Looking for a fantasy series

On May 02 2010 03:01 floor exercise wrote:
Hating on Terry Goodkind is never wrong, but I don't see how Erikson can be lumped in with him. The scope of his world is unlike anything else. At times it's dragonball z meets D&D but you have to give some credit for the enormity of what he's doing. At first I thought the Malazan books were pulpy deus ex bullshit but I've come to really appreciate his ability to craft such a ridiculously huge world and manage so many different characters and story lines.

No other series really has that same level of content, and I'd say about 85% of it is solid. Some of the comedic relief characters piss me off while others I really like, and there's only a few main characters who bother the shit out of me at times.

I'd atleast give the 2nd book Deadhouse Gates a try before deciding if it's for you or not. I could definitely see how someone might not like it, but the first book isn't a good indication of whether you are on the love it or hate it side.

On May 02 2010 02:22 BajaBlood wrote:
I've read and enjoyed most of the books on your list, and I would recommend The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Unfortunately, it's the first book of an incomplete trilogy (the second book won't come out until March 2011).

I also enjoyed the trilogies from Robin Hobb, as the previous poster suggested.

On May 02 2010 00:54 iaretehnoob wrote:
The Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson.

On May 02 2010 05:13 Liquid`NonY wrote:

Another vote for this. Just make sure you are a very attentive reader for the first book, perhaps reading a bit slower than usual, because it's easy to get to a point where you think "what the hell is going on." But once you get rolling through the books, they are fucking awesome. Huge payoffs imo =]

lol @ storkhwaiting critique on things he hasn't read. don't care for the scope? how about the scope of your critique? you read one book of a series that is separated from the rest by over a decade and then you judge, not just the whole series, but the author himself? i think you need to learn what the fuck scope is and how to use it.

On May 02 2010 08:02 floor exercise wrote:
I actually meant skip the first book and start on the second. The first book isn't a great introduction at all to the series. It was written like 10 years before he got a publishing deal and there's a number of inconsistencies between it and the rest of the series. In addition to that the 2nd book is just all around more cohesive, it doesn't try to be so glenn cook-ish, and the setting and characters are mostly new as well so you don't miss anything. If you absolutely hated the first book you may still hate the rest but it's worth trying if you don't have anything else to read.

I don't know, I actually hated it when I started too but I stuck with it and found it really rewarding in the end. It doesn't surprise me when others don't like it

On May 02 2010 05:07 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:


march fucking 2011?! oh patrick

anyone who hasnt read this book go do so, it's so good

On May 02 2010 08:46 Koiru wrote:

Last, Robin Hobb's Assassin's Apprentice and the rest of its related series (Farseer Trilogy) is rather fantastic in that it takes you from the childhood to full grown man of a man created to be an assassin. I think the character comes back in her later books (Fool's fate/Fool's errand series) but I'm not quite sure.

On May 02 2010 11:22 Ankalagon wrote:
The Dresden Files. It's contemporary fantasy, yet Awesome with a capital A.13 books in the series already.