I'm still around, and waiting for more Glen Cook. In the meantime I've been reading Steve Brust's work - which is mostly split between his Vlad the Assassin series and five historic books set in the same world. Some of his stuff is as dark and meaty as Cook's, but it's not until Teckla and Phoenix (book 3 and 5) that things get serious - which is a bit odd, skipping book 4, but the books are written out of chronological order and are best read the way they are written (the way it is with Naria). The first few books read like someone's D&D game, but in Teckla he learns that he's been drifting away from his wife and they hardly know each other now. There's still love there, but he's still entangled in a world of organized crime while she's becoming a revolutionary who wants to overthrow the Empire. In Phoenix, he's asked to assassin someone, does it, and ends the book farther apart from his wife (figuratively and literally). The first couple of books are worth reading to establish the world and who everyone is, but in my opinion they are the weakest ones in the series. There are currently 14 books out, with another 4 planned, in a series written from 1983 to (double checks when the last book came out) 2015. Tis a good read. Richard

I've read every book in both the Brust series and all the Malazan books. Both are very good, but I give a slight edge to the Malazan series. Author Joe Abercrombie has 2 series out there that are fairly gritty like Cook. The first one is "The Blade Itself" and has like 5 books in the series. The second one starts with "Half a King". Both are excellent. I'd also recommend Mark Lawrence's Broken Empire/Red Queen's War Series, starting with "Prince of Thorns" . Both series are set in the same world but 2 very different main characters. Brad From: David & Kelly <supadave@zip.com.au> To: 'Glen Cook: Science Fiction/Fantasy Author' <glencook-fans@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2015 2:50 AM Subject: Re: [Glencook-fans] Are we still alive? #yiv6711883978 #yiv6711883978 -- _filtered #yiv6711883978 {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} _filtered #yiv6711883978 {font-family:Tahoma;panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}#yiv6711883978 #yiv6711883978 p.yiv6711883978MsoNormal, #yiv6711883978 li.yiv6711883978MsoNormal, #yiv6711883978 div.yiv6711883978MsoNormal {margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;}#yiv6711883978 a:link, #yiv6711883978 span.yiv6711883978MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv6711883978 a:visited, #yiv6711883978 span.yiv6711883978MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv6711883978 span.yiv6711883978EmailStyle17 {color:#1F497D;}#yiv6711883978 .yiv6711883978MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;} _filtered #yiv6711883978 {margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}#yiv6711883978 div.yiv6711883978WordSection1 {}#yiv6711883978 Still here and still waiting like everyone else.  Thank you Richard for the reminder about Brust. I have several books and it might be time to revisit the series. It’s been nearly 20 years since I looked at them.  I’ve been reading Erikson’s Malazan series and nearly finished. Bonehunters has been my favourite so far.  Cheers,  David   From: glencook-fans [mailto:glencook-fans-bounces+supadave=zip.com.au@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Richard Chilton Sent: Thursday, 1 October 2015 10:33 AM To: Glen Cook: Author Subject: Re: [Glencook-fans] Are we still alive?  I'm still around, and waiting for more Glen Cook.  In the meantime I've been reading Steve Brust's work - which is mostly split between his Vlad the Assassin series and five historic books set in the same world.  Some of his stuff is as dark and meaty as Cook's, but it's not until Teckla and Phoenix (book 3 and 5) that things get serious - which is a bit odd, skipping book 4, but the books are written out of chronological order and are best read the way they are written (the way it is with Naria).  The first few books read like someone's D&D game, but in Teckla he learns that he's been drifting away from his wife and they hardly know each other now.  There's still love there, but he's still entangled in a world of organized crime while she's becoming a revolutionary who wants to overthrow the Empire.  In Phoenix, he's asked to assassin someone, does it, and ends the book farther apart from his wife (figuratively and literally).  The first couple of books are worth reading to establish the world and who everyone is, but in my opinion they are the weakest ones in the series.  There are currently 14 books out, with another 4 planned, in a series written from 1983 to (double checks when the last book came out) 2015.  Tis a good read.  Richard _______________________________________________ glencook-fans mailing list glencook-fans@mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/glencook-fans