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Originally Posted by guthmund
Then don't read anymore...Jordan is the Tom Clancy of fantasy novels. Unless you are interested in the minute details of the wall treatment of a sitting room, the accompanying tea set and the history of a "magical" comb that sits in the hair of one of the stories secondary characters (at best...), then you should jump ship whilst you still have fond memories of that world.
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Originally Posted by Arc101
Ok give up now on Robert Jordan's Wheel Of Time. The first 3 books are very good but then it slows down far too much. The next 8 books should be cut in half very, very over long.
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I'm going to take your advice. It's turning out to be 1/2 travelogue (how many innkeepers do we really have to meet?), 1/4 teen angst and 1/4 escalating parade of evil ones.
Black Company sounds like a quick fun read so I'll put that on the list and I've been circling Neil Gaiman's American Gods for awhile so maybe it's time.
I remember the TV Miniseries of Ghormenghast but hadn't considered the books. Cool!
George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones has popped up in conversation before so I'll look into that too.
There are a lot of great ideas here so thanks for the suggestions everybody!