching movies and commercials, i started realizing that I was seeing a lot of what was either already in, or what was gonna be in the book, then i saw some weird novie, where i kid not, part of the exact same sequence that i was to write, happened. Never saw that movie before. So i basically just dropped everything I'd rather put something out there unique and fail rather than something successful yet the same as everyone else. Anyways, been looking for some new stuff on deep space/interdimensional science fiction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 4 hours ago, StillUnknown said: i'm usually the same way. Sanderson is one of the few I trust to complete a series of that scope While writing another five series at the same time. He's a machine (or the face for a team of writers). I just bought the ebook, and noticed it's 103mb. That's five times the size of Way of a Kings, despite being a shorter book. Now I'm curious as to why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 2 hours ago, Destino said: While writing another five series at the same time. He's a machine (or the face for a team of writers). I just bought the ebook, and noticed it's 103mb. That's five times the size of Way of a Kings, despite being a shorter book. Now I'm curious as to why. There are more sketches and drawings. The maps appear more detailed. Maybe those images are pushing the file size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Reading a classic now, The Andromeda Strain. Interesting how timely it is and how little seems to have changed in terms of scientific investigation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Upon looking this thread over, i grabbed the first of the Warded Man series from the library. OK, i guess, if not a little hokey. Does it get better in the next books? ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 So, I've put up part one and two of my essay describing my experience as guest of honor at a comic con up on Goodreads. Probably tomorrow I'll put up the last bit. I am not sure if it is indulgent to post that here (yeah, I know... since when has that stopped me). If there's interest let me know and I'll post the links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mournblade Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 3 hours ago, Burgold said: Reading a classic now, The Andromeda Strain. Interesting how timely it is and how little seems to have changed in terms of scientific investigation. The book that made Micheal Chricton a star. Good choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 2 hours ago, Bang said: Upon looking this thread over, i grabbed the first of the Warded Man series from the library. OK, i guess, if not a little hokey. Does it get better in the next books? ~Bang I liked the second book, The Desert Spear, more than the first one because the desert tribes are much more interesting in my opinion. Ruthlessly violent and segregated, but not without their own values or virtues. It's always a little hokey though. If you want something with a little more edge to it, try The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 thanks,, i put a hold on the second one in our library system. I did like the desert city, definitely the most interesting. And if it fills in some backstory for our hero there, that'd be nice. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 33 minutes ago, Bang said: thanks,, i put a hold on the second one in our library system. I did like the desert city, definitely the most interesting. And if it fills in some backstory for our hero there, that'd be nice. ~Bang It fills in the back story, and introduces the desert folks fully. They have their own major characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 If you are looking for something to do this Thanksgiving weekend in the DMV and your an SFF fan you might enjoy Chessie Con. I'm going there for the first time. It's going to be in Timonium. Personally, I'd rather see black dragons the mall dwellers of #BlackFriday. Here's the website http://www.chessiecon.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 For a completely different take on the fantasy genre, check out "Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell." It is a slow moving, character driven, period piece set in England in the early 1800s. Like a mash-up of Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, CS Lewis and a dash of Tolkien. Really different and really worth the effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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