Patlal said:

I work in a bookstore, therefore I know what I'm talking about. I got like 20 book nerds in the staff to suggest shit at all times. Their combined knowledge is enormous.

Fantasy suggestions:

1) Name of the Wind. Patrick Rothfuss.  Quite possibly the best damm fantasy book out there right now. It's part of the King Chronicals trilogy)

2) The Blade Itself. Joe Abercombrie.  A trilogy of The First Law. Extremely good trilogy as well.


These books should keep you busy for a while. Come back to me for further suggestions.

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I seem to be one of those rare fantasy fans that didn't like Name of the Wind at all.

My main complaint with it was that the main character, Kvothe, is basically perfect at everything and is hated by everyone around him for being so amazing (and despite being a condescending prick to everybody around him still somehow gets laid whenever he wants) while also doing a whole bunch of utterly retarded shit. Namely, spending the entire first book running around looking for Denna, pointlessly squandering all of his money that could've been used for tuition at the university and then having to scramble for cash last second, and being an irresponsible little prick to all of his instructors for seemingly no reason. All while expressing emotion in the most bloodless bullshit way imaginable. Like...parents slaughtered in front of him in the very beginning of the book and he wanders off into the woods in some  strange fugue where he invents ever-more perfect methods of playing an instrument as the strings continue to break  ...It's like the guy can't express himself without turning it into a fucking poem. The guy hardly even feels human whatsoever.

Plus Rothfuss' characterization of all other characters in the entire novel is utter trash. His portrayal of women is horrendous, and the few other 'main' characters get entirely too little screentime compared to Kvothe. They're just subsumed under Kvothe's titanic ego and lack of any real DAMAGING flaws...plus if I recall correctly Rothfuss mentions 2 pretty significant plot points and then simply never goes into them because they're 'not relevant to the heart of the story' like Kvothe being put under trial for essentially witchcraft and a journey across the sea to the Maer. Like...whats the fucking point of even bringing them up if you're not going to talk about them?

As far as I'm concerned the one thing that Name of the Wind had going for it was the fact that the magic system Rothfuss invented was fairly interesting.

All anyway

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Terry Pratchett's Discworld

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Overall The Dark Tower was the single best thing Stephen King ever wrote. Not really a fan of Stephen King myself though

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Shining Cosmos said:

My favorite fantasy novel is the bible.

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Speaking of bibles

There's an entire section in the store I work at for bibles. We have a bunch of different stickers for promos and whatnot. 2 guys from the sales staff decided to put "signed by author" stickers on all the bibles.

It was hilarious

Also, I did that:



Gotta have some fun right?

akira_akuma said:

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Terry Pratchett's Discworld

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do want, but there is like forty books in the series. lol

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Pick a story arc and go with that. My favorites are the ones featuring Death, the City Guard, and Rincewind, with Death being the overall best one

ReposadoXochipilli said:

either or would have worked, either cut out all the tea and food filler or keep the style going. hell there is an entire continent that they don't even get to lol.

feel like they kept trying to ante up and lost the feeling.

could have developed the age of wonders delusions/memories also. and some of the twists completely threw out the lore just for the sake of drama. i won't spoil but some things were made to be truth that conveniently changed just to make it more dramatic. also didn't dig the real final battle. whole bunch of blackout let my hoes do it for me stuff.

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