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    I gotta say my favourite is Hideaway from Dean Koontz. A psychopathic, satan worshipping serial killer returning from hell? I like it.

    My other favourites are the Inheritence Cycle, Harry Potter, Tomorrow series and deltora quest.

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    Gahhh too many to name for me, but the ones that I've been trying to keep current with are The Dresden Files, The Event Group, and Chess Team,

    One of my favorite series was Jim Buther's Codex Alera, which he made on a bet:

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    "The inspiration for the series came from a bet Jim was challenged to by a member of the Delray Online Writer’s Workshop. The challenger bet that Jim could not write a good story based on a lame idea, and Jim countered that he could do it using two lame ideas of the challenger’s choosing. The “lame” ideas given were “Lost Roman Legion", and “Pokémon”."

    While I don't think the ideas are lame, I'm glad the bet was made, one of the best fantasy series I've ever read

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    Quote Originally Posted by J U Ice View Post
    Gahhh too many to name for me, but the ones that I've been trying to keep current with are The Dresden Files, The Event Group, and Chess Team,

    One of my favorite series was Jim Buther's Codex Alera, which he made on a bet:




    While I don't think the ideas are lame, I'm glad the bet was made, one of the best fantasy series I've ever read
    YOU READ JIM TOO! FINALLY! *does ecstatic happy dance making everyone of him as bonkers*

    I read Codex after getting hooked to the Dresden Files. Have you read all the way through Codex?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Death's Spook View Post
    YOU READ JIM TOO! FINALLY! *does ecstatic happy dance making everyone of him as bonkers*

    I read Codex after getting hooked to the Dresden Files. Have you read all the way through Codex?

    Yeah twice I think, loved the pacing of the book, and I thought the concept of Furies was pretty cool. I had caught up on the Dresden Files, and decided to read Furies of Calderon, and proceeded to finish the series in less than a month

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    Quote Originally Posted by J U Ice View Post
    Yeah twice I think, loved the pacing of the book, and I thought the concept of Furies was pretty cool. I had caught up on the Dresden Files, and decided to read Furies of Calderon, and proceeded to finish the series in less than a month
    Less than a month. Pfft. Week and a half (I'm a /fast/ reader).

    Have you seem the videos of Jim reading the first few chapters of Skin Game yet?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Death's Spook View Post
    Less than a month. Pfft. Week and a half (I'm a /fast/ reader).

    Have you seem the videos of Jim reading the first few chapters of Skin Game yet?
    I might've been able to read them in that time frame, if I wasn't working, I went through the Dresden Files as fast as I could spend the money for the books, the same thing with some of the Event Group novels, I'd finish them in a day or two and move like a zombie through work. Have you read the Night Angel trilogy by Brent Weeks? A pretty good read as well, it's a pretty dark story, but I enjoyed it quite a bit. The protagonist reminded me of Tavi a little bit.

    Not yet, is that a new series he's writing?

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    Quote Originally Posted by J U Ice View Post
    I might've been able to read them in that time frame, if I wasn't working, I went through the Dresden Files as fast as I could spend the money for the books, the same thing with some of the Event Group novels, I'd finish them in a day or two and move like a zombie through work. Have you read the Night Angel trilogy by Brent Weeks? A pretty good read as well, it's a pretty dark story, but I enjoyed it quite a bit. The protagonist reminded me of Tavi a little bit.

    Not yet, is that a new series he's writing?
    Can't say I read it.

    Nope. It's Book 15. He's also writing the Cinder Spires, which /is/ a new series.
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