Messiah really picks up after Paul is blinded. Children is much more action-oriented, then God Emperor is abstract and weird. Heretics and Chapterhouse are weirdly horny but otherwise the most "space opera" novels in the series with much more clear heroes and villains than the earlier books.
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McMetal
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I also tend to lean towards fantasy novels these days. The Dark Tower is one of my favorite stories of all time (I actually do consider that to be kind of a gritty fantasy, in a structural sense). I'm also absolutely in love with The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. Absolutely white-knuckle gripping urban fantasy with a likeable but flawed protagonist. Brandon Sanderson is also wonderful, but my god, it's so hard to keep up with everything he's doing. The guy makes Stephen King look lazy.
expatriatedtexan
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I need to pick up some more Butcher novels. I found the season on TV before I was aware of the books. Loved that show (freaking wizard has a hockey stick for a staff... HELLO!!!). My wife picked up the first novel and I read and liked it but just didn't go further down the hole. Sounds like I should though. Thanks for that recommendation.
Trying to imagine a way to now compare Sanderson's or King's output to GRRM.
If you like fantasy and don't mind an EXTREMELY flawed protagonist. I would "recommend" the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever. Let's just say the guy did something nobody ever should do and which damn near destroyed the entire series for me. This is a high fantasy series whose central character is a cynical leper from our world. It's not for children.
Just looked it up while typing this and did not realize he had written a final four book series (The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant). Thinking I might tackle a reread and include those once I get done with the Asimov re-read.
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McMetal
Writer of Wrongs
The books get more polished as the series goes on. Storm Front was his debut novel, he started to really dial it in about 4 books in. I can't recommend it enough.
