do I need Liveship Traders?

[The Fool]

yea I figued that out after i read the first page of Aprentice basicly

 

[sassy1]

i must admit, i read the books in the wrong order too. I read the tawny man trilogy first, before i found out there had been 2 previous trilogies, then i read the assassin trilogy then the liveship traders trilogy. it spoiled a few bits in the first trilogy (especially about 'forging', as i already knew what was happening and stuff).

I love the liveship traders trilogy, to start with it was my least favourite, but i think now it is just as good as the other 2 not to read it wouldnt be the end of the world, but it would help explain some parts of the tawny man trilogy

 

[lea27]

im reading the first Liveship. only got 200 hundred pages to go but its starting to drag now. while i love her style of writing is does seem to sometimes go on and on... and i keep finding new books i want to read which is makingt his one seem to drag.

 

[Ice fyre]

I really enjoyed the liveship traders and while it is not completley necessary to read the them it does help.

I kinda got turned around and read the first Tawny Man book then read the liveship traders. I was banned from reading the golden fool by my darling wife till I had read the Liveship traders as I am led to believe they have a significance in the last two Tawny man books.

I will get around to reading it sometime.

The story I felt was just amazing, it drags a little in places but I still think its some of the best fantasy I've read.

 

[areader]

9 books and all of them brilliant. And then there came the last book she has written....eeeeeek.

 

[Ice fyre]

Not a fan of the Soldier Son series then? I wonder if she's going to do nine volumes in that world.

 

[areader]

Mutters darkly : )

 

[lea27]

just finished first liveship book. must admit that after over 800 pages i flicked through the last pages and scan-read it as i was getting bored and wanted to get onto totally different book.

 

[shadow-rat]

I feel for you in a way.... I read them out of order too (I read Farseer, then Tawny Man, then went back for Liveship)
I had to make three attemtps to get into Liveship Traders, but once I was well adn truly hooked, nothing would've stopped me. I'm now about two chapters from the end, and it is totally amazing! But in a very different way to the other series... I think Liveship Traders is much more about events and action and things going on, whereas Farseer is much more about feelings and stuff, and Tawny Man is a fairly decent mix of the two!