The Pain of Waiting

So, yesterday on BART, I finished the third book in Scott Lynch's Gentlemen Bastards series.

The first book is quickly engaging and they were all books that I would rather have read than done anything else.

What I did notice was the subtle work Lynch had put into creating a culture that mostly treated men and women equally including same sex relations.

However, now that I'm done, I have to wait for the next books to come out.

So let's look at the series I'm in the middle of:

• Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden chronicles
• George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire
• Charles Stross' Laundry Files
• Ilona Andrews' Kate Daniels series
• Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archives
• Terry Pratchett's Discworld

First off, I'll admit that it's a great dilemma to be in, because many other series have ended.

• Kim Harrison's Tales from the Hollows
• Jim Butcher's Codex Alera
• Robert Jordan's (with the help of Brandon Sanderson) The Wheel of Time
• Frank Herbert's Stories of Dune
• Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide of the Galaxy
• Fred Saberhagen's Books of Swords
• Larry Niven's Ringworld (so it would seem)

A New Series (for me at least)

So through another io9 recommendation, I'm reading the Gentlemen Bastards series by Scott Lynch.

This weekend, I finished the first book The Lies of Locke Lamora, and it's pretty amazing.  The world is deep, the characters are full, and the revenge just keeps coming.

I have to say, I really like the maps too.

They're books that I'd love to see turned into movies.  The first book has so much visual to it that I'd love to see it.  And the second book Red Seas Under Red Skies has a perfect sequel opening.