There is only a handful of authors I read with relish, the staple of Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Chuck Palahniuk and above all Sir Terry Pratchett. I also like to read Science Fiction, particularly Cyberpunk, and some Fantasy too. But not too much swords and sorcery for me, it gets suffocating.
With that out of the way, there are few fantasy books i am really looking forward to read.
1) Scott Lynch's The Republic of Thieves. Next instalment of Locke Lamora series. The previous two books The Lies of Locke Lamora (June 2006), and Red Seas Under Red Skies (July 2007) were completely kickass. I mean, fantasy where people swear like anything is total win in my book. One of the most memorable lines I remember from the first book is "Be fucked" proceeded by the sayer shooting the other dude in the head. Lynch writes awesomely. A must read.
2) Richard K. Morgan's The Dark Commands. After I read Ringil's adventures in The Steel Remains, i was blown away by the scale of violence and perversion in the book. I never knew swords and magic could be so amazingly cool. Though Morgan is an expert in cyberpunk, (I re-read all three of his Takeshi Kovacs novels once every year) but his foray in fantasy has been nothing but epic.
3) Patrick Rothfuss was a new find. I saw someone praising him a lot on some forum and decided to read Name Of The Wind. It was fantasy of a different kind for me. There was not so much of swords and magic, there was some magic, but the voice of the author and his main character was strong. The book was a delight to read and now, the second part A Wise Man's Fear will be released in March 2011. Oh well, long wait.
These are the three books, i am looking forward to read. What about you?
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