somthing to fill the void??

[feltyyyy]

Hi folks

Wondering if anyone has any recommendations for any books or series of books to fill the void until the winds of winter comes along.Feeling rather lost since finishing ADWD.

p.s love the "crackpot theories"

[The Imp]

Originally Posted by feltyyyy

Hi folks

Wondering if anyone has any recommendations for any books or series of books to fill the void until the winds of winter comes along.Feeling rather lost since finishing ADWD.

p.s love the "crackpot theories"

Welcome

Have you read the 3 Hedge knight novellas? Also, have you re-read the books? It's really worth doing.

[Warren_Paul]

You could try Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen. It's a bit heavier of a read, but on the same epic scale as GRRM's books. The series has recently been finished, and would likely keep you going for awhile.

Especially since Ian Esslemont is writing side-stories that go along with it.

[viZion]

I strongly recommend The First Law series by Joe Abercrombie. For me, it's easily the second best series I've ever read (best is ASOIAF, of course). There are two more standalone books set in the same world, Best Served Cold and The Heroes but you should read everything in order so you understand all of the references to prior books. These books are full of characters with flaws and shades of grey and they are very violent. Abercrombie is heavily influenced by GRRM actually. GRRM himself is a fan of the series so what more can you say? Definitely check them out.

[feltyyyy]

Thanks for the suggestions.have had a little shopping spree on amazon so will report back.

Imp,I haven't read the hedge knight books.had no idea they existed tbh but will defo check them out.Re-read of whole series was great,think i enjoyed it just as much as the first time round.

Ben

[The Imp]

Originally Posted by feltyyyy

Thanks for the suggestions.have had a little shopping spree on amazon so will report back.

Imp,I haven't read the hedge knight books.had no idea they existed tbh but will defo check them out.Re-read of whole series was great,think i enjoyed it just as much as the first time round.

Ben

The 3 novellas to date are, "The Hedge Knight", "The Sworn Sword", and "The Mystery Knight"

[Grunkins]

some time "soon" the novellas are going to be published in a single volume. I'm going to try to hold off on reading them until then.

[Ursa major]

Me, too, Grunkins (although I have read the first one, The hedge Knight, as it was in a GRRM collection: Dreamsongs, a RRetrospective).


As to the OP question: I'd also recommend Abercrombie's First Law trilogy.

[impatience]

Oh, I'm so glad you asked this question, feltyyy... I'm re-reading, but the recommendations are helpful too.

I'm new here, and just wanted to say THANK YOU!!! to this forum for all the good reading and "crackpot" theories found here. I'm truly amazed at the complexity of these stories and how observant you all are!!

[Perpetual Man]

A few books that are a little older and might do the trick - I was reminded of them recently and in my own peculiar way found myself comparing them to Martin, for no apparent reason.

The Dragon Prince series by Melanie Rawn, It's follow up The Dragon Star,

and the unconnected series The Ruins of Ambrai (unfortunately she has not finished this series and shows no signs of doing so in the near future, which is a shame as I think it is the best of the lot)

[Boaz]

You might also check out the What I'm Reading page on GRRM's official site.

[Marvin]

If you like Dragons and Lords Anne McCaffery's Pern series is nice. Quite a bit to get stuck into there - not too many Knights though - none in fact, not that I can remember. Plenty of hard dragon riders though.

[feltyyyy]

Again thanks for the recommendations.

Read the First law books and must say they are great.

Also re-read James Ellroys LA trilogy.Strongly recommend it to anyone after a saga with some real nasty types (Dudley Smith is a contender biggest **** in literature) and anti heroes

[Grunkins]

There are Martin's earlier novels too. Fevre Dream is a fantastic novel.

As someone above pointed out the Malazan series might fit the bill, and will keep you reading for a pretty long time (ten novels deep, plus a few novelas and a new trilogy on the way).

[Needle]

Originally Posted by Grunkins

There are Martin's earlier novels too. Fevre Dream is a fantastic novel.

As someone above pointed out the Malazan series might fit the bill, and will keep you reading for a pretty long time (ten novels deep, plus a few novelas and a new trilogy on the way).

I have just begun Fevre Dream (according to my kindle I am 20% finished!). So far I am very much enjoying it, it pulled me right in.