Foundation, the trilogy itself, is great. Foundation's Edge is also good. The others aren't so good, especially when he tries to tie his entire oeuvre together.
Oh, you haven't read it...
A Song of Ice and Fire is the series I want the author to finish before he carks it.Yeah i just edited my post above.
So what are your other favourites - Sci fi or otherwise ?
I'm going to look this up. It better be all that you say it is.
Yeah saw that, disappointing that is.
Do it. They're not his best books, his Rigante and Drenai novels are far better. But its a fantastic take on the Trojan war, of course its still fictional but it gives you such a superb insight into that paticular time period, so much so that you can almost believe its all entirely true. His take on the city of Troy falling to the famed 'Trojan Horse' was cleverly done. Although to be fair I kind of new he was going that way with the horse from day 1, he already hinted at it in the Lion of Macedon series. Apparently this is the trilogy he always wanted to write, and you can tell he used some of his older novels to try out plots and ideas to see how they would work. Its just a shame he never lived to finish it.
Nothing wrong with reading. I read a book a week myself. Best thing in the world.You're right there mehro. Infact that's probably the most rightest you have ever been. You should definitely pick up a David Gemmell book if you get a chance. Except Echoes of the Great Song which isn't really his best work. He's not everyones cup of tea, but even if you don't like the genre or time period, most can appreciate the way he builds his characters and the human emotions of fear and courage he explores. Ask Hectic, he will back me up
I see you slyly added in that last sentence there. I'm not a biker gimp, I just liek wearing the tight leathers
One can never be a book geek in my book. One can be a biker gimp.
I'll get it once I'm done with the books I have currently issued. Now that I am finally graduating I'm trying to read as much as possible before I lose access to the university library.
You haven't started?!?
Well worth it... well, until you get to the end of Book 4 to realise that it will be another year before Book 5 comes out, and probably 4 or 5 years after that to Book 6.
You haven't started?!?
You should stay at home on the sofa for a few days, make sure you have food and drink close at hand, and dive in. You don't want to be interrupted.
I know...I'm really excited about starting the series.Yes, "Red Cavalry" was short, but pretty good, but that was probably down to that being of special interest to me. For some time I read just about anything I could find in that genre (if there is such a thing). Sholokov's Don books, Mironov's accounts of the Civil War, Bulgakov's "The White Guard", Tolsoty's "The Cossacks", and probably a few others I can't think of offhand. "Red Victory" and "The White Generals" were also good (non-fiction) reads.
To be fair I got bored of the WoT series at about book 6, it seemed to take a lot of time and words to not really go very far. Started off brilliantly and had so much potential, I just feel it was dragged out a bit too much. Blasphemy I know, but I put it down after book 6 and wasn't really too anxious to pick up the next one, like I am almost always am with every series I read.
I remember reading somewhere that 'A Dance with Dragons' is due out September 30th. I've heard how fans have been frustrated with the amount of time GRRM takes between books... which is one reason why I haven't started. I don't want the same situation that happened with Robert Jordan and WoT. Was absolutely gutted when he passed away (without completing the series) .
Yeah, I have to agree that the series went south after 'Lord of Chaos'. He should have wrapped up the entire story in about 5-6 books at most. The plot didn't really go anywhere in the last couple of books and his annoying habit of introducing close to 200 new characters with each book was extremely frustrating to say the least. But I followed it through until 'Knife of Dreams' - Book 11, because I was too damn curious to know what would happen to all the lead characters. And the series really promised an epic-kick-ass-mother-of-all endings.
Agree with that. As I said I'm currently reading Simon Scarrow's ROman Legion series, which is another very long series. I took a break about book 6 and read a few things in between, but the good thing about the series is it is so easy to pick back up again. I think with WoT I would probably have to start again from the beginning.
Haven't read the last book yet, as it isn't in book stores here. Sad to hear he's passed away, as he was one of if not the best fantasy writers out there.
He passed away about 2 years ago mate. He had only written about 70 000 words for the last book in the Troy Trilogy as well. His wife Stella finished it, with Davids guidance before he died. I found myself trying to pick out lines and paragraphs that may have been written by her and not David but shes done such a great job. If you have read the other 2 then you have to finish it. I know its stupid as everyone knows the story of Troy, but I still found myself hoping the City wouldn't fall, that somehow Agememmnon would fail. And I agree, he was the best ever fantasy writer, no question in my mind. I could read his books over and over again and never get bored of them.
