Originally posted by: Wuffsunie
Originally posted by: Ispy
Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind..Sword of Truth series, great book!! I was kind of skeptical because of the title itself but a co-worker finally pursuaded me into reading it. After about 50 pages I couldn't get enough of it! It's also the first book of 8 I think, just starting "Stone of Tears". Highly recommend it!
Do yourself a favor and stop at book 4, at the very latest. That's the last good one in the series. (5 is really the knife edge.) The first two are some of the most steallar fantasy books I've read, and I think you could agree there. The last three are some of the most abysmal and horrid things I have ever crossed. The 6th one especially, which is him ripping off pretty much wholesale The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand and doing a piss poor job. Take the warning as you may, but don't hold out much hope beyond book 4.
As for me, my
last read was
Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds. Simply put
OMFG!!! That is one of the single best pieces of science fiction I have read in ages. I am a tech junkie, and the goodies he trots out throughout are fantastic. The story itself is a blend of science fiction and mystery, with a dash of horror. The overall setting has kind of a noir/punk feel to it. While the character and social complexity isn't on par with say the Exordium Series, the mysteries in the story make up for it. (And unlike Exordium, you can still buy Revelation retail.) Anyone looking for first rate space opera, look here.
The read before that was
Dracula by Bram Stoker. That was... boring. Interesting to see a perspective from a different century, but utterly dull and nothing to grab my attention. Took me about six times as long as Space.
For a
current read I'm about to start
Against a Dark Background by Iain M. Banks, as I had finally managed to score a copy of that book last month. I hope it's as good as everyone says