What you guys reading? I finished Old Mans War!

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Originally Posted by getlostgreg [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm only five books into Wheel of Time but I already know that I would never recommend this series. A few of the main characters are just too goddamn insufferable.

That said I still plan to finish the series. Then I'd like to start digging into Sanderson's work.

Sandersons work is quite entertaining. So far I have read the Mistborn novels and found the whole magical mechanic of it quite original. Burning metals to generate effects and then having a special chapter at the end discussing all possible effects on the yet unknown metals was quite a nice touch.

Then I found out about this huge megaverse of his with different worlds and magic systems and wow ... seems he is very keen on world building which is a plus!

So much stuff to read, so little timeeeeeee!

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Originally Posted by Ostepop [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I really love the Stormlight Archive. My only complaint is that Sanderson is so good at planning and structure, sometimes it feels like I am being fed carefully measured spoonfuls of key story elements in regular intervals.

It is already on my queue on CALIBRE ...

And well, like I mentioned before, he has this huge thing behind all his works!

The Cosmere thing is so ... vast!

The Cosmere is the name of the series and universe in which Elantris, Mistborn, Warbreaker, The Stormlight Archive, White Sand, and stories contained in Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection are all set. This idea came from Sanderson's desire to create an epic-length series without requiring readers to buy a ridiculous number of books. Because of that, he hides connections to his other works within each book, creating this "hidden epic". He has estimated that the Cosmere sequence could conclude with at least 40 books

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Horus Heresy

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wheel of time is one of those unfortunate scenarios where when it was released it was more enjoyable because so much media was later inspired by it that when you go back to experience it feels derivative or contrived when in reality it was anything but at the time of release

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Horus Heresy

It is a HIT or a MISS , depending on which book you read of the series, which last time I checked was on book 50ish?

Some are quite good, others decent bolter porn, others are ... ok I guess?

Early ones are great but I think I stopped around book 12 or 13 of the chronological order of printing.

Honestly I find Gaunts Ghosts far superior to the Horus Heresy series, alongside Ravenor and Eisenhorn, but again it might boil down to taste and the fact the HH series has so many authors (and quality of writing) compared to what Dan Abnett pumps out.

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Originally Posted by Vormotus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It is a HIT or a MISS , depending on which book you read of the series, which last time I checked was on book 50ish?

Some are quite good, others decent bolter porn, others are ... ok I guess?

Early ones are great but I think I stopped around book 12 or 13 of the chronological order of printing.

Honestly I find Gaunts Ghosts far superior to the Horus Heresy series, alongside Ravenor and Eisenhorn, but again it might boil down to taste and the fact the HH series has so many authors (and quality of writing) compared to what Dan Abnett pumps out.

I've been reading them in chronological order for several years now, currently on book 43 (Shattered Legions). Many of them were very good reads, some were boring full of forgettable characters, and those were usually the anthology books with too many short stories. My enthusiasm for the HH series has waned over the years, mainly as a result of Black Library just not bringing it to a conclusion already. Now after all those HH books, they have started a new series "The Siege of Terra"...[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] which I'm sure will drag on and most likely be followed by another series presumably called "The Great Scouring".