Let see what everyone is currently reading! I wonder if anyone is reading the same book or not!

I'm finnishing up the Serpent war Saga by Raymond Fiest: Rage of a Demon King. I like this set but it is my first experience with Fiest so I hope I won't be disappointed with his other works

Lovely,

Feist is a good writer I have read most of his books up to the one you are currently reading.

I highly recommend to you that you read the series from the beginning starting with:

Magician: Apprentice
then

Magician: Master

followed by

Silverthorn

and

A Darkness at Sethanon

There are others that follow that lead up to the Serpentwar Saga, Prince of the Blood and The Kings Buccaneer that may also be insightful to you in regards to what is happening in the series you are in

But the first 4 books lay the groundwork for what is happening, they start off with Pug and Tomas when they are pre-teens and explain where they got to where they are now. Tomas story is especially interesting as he is slowly transformed into a Tsurani.

Currently I am actually reading "A Sword from Red Ice" FINALLY. I just got to the part where Raif is about to try to leave the Want with the help of the "lambmen".

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Currently on second read of : "A Sword From Red Ice".

Thinking about "Neverwhere" next. Only read it for the first time a couple of months back. Maybe some Gemmell too. We'll see.

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Death smiled as she withdrew. Kill an army for me, Raif Sevrance. Any less and I just might call you back.

Currently busy the 4th book of A Song of Ice and Fire, A feast for crows, by George RR Martin. Ken Follet has finally written the sequal to pillows of the earth, called a world without end. So will probably read that next.

Lovely - As mentioned before, you have to read Magician. These days broken into 2 books. You have not had the true Feist experience until you have read this. Also Daughter, Servant and Mistress of the Empire (co-written with Jamie Wurts I believe). But make sure you read magician first. This is where it all began happening for Midkemia.

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Alright, alright Witchary and Sumigo I get the picture LOL! I'll check for them when I go to town next!

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I'm reading the Death Gate Cycle by Weis and Hickman through again for the fourth time. I don't know what it is I love so much about this series as most people tend to like their Dragonlance novels more. Though I did like those a lot as well.

Due to my college work I do hot have much time to read. It took me weeks or probably months to finish Katzenbach's The Madman's Tale. A very addicting read, though I liked The Analyst more.

Yep I totally agree Raymond Feist and Janny Wurts are both ecellent writers. But is anybody willing to recommend more dated classics that
might be enjoyed. I recently recommended Roger Zelaznys "Lord Of Light"
(1967) as a great one off read to a friend ? [/url]

My Mom recommend my current read to me but I'm not too into it.....SM Stirling ~ Conquistador. It's "Alternate History" and he seems to get too envolved in details to tell the story. Not sure if I'll be able to finnish it, I like-a my fantasy much more!

If anyone wants a change from fantasy I'm currently reading "The Alexandria Link" by Steve Berry. Its great amazing modern spy/historical/myth busting/thriller sort of writing. He was recommended to me by one of my teachers and halfway through the first book I went to the library and checked out 3 more.

I just finished the Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum, and, actually, it wasn't that bad. Quite different from the films and hardly phantasmagorically written, but easy and with some semi-interesting points to make.
Now I want to finish off John Steinbeck's "Travels with Charlie" which is most enjoyable.

Quick question- although I do re-read fantasy series (particularly long-running ones with complicated plots) I do feel a bit guilty about doing so- there's so much else to read! Does anyone else feel the same?

Furthermore, what do people make of the link to SFX poll JVJ posted? I've not gone over the list in detail, but I know that I wouldn't class Rowling as fantasy (being largely aimed at kids) and the presence of David Eddings in the list... When I was younger I loved those books, as they were my first encounter with fantasy-style settings. Being a bit wiser, I now realise they are Terrible- with the plot the same every time!
Any one else have any opinions?
Link: http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?showtopic=29056

Red_Phobos, you are right. So many good books so little time!

As for the list, I was extremely pleased to see jv on it, along with a number of my favourites, although I think she deserves a far higher ranking than what she got!

I was also pleased to see JK Rowling (sorry), but I feel her books have really grown, and the story has become much darker as the characters mature.

As for David Eddings. That one just kills me, I am sorry to say. If you have read one series by him, you have pretty much read them all. I also think he is particulary bad with character creation. They are all very 2 dimensional and very much-of-a-muchness.

I have to second Witchary on the david eddings front , he just seems to rehash the same kinda characters and story in all of his books .

At the moment I am rereading David Gemmel's books which I really like , some of them are a slight rehash of the same events , just diffrent characters , but still a really good read .

How do you guys find a new auther? I tend to be lucky and kinda fall on them as my mother has a habbit of buying me cheep books if there is a sale on every time she goes shopping , only problem with that is they tend to be either the 2nd or 3rd book in the series lol , but seems to work so far as i have exhausted friends and family recommendations . and please excuse my spelling i know its horid :p

How do you guys find a new auther?

There is a awesome secondhand book store that I frequent, they have 1 room devoted just to Sci-fi and Fantasy, and I will be the first to admit that I judge a book by it's cover! If I like the cover then I read the back and If I like that then I read a few pages at random, if it draws me in then I buy it. after reading it, if I still like it then I search for more by the author. that's how I found JVJ, thanks to the cover art of the Baker Boy series


I'm still working my way though Conquistador, it's getting better.