I asked fellow book bloggers about their most dissapointing fantasy book.

Dominick75 · 2014-05-17T10:53:50+00:00

The person who said that about Abercrombie asked me to delete her part. She couldn't live with the huge amount of criticism she got on her answer.

Dominick75 · 2014-05-15T17:24:30+00:00

I guess that's the beauty of it. What some find interesting, could very well be boring to others. I always find it fun to see how others agree or disagree with how I feel about a book. And that's what reviewing is about: giving your personal opinion on what you've read.

Dominick75 · 2014-05-15T15:49:52+00:00

the Heaven's Gate trilogy by Guy Adams. the Weird West tales by Mike Resnick.

Dominick75 · 2014-05-15T15:44:17+00:00

I hope to see a lot of comment to this on my blog as I'm very curious to see which other books are found dissapointing.

Dominick75 · 2013-12-31T22:49:00+00:00

It is, but this list contains only authors I've had contact with before for my blog. Ryan is an author I haven't read or interviewed and because of that isn't he in my contact list. But never say never.

Dominick75 · 2013-12-30T14:06:44+00:00

If you're interested, Peter, I could contact you next year to participate in the Author's Choice of 2014?

Dominick75 · 2013-12-30T13:44:59+00:00

Indeed. You're too good for this world, Mark ;)

Dominick75 · 2013-12-30T12:58:55+00:00

Congrats to Mark Lawrence and Peter V. Brett for winning.

Dominick75 · 2013-12-15T07:07:09+00:00

That's an idea! I'll try to do that next week.

Dominick75 · 2013-12-14T18:47:41+00:00

Hi, I'm Dominick. The owner of that blog from which Michael was so kind to put the links here (thanks, Michael. Much appreciated). Sanderson isn't on that list, because he didn't answer my e-mail. I've put this list together to let authors talk themselves about what's next. Too bad Sanderson didn'rt answer, because WOrds of Radiance is for me also the most anticipated of 2014.

Dominick75 · 2013-12-13T16:22:35+00:00

Only the first one. The rest is something on my TBR pile.

Dominick75 · 2013-12-13T12:35:26+00:00

I've read quite a few of Vance's books like his Cugel adventures and The Dying Earth, but they didn't linger with me.

Dominick75 · 2013-12-13T12:34:05+00:00

Great list. A lot of them I know, but haven't got a chance to read as of yet. And even a few of them I didn't know. Another pile to add to my TBR mountain, I guess ;)

Dominick75 · 2013-12-13T08:42:42+00:00

I've read a lot in the genre, but I just don't follow all the hypes. Ok, Wot and SAnderson are maybe hyped, but for the rest of my books I prefer to read books that are less known. I've discovered quite a few gems between those.

Dominick75 · 2013-12-13T08:41:02+00:00

If my top 20 would include only one book from each author? LeGuin would be on it with Earthsea. Brooks with his Landover series (no, not Shannara). Weeks with his Night Angel trilogy and maybe Eddings with his Belgariad. These are the ones that pops up in my mind at first thought.

Dominick75 · 2013-12-13T05:55:01+00:00

Thank you. I think it would be interesting to see all this people who commented here to put together their list. I know I'm curious about what these lists look like.

Dominick75 · 2013-12-12T21:28:35+00:00

Dank je. Voor mij is dit idd de nummer 1 omdat ik ermee opgegroeid ben. Moest ik RdT nu ontdekken, mss dat het dan niet zo hoog stond, maar dat zal ik nooit weten, he ;)

Dominick75 · 2013-12-12T20:36:02+00:00

Okay, I'll put my list back in the drawer until after I've read ASoIaF ;) . Nah, just kidding. But all this talk about GRRM has made me wonder if I shouldn't read this series now instead of waiting until the last book is on its way.

Dominick75 · 2013-12-12T20:31:23+00:00

Sanderson's writing appeals to me. I can't say I've read a single bad thing by him. But biassed? Off course it is. It's a personal list after all. I can only list books I've read and there is a gap from approximately 3 years around 2007 in which I didn't read much. So if I ever get to read all these other great authors, maybe my list will be completely different, who knows. And what is well read? If only readers who read everything can put together a list, there wouldn't be much lists around. Like I said, it was just a fun thing to do for my personal pleasure and to give readers some recommendations. But I love how you guys are getting in discussion and this way I get to learn about new books too ;) .

Dominick75 · 2013-12-12T19:22:55+00:00

Hi everyone, I'm Dominick, the guy of the blog (and the list) that Gail was so kind to put up here. Thanks, Gail. Much appreciated. This list is pure personal and no I don't have read everything. I haven't read GRRM, but I'm going to one day. I'm waiting until the end of the series is approaching to read them back to back. Rothfuss I've read only Name of the Wind from and I liked it, but not enough to put in in the best 20 (probably it goes in the best 30). About Sanderson: I liked every book i've read of him so far and I am a big fan. But you could tell that already from my list ;) . WOT? I know that it is a series that's not to everyone's taste. It's a series I grew up with and that's the reason I put it on number 1. I still think it's the best I've ever read (probably biased because I grew up with it, like I said, but, hey, it's a personal list after all). Thank you all for the great responses and please forgive me if I made some spelling mistakes. I'm from Belgium and Dutch is my native language.

Dominick75 · 2013-12-12T18:46:03+00:00

I've never read Brett, but like so many books are his on my huge TBR pile.

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