The GMG SF/Fantasy/Horror Club

[Roy Bland]

Has anyone read? What is opinion?

[DavidW]

Someone on this forum recommended Malazan Book of the Fallen a million years ago.  I would like to say that it was bwv1080?  Anyway it has become my favorite fantasy, I finished the series a few years ago.  Loved it.  A few months ago I read Erikson's sequel.  And it is great, exactly what it needed to be to stand out from the original.

[DavidW]

Well, it has been two years to post again and then watch tumbleweeds blow by this thread!

I read an excellent SF novel and a surprisingly underwhelming, mediocre one:

While this novel owes a lot to Foundation for at least the setup, the Empire is wonderfully realized and unique as far as the SF I've read. Language and intrigue follow poetry and very subtle use of language.


James SA Corey's new series is no Expanse. It has a decent but very derivative idea, weak characterization, poor pacing and a lack of a good climax. They seemed to be banking so hard on their reputation that they couldn't be bothered to make the novel stand on its own two feet.

[Roy Bland]

very good!!!

[NumberSix]

Book 5 of Sanderson's Way of Kings comes out in December. I guess I should get off my duff and finally ready Book 4 soon. 

[DavidW]

Book 5 of Sanderson's Way of Kings comes out in December. I guess I should get off my duff and finally ready Book 4 soon. 

*in comic book guy voice* actually, the first book is called Way of Kings, and the series is called The Stormlight Archive.

I will finally begin the series sometime this fall. I read Mistborn era 1 and 2 first.