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Three Hearts and Three Lions is the most cited of Poul's works in the D&D context. Personally I think The Broken Sword was likely more influential. It's got

There is literally nothing I can say about that that couldn't be construed as a spoiler, including saying it's not a spoiler. The book has been out for years; it's been discussed on this forum before. But, alright. Comment removed.

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I've had it on my shelves since forever ago (or at least a decade). I'll bump it up. I like magical pastoral fantasies.

I finished The Trouble With Peace and Rosewater a few days ago. Reading BX Advanced Bestiary Vol.1 (and A Constant Rabbit, as mentioned above). I have quibbles with BXAB1 (my gods do I hate the dense stat block format...and I understand not reprinting the "base" stats, but...do it anyway), but...

Just started The Constant Rabbit, by Jasper Fforde.

It is. I really liked that one. The others were fine but not the same. You can read either just that one or the trilogy; as I recall it tied up most of the threads it started.

There is a moderately well-known sf/cyberpunk book, the title of which escapes me for the moment, which ended with the protagonist distinctly less well-off than before, and it was a really nice change. Books 2-3 got a lot more traditional and "fixed" things. I'm blanking on the title. mid-late...

Absolutely not a damned thing wrong with enjoying a series because it's FUN. Sometimes authors just resonate with us, and we forgive them their sins. That's joy.

I love Hambley's stuff.

Ended up starting The Citadel of Winds, the direct prequel to The Singer and the Sea (characters from Citadel are protagonists in Singer, but otherwise the two are independent). Also just found out The Winter of the World (the overarching series) got an RPG adaptation in 2018, so that's on my list.

Started travelling for playground builds again, which is usually two days of travel and a week of exhaustion. Read The Singer and the Sea by Michael Scott Rohan, and Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon. Both rereads, and thus by definition ones I enjoy.

Yes, but not much plot or storyline; characters are introduced and never developed, and locations presented in one book never show up in another one.

I've been off and on about reading fiction. I have been getting a lot of POD and similar RPG stuff, so I've been reading Dragonlance Adventures, Calimshan, Fiend Folio, Dawn of the Emperors, Hollow World, Monster Mythology, the original AND revised Forgotten Realms Campaign sets (I had the...

When I was moving in (to my current apartment, which used to be my dad's office in our barn when I was a kid, so...full circle...) my dad watched me carrying boxes up and said "maybe you should get rid of a few books?" I set the boxes down, looked at him, and said "I've done FOUR PURGES of...

It's one book split into two. Just go ahead and by Fall of Hyperion. Edit: I was on the fence about Hyperion/Fall of Hyperion while I was reading it, but overall, it was excellent and would absolutely recommend.

I have paper books, and have noticed the same thing. But I think it's because I have a lot of books, not enough shelves, and poor organization...:LOL:

I'll echo this. I had a long break between reading Gideon the Ninth & Harrow, so there was quite a bit of WTF, but eventually I figured out it was intentional. I actually stayed up until 2am yesterday finishing it. (oops). Nona the Ninth is out in September.

I read it a few years back; same reaction. I just didn't care. No interest in revisiting it.

Yes, that one. I mean, he fights things that go bump in the night, but I'm not sure he's a Mary Sue. I enjoyed it, but it's been a couple years & urban fantasy isn't my norm.