I just finish reading the 1st book of Geralt De Rivia saga (the one from the Witcher games), also Im playing Planescape and I really like those types of history. Someone know any other book like that? Especially one with that Planescape feel. My 1st language is spanish so those are also welcome.
Hey, if you haven't come across it already, you might be interested in Raymond E. Feist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_E._Feist)'s Riftwar Cycle. I got really into him at one point, and he's written dozens of books in this universe. Start with Magician and see what you think.
Quote from: Stupot+ on Mon 14/01/2013 13:36:50
Hey, if you haven't come across it already, you might be interested in Raymond E. Feist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_E._Feist)'s Riftwar Cycle. I got really into him at one point, and he's written dozens of books in this universe. Start with Magician and see what you think.
More like if you can bear to finish
Magician you'll really enjoy all the rest. They got much shorter, punchier and more enjoyable after the first few books. For those that didn't know, Raymond E. Feist's Midkemia universe is where Sierra / Dynamix's
Betrayal at Krondor and
Return to Krondor were based.
Oh really, AGA? I liked the first trilogy (A Darkness at Sethanon in particular), then felt it got a bit stupid later on. Mind you, it's been almost twenty years since I read them. Betrayal at Krondor was a huge favorite back in the day, and it makes me wish that more games I like were based on books I could get into.
My days of enjoying epic length fantasy novels are long gone. If it's much longer than a standard novel (200 - 350 pages), I won't have the patience to finish it. I got up to something like book eight of Wheel of Time before giving up, and I doubt I'll ever be bothered to pick them up again.
George R. R. Martin's "A Song Of Ice and Fire" seems to be a good next step from Sapkowski's Geralt saga (I think the pre-saga short stories about Geralt are the best bits, but it's all great stuff). It's only a guess, though, since I haven't read Martin's books, but I hear they're somewhat good and sound quite similar in tone. :)
As for a more Planescape-type fair - I think China Mieville's "Perdido Street Station" is a pretty good match - it's moderately dark, plenty weird and quite inventive in a similar to Planescape way. It's a bit long and the language Mieville uses had me reaching for the dictionary more often than I would've liked, but it's really well written, has plenty of great world building and interesting ideas.
The only fantasy I've read the last decade is The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie. I really liked it. It was grittier and more mature than the fantasy I read as a teenager, probably similar to Martin's series in that respect. Which I would never read, like AGA lacking the patience to take on that kind of volumes.
Thx for all the recommendations, Im currently reading the 1st book of Dexter (you can tell by my avatar that I love the series). I will check out those after I finish this one. Any books like Dexter will be also welcome.
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk?
Anything by Kurt Vonnegut (but especially Breakfast of Champions and Slaughterhouse nr 5)?
Quote from: an Urpney on Tue 15/01/2013 19:19:51
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk?
Indeed, it was my gateway book to the weird collection of Palahniuk's worlds. If you think that novel is weird, it only gets weirder from there with stuff like Haunted, Diary, Choke, Rant, Lullaby etc. It's not for everybody though, some of the stuff gets really naturalistic and graphic (if you thought Fincher's Fight club movie was extreme, the rest of this stuff won't be for your gentle soul).
Quote from: an Urpney on Tue 15/01/2013 19:19:51
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk?
Fight Club might be one of the few times I've found the movie slightly better than the book. I really enojoyed the book, but the movie is one of my absolute all time favourites.
If you want a complicated, otherworldy, multi-faction fantasy epic, then my recommendation is the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson. It has intrigue at least on the level of ASOIAF, but it also has lots of magical mysterious factions, like the skeletal T'lan Imass who have made it their mission to exterminate the genocidal Jaghut and their ice magic, and have been going at it so long that their Tellann magic of fire has been reduced to mere magic of ash. It also has the advantage of being a complete series, so no waiting for the next part and hoping the author doesn't die on you.
First book, Gardens of the Moon.
Thx again for all the recomendantions, thats why I really like so much this forum. I think I use more the forums that play AGS games lol. You can laught, learn, etc in here. That last one sounds very intriguing, guess I will look for info of all of those and then choose what to read next. Thx again.
Quote from: Xionix on Tue 15/01/2013 19:15:10
Thx for all the recommendations, Im currently reading the 1st book of Dexter (you can tell by my avatar that I love the series). I will check out those after I finish this one. Any books like Dexter will be also welcome.
I haven't read an entire novel in a long time, but if you enjoy cinema, I'd recommend
M. It's one of my favorites by Fritz Lang.
You want Planescape in Spanish? Then first of all you should check the works of Borges, Cortazar and Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez.
But these are more reminiscent of the backstories and parables told by the characters you meet in Planescape, rather than some of the adventures culminating in physical and/or political conflicts.
I don't know what you are looking for exactly but, since fantasy has been mentioned, I would recommend the books of The Dark Tower by Stephen King. Those are translated to Spanish.
I'm currently reading A game of Thrones, and I must say so far it is exactly like the series, HBO has done a great job. I'm trying to get ahead of season three but I don't think I will be able to read two and a half 800 pages books in two months.