The main issue with the sixth book in Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series titled The Song of Susannah is it is merely a bridge book between book five and the final one. It does not resolve the cliffhanger left at the end of The Wolves of the Calla but merely extends it into the final book, The Dark Tower.
Month: July 2015
Changing the Dark Tower Pt. III: Wolves of the Calla
Finally through the boring fire that is book three of The Dark Tower by Stephen King we leave Wizard and Glass behind to return to the main story of the series with the Wolves of the Calla and The Song of Susannah. Though not the best in the series the Wolves of the Calla is definitely the best of the later books in the series while The Song of Susannah leaves you wondering whether it is wholly necessary or wishing there was more.
What to Read While Waiting for The Winds of Winter.
Supposedly, George R.R. Martin has finally finished the sixth installment of A Song of Ice and Fire titled The Winds of Winter, according to one of the directors from Game of Thrones. Until it comes from the source this is enitrely speculation. Luckily, there are a lot of books out there for you to read while you wait. Fantasy has not sat back waiting around while Martin works on the book in MSDos, continuing to publish books on par with his ambitious series.
Some of these recommendations are simlar to A Song of Ice and Fire, some only share the same Fantas genre, and lastly is a list of those recommended by others but whose qulaity can be corroborated. By the time you finish this list, maybe the real release date will be announced. Maybe even the book will be released by the time you’re done.
The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie
The Blade Itself
Before They Are Hanged.
The Last Argument of Kings.
First Law World by Joe Abercrombie
Best Served Cold
The Heroes
Red Country*
Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss
The Name of the Wind
The Wise Man’s Fear
The Slow Regard of Silents Things (An in between novel.)
Gentleman Bastard Sequence by Scott Lynch
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Red Seas Under Red Skies
The Republic of Thieves
The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb
Assassin’s Apprentice
Royal Assassin*
Assassin’s Quest*
Crescent Moon Kingdoms by Saladin Ahmed
The Throne of the Crescent Moon
Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey
Sandman Slim
Kill the Dead
Aloha from Hell
Devil Said Bang*
Kill City Blues*
The Getaway Gods*
Novels by Neil Gaiman
Good Omens (written with Terry Pratchett
Neverwhere
Stardust
American Gods
Anansi Boys
The Graveyard Book
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Books by China Miéville (There are others but I can’t recommend them.)
The City & The City
Kraken
Embassytown
The Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemisen
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
The Broken Kingdoms
The Kingdom of Gods
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson (Though I did not like books two and three.)
The Final Empire
The Well of Ascension
The Hero of Ages
Shattered Sea by Joe Abercrombie
Half A King
Half the World
Half A War
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Legendarium
The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion
The Dark Tower by Stepehen King
The Gunslinger
The Drawing of the Three
The Waste Lands
Wizard and Glass (The worst in the series.)
The Wolves of the Calla
The Song of Sussanah
The Dark Tower
Other Books
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
The City Stained Red by Sam Sykes
Books Recommended by Others / Series I Haven’t Read Yet
The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
Words of Radiance
The Tawny Man Trilogy by Robin Hobb
Fool’s Errand
The Golden Fool
Fool Fate
The Fitz and the Fool Trilogy
Fool’s Assassin
Fool’s Quest (coming in August 2015)
Assassin’s Fate (forthcoming 2016)
Other Books
A Crown for Cold Silver by Alex Marshall
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
*Haven’t read yet but didn’t want to cause confusion by breaking up the series.