Just finished Steven Erikson's Forge of Darkness.

Strong beginning. Even stronger middle. But a somewhat weaker and anticlimactic ending. For all of its flaws, still a fascinating read for Malazan fans.

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Patrick
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Just finished Melanie Rawn's The Diviner. Though the ending was a bit rushed, this could be her best book in quite some time.

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Patrick
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Just finished the excellent The Inheritance and Other Stories, a collection of short fiction by Robin Hobb/Megan Lindholm. If you are a fan of the author, you should definitely give it a shot.

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Patrick
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Just finished GRRM's A Dance With Dragons and it's great!

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Patrick
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Just finished Mark Lawrence's dark, fun, and entertaining Prince of Thorns. I think he could be the next Joe Abercrombie...

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Patrick
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With GRRM's ADWD coming out in a few short weeks, I finally read A Feast for Crows! The worse ASOIAF volume, to be sure, but not as bad as many made it sound to be.

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Patrick
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Just finished Paul Kearney's Corvus.

It's another brutal and uncompromising tale of warfare and survival written by one of the most underrated talents in the fantasy genre.

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Patrick
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Just finished Joe Abercrombie's The Heroes . Though not as good as Best Served Cold, it was a doozy! Also recently finished L. E. Modesitt, jr.'s Imager's Challenge . It's another solid effort by one of the most underappreciated SFF writers of his era. Check the blog for both reviews. :) Patrick www...

Just finished Patrick Rothfuss' The Wise Man's Fear . Though it suffers from the same shortcomings as The Name of the Wind , Rothfuss upped his game in this one. Fans will love it, while those who weren't that impressed with TNotW need not bother, methinks. Check out the blog for the full review. Pa...

Bakker is indeed great! :D Just finished The White-Luck Warrior . Though the philosophical aspects and the inner musings are back and slow the pace in some instances, this books was nevertheless the shit! Check out the blog for the full review... Merry Christmas to everyone! Patrick www.fantasyhotli...

Just finished Robin Hobb's Dragon Haven . It was all right, but it fails to truly satisfy in and of itself. The end offers resolution of a sort, but you end up feeling as though you have read the second volume of a trilogy and you are left with too many unanswered questions. . . Last week I complete...

Just finished R. Scott Bakker's second thriller, Disciple of the Dog . A good and entertaining read, but rushed in order to make it a page-turner. It features an unfeeling prick as the main protagonist, yet I found it impossible not to root for Disciple Manning. Check out the blog for the full revie...

Just finished Ian Cameron Esslemont's Stonewielder and it was great!:D

ICE has matured and improved as a writer, making this one a thoroughly satisfying Malazan offering. One of the better paced as well.

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Patrick
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Finished Brandon Sanderson's The Way of Kings . Due to a number of shortcomings, I felt that it wasn't the great work we were told we'd get, but it's nevertheless a good read. As far it being the next big thing in the fantasy genre, we'll have to wait and see. Compared to other opening chapters of g...

Hi guys, Thanks to the folks at Putnam, I have 3 copies of Donaldson's Against All Things Ending up for grabs: fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/2010/09/win-copy-of-stephen-r-donaldsons.html I'm more than halfway through the book myself, and it's not what I expected. Not as good as the first two thus far....

Just finished Nnedi Okorafor's Who Fears Death and it's an emotionally charged tale. The post-apocalyptic African setting is a welcome change, and so is the use of African traditions and folklore. Who Fears Death is a touching and rewarding read. Check out the blog for the full review. :) Patrick ww...

Just finished Naomi Novik's Tongues of Serpents.

And based on how much I've enjoyed the series so far, this one was a major disappointment. Looks like a proliferation of unnecessary sequels to me. . .

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Patrick
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Just reviewed Guy Gavriel Kay's awe-inspiring Under Heaven. Should be the speculative fiction book of the year, and is definitely Kay's best work to date.

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Patrick
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Just finished Warriors edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, and it was pretty damn good. All killer and no filler in this anthology.

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Patrick
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A bit on a dare with Mark Charan Newton, I decided to give tie-in fiction a shot by reading the first chapter of The Horus Heresy sequence set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. And I have to say that I'm very impressed by Dan Abnett's intelligent and entertaining Horus Rising . Will definitely read ...