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<blockquote data-quote="Merkuri" data-source="post: 4421833" data-attributes="member: 41321">I didn't think the first book was that poorly written, but the second one left a lot to be desired.&nbsp; If it's a trilogy I might read the third one when it comes out for completeness sake, but if it turns out to be more than that it might not be worth it.I was freaked out reading the first book because every single piece of technology they referenced I had heard of, and knew how it worked.&nbsp; Every single one was real technology in use (RFID tracking) or real technology being developed (quantum computers).Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson was kinda similar to The Traveler.&nbsp; Note the word &quot;kinda&quot;.&nbsp; It involves a conspiracy and some &quot;secrets&quot; about humankind, but it's not as fantasy-ish as Traveler.&nbsp; It's much more scifi, but it's scifi based in a relatively modern world, maybe just a few years in the future.&nbsp; If you like Snow Crash you'll probably also like Cryptonomicon (one of my favorite books of all time) by the same author, but it's further away from The Traveler than Snow Crash.&nbsp; By the way, you know that the realms referenced in The Traveler are based on a real-world mythology, right?&nbsp; It's been a while since I read The Traveler, but I think they may be based on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_realms" target="_blank">these Bhuddist realms</a>.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Merkuri, post: 4421833, member: 41321"] I didn't think the first book was that poorly written, but the second one left a lot to be desired. If it's a trilogy I might read the third one when it comes out for completeness sake, but if it turns out to be more than that it might not be worth it. I was freaked out reading the first book because every single piece of technology they referenced I had heard of, and knew how it worked. Every single one was real technology in use (RFID tracking) or real technology being developed (quantum computers). Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson was kinda similar to The Traveler. Note the word "kinda". It involves a conspiracy and some "secrets" about humankind, but it's not as fantasy-ish as Traveler. It's much more scifi, but it's scifi based in a relatively modern world, maybe just a few years in the future. If you like Snow Crash you'll probably also like Cryptonomicon (one of my favorite books of all time) by the same author, but it's further away from The Traveler than Snow Crash. By the way, you know that the realms referenced in The Traveler are based on a real-world mythology, right? It's been a while since I read The Traveler, but I think they may be based on [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_realms]these Bhuddist realms[/url]. [/QUOTE]

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