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GRRM wants his done right. He doesnt want to be a Robert Jordan, He will finish! Think positive.

I have read the first three. Yes it is true the first book was a sort of second-rate copycat but then he gets quite original in the sequels. Overall he is very enjoyable. It's just that I have so much to read I never have gotten around to going past the first three.

I read Foundation's Edge when it first came out in 1984. I was 19 and had just finished the trilogy. I remember thinking it was one of the best books I had ever read and my favorite of the series. I'm not sure if I would feel the same now. But I thought it was one of the Hugos that was the...

Reading Robin Hobb's second book Royal Assassin. I had been meaning to get around to these for some time. The pace is very slow but she is an excellent writer and not in any way dull. They are just not action-oriented.

Yeah much better than WOW now. Better than any other fantasy MMO thats out imo. Wish I had time to play more. Been at it five years and just getting to the endgame team player vs player. Insane fun.

After reading the Hobbit and LOTR in 1973 at the age of eight I became a serious addict of whatever fantasy I could get my hands on which at that time was not all that much. I read pretty much everything on the shelves and I remember Ouroboros as being tied with Howard as my second favorite...

You can always just google "best fantasy series" or "best new fantasy books" like I do from time to time. Just remember that because other people like them doesn't mean you will. Some of the highest rankings at Goodreads for fantasy books turned out to be duds when I got into them. Most...

Got this hot off the shelf. Released in Feb 22, first volume of series/trilogy. Highly acclaimed by educated readers. It may be of some interest to those interested in real world history who like fantasy as well.

Been thinking of watching Wheel of Time but not sure if I want to join prime just for that. Maybe that plus Westworld would make it worth it. Also LOTR series about Numenor coming. How about that!

George, you might consider hiring a few people to help you work out some of those diversions from book four and five. I wouldn't be able to finish that without help either.

My feeling about Earthsea and LOTR is they should be read before you turn thirteen. I'm not saying they are for children only but adults who read them for the first time don't appreciate the enchantment as much in most cases. Most of the biggest fans of these read them young. I read LOTR at...

The Hunger Games was widely touted for a few years recently but I was very unimpressed with the plot. Having a death contest between randomly chosen children where 18-year-olds could be pitted against those only 12 as a national sport did not seem believable. I wouldn't say I hated the book...

As a huge fan of McMurtry's writing I had trouble admitting the movie Lonesome Dove was as good or almost as good as the book. They found the perfect actors and actresses. He's a tremendous writer, my favorite western author for sure. Streets of Laredo would be just as good as LD but Gus is...

Regarding Bova and Gunn, they passed right after you posted their names. Please stop!

Chasm City should be read either before the RS trilogy or between books one and two. There are a bunch of occurrences in book two that make no sense unless you have read CC first. I won't go into detail so as not to give any spoilers.

The first Pines was only so so. It starts strongly but not sure about the second half. When the townspeople rise up against the intruders it went downhill. But I will finish the sequels.

14. About half of the rest are on my "want to read list".

There's no 282 through 289. Moderator!

Since Hitmouse overwrote my numbers on page six of this thread in the post immediately after mine. Not to be a nitpicker, I honestly thought he posted at almost the exact same time as me and used the same numbers. 365. The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov (can't believe that's not on here...

I am current reading Pines and liking it much. It's a fast easy read. I was wondering if his work can be classified as sci fi. I have not read Recursion or Dark Matter yet and those sound sort of SFish. Anyone try them out yet and can comment?