I'm reading A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin right now. Loving it so far, but I'm trying to pace myself through it so that I have something to read for the rest of this month.
I'm currently reading "Fleet of Worlds" by Larry Niven and Edward Lerner. I've liked other novels by Larry Niven and I've enjoyed this one so far. It's the first book in a series, so that should give me enough reading material until I go back to school.
I read Hunger Games (the first book in the trilogy) the other day...First half was kind of a bore but the second half picked up. I'm about 50 pages into the sequel now. I recently read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas for the first time which is surprising since I've seen the movie maybe half a dozen times. Fantastic book. I was reading William Golding's The Spire but grew tired of it. I may pick it up again.
A couple chapters in The Hobbit. How is A Song of Ice and Fire? A good read? what are they about? fantasy, scifi?CoolSkAGuy
It is a fantastic read. It is a sort of medieval fantasy, but with a much bigger focus on the humanity and psychology of the characters (that are extremely realistic in their conflicts, troubles and power struggles), and in the whole political and warfare games played between the different families of the realm; than in the fantasy aspect.
There are a few touches of fantasy here and there, though.
[QUOTE="CoolSkAGuy"]A couple chapters in The Hobbit. How is A Song of Ice and Fire? A good read? what are they about? fantasy, scifi?Pierst179
It is a fantastic read. It is a sort of medieval fantasy, but with a much bigger focus on the humanity and psychology of the characters (that are extremely realistic in their conflicts, troubles and power struggles), and in the whole political and warfare games played between the different families of the realm; than in the fantasy aspect.
There are a few touches of fantasy here and there, though.
Only thing I'm worried about is that with the rise of [spoiler] The White Walkers and the dragons [/spoiler] the series is going to become yet another fantasy novel. Honestly I'd love if he removed the above two elements and made it a realistic fantasy.
Only thing I'm worried about is that with the rise of [spoiler] The White Walkers and the dragons [/spoiler] the series is going to become yet another fantasy novel. Honestly I'd love if he removed the above two elements and made it a realistic fantasy.majoras_wrath
I don't think the books would be the same without those two things.
****... now that everyone has mentioned "A Song of Ice and Fire" over and over again, I feel the urge to dig out the 1st three books and re-read them. Thanks. :P
[QUOTE="majoras_wrath"]Only thing I'm worried about is that with the rise of [spoiler] The White Walkers and the dragons [/spoiler] the series is going to become yet another fantasy novel. Honestly I'd love if he removed the above two elements and made it a realistic fantasy.airshocker
I don't think the books would be the same without those two things. [spoiler] Yeah, that sort of takes out the Ice and Fire aspect. lol [/spoiler] I agree with majoras_wrath that I prefer the realistic elements of the series more than the fantasy, but the element of fantasy certainly keeps the series interesting and leaves the door open for anything to happen.
****... now that everyone has mentioned "A Song of Ice and Fire" over and over again, I feel the urge to dig out the 1st three books and re-read them. Thanks. :P
OrkHammer007
I am waiting to do that once book 6 comes out, because by the I will probably have forgotten all the little things about the story.
I am currently reading A Song of Ice and Fire, by George R. R. Martin, Because I don't have as much time to read I'm currently only on Game of Thrones, but enjoying it immensely.
I'm reading "Den vita Lejoninnan" (The White Lion) by Henning Mankell, a swedish author. It's one of his novels about Kurt Wallander, a swedish policeman from Ystad. Pretty good so far.
Cuerrently Imperial Commando: 501st by Karren Travis, been great along with the rest of the series. Very sad to learn that this story will never be concluded. Screwed over by Lucas and his lackies again : /
And Also Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky, great as well. He really creates a sense of fear and desperation with the characters and their lives in the Moscow metro. Waiting for Metro 2034 to ever get translated. Might have to just end up getting a copy in German.
I'm currently half-way through A Dance With Dragons, book five of A Song of Ice and Fire. Pretty good, much better than A Feast for Crows, me thinks.
I'm trying to find some good sci-fi/fantasy/modern thriller to read on my Kindle after I'm finished with this. Going to the Jersey Shore for a couple weeks, so I need some things to keep me occupied. Any ideas?
I got that coming in the mail and I can't wait. I can hardly ever find good books anymore.
Currently waiting for my copy of A Game of Thrones to show up. I already watched the show, so I dont expect much out of this first book, but its necessary before I move on to the others. I just finished the Dan Brown/Robert Langdon trilogy (Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol), which was fairly good.
Cuerrently Imperial Commando: 501st by Karren Travis, been great along with the rest of the series. Very sad to learn that this story will never be concluded. Screwed over by Lucas and his lackies again : /
And Also Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky, great as well. He really creates a sense of fear and desperation with the characters and their lives in the Moscow metro. Waiting for Metro 2034 to ever get translated. Might have to just end up getting a copy in German.
SamusFreak
Have you read the new book by Timothy Zahn? Been wondering if I should get it.
Nice. How are you finding it? I've got Laxness on my list to read. My uncle is a huge Laxness fan and is one of the co-founders of an English speaking Laxness fan-site.
Cuerrently Imperial Commando: 501st by Karren Travis, been great along with the rest of the series. Very sad to learn that this story will never be concluded. Screwed over by Lucas and his lackies again : /
And Also Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky, great as well. He really creates a sense of fear and desperation with the characters and their lives in the Moscow metro. Waiting for Metro 2034 to ever get translated. Might have to just end up getting a copy in German.
airshocker
Have you read the new book by Timothy Zahn? Been wondering if I should get it.
I haven't yet sorry, his other stuff is great. I'd it will be as well.
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