What are you reading?

hmm, im kind of in a rut for books, im almost done with all of the Dragonlance books, most of the starwars books, the cirque du freak, the demonata, and all of the lord of the rings(thats most of my bookshelf right there) Im looking for some new series' to read, does anyone have any ideas?

I don't know if you'd like it but you could try the Wheel of Time series? It's a 12 book series... well technically 15 books I guess the last book is 3 books... It's by Robert Jordan. Takes a long time to get through but it's pretty good.

sounds good actually, I really like long series' as long as it keeps the interest...my genre is basically anything....Im just trying to figure out what I like most....pretty hard when I think of it...my friends been giving me good books to read since the 3rd grade, and recently he just hasnt found that much.

Jeme'Maer DON'T READ WHEEL OF TIME!!! it is the spawn of Satan!! Sorry for the caps but it makes me want to shout.
If you are a speed reader then go for it. Otherwise it is slow, self indulgent, lacks good characterisation (ie so many characters are almost the same, especially the women) and the novelist is dead and 3 more books are yet to be published by another author.
If you haven't read "the Magician" series by Raymond E Feist then that is an obvious recommendation, from your "read" list. The servant of the empire series he wrote with Janny Wurts is good too.
A complete departure from my usual reading style, I am reading "the girl with a Dragon Tatoo". I have been given 2 copies of it by in-laws (parents in law and sister in law). It is a swedish novel (they are swedish too). I think they really want me to read it.

Dragon wrote:Jeme'Maer DON'T READ WHEEL OF TIME!!! it is the spawn of Satan!! Sorry for the caps but it makes me want to shout.

... Well that's not very nice although to be totally honest it does get pretty slow in places but always returns with something good.

Twelve books? And how many pages are they all anyway?

they range from 700 to 1100

Don't forget dead author with 3 books still to be written.

I believe one of them has been written now, my brother has it but I still have to get around to borrowing it.

I have like five books I've had since Christmas I haven't read.

I just picked up 1000 or so Sci/Fi ebooks Kev if you want them.
Lots of Star Wars and Star Trek.

I've been on a used bookstore binge so I have picked up tons of books. Currently deciding which book to read first:



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Love me some Vonnegut and PKD.

It is not sci-fi but it has been a great book for me, even so that I went and rented the movie they made as well. It is called Ip Man and is probably one of the greatest reads I have had for some time.

As far as my Fantusy I liked George R.R. Martins series A song of Fire and Ice. It was a well written sieries that had me hooked from book 1. I highly recomend both books.

New Guy hear, just applied. I see a few fellow book lovers. Right now, I'm reading Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, and it has been thoroughly enjoyable. I have read, in the past, all the Star Wars novels that have been published to date (including Fate of the Jedi: Allies), along with a LOT of other things: all of Raymond E. Feist's books, the Wheel of Time (by Robert Jordan, continued by Brandon Sanderson), all of David Eddings' books (terrible case of deus ex machina in his writing, but the dialogue humor is great), S.M. Stirling's novels of the Change (cannot recommend these enough), George R.R. Martin's Ice and Fire novels (amazing), and Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth novels (a bit pedantic at times, but the first three and last three are very good). I am a great Shannara fan (Terry Brooks), but I couldn't get into the Landover novels. I also enjoyed L.E. Modesitt Jr's Recluse, Corus, and Imager books. I have also read the staples: C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia and Tolkein's Lord of the Rings. I have a spattering of Science Fiction there as well, including all of Larry Niven's novels of Known Space, as well as his "Magic Goes Away" works, including both Burning City and Burning Tower. I have read most of Heinlein, Asimov, Philip K. Dick, and a bit of Greg Bear along with Vernor Vinge (this guy is GREAT!!) and Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld books. I mention all these things by way of recommendation. I am simply trying to share the things that I have enjoyed with other people.

There is, however, one author about which I cannot say enough good: Neal Stephenson. Pick up anything by this guy and read it. I especially recommend Snowcrash, the Diamond Age, and his great opus, Cryptonomicon. If you enjoy these, you should also look into his Baroque Cycle books (Quicksilver, the Confusion, and System of the World), as they are related to Cryptonomicon.

I also read a fairly heavy diet of Christian writings (theology and philosophy, not inspirational or fiction) for work, as I am a minister.

I do, as well, have a question: are the Dresden Files novels any good? I've had them recommended to me in the past, but I have never begun an attempt at reading them.

Thanks, I'll give them a shot when I finish Neverwhere.