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What fiction should I read next? (sh.itjust.works)
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I have taken almost a year long break from reading fiction to focus on non-fiction. I am ready to start reading fiction again, but after such a long break I have no idea where to start.

Here are some books I have enjoyed in the past:

  • Dragon's Egg (Robert L. Forward)
  • The Damned Trilogy (Alan Dean Foster)
  • Mage Errant series (John Bierce)
  • Cradle series (Will Wight)
  • Gods of Blood and Powder (Brian Mckellan)
  • The Spiral Wars (Joel Shepard)
  • Basically everything Brandon Sanderson has written
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[โ€“] rljkeimig@lemmy.world 0 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

This is how I felt about it too, I saw a one star review of it that called it the most derivative work ever created which made me laugh a lot. I am interested in the rest of the series as I only finished the first book and everyone seems to love them despite the Dune adjacent story in the beginning.

[โ€“] JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social 2 points 18 hours ago

The books get better as the story moves along. Though there are some pain points. Depending on if you like Game of Thrones dynasty type drama, there's some of it sprinkled in there that was a drag for me to get through. Then there's a reliance on one character in particular that becomes sort of heavy handed as the story goes on. For the most part it's at it's best when talking about the Cielcin and the other space stuff. Overall I'm loving it. 4 books in and there's no way I'm stopping. Plus it's a completed series!!