OT: Sci-Fi and Fantasy Thread - SPOILERS Part Three

[WIP CALLER]

Has anyone read the Wool trilogy? Just finished book 1 and I gotta say I’m a fan. Pretty cool sci-fi post apocalyptic thriller/mystery. Kept me guessing throughout. Apparently it’s a series on Apple + I’ll have to check it out.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Have you read this author’s Broken Empire series? Loved it and he managed to make a genuinely despicable protagonist likeable.

I have not, but I was able to buy all three books in the trilogy for $20 on Amazon, so I'll add them to my ever growing to be read list.

 

[Hextallent63]

Has anyone read the Wool trilogy? Just finished book 1 and I gotta say I’m a fan. Pretty cool sci-fi post apocalyptic thriller/mystery. Kept me guessing throughout. Apparently it’s a series on Apple + I’ll have to check it out.

I read book one and I really really liked it. I'm pretty sure I have a lot more to read on the series I just haven't gotten to it yet. I watched the streaming series and I really really liked it but like a lot of books and material that is longer The show is more of a inspired by type thing. They do the content that I read justice. But on all like I said I really enjoyed the show I would definitely check it out for you.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Has anyone read the Wool trilogy? Just finished book 1 and I gotta say I’m a fan. Pretty cool sci-fi post apocalyptic thriller/mystery. Kept me guessing throughout. Apparently it’s a series on Apple + I’ll have to check it out.

I read all three about a decade ago now. I don't remember most of the specifics, but I really enjoyed reading them at the time. I'll have to look for an Apple+ free trial to check out the series. I've heard it's pretty good.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Have you read this author’s Broken Empire series? Loved it and he managed to make a genuinely despicable protagonist likeable.

I read it and liked it quite a bit, but it does keep you at arm's length emotionally.

 

[TB87]

I read it and liked it quite a bit, but it does keep you at arm's length emotionally.

Agreed. That’s normally something that’s a dealbreaker for me but it didn’t bother me with this series.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[Flybynite]

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

I finished The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington and Nation by Pratchett this week.

Shadow was ... fine. Sort of a store-brand Sanderson. Interesting enough setting and magic, but the cast of characters was pretty big and they were all pretty bland. The story itself was actually pretty interesting, but it was a bit of a slog to get through. I may continue with the series if I can grab them on sale, but I'm in no rush to do so.

Nation was a delight. Pratchett said it was the finest book he ever wrote, and while I wouldn't place it at the very top, it's definitely in the conversation for the top 5-10. Most authors couldn't take such an stereotypical setting (shipwrecked white person meets indigenous people on a tropical island) and do it justice, but Pratchett isn't most authors. The more I think about it, the higher I'd place it in that 5-10 range. Read this book, full stop.

 

[Chinatown88]

I finished The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington and Nation by Pratchett this week.

Shadow was ... fine. Sort of a store-brand Sanderson. Interesting enough setting and magic, but the cast of characters was pretty big and they were all pretty bland. The story itself was actually pretty interesting, but it was a bit of a slog to get through. I may continue with the series if I can grab them on sale, but I'm in no rush to do so.

Nation was a delight. Pratchett said it was the finest book he ever wrote, and while I wouldn't place it at the very top, it's definitely in the conversation for the top 5-10. Most authors couldn't take such an stereotypical setting (shipwrecked white person meets indigenous people on a tropical island) and do it justice, but Pratchett isn't most authors. The more I think about it, the higher I'd place it in that 5-10 range. Read this book, full stop.

I enjoyed it. Good debut trilogy from him. Still need to finish the first book in his second trilogy since the second one is coming out soon. Also maybe I should finally finish the Rhythm of War audio book as prep for the upcoming Stormlight book.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

I enjoyed it. Good debut trilogy from him. Still need to finish the first book in his second trilogy since the second one is coming out soon. Also maybe I should finally finish the Rhythm of War audio book as prep for the upcoming Stormlight book.

Wind and Truth will be the first Stormlight book I haven't done a series re-read for. Luckily the wiki has some pretty in-depth chapter summaries.

 

[Ben Grimm]

It's nice to see guys still reading. I read Dune (best trilogy ever), Foundation (except for the Mule there's zero characterization. Asimov was one of those old school science guys that thought it was unnecessary), and LotR (also poorly written. There are pages and pages of just descriptions of what things look like. The Jackson films are better) before SW: A New Hope came out.

As for Daisy Ridley, Episodes 7-9 were so bad I thought her face was the best thing in them.

As for the future of SW, the guy who wrote arguably the worst Marvel film ever Dark Phoenix, is writing and directing a trilogy. IMHO the franchise is dead except for Disney+.

 

[Lord Defect]

If you haven’t read it and like anything modern military, read Mongrol Moon. I always spell the authors name wrong but it’s close to Mark Sibley.

 

[ajgoal]

I have to re-read Old Man"s War before the movie comes out. Though there hasn't been any movement on that in almost a year.

 

[Lord Defect]

If you haven’t read it and like anything modern military, read Mongrol Moon. I always spell the authors name wrong but it’s close to Mark Sibley.

Dude does some amazing post 2016 alternative “history” timeline shit. It’s hard to explain, but I’d easily put it up there with Clancys first book.
@ajgoal its definitely up your alley.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

If any of you people have any interest in the Stormlight Archive, the ebooks of 1-4 are all on sale for $2.99 each on Kindle/Nook/Kobo.



I started the sequel to Perdido Street Station, The Scar. It's set in an entirely new city with an entirely new cast, and it's just as weird and fascinating as the first book. If you're looking for something that's wildly different than your usual fantasy, with some steampunk/biopunk (is that a word? best way I can think to phrase it) elements, check these books out.

 

[trostol]

anyone read Roadside Picnic?

 

[Lord Defect]

Alien Romulus was alright for essentially falling into the current trend of having a full cast of kids(as I type it for the life of me without including stranger things all I can think of is alien Romulus, ghostbusters, the Star Wars show with a stretch to including the predator movie Prey but I feel like there’s a solid bit of movies that have come out or will come out). Nice bit of throw backs. They tried hard to leave the lore as is.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Alien Romulus was alright for essentially falling into the current trend of having a full cast of kids(as I type it for the life of me without including stranger things all I can think of is alien Romulus, ghostbusters, the Star Wars show with a stretch to including the predator movie Prey but I feel like there’s a solid bit of movies that have come out or will come out). Nice bit of throw backs. They tried hard to leave the lore as is.

I enjoyed it. It had a good balance of references to the older movies while doing enough to stand on it's own. The two parts I didn't like were the "get away from her you bitch" throwback and the weird creepy CGI Ian Holm. That didn't work in Rogue One and it didn't work here.

 

[Lord Defect]

I enjoyed it. It had a good balance of references to the older movies while doing enough to stand on its own. The two parts I didn't like were the "get away from her you bitch" throwback and the weird creepy CGI Ian Holm. That didn't work in Rogue One and it didn't work here.

It definitely looked off but at least they got permission to do it from his wife first. He also wanted to reprise the role in the video game but was not healthy enough.
They could have gotten lance heinricksen instead to be a different “bishop”