metaphor Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 @sinisterdreams I straight up recommend the 'Broken Empire' trilogy, nowhere near as complex as LoTR, but it's definitely gritty. Slightly more fantasy than sci-fi too, but you should seriously check them out, see what you think!! 1. Prince of Thorns 2. King of Thorns 3. Emperor of Thorns 2 Link to comment
Mephistopheles Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 I'm Dutch speaking, which is Germanic so the second time around I could actually speak it as in the audiobook. Just words no sentences. And yes the song of creation blew me away the first time. Tolkien has a very special way with words Link to comment
metaphor Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 2 minutes ago, Robotnik said: Tolkien has a very special way with words You're not joking, I remember my first Tolkien read: Children of Hurin. Was blown away. 1 Link to comment
Magique Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 @sinisterdreams Another recommendation of mine is Star Wars. I've never been a big fan of it but when The 7th movie came out with the big hype I was like let's see if there're Star Wars books too, for I'm more a book person than a movie person. Turned out that there's 150+ Star Wars books. I said challange accepted so in december I started reading in cronological order, all in English (my second language) since most of them are not translated to Hungarian. Now I'm reading the 12th book so far. I like that the books are not essentially related even though they all fit in the SW universe, some of them are just stories written in Star Wars style to say it simply. And also they're written by different writers. These make me feel that most of the books are a little different, so it's not like reading a very long Star Wars history. Not to mention some of them are action with a lof of fight, some of them are horror, some has romance in it too etc. And of course, there are the main books, the novelizations of the movies too. At the end they all connect in some way. Link to comment
Magique Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 17 minutes ago, Robotnik said: Tolkien has a very special way with words And not only with words. I remember finishing the books I was like sitting and just looking out of my head and thinking: all of this world, these languages, these creatures, everything out of one single imagination. Mind blowing! 2 Link to comment
Mephistopheles Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 I know the feeling, during the silmarillion i often stoped to stare at something and let it all sink in and let it visualise before my mind's eye ^^ 1 Link to comment
metaphor Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 4 minutes ago, Robotnik said: I know the feeling, during the silmarillion i often stoped to stare at something and let it all sink in and let it visualise before my mind's eye ^^ I got the same feeling when reading the 'Strain' trilogy by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan 1 Link to comment
stijn1191 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 1 hour ago, metaphor said: @sinisterdreams I straight up recommend the 'Broken Empire' trilogy, nowhere near as complex as LoTR, but it's definitely gritty. Slightly more fantasy than sci-fi too, but you should seriously check them out, see what you think!! 1. Prince of Thorns 2. King of Thorns 3. Emperor of Thorns Thiiiiisss, rly good books, also has a sequel But the best fantasy writer (also rly gritty) is joe abercrombie imo. i got a lot of rly good (read:the best) adult fantasy books on my hardrive.. i will up them if ppl are interested , they are in epub tho. No audiobooks for me Link to comment
sinisterdreams Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 @Magique These are well made with the added sound effects in the background, If you like the sounds of it, I have the whole collection, easy to find on TPB but near enmough no seeders Are torrent links allowed here? Link to comment
sinisterdreams Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 @Magique 150+ star wars books?! hope they have all been recorded to audiobook :D! Link to comment
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