What do you have on your list of books you want to read? I don't have a list set down on paper myself, but I've got a laundry list of books I want to read floating around in my head at the moment....
In no particular order:
Gene Wolfe - The Wizard Knight
Guy Gavriel Kay - The Last Light of the Sun
Robin Hobb - The Tawny Man trilogy
China Mieville - Perdido Street Station
Tad Williams - Shadowmarch
Sean Russell - The Shadow Roads
Gregory Keyes - The Briar King
Steven Erikson - The Gardens of the Moon (Is any of his stuff actually available over here in the US yet? I've heard conflicting reports in this regard)
What's on your fantasy book wish list currently?
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No real Wishlist, I generally buy what I want, and If I don't have it, it's on pre-order.
the rest are available in Uthe K or on Amazon:
Memories of Ice
House of Chains
Midnight Tides
Bonehunters (forthcoming)
Reapers Cale (forthcoming)
Toll of Hounds (forthcoming)
Dust of Dreams (forthcoming)
The Crippled God (forthcoming)
To my knowledge the first 2 books are available in the U.S. Gardens of the Moon and Deadhouse Gates.Steven Erikson - The Gardens of the Moon (Is any of his stuff actually available over here in the US yet? I've heard conflicting reports in this regard
the rest are available in Uthe K or on Amazon:
Memories of Ice
House of Chains
Midnight Tides
Bonehunters (forthcoming)
Reapers Cale (forthcoming)
Toll of Hounds (forthcoming)
Dust of Dreams (forthcoming)
The Crippled God (forthcoming)
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Ainulindale wrote:No real Wishlist, I generally buy what I want, and If I don't have it, it's on pre-order.
To my knowledge the first 2 books are available in the U.S. Gardens of the Moon and Deadhouse Gates.Steven Erikson - The Gardens of the Moon (Is any of his stuff actually available over here in the US yet? I've heard conflicting reports in this regard
the rest are available in Uthe K or on Amazon:
Memories of Ice
House of Chains
Midnight Tides
Bonehunters (forthcoming)
Reapers Cale (forthcoming)
Toll of Hounds (forthcoming)
Dust of Dreams (forthcoming)
The Crippled God (forthcoming)
That's a lot of "forthcoming" books. I've heard almost nothing but praise for Erikson, though.
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Books I plan (or at least hope) to read in the near future:
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
Flashman on the March - George MacDonald Fraser
The Triumph of the Sun - Wilbur Smith
Iron Council - China Mieville
The Confusion - Neal Stephenson
Books I look forward to seeing available soon:
A Feast for Crows - George R. R. Martin
Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince - J. K. Rowling
Caine Black Knife - Matthew Stover
Judas Unleashed - Peter F. Hamilton
Some of these are months away, some probably still years away.
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
Flashman on the March - George MacDonald Fraser
The Triumph of the Sun - Wilbur Smith
Iron Council - China Mieville
The Confusion - Neal Stephenson
Books I look forward to seeing available soon:
A Feast for Crows - George R. R. Martin
Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince - J. K. Rowling
Caine Black Knife - Matthew Stover
Judas Unleashed - Peter F. Hamilton
Some of these are months away, some probably still years away.
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everyone is raving about the Malazan books so i might try them
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And we're definitely going to hell, but we'll have all the best stories to tell.
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I'm sure everyone who frequents this forum know what the first three on my list are, heh:
The Healthy Dead - Steven Erikson
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
The Warrior-Prophet - R Scott Bakker
Something by Mieville.
Something by Wolfe (recommendations?).
Forthcoming books I'm eager to see:
The Bonehunters - After rereading House of Chains I'm starting to get impatient for the next installment. All the spoilers aren't helping.
A Feast for Crows - Obviously.
Shadowplay - Shadowmarch volume two. The first book didn't quite live up to his best work (Otherland), but still very good.
Fatal Revenant!
The Healthy Dead - Steven Erikson
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
The Warrior-Prophet - R Scott Bakker
Something by Mieville.
Something by Wolfe (recommendations?).
Forthcoming books I'm eager to see:
The Bonehunters - After rereading House of Chains I'm starting to get impatient for the next installment. All the spoilers aren't helping.
A Feast for Crows - Obviously.
Shadowplay - Shadowmarch volume two. The first book didn't quite live up to his best work (Otherland), but still very good.
Fatal Revenant!
God knows there is a hell of a lot of books on my shelves that are awaiting my attention. But here are those that I should soon read. I'm presently reading THE CONFUSION by Stephenson.
- Stephenson's THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD
- Hobb's THE TAWNY MAN series
- Bakker's THE DARKNESS THAT COMES BEFORE and THE WARRIOR-PROPHET.
There are a bunch of other books I'd like to read, but life somehow gets in the way! My reading schedule could also change if I receive packages containing review copies sent by publishers. I do have to read some if I want them to send me some free books. . .
Patrick
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But here are those that I should soon read. I'm presently reading THE CONFUSION by Stephenson.- Stephenson's THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD
- Hobb's THE TAWNY MAN series
- Bakker's THE DARKNESS THAT COMES BEFORE and THE WARRIOR-PROPHET.
