Which books, movies and other games are recommendable for fans of the world of thief?

hexhunter on 24/5/2009 at 12:57

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THE NIGHT ANGEL TRILOGY BY BRENT WEEKS.

Book 1 - The Way of Shadows

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The perfect killer has no friends. Only targets. For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art. And he is the city's most accomplished artist, his talents required from alleyway to courtly boudoir. For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never take for granted. As a guild rat, he's grown up in the slums, and learned the hard way to judge people quickly - and to take risks. Risks like apprenticing himself to Durzo Blint. But to be accepted, Azoth must turn his back on his old life and embrace a new identity and name. As Kylar Stern, he must learn to navigate the assassins' world of dangerous politics and strange magics - and cultivate a flair for death.

This is my book at the moment, I'd agree it seems quite good, but I'm bad at reading fiction, they can never keep my attention once i've put them down. I wouldn't mind checking out a couple of those other books too..

Phyre on 4/6/2009 at 08:31

The 'Monster Blood Tattoo' series by D.M. Cornish. (http://www.amazon.com/Foundling-Monster-Blood-Tattoo-Book/dp/0142409138/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244103521&sr=1-1) http://www.amazon.com/Foundling-Monster-Blood-Tattoo-Book/dp/0142409138/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244103521&sr=1-1

There isn't really much to do with thieving in the books (a little piracy), but the world the books take place in reminds me very much of the City. Sort of a steampunk/fantasy fusion.

They are aimed at a young adult audience, and the author loves to use made up words (he has a large 'Explicarum' at the end of each book to define them and to give more information about the history of the world). Despite this though I give these a really strong recommendation to anyone who enjoyed the Thief series setting. Really. :thumb:

Also, I'll definately hunt down some of the other books mentioned in this thread. 'Lies of Lock Lamora' looks good.

P.S. While I enjoy Lovecraft, I'm not sure that his works are 'Thiefy'. Also, Lovecraft was very racist and this shows up in his work a lot. If you can ignore that though 'The Colour Out of Space' and 'In the Mountains of Madness' are great stories.

Darth Slaughter on 4/6/2009 at 17:02

Conan the barbarian comics.

Especially those stories that depicts his days as a thief in Zamora. Conan stories revolve about this character, that aways come out alive, kind like garret. Though conan sometimes alert guards, kill the owners of the mansion he steal, etc. But sometimes he is as silent as Garrett

The city of Shadizar is much like that of thief, with a gret focus on magic and fantasy, with monsters that are very close to cthulu mythos. There's even hints of science, when some of mages are scholars and observers, that are busy studing stars, the future, natural events, but these are subtle. Also, there's those poor people who live in slums, thugs, and the nobility and their palaces, the drunks and patrons at the inns, taverns. I thinks it's a very similar world.

Since there are lots of conan stories out there and a canon chronology, I aways have the same feeling when i play fan missions of thief, that gives garret something to do in btween the official games.

One thing about conan is that in fact, it's comics are kinda repetitive: Conan aways prevails in the end, he is the best in what he does, aways get the girl and the setting is aways filled with supernatural creatures that conan evetually overcome, or at least survives. but so does garret, if you're a good player.

There's also the films and the books (the debut of the character) by robert e. howard, the creator of conan and friend of H.P. lovecraft.

It works as a pass time, and I'd recommend those drawn by john buscema and that are in black or white. There's a modern publication by dark Horse also.

Petike the Taffer on 5/6/2009 at 09:15

Some older authors like Fritz Leiber or Jack Vance usualy wrote fantasy stories set in worlds with numerous bizzare human and non-human societies, as well as strange creatures serving the traditional role of monsters. Pretty similiar to the Thiefverse in this area...

jtr7 on 5/6/2009 at 09:26

And direct sources of inspiration for the devs, along with Umberto Eco.

Namdrol on 5/6/2009 at 12:24

Gloriana the Unfulfilled Queen by Michael Moorcock

He wrote two types of books. Ones written on speed that he churned out, and elaborate well crafted allegorys of which this book is one of his best.
It's set in an alternative Elizabethan age and the basic premise is it's a national tragedy the Queen can't cum. But not in sleazy way at all, which is what makes this book so fascinating. It presents a different social ideal.
And the whole book is about the contrast between light and shade, good and evil.
And do the ends justify the means?
The main character is an anti hero and well suited to fit in a Thiefy World.

Also by Moorcock, the War Hound and the Worlds Pain.

Petike the Taffer on 6/6/2009 at 07:31

Quote Posted by jtr7

And direct sources of inspiration for the devs, along with Umberto Eco.

Well, at least The Name of the Rose... That reminds me : I recently found a new possible "shout out" to it - in TDS (the Keeper Compound OM) ! I'll post it in a separate thread soon...

EDIT : (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1868651#post1868651) Here it is.

Namdrol on 6/6/2009 at 08:12

Also Foucault's Pendulum by Eco.
There is an air of brooding menace and you never know what's round the next corner. (first person perspective ;))

Beleg Cúthalion on 6/6/2009 at 15:41

Plus, it has about four time frames and made a joke of Dan-Brown-like stories twenty years before him.

Namdrol on 6/6/2009 at 15:52

Asked whether he'd read the Brown novel, Eco replied:

I was obliged to read it because everybody was asking me about it. My answer is that Dan Brown is one of the characters in my novel Foucault's Pendulum, which is about people who start believing in occult stuff.
- But you yourself seem interested in the kabbalah, alchemy and other occult practices explored in the novel.
No. In Foucault's Pendulum I wrote the grotesque representation of these kind of people. So Dan Brown is one of my creatures.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foucault%27s_Pendulum) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foucault%27s_Pendulum