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<blockquote data-quote="Gregor" data-source="post: 4947534" data-attributes="member: 11751">I am currently finishing off &quot;A Cave of Black Ice&quot; by J.V. Jones.&nbsp; I picked it up on a recommendation from a friend and was a bit skeptical at first.&nbsp; However, I really ended up enjoying this book.&nbsp; The author's portrayal of a northern barbaric clan-based culture is top-notch and has served for some major inspiration in an upcoming 3.5 campaign I am going to run.&nbsp; Her writing and her world are very deep and the style of fantasy is distinctly sword and sorcery.&nbsp; I highly recommend it.I have also started re-reading &quot;Diplomacy&quot; by Henry Kissinger which I pull out of my bookshelf every few years ... it seems to coincide with how often I get big postal Diplomacy board-games running. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Since &quot;Dance With Dragons&quot;, the next title by George RR Martin and &quot;Republic of Thieves&quot;, the next work by Scott Lynch are delayed well into 2010 (I'm shocked! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> ) I am now poised to start into &quot;The Name of the Wind&quot; by Patrick Rothfuss and &quot;The Assassin's Apprentice&quot; by Robin Hobb.Question for you fellow readers out there:&nbsp; Is the Wheel of Time series worth checking out?&nbsp; I never managed to start into it and I have heard varied reviews.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gregor, post: 4947534, member: 11751"] I am currently finishing off "A Cave of Black Ice" by J.V. Jones. I picked it up on a recommendation from a friend and was a bit skeptical at first. However, I really ended up enjoying this book. The author's portrayal of a northern barbaric clan-based culture is top-notch and has served for some major inspiration in an upcoming 3.5 campaign I am going to run. Her writing and her world are very deep and the style of fantasy is distinctly sword and sorcery. I highly recommend it. I have also started re-reading "Diplomacy" by Henry Kissinger which I pull out of my bookshelf every few years ... it seems to coincide with how often I get big postal Diplomacy board-games running. :) Since "Dance With Dragons", the next title by George RR Martin and "Republic of Thieves", the next work by Scott Lynch are delayed well into 2010 (I'm shocked! :p ) I am now poised to start into "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss and "The Assassin's Apprentice" by Robin Hobb. Question for you fellow readers out there: Is the Wheel of Time series worth checking out? I never managed to start into it and I have heard varied reviews. [/QUOTE]

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