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SpitfireIX said:
I'd put Littlefinger in your category of "utterly cold-blooded . . .", though we'll see what happens in the last two (?) books.
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Littlefinger is one of the more evil characters in the series. It is interesting, how the fact he’s both clever and funny can get readers to overlook this but consider:

He arranged for the Starks to come to Kings landing to begin with by having Jon Aryn killed (by his wife Lyssa, Catlyns sister)He then had Lyssa tell Catlyn that the Lannisters were responsible setting up the whole conflict between Ned and Cersei
He kept Ned in Kings landing when he was going to leave after his argument with Robert, he did this by feeding him just enough information about Jon Aryn’s investigation into who the real father of Cersei’s children to keep him investigating
He fed Cersei enough information about this investigation for her to view Ned as a threat
He manipulated/facilitated Joffery’s attempt to kill Bran and made sure the Lanisters were implicated

He raped 12 year old Jeyne pool and then sent her to one of his whorehouses to work as a prostitute
He probably negotiated the pact between the Lannisters and the Boltens + Frey’s that lead to the red Wedding. At the very least we know he was involved because he sent Jeyne Pool to the Boltens as an Arya substitute a little before the Red Wedding occurred.

On the bright side he also seems to have played a role in killing Joffery and possibly framing Tyrion. (From this he gains control of Sansa and he’s probably also playing a similar game to Varys in that he wants general chaos so he can pick up the pieces and take control of Westeros. )
 
Skeptic Ginger said:
I'm looking for some cyberpunk that has more Blade Runner type lower city/underworld and less Tron computer reality. Anyone have any suggestions for that. I'm reading Neuromancer already and I have the book Blade Runner was based on to read next. But I need more. I want to read more of how the dirty, nitty gritty sections of post industrial dystopia cities are described.

Thanks in advance. :)
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Most of Phillip K. Dick's works are in a similar style to Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? Personally after that I'd go for The Man In The High Castle, then Ubik, Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, then one of his short story collections.
 
lomiller said:
Littlefinger is one of the more evil characters in the series. It is interesting, how the fact he’s both clever and funny can get readers to overlook this but consider:
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I agree, but...

He raped 12 year old Jeyne pool and then sent her to one of his whorehouses to work as a prostitute
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Errrm what? Evidence? Especially about the rape, I know she had "training"...
 
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Either I'm eagerly awaiting the continuation of the series in his next book, or I think he's pulled a John Norman on us.

But I would recomend any of Norman's epic works rather than Stephan Donaldson or Battlefield Earth. Actually, no I wouldn't recommend any of them.

I'll buy Abercrombie's next work sight unseen.

I also have enjoyed a couple of David Weber's Honor Harrington series as well as his current Safehold series which I have read the first three.

Fred Saberhagen's Book of Swords are decent.
 
Not the biggest fan of fantasy trilogies, I have nonetheless been impressed by two recent novels-"The Name of the Wind" and "The Wise Man's Fear" by Patrick Rothfuss.
They are the (mostly) first person recollections of (and this sounds truly hackneyed) a student of what would be termed "wizardry" in any other fantasy world. The flashbacks of the story are intermittently interrupted by scenes in an inn, where Kvothe, the hero is now innkeeper , in seclusion (if not especially successful seclusion) from society.

Not very original so far, but it gets much better. Kvothe himself is an interesting character- an orphaned child of gypsy-like parents (though his mother's family , it is hinted, are high nobility), he is a skilled musician and extremely bright wiseass. There are dark hints about some of what he has achieved , some of which is revealed in detail as he tells his story. Hints are also made that suggest his story will go on after it reaches the present in the inn.
There is a mysterious lady, with whom Kvothe is deeply in love, there are enemies and rivals . There is magic of a sort. There are kings and lords and dark mysteries from the forgotten (or systematically erased) past.

I presume a third work is in progress. I will certainly look out for it. If you do like fantasy and have not yet encountered Susskind, or Kvothe, I strongly recommend you look them up.
 
While I liked the first book of the trilogy (and a second is to follow), the second book made me go "meh" somewhere in between. The encounters with the Adem and Felurian scream
Mary Sue/Gary Stu
to me. The plot never really managed to advance and if it really was a set up piece for the next novel it dragged on and on and on.
 
bobdroege7 said:
I also have enjoyed a couple of David Weber's Honor Harrington series as well as his current Safehold series which I have read the first three.
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Have you tried his War God's Own series? The fourth novel is out as an ARC now.
 
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