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DisaFear
Australia4074 Posts
After that would be The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind and the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini George R R Martin is pretty good too, with his A Song of Ice and Fire series There's so many more I could go on forever, many of them mentioned above (Raymond E feist, wind on fire, sc books, etc) | ||
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htn2481
Vietnam117 Posts
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[SuNdae]
Finland323 Posts
On April 24 2011 17:54 htn2481 wrote: My favorite fantasy author has to be David Gemmell. All his books are based in the same "magic" world, but they're all readable on their own. They follow the same formula about the few good against overwhelming odds but somehow keeps you interested all the way through. Can't recommend him enough. My favorite of Gemmells work is the Troy trilogy. Unlike his "normal" fantasy stuff Troy is historical fiction with very slight fantasy elements. Incredibly epic shit, complex and interesting characters. Sometimes very dark stuff and often blurs the line between "good" and "evil". Comes highly recommended. | ||
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Tonkerchen
680 Posts
Tad Williams: Otherland I really liked both series  | ||
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writer22816
United States5775 Posts
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andrewwiggin
Australia435 Posts
Ender's Game: about a genius kid who mindfucks people with this battle strategies. Read it if you love Starcraft! Hyperion: form based on the Canterbury Tales, bunch of peeps in future get together and swap stories that reveal crazy shit about a crazy universe. Read only if you can handle epic philosophy/sci fi. Tales of Alvin Maker: by same guy who did Ender's Game. Fantasy bout magic in past time America, main character is semi-genius, semi-Jesus, read excerpts from net if you want to see why Orson Scott Card is the jizz. | ||
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Humbuuzio
Finland78 Posts
Black Magician's Trilogy and the follow up books are a very nice read. Age of Five is also good if you like the style. Trudi Canavan's wikipage Also anything by Robin Hobb is pretty near solid gold. The books are very much like A Song of Fire and Ice, which has been recommended here a lot. Robin Hobb's wikipage I could write a five page long essay promoting these two writers but I'll just say that I've read fantasy books all my life and these are the among the best. | ||
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oo inflame oo
United States286 Posts
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Manit0u
Poland17788 Posts
On April 24 2011 19:47 Humbuuzio wrote: Trudi Canavan writes intelligent and cliché free fantasy. Black Magician's Trilogy and the follow up books are a very nice read. Age of Five is also good if you like the style. Trudi Canavan's wikipage Also anything by Robin Hobb is pretty near solid gold. The books are very much like A Song of Fire and Ice, which has been recommended here a lot. Robin Hobb's wikipage I could write a five page long essay promoting these two writers but I'll just say that I've read fantasy books all my life and these are the among the best. No. Trudi isn't good. And why do you people continue to resurrect thread after thread when there's already a bunch of them with the same things being posted over and over again? Example: Fantasy reading/recommendations | ||
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friedchicken
United States143 Posts
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy trilogy(that has six books in it). The Starcraft book Heavens Devils was a good read. Glory Road, Tunnel in the Sky both by Robert Heinlein. | ||
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NoScary
United States151 Posts
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Makjin
Sweden11 Posts
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Luhh
Sweden2974 Posts
Oh, and no elves and trolls and shit.. - Joe Abercrombie - The blade itself I just love the crippled inquisitor and bayaz! Clever writingand story, and good pace with some great twists! - J.V Jones - A cavern of black ice Lame title but great series. Bleak and somewhat gruesome but greatly portrayed. - Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn Something different. Clever writing and story again, he could have toned down the action a bit though. Overall very good and something fresh and new. George R R Martin - A Game of Thrones You know it.. Steven Erikson - Gardens of the Moon Modern classic soon if not already? - Dan Simmons? - Hyperion Classic and a Sci-Fi. Read it. - Scott Lynch - The lies of Locke Lamora Again, clever book. About a gang of thieves with specializes in deception and falsefacing. These are all series I could recommend to people even if they don't particularly fancy the stereotype fantasy - (like my elf-hating self).  It's about taste but these guys are either awardwinners or have been lauded by reviewers and fans - for a reason. Edit: I'm a bit on the fence with Patrick Rothfuss "Name of the Wind". A bit to overbearing and high and mighty emo-ish for my taste. It's still good and has great writing. It's the tone I have a problem with I guess. Another maybe: Scott Bakkers - The Darkness that comes before is interesting and starts off very promising bt then wanes a quite bit imo. Still some nice ideas in there. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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Wesso
Netherlands1245 Posts
On Mar 16 2012 00:23<span style='color:#d20000'> (3 min)</span> {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Bumping this cause I just finished the second of the third Kingkiller Chronicles and the third book doesn't look like it's going to be released anytime soon... So? Has anyone read Modesitt Jr's Imager series, if so is it any good? Can I read the first 2 kingkiller chronicles without feeling too bad that the 3d isn't out yet? | ||
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Frozenzen
Sweden97 Posts
On March 16 2012 08:26 Wesso wrote: Can I read the first 2 kingkiller chronicles without feeling too bad that the 3d isn't out yet? The name of the Wind is probably one of the best books that has been released in the past 10 years. You'd do yourself a disservice not to read it. The books are not stand alone, but neither do they leave you with huge cliffhangers apart from wanting more since they are so damn good. | ||
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pinnacle
United States86 Posts
On March 16 2012 08:26 Wesso wrote: Can I read the first 2 kingkiller chronicles without feeling too bad that the 3d isn't out yet? You can't. I read them about a year ago and I want the third one now. To make the wait bearable I've reread both books multiple times. | ||
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sperY
Serbia444 Posts
Back on topic. I havent read many fantasy books, but i've really enjoyed ASoIaF. I dont need to say much about this series other than it took a few weeks of my live. Read first four as fast as i could. Im starting to read some Terry Prachet atm. Just read first book of Disk World series, its damn hilarious. Dont think i've ever laughed with any book as i did with it ^^. How good are second and third book of Chronicles of Amber? I really liked the first one, but had to return all of them before i got to read second and third :/ | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
![[image loading]](http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/148130000/148131839.JPG) ![[image loading]](http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/100480000/100482915.JPG) Honestly sometimes I wish there were more Steampunk titles.... | ||
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slained
Canada966 Posts
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