What’s everyone reading? I’m on book 10 of the Wheel of Time, and Creatures of Light and Darkness by Alan Dean Foster

  • SturgiesYrFaseOP
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    1 year ago

    I agree, I also started when they were just released, and they’re definitely a looooot more pulpy than I remember. For me this is a bonus! Love me some pulp. Also I found books 5 and 6 or 4 and 5, can’t quite recall, to be a major slog. Had to almost force myself to keep reading, which is not great.

    Sadly, I think the reason they wouldn’t do very well if released today is not that they’re a bit pulpy, but that they’re not drivel, been noticing the trend in the last decade that the most popular books are verrry poorly written.

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      1 year ago

      Wheel of time is massive. It’s great a and deep and soe parts do drag but at least it’s finished! (small barb aimed at KKC)

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        Yeah, at least it’s finished. I’m quite enjoying it so far. Any recommendations for when I’m done?

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        1 year ago

        So back in the day I was sure that Robert Jordan would never finish WoT and I made a personal rule not to start series that isn’t finished. I was reading a book recommendation thread on Slashdot, someone emphatically sold me on Game of Thrones and said that it was just a three book series, and book 2 was already out. Great, I thought, but here I am after like 25 years and A Song of Ice and Fire will never be finished.

        I also made an exception for King Killer Chronicles, and I really enjoyed reading it, but its a bummer it is not and may never be finished.

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          I hold faith but it’s hard when things keep getting in The way of KKC. And the new lightning tree news was such a letdown.

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        They’re all kind of a blur at this point if I’m honest. I’ve been mostly reading them one after the other, it could be books 7/8? All I remember is it was a few books ago, and I was feeling really burnt out on them, had a really hard time getting through two of them. They felt really slow.

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          They do blend together. I am sure if I sat there and plotted out the big events I could tell you what was in each book specifically, but I can’t off the top of my head.