Unfinished Series

[Rosemary]

That's a good selection for next year Hedgeknight...

 

[hedgeknight]

That's a good selection for next year Hedgeknight...

Yup! I have some stand alone novels too - American Gods (Gaiman), Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (Maguire), and Mammoth Cheese (Holman). Plus a few rereads.
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[Rosemary]

Always plenty of re-reads that's true...I always read the preceeding volume in a series just before the new one is due to be released...

 

[GOLLUM]

Right now, the only series I'm involved with are Harry Potter and A Song of Ice and Fire......I think.
I'm going to start the last Thomas Covenant series in 2006 and am considering other series by Sean Russell, John Marco, and Steven Erikson.
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I've read the Swans War trilogy by Sean Russell and whilst he no doubt has an ability as a storyteller I didn't think that much of this sereis, especially after it started off so promisingly. It does contain EPIC elements but it's reasonably generic and the writing isn't anything remarkable so I wouldn't personally recommend them to other members but as we keep on saying some will love the work and others will not.
I've read everything by John Marco and his current series whilst it tackles certain moral issues it is not one I like all that much. The story is fairly generic fantasy and the writing whislt well structured is nothing that inspiring. I did however quite enjoy his original series Tyrants and Kings, which is more along the lines of a military fantasy you might see with writers like Erikson and perhaps Martin.
Of course Erikson, as most here would be aware, I like very much, so no guesses there.

Therefore for me personally I preferred Tyrants and Kings by John Marco and the Malazan series by Steven Erikson of those you mention considering reading in 2006.

My 2C....

 

[hedgeknight]

I've read the Swans War trilogy by Sean Russell and whilst he no doubt has an ability as a storyteller I didn't think that much of this sereis, especially after it started off so promisingly. It does contain EPIC elements but it's reasonably generic and the writing isn't anything remarkable so I wouldn't personally recommend them to other members but as we keep on saying some will love the work and others will not.
I've read everything by John Marco and his current series whilst it tackles certain moral issues it is not one I like all that much. The story is fairly generic fantasy and the writing whislt well structured is nothing that inspiring. I did however quite enjoy his original series Tyrants and Kings, which is more along the lines of a military fantasy you might see with writers like Erikson and perhaps Martin.
Of course Erikson, as most here would be aware, I like very much, so no guesses there.

Therefore for me personally I preferred Tyrants and Kings by John Marco and the Malazan series by Steven Erikson of those you mention considering reading in 2006.

My 2C....

Thanks Gollum - I loved Tyrants and Kings and when Eyes of God came out, I bought it immediately and started reading - couldn't really get into it though. Maybe it was just me - but I'm gonna give it another try; if that doesn't work, it will go in my paperback trade in stack!
And I'm heading to the store this week to look up this Erikson feller - seems he has this forum all abuzz.
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[GOLLUM]

Thanks Gollum - I loved Tyrants and Kings and when Eyes of God came out, I bought it immediately and started reading - couldn't really get into it though. Maybe it was just me - but I'm gonna give it another try; if that doesn't work, it will go in my paperback trade in stack!
And I'm heading to the store this week to look up this Erikson feller - seems he has this forum all abuzz.
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Well Eyes of God and the following books are not that good IMO, Tyrants was pretty enjoyable though. Hopefully you'll like that other fella..
I'm off the forums till New Year for a break so I wish you luck in your book hunting, au revoir...

 

[HieroGlyph]

And waiting to be started are Paul Kearney's Mark of Ran and Stephen Donaldson's final chronicles of Thomas Covenant,There are others I've started but can't think of at moment.

'nixie', I think that you should actually have included 'The Land' books in your series then, since you are interested in reading on...

And I also think this thread ties-in with the 'Overrated books' thread!

I also am awaiting the next in many of the series mensioned in above posts. For various levels of my appreciation...

 

[hermi-nomi]

Why, aftr I spent 35 minutes writing a post, does the site tell me that I can't post URLs even though I didn't post any web addresses?

Back on topic ...
I'm sure I've read Sean Russell before, but not the Swan Wars series. Seeing as The Swan Wars are the only Sean Russel books the library has, I must have read then and someone has swiped my memory.
In regards to my earlier post, I've done some digging around amongst my piles of old books (i.e the ones that don't have pride of place on my shelf along with all the Pratchett books.) The Jack Chalker books begin with 'The River of Dancing Gods' and is a series of four. And they are old The first one was written about 1978. (Incidently I've used a receipt as bookmark, dated 25/03/00 in the fourth book.)
The Tamora Peirce books are also a series of four. I've got the second book Wolf Speaker (The mage was called Numair Salmalin) These books are a Point FAntasy series which also goes to show how long I have had them. In fact, apart from Pratchett, these were probably the books that got me into fantasy. (And why won't this site allow me to sopy and paste?) You could also say that the likes of Richard Adams, Colin Dann, Dick-King Smith, Dodie Smith and Roger McGough also got me into fantasy.

I've noticed that everyone seems to eb talking about more recent books so I should also add that I am in the middle of reading the series that includes The Theifs Gamble by Juliet McKenna; the series that includees The Raven Warrior by Alice Borchadt; and yes, I've read Dhampir by BArb and JC Hendry (which probably isn't challenging enough for the more avid fantasy reader.) I have also read The Empire of Bones by Liz Williams (I still can't get over the fact that an alien and a courtesan ... defiently different.) And I have also read books in a series by Robert Holdstock and Robert Carter - The Language of Stones

 

[TomMazanec]

I like what I've read of the Chtorr books, but if I waited for them all to come out I'd have to read the series in Heaven...

 

[nixie]

15 years on, still reading unfinished series and still waiting on George R R Martin to finish ASOIAF.

 

[Danny McG]

Hail to the new BAYLOR

 

[nixie]

Hail to the new BAYLOR

When I seen this had been resurrected from the distant 2005 archives , I thought BAYLOR.

 

[BAYLOR]

When I seen this had been resurrected from the distant 2005 archives , I thought BAYLOR.

It wasn't me.