Robin Hobb's Farseer and Tawny Man series are comparable to Rothfuss' books in many ways. If you liked TNOTW you will really get into Hobb's books. They are within only a handful of books i re-read as i'm not much of a re-reader (i opened 1 at a random page to kill some time and before i realised i re-read all 6 books again), along with TNOTW and the whole Malazan Book of the Fallen series which i'd also recommend even though the last 3 or 4 books get increasingly tough to follow.On the sci-fi front Richard Morgan's books of Altered Carbon fame are excellent, as are his Fantasy books. I never been into sci-fi but his books got me into it, and though they may be a bit plot twist prone they still make for good re-reads.
> Southern options - the distance does really make all these places long weekend trips for me and for some North Wales / Lakes / Yorkshire more appealing, maybe I just like driving north? :D
Just to confirm is the North Wales guide the one by Simon Panton?
Muscle: Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder was an unexpectedly good read. I thought it was a recommendation from here but might have been from the other side? It's a well written look inside the mind of a guy who spent most of his 20s deep in the bodybuilding scene. There's an intensity that's reminiscent of the psyche you get in climbing, though in his case it seems to stem from somewhere fairly unhealthy.
I got consider phlebas for christmas on the back of recomendations here and just finished. Proper good sci fi, so thanks for the recomendation!
Quote from: remus on January 25, 2021, 12:04:49 pmMuscle: Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder was an unexpectedly good read. I thought it was a recommendation from here but might have been from the other side? It's a well written look inside the mind of a guy who spent most of his 20s deep in the bodybuilding scene. There's an intensity that's reminiscent of the psyche you get in climbing, though in his case it seems to stem from somewhere fairly unhealthy.I recommended it here (and I think someone else might have too). Glad you liked it.