Mannahnin
Scion of Murgen (He/Him)
Better than Paksenarrion?
Fans of long series of big novels, sound off!
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Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
I've never read that one.
The Soloist
Hero
Not big books but I enjoyed the Vorkosigan Saga by Bujold.
The Black Company has already been mentioned but Glen Cook's Dread Empire is more 'serious' fantasy.
The Black Company has already been mentioned but Glen Cook's Dread Empire is more 'serious' fantasy.
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DrunkonDuty
he/him
Rivers of London is a big series, 9 novels, 3-4 novellas, half a dozen graphic novels. Lots of fun. I've just started a re-read of the series.
Clint_L
Legend
Of late I've quite enjoyed Joe Abercrombie's various, connected books in the Logen Nine Fingers world.
For big single-volume books***, I just re-read Stephen King's It. On the one hand, it's his best work, IMO; the premise of a bunch of kids battling a shapeshifting monster that apes their deepest fears is fantastic, tapping into the Stephen Spielberg childhood nostalgia vein, hard. On the other hand, as King himself has admitted, it was written at the height of his nose-candy phase, and thus includes a few very questionable moments that even he now regrets, especially that one. Still really liking it, even with a few really cringey bits.
*** though most of his books are loosely connected.
For big single-volume books***, I just re-read Stephen King's It. On the one hand, it's his best work, IMO; the premise of a bunch of kids battling a shapeshifting monster that apes their deepest fears is fantastic, tapping into the Stephen Spielberg childhood nostalgia vein, hard. On the other hand, as King himself has admitted, it was written at the height of his nose-candy phase, and thus includes a few very questionable moments that even he now regrets, especially that one. Still really liking it, even with a few really cringey bits.
*** though most of his books are loosely connected.
DrunkonDuty
he/him
I like Joe Abercrombie. Really enjoyed all the Nine-Fingers and other adjacent stories. Reminds me I need to get back to his Half a King series.
I like Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's "Agent Pendergast" novels: 21 so far and apparently one more to go. I'm also a big fan of Scott Lynch's "Gentlemen Bastards" series (Locke Lamora), and while there's only three out in that series thus far, he's got plans for at least seven novels. (Been waiting forever for book four, though, Scott!) And if samurai detective fiction is your thing, Laura Joh Rowland has 18 "Sano Ichiro" novels in a now-finished series that I really enjoyed.
Johnathan
Johnathan
The Soloist
Hero
We love Sano Ichiro San. Robert Van Gulik Judge Dee is aslo great
Clint_L
Legend
The Devils is one of my books of the year, for sure.
Clint_L
Legend
You got me excited for a moment there. Yeah, been over a decade since the last book, so I ain't holding my breath on seven more, though I would love to be proven wrong. I'd have to re-read the first three, at this point.
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