Currently I'm finishing off the last book of Julian May's the Saga of the Exiles Series 'The Adversary'. It must be the sixth or seventh time I've read the whole series. This time it's taken much longer than normal as I was interupted by reading the Game of Thrones books after watching the first series.

Goodkind is worryingly obsessed with rape.

Ice and Fire's quite rapey too, I suppose. It's not entirely without purpose, for that is the sort of world it's set in

That's Lolita done. Thoroughly fucking excellent, but a tad creepy at times. Wouldn't read a paperback edition on the train.

Now to try some Lovecraft, I guess. I intend to start A Game of Thrones at some point soon but it's dauntingly long.

I like how every book spends 500 pages about Richard not knowing how to use his sword, then at the end he knows how use it for a while and fixes shit, then forgets.

If you haven't already, read the Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb. Some of the best books I've ever read. Blarted like a twat at them, too.

And the follow-up books too, the Tawny Man trilogy.

Has anyone read the Hunger Games trilogy? It's actually very good, I couldn't put them down and read each one in either one or two days.
I can't remember which book I've got lined up next but my weekend starts tomorrow so I'm sure I'll read something. Must remember this thread, looks like there are some good recommendations in here. With this thread and the whisky thread giving my ideas I think I'll have a good few days off

Has anyone read the Hunger Games trilogy? It's actually very good, I couldn't put them down and read each one in either one or two days.

The Hunger Games has been criticized for its similarities to the 1999 novel Battle Royale. Although Collins maintains that she "had never heard of that book until [her] book was turned in,"

See also: The Colour Out Of Space and The Shadow Over Innsmouth. You can get some dead cheap collections, like.

I can't really get over this bit:

Yeah, but I bet you've seen the fucking film! How could you not have heard of Battle Royale?

I can't really get over this bit:



Yeah, but I bet you've seen the fucking film! How could you not have heard of Battle Royale?

yeah, yeah... And J K Rowling had never heard if The Worst Witch...

Ice and Fire's quite rapey too, I suppose. It's not entirely without purpose, for that is the sort of world it's set in, and the punishment for those not of noble birth caught at it is knob off or go to serve at the Wall. Plus certain interventions in said circumstance serve to effectively redraw characters and add depth. Mostly it's (mostly) women being threatened with it... and I suppose that makes a better dramatic tension ratcheter than yet another 'certain death' peril scenario. Plus you've got flaying, beheading, burning, drowning etc so it's just one of the many horrible colours Martin paints with.

"...and then they had lesbian sex

EDIT 2: This isn't me banging my "Martin can't write books for shit" drum, it's a common problem I have with books. iain M Banks is also guilty of this.

Have you ever read Eddings? Not in the same league explitness wise due to the main audience of his books, but he has literally no ability to write any scene that involves a woman. At 12yrs old, I even noticed it, it is that bad.

Have you ever read Eddings? Not in the same league explitness wise due to the main audience of his books, but he has literally no ability to write any scene that involves a woman. At 12yrs old, I even noticed it, it is that bad.

<reconsiders sending Mimi the draft of his autobiography>