Ampy's Farseer, Liveship & Tawny Man Thread (spoilers)

[Valarya]

Hey everyone,

I enjoyed reading the Liveship trilogy. When I finished with the Farseer series I wanted to stay with the Fitz Chivalry character and skipped Liveships.

Having read everything in the order I chose I would recommend that people read them in time sequence (Farseer to Liveships to Tawny Man) for the ideal experience though.

This is also how I read them first, many years ago.. not knowing any difference. I, too, felt as if I hadn't missed much, but I promise you - if you ever re-read the series (it never gets old to me, lol), do so in-order, as you yourself just suggested. You'll find the first book of Tawny man, at least, to make MUCH more sense than the first time you read it.

Even though I have the knowledge of Tawny Man's outcome, Liveships ended with great potential for future stories.

Yes, sir... that would be the Rain Wild Chronicles. It's 4 books (last one comes out this April) and it picks up right where Liveships leaves off, then after the first couple chapters, fast forwards 5 years or so to where the events of the Tawny trilogy leave off. They're a bit different from the first three trilogies, but just as wonderful in their own right!

You'll find tons of threads around here that warn "up to RWC spoilers" meaning everything before the last series you read, so I think you'd benefit from joining in many of those discussions without spoiling yourself at all. Also, the people on these forums are VERY good at putting spoiler tags IN their posts if the thread title doesn't say which books the discussions go up to - so I wouldn't fear too much. Give a browse!!

Hobb is such a wonderful writer. I am looking forward to the new Fitz/Fool series she has acknowledged even though I felt she compromised the ending of Tawny Man.

I too cannot wait for this!!! I think after you read the RWC you might change your opinion and have a few ideas on where the new Fitz/Fool stuff might 'go.'

Liveship was written with a different approach than F & TM. I started out disliking several characters I eventually loved. Initially, I could not stand Malta. I was also tempted to skip Kyle Haven's dialog it was too much to take. I hated him so much. He is one character I did not change my opinion of.

Haha, yes. Hobb is such a skilled writer that you're supposed to hate Kyle. Altho Kennit lovers and haters abound in the community. Malta turns out to be great even though she's definitely disliked in the beginning. You know, I love the Fitz/Fool/Nighteyes stuff so much which is why I went straight to Tawny Man from Farseer, just as you did - but now Liveships is my favorite trilogy (with the last book of Tawny - I call it #9 - being my favorite stand-alone).


Oh... also: Welcome to ThePlenty!!!