I read It last summer (1100 pages) and feel like reading another gigantic book this summer. Suggestions?
epic novels
I read It last summer (1100 pages) and feel like reading another gigantic book this summer. Suggestions?
If your not burnt out on Stephen King, The Stand is a good long read.
This, or Kings Dark Tower series.Originally Posted by Azar
I dunno about this, I think old George has lost some of his pace in the latest novel A Feast For Crows, I found it a really hard read.
If your looking for Epic then you could always try books by Raymond E. Feist, he writes wholesale destruction on an epic scale, there are many many books by Ray and they all delvier the ones to look out for are: Magician (his very first novel and my joint favorite) Rage of a Demon King, and his latest (the second joint favoite) Wrath of a Mad God.
Don Quixote.
And if you are in to self-mutilation, there's always Atlas Shrugged.
The usual. George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire is wonderful. While Kaiser's right in that the latest novel was a difficult read, the previous three are well worth it and I'm confident the series will pick up again.
And, you know. Robin Hobb, starting with Assassin's Apprentice. The size is modest, but the novels grow in size with each installment and they're great books.
But if you liked Stephen King, you certainly can't go wrong with The Dark Tower.
I'm trying to think of more massive books, but after GRRM's A Storm of Swords, everything else seems pretty dinky. I hear a lot of good things about Tad Williams. Though I've yet to read them, the size of his books are pretty intimidating.
I'll add my vote of A Song of Ice and Fire to the recommendation. While A Feast for Crows was a little difficult at first to get into, it does pick up near the end; plus all the real good characters are going to be in A Dance with Dragons, hence why AFFC was so slow.
As said, Don Quixote is pretty epic. It's great as well. And if you really fancy a hefty challenge, try Ulysses by James Joyce.
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I'm beginning to think that I'm the only person who loved A Feast For Crows. Sure, the beginning was slow, but the second half of the novel was absolutely fantastic. I'll also second Gilhamut's sentiments that part of the reason AFFC was so slow was due to the characters it contained (or, more specifically, those which it did not). Regardless, some of the things that happened in the end of the novel were ridiculously awesome.
No man, I was pretty confused by all the haet for AFFC. I thoroughly enjoyed the book.
Don Quixote is what I was thinking of beginning. Or the Stand, but I don't really want to do another Stephen King. As for the others, they're all part of epic sagas, which isn't really something I'm down for. Fantasy novels = very no.
Are you talking epics, or epics?
An epic (i.e. Odyssey) is a long poem telling about a hero's deeds.
Or are you just talking about really long stories spanning books like the Lord of the Rings?
I'd definitely go with Dante's Divine Comedy. I went into it thinking it would be dry, but man, I loved it. I can only speak for the John Ciardi translation though, no idea how the others read.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin. Though it's not really that long, that's my favorite book to date.
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