Which books, movies and other games are recommendable for fans of the world of thief? - by DreadLord
bartekb81 on 11/6/2008 at 14:55
I'm going to buy Lies of Locke Lamora now, but thx for all the other recommendations, too (too bad that many titles aren't available in my native language...);)
I suppose Lies of LL has a different atmosphere and hero(es) than in Thief, but still I'm gonna read it;)
bartekb81 on 11/6/2008 at 15:12
Quote Posted by The Magpie
Thanks for the recommendation. Even if you're only a novice thread necromancer resurrecting a thread scarcely two and a half years old, it's a good thread all in all. I don't know exactly how many other threads have the same theme, but there must be dozens of them, so you picked wisely.
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Larris.
Thanks for good word, Magpie(Larris?).
I know I dug out an old one, but I think thread like this never got old:thumb:
Beleg Cúthalion on 11/6/2008 at 19:26
For the freaks: "Europe before the Industrial Revolution. 1300-1700" by Carlo Cipolla. Beautiful and vivid introduction of how (long) people worked in those days, what they did with their money (and what not), how economic cycles developed and changed, what the church did etc. etc.. :p
Solabusca on 11/6/2008 at 20:02
Death of the Necromancer, Martha Wells: Pseudo Victorian action taking place in a fantasy substitute for France, featuring a criminal mastermind going up against the titular Necromancer.
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/Remains-Revolution-Penguin-Classic-History/dp/014139059X/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213214398&sr=1-4) Remains of a Revolution, a concise history of the Industrial Revolution in the UK, with a wide range of photographs detailing the ruins of IR era canals, factories, and other oddities.
Perdido Street Station (and by extension The Scar) has already been mentioned, as have the Lankhmar books by Fritz Leiber.
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The Magpie on 11/6/2008 at 21:29
Quote Posted by Beleg Cúthalion
For the freaks:
"Europe before the Industrial Revolution. 1300-1700" by Carlo Cipolla. Beautiful and vivid introduction of how (long) people worked in those days, what they did with their money (and what not), how economic cycles developed and changed, what the church did etc. etc.. :p
As it so happens, I sit with the book in my lap right now. It's 1000-1700, actually, but that doesn't make it any less relevant for us Thief, uh, freaks. I think I'll start it tonight. :)
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L.
Beleg Cúthalion on 12/6/2008 at 04:14
Ah, sorry, I forgot that. My module is from 1500 to 1800, so I completely mixed it up.
Arod Nine on 12/6/2008 at 07:54
If you're looking for a dark, exquisitely detailed fantasy world populated with some of the coolest anti-heroes this side of the City you can do no better than R. Scott Bakker's The Prince of Nothing series.
Stephen Donaldon's Gap series is also excellent, if you're after a science fiction story with the same sort of feel.
<Username> on 12/6/2008 at 09:19
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058672/) Topkapi (1964) is a caper film about the theft of a jeweled dagger from an Istanbul museum. There is a shot of the rooftops of Istanbul in the last act of the movie that looks
stunningly like the City of Thief.
Taffer4life on 18/6/2008 at 18:48
Was browsing through this thread some months ago and saw that many people would say the Redemption of Althalus reminds a lot about Garrett.
I went and ordered it at amazon.com and i must say i have to agree, only a few hundred pages into the book though. But Althalus in a lot of ways reminds me of Garrett.
Just want to say that if you are looking for a book to put your Thief-hunger on hold, this could be the one.
Petike the Taffer on 29/11/2008 at 00:25
Polish fantasy writer (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_Sapkowski) Andrzej Sapkowski's works.
The Witcher saga is his most famous creation (even adapted as a TV series and recently as a great RPG for the PC), but I would also recommend one of his newer works - the "Hussite trilogy" : (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrenturm_(book)) The Tower of Fools (Narrenturm), (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bozy_bojownicy) Warriors of God (Bozy bojownicy) and (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lux_perpetua) Lux Perpetua. Great historical fantasy novels set mainly in Silesia and Bohemia during the era of the Hussite wars. One particular main character - Szarlej ("sharley") - is very reminiscent of our favourite master taffer (street-wise, sharp, witty, occasionally cynical). The atmosphere is deep and gritty, akin to a real historical novel about the late Middle Ages, but the fantasy parts are treated seriously and with great detail. A more down-to-earth (nearly noir) treatment of fantasy, with believable characters... just like in Thief. :)
To be honest, I noticed similiarities between Sapkowski's style of writing and this game series ever since I knew about it. I doubt the creators of Thief ever read any of his books (the first translation of the Witcher into English came out only recently), nor did Sapkowski ever play Thief (he's an older guy, with no apparent interest in computer games). It's probably just an interesting coincidence, created independently from one another due to the same basic intention in storytelling.
