Fantasy novels
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The Wolf Brother series by Michelle Paver. Technically they are children’s books. I bought them and read them to my daughter. But loved them myself. She has just read them again recently (as a teenager usually much more interested in darker stuff) and also loved them. Writing this I think I am going to steal them off her and reread them myself!
I went through a fantasy and Sci-fi stage when I was about 18-20. Michael Moore,
Donaldson, Feist, Eddings, etc. Couldn’t get on with Tolkien though. Hobbit was okay (although story very silly) but I was bored by LOTR. Films were okay.
I went through a fantasy and Sci-fi stage when I was about 18-20. Michael Moore,
Donaldson, Feist, Eddings, etc. Couldn’t get on with Tolkien though. Hobbit was okay (although story very silly) but I was bored by LOTR. Films were okay.
The St Marys stuff is genuinely brilliant. You have to be more of a history geek than sci fi geek, but I love the books utterly.
Same with Aaronovitch. The world of the Folly is superbly well written and executed. I think the audiobooks work really well - they have just released all the short stories in a single “book” this summer.
The only downside is the silly comics where half the stories reside in a parallel track to the main Peter books.
Same with Aaronovitch. The world of the Folly is superbly well written and executed. I think the audiobooks work really well - they have just released all the short stories in a single “book” this summer.
The only downside is the silly comics where half the stories reside in a parallel track to the main Peter books.
A fun series I've happened across is Brian Helsing. Very English (IMO) and great light-hearted fun
Ace-T said:
Another urban fantasy worth checking out is the Dan OMalley The Rook and the follow up Stiletto. They shot straight into my desert island bookcase along with every Pratchett, the Invisible Library, Magician series, LOTR, Dresden and a few others I will add when I remember. 
Sounds to be right up my street - next on my Kindle list.DeejRC said:
The St Marys stuff is genuinely brilliant. You have to be more of a history geek than sci fi geek, but I love the books utterly.
Same with Aaronovitch. The world of the Folly is superbly well written and executed. I think the audiobooks work really well - they have just released all the short stories in a single “book” this summer.
The only downside is the silly comics where half the stories reside in a parallel track to the main Peter books.
I agree with all of that, except your last statement.Same with Aaronovitch. The world of the Folly is superbly well written and executed. I think the audiobooks work really well - they have just released all the short stories in a single “book” this summer.
The only downside is the silly comics where half the stories reside in a parallel track to the main Peter books.
In what way are the comics a downside? You presumably don't like them, and that's cool - they're not really my bag either.
But their existence isn't a downside.
TheJimi said:
DeejRC said:
The St Marys stuff is genuinely brilliant. You have to be more of a history geek than sci fi geek, but I love the books utterly.
Same with Aaronovitch. The world of the Folly is superbly well written and executed. I think the audiobooks work really well - they have just released all the short stories in a single “book” this summer.
The only downside is the silly comics where half the stories reside in a parallel track to the main Peter books.
I agree with all of that, except your last statement.Same with Aaronovitch. The world of the Folly is superbly well written and executed. I think the audiobooks work really well - they have just released all the short stories in a single “book” this summer.
The only downside is the silly comics where half the stories reside in a parallel track to the main Peter books.
In what way are the comics a downside? You presumably don't like them, and that's cool - they're not really my bag either.
But their existence isn't a downside.
On a related point does anyone else find that with multi-book series its damn difficult to follow the sequence of books on the Kindle? The old way of a quick flip to the inside front cover (or similar) to see what order the books are in and what is next has disappeared and it becomes a look it up elsewhere or try to jump back and forth within the Kindle somehow. Plus I never know that the title of the damn book I am reading is anyway as you don't see the cover every time you pick it up!
tertius said:
On a related point does anyone else find that with multi-book series its damn difficult to follow the sequence of books on the Kindle? The old way of a quick flip to the inside front cover (or similar) to see what order the books are in and what is next has disappeared and it becomes a look it up elsewhere or try to jump back and forth within the Kindle somehow. Plus I never know that the title of the damn book I am reading is anyway as you don't see the cover every time you pick it up!
Would this help?https://www.bookseriesinorder.com
tertius said:
I agree it is a downside as there is a bit of cross-referencing between the two but if you haven't followed the graphic novels (as I haven't) the references don't make sense and you think you've missed a book or something.
As in, aspects of the graphic novels are actually referenced in the books?irocfan said:
tertius said:
On a related point does anyone else find that with multi-book series its damn difficult to follow the sequence of books on the Kindle? The old way of a quick flip to the inside front cover (or similar) to see what order the books are in and what is next has disappeared and it becomes a look it up elsewhere or try to jump back and forth within the Kindle somehow. Plus I never know that the title of the damn book I am reading is anyway as you don't see the cover every time you pick it up!
Would this help?https://www.bookseriesinorder.com
Edited by TheJimi on Tuesday 27th October 11:17
irocfan said:
tertius said:
On a related point does anyone else find that with multi-book series its damn difficult to follow the sequence of books on the Kindle? The old way of a quick flip to the inside front cover (or similar) to see what order the books are in and what is next has disappeared and it becomes a look it up elsewhere or try to jump back and forth within the Kindle somehow. Plus I never know that the title of the damn book I am reading is anyway as you don't see the cover every time you pick it up!
Would this help?https://www.bookseriesinorder.com
- reading on my Kindle, in bed (so I don't have my phone)
- I finish the book I am reading, let's say its number 6 in the Destroyermen series
- which one do I want next?
- well there are frikkin hundreds in this series, they all have meaningless, "snappy" titles; and the Kindle store sometimes shows the sequence number and sometimes not?
I agree its hardly a massive problem, I just think it is one of the (relatively few) ways the Kindle platform isn't quite as good as a real book.
TheJimi said:
tertius said:
I agree it is a downside as there is a bit of cross-referencing between the two but if you haven't followed the graphic novels (as I haven't) the references don't make sense and you think you've missed a book or something.
As in, aspects of the graphic novels are actually referenced in the books?tertius said:
TheJimi said:
tertius said:
I agree it is a downside as there is a bit of cross-referencing between the two but if you haven't followed the graphic novels (as I haven't) the references don't make sense and you think you've missed a book or something.
As in, aspects of the graphic novels are actually referenced in the books?Can you remember any references in particular?
From about book 3 or 4 onwards the main stream Peter Grant books start referencing out to other sub plots and characters that pop up in the graphic novels. The fringe characters are played out more in those books. He released a collection of short stories in the last quarter...they tend to feature characters from the fringes of the story.
On another tack...some of the stories that the gfx comics flesh out I would LOVE to read properly. Lets be honest, every Folly reader wants the full on, full fat, maximum attack Nightingale at Ettersberg story.
On another tack...some of the stories that the gfx comics flesh out I would LOVE to read properly. Lets be honest, every Folly reader wants the full on, full fat, maximum attack Nightingale at Ettersberg story.
xeny said:
TheJimi said:
Can you remember any references in particular?
IIRC there are some references to speaking foxes - not plot critical but nigglingly annoying - they'll apparently be less of an issue when What Abigail Did That Summer is published.Gassing Station | Books and Literature | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff