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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Feist's last few books were definitely not OK, as far as I can tell he didn't even use a spellchecker. Gaping plot holes in " A Crown Imperiled". I still haven't read " Magician's End" and may never do so. Empire trilogy was brilliant, though. 
There's lots of other great Forgotten Realms books out there, and I enjoyed most of them just as much as Drizzt. (Did you read his last few books? They were quite recent.) |
I lost track of Drizzt, never got around to reading past the Hunter's Blades trilogy - I think I'm traumatized by the world-apocalypse attempt they tried with Dragonlance (I'm a big Raistlin fan, but man, the whole thing derailed IMO with Dragons of Summer Flame). Maybe I'll get to them eventually.
I think Feist's latest books have been better than the Talon books, etc. It seemed like he was doing better since he decided he was going to wrap things up. Haven't gotten around to reading Magician's End though. Still FAR down from the high point though (Rise of a Merchant Prince, and the Empire trilogy).
I added Joe Abercrombie First Law #1 to my Amazon book wishlist (I generally hit up when I'm in a used bookstore).
I haven't tried any more of Glen Cook's books, that's a pretty good suggestion.
Eddings - while I enjoyed the Belgariad/Mallorean and even the Sparhawk books somewhat for their humor and lightheartedness, I read book one of the Dreamers and found it disgustingly predictable - it was like just like the Mallorean/Elenium...somehow the third time around I wasn't interested any more.
I added Neal Stephenson's Baroque #1 to my wishlist also, not quite fantasy, but I am a history geek (I have a B.A. in History) and it sounded interesting.