A Song of Ice and Fire

[mr.white]

I liked A Song of Ice and Fire for a while. Then my favorite characters died, or suddenly became less appealing as they started doing horrible things. There's a few exceptions, but not enough to make me want to buy A Feast for Crows. It's just too depressing to read that story.

I think Robert Jordan is the best fantasy author around today. But why limit yourself to fantasy?

If you can find it you should read "The Long Run" by Daniel Keys Moran. My favorite book, bar none.
It's a near-future sci-fi story. The world was united under one government after world war 3. The main character is a genetically enigneered thief and hacker whose "family" was wiped out by a nuclear weapon. His apartment came with a bazooka. The bad guy is french.

Not sure what else to say without spoiling the story. Read it!

Oh, and it works quite well without reading the other books in the series. There's different main characters and the first and third books suffer slightly because of some strange aspects in the story. They're still damn good, but if you want to start reading Moran start on The Long Run.

[ January 21, 2004, 16:53: Message edited by: mr.white ]