There are a bunch of other books I'd like to read, but life somehow gets in the way! My reading schedule could also change if I receive packages containing review copies sent by publishers. I do have to read some if I want them to send me some free books. . .
Patrick
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I'm sure everyone who frequents this forum know what the first three on my list are, heh:
The Healthy Dead - Steven Erikson
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
The Warrior-Prophet - R Scott Bakker
Something by Mieville.
Something by Wolfe (recommendations?)
That's damn good reading there:) As far as Wolfe is concerned I always like to recommend his Book of the New Sun which is just an all time, timeless classic. With Mieville, I'd jump into Perdido Street Station, the first Bas-lag novel, than go to The Scar and than Iron Council. King Rat was his first work of speculative fiction, but is unrelated, and is interpitation of the Pied Piper in the urban London setting. I liked it, but his Bas-lag novels are rather ground breaking.
Looking at your list between Mieville's Scar and Perdido Street Station, and Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell you have 3 of the top 20 stand-alone novels written in the last 20 years of fantasy IMHO.
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Consider the Book of the New Sun motion seconded. I've not read a lot of Wolfe's work yet myself (just discovered him several months ago) but BotNS is simply amazing. I'm actually re-reading it at the moment before I move on to reading his Wizard Knight books and it just gets better with every reading.Murrin wrote:I'm sure everyone who frequents this forum know what the first three on my list are, heh:
Something by Wolfe (recommendations?).
If you're interested in Greek mythology at all and like Wolfe's style, Latro in the Mist is also highly recommended.
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arg, right now i'm in the middle of 3 different series
I have the last 2 books in "The Dreamers" by David Eddings, "Soujourn" the last book in the dark elf trilogy (Pretty sure i'm getting the Icewindale Quintet -sp?- too) and the last thing is the sequal to "The Waterborn" by some guy with the last name Keyes
I have the last 2 books in "The Dreamers" by David Eddings, "Soujourn" the last book in the dark elf trilogy (Pretty sure i'm getting the Icewindale Quintet -sp?- too) and the last thing is the sequal to "The Waterborn" by some guy with the last name Keyes
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Gregory Keyes, aka J. Gregory Keyes author of the the Briar King and Charnel PrinceThe Waterborn" by some guy with the last name Keyes
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i asw A Song of Ice and Fire today but like murrin had no money 
But if you're all about the destination, then take a fucking flight.
We're going nowhere slowly, but we're seeing all the sights.
And we're definitely going to hell, but we'll have all the best stories to tell.
Full of the heavens and time.
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I haven't even received the last big Amazon order, but I've already added the following to the 'Save for later' section:
-The Worm Ouroboros, ER Eddison
-The Cornelius Quartet, Michael Moorcock
-The Gormenghast Trilogy, Mervyn Peake
-Tales of the Dying Earth, Jack Vance
-Viriconium, M. John Harrison
I'm still not entirely decided whether I'll actually get all of these.
-The Worm Ouroboros, ER Eddison
-The Cornelius Quartet, Michael Moorcock
-The Gormenghast Trilogy, Mervyn Peake
-Tales of the Dying Earth, Jack Vance
-Viriconium, M. John Harrison
I'm still not entirely decided whether I'll actually get all of these.
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Actually, I have 2-3 shelves of books to read. And people keep giving me more. 
Someone recently gave me something like ten books by an author I am completely unfamiliar with named Dean Koontz. And someone else gave me an entire series of mystery books set in Africa that look pretty interesting.
Right now I need time more than anything else.
And people keep giving me more. Someone recently gave me something like ten books by an author I am completely unfamiliar with named Dean Koontz. And someone else gave me an entire series of mystery books set in Africa that look pretty interesting.Right now I need time more than anything else.
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Read them! Read them now!duchess of malfi wrote:Someone recently gave me something like ten books by an author I am completely unfamiliar with named Dean Koontz.
Dean Koontz rocks! Not so much his earlier stuff, but his more recent books are fantastic.
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-Patricia McKillip's new book
-the latest Anita Blake novel
-Banewreaker by Jacqueline Carey
-The Crystal City by Orson Scott Card (I can't believe I haven't managed to pick this up yet)
-all of the Charles de Lint I haven't read yet
-Drowned Wednesday by Garth Nix, and also his new book in the Abhorsen series
-Feast for Crows
-the new Harry Potter
-all of the Pamela Dean I haven't read yet
-the last book in the Griffin & Sabine hexology
...I'm sure there's more that I can't think of right now....
-Patricia McKillip's new book
-the latest Anita Blake novel
-Banewreaker by Jacqueline Carey
-The Crystal City by Orson Scott Card (I can't believe I haven't managed to pick this up yet)
-all of the Charles de Lint I haven't read yet
-Drowned Wednesday by Garth Nix, and also his new book in the Abhorsen series
-Feast for Crows
-the new Harry Potter
-all of the Pamela Dean I haven't read yet
-the last book in the Griffin & Sabine hexology
...I'm sure there's more that I can't think of right now....
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