Comments on: Poll: What Should I Read Next?

By: Hilro

Hilro — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:38:41 +0000

Definitely read The Warded Man! great world and in depth characters

By: Cara

Cara — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 06:41:00 +0000

Bobb said it; you need something light and fun and Dresden fits that. I’d go for Lies of Locke Lamora after that

By: Bobb

Bobb — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:22:43 +0000

After The Name of the Wind, you need something light and fun but still kicks ass. Dresden, baby, Dresden. After Linda Hamilton’s books became soft porn, I was looking for urban fantasy that was just that — urban fantasy. Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files delivered in spades. I read the Black Powder Wars — the last of that series I read. I found I didn’t care about the characters. Harry and his supporting cast I care about. Go Team Dresden!

By: Brigette

Brigette — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:31:14 +0000

Read Storm Front and I’ll read it with you. I have it in my pile, just haven’t gotten to it yet (I’m finishing up with Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series.)

By: Clark

Clark — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:19:51 +0000

You have a great list of books to choose from, but I'm going to have to go out on a limb and recommend another book. My favorite sci-fi of 2010 was a book by Leonid Korogodski called Pink Noise: A Posthuman Tale. It's a prose poem in disguise. Even when it touches upon science! The language is so compelling, I simply had to follow, even though I don’t really read science fiction all the time, it was one of the best books I've read in a long while

By: Riz

Riz — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:31:19 +0000

Go for the Dresden Files… it’s the Rockford Files meets Harry Potter if Harry was American and broke. But BETTER.

(Not dissing Naomi Novik, though–but read His Majesty’s Dragon first, if you haven’t. She comes in a very close second to Jim Butcher [and he is a fan of hers].)

By: MarcellineCazz

MarcellineCazz — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:27:56 +0000

I’m torn between recommending The Warded Man and Lies of Locke Lamora. They are both FABULOUS books. Not a StarWars reader, but I have the other 3 just haven’t read them yet. If you’ve already given Locke Lamora a start, you need to get back to it. But keep Warded Man high on your to-read list!

By: Shawn Speakman

Shawn Speakman — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:08:15 +0000

Laura, I am in the middle of reading Naomi’s series. Black Powder is next on the list. I might just continue on and finish the other three books as they are relatively short, or read something else after. That’s up to you guys.

Conductor, I think Lies came in second last poll? Can’t remember, but I’m pretty sure it did. I’ve read the first 50 pages or so once upon a time and then something else came out I wanted to read more. So it’s time I get back there. Up to you all.

2short, thanks for the suggestion. I keep waiting for the cultish hordes of Butcher to swamp the poll! haha

By: 2short

2short — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:03:51 +0000

Jim Butchers Dresdin Files is fun and a light read…I enjoy them very much. His other series, Alera Chronicles, which is a traditional fantasy was very different and very good as well. Peter V. Brett’s The Warded Man was excellent. I did not like his follow-up nearly as well.

I have not read any of the others.

By: Conductor

Conductor — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:52:13 +0000

Ugh..these are all such excellent choices! The Warded Man and Black Powder War are really excellent, and Storm Front is the first book in one of my favorite series of all time…but I had to vote for The Lies of Locke Lamora. I picked that up on a whim and it really didn’t have any great expectations – and it absolutely blew me away. The characters are deep and the world is totally unique and a bit familiar at the same time. Really, really recommended for you to put on your list even if it doesn’t win the poll!