Grimdark Fantasy discussion

Give us your nominations for the New Year!

I plan on starting the Malazan series, so I’m going to say Gardens of the Moon.

The Path of Flames (Chronicles of the Black Gate #1)
by Phil Tucker. Amazing stuff from a low profile writer.

The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington.

Something old?

Night Winds by Karl Edward Wagner.

Ghosts of Tomorrow by Michael R. Fletcher

I second Ghosts of Tomorrow. It’s the only Fletcher book I haven’t read yet.

The Blade Itself

I second The Blade Itself. Time to reread is nigh.

Are seconds required? If so, I'll second Gardens of the Moon.

Chris wrote: "Are seconds required? If so, I'll second Gardens of the Moon."

No need for seconds. I always add all nominations onto the poll anyway.

However, we have already read Gardens of the Moon and The Blade Itself, I'm quite happy to include them unless anyone has a strong objection to it?

C.T. wrote: "Ghosts of Tomorrow by Michael R. Fletcher"

Ghosts of Tomorrow is sci-fi/cyberpunk, but I'll allow it because its freakin' awesome!

The Kings of the Wyld and The Thousand Names! Both epic tales!

Earl wrote: "The Kings of the Wyld and The Thousand Names! Both epic tales!"

Just one nomination please Earl.

Brittany wrote: "I have been wanting to do a read that is older -a book that was grim dark before the genre had a name. Maybe that would best be reserved as a category for a group read nomination?"

I think that is an excellent idea! How about a 'Classics' theme for the next read (March/April). Nothing newer than say, 20 years? 25?

I'm going for Seven Forges by James A. Moore.

Well, I'm currently reading The Thousand Names. Looks promising, but I would call it grim-darkish not necessarily grimdark.

Igor

I think we should stick to nominating grimdark and grimdark-ish books.

Anyway, I have a full shelf already of unread books so I might only be able to do rereads in the first semester. Less concentration and spending, I guess :D
For the second semester, I actually have some nominations in mind, one actually was published this year.

Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames for Phil.

The Heresy Within by Rob J. Hayes for Paca.

How about the Vagrant by Peter Newman?

I really liked Vagrant, which surprised me as I'm not a fan of babies.

Kings of the Wyld sounds like a plan to me, it’s on my list anyway. Also happy to reread The Blade Itself, an absolute favourite of mine. Cheers and Happy New Year folks.

Poll is up!

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Reilly wrote: "The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington."

YES. I just finished them and they were amazing. Now I have to wait... :(