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goswser
United States3548 Posts
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uberMatt
Canada659 Posts
 i mean song of ice and fire has gotten worse as the series went on, but it has nothing on WoT. that series got incredibly bad, incredibly fast. i wanted to gouge my eyes out after the 3rd or 4th book. | ||
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Warrior Madness
Canada3791 Posts
And also, the robot series by Isaac Asimov. I actually downloaded the audio version of that from demonoid. This is the order that you should read them in: 1) The Caves of Steel 2) The Naked Sun 3) The Robots of Dawn 4) Robots and Empire | ||
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lightrise
United States1355 Posts
The Night Angel Series. This series is also another awesome series that i really enjoyed. The writer released all 3 of the books in the trilogy at the same time, so you dont have to wait for the next one to come out. Its an interesting idea, and definitely a great read. | ||
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DoYouHas
United States1140 Posts
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wurm
Philippines2296 Posts
On December 20 2009 11:01 uberMatt wrote: wheel of time is really bad i mean song of ice and fire has gotten worse as the series went on, but it has nothing on WoT. that series got incredibly bad, incredibly fast. i wanted to gouge my eyes out after the 3rd or 4th book. I'm guessing you're referring to Feast For Crows as the basis for your statement that ASoIaF has gotten worse as it went on. Very, very, very underrated book, imo. | ||
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Hey Kennigut - tdot
Afghanistan5 Posts
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BottleAbuser
Korea (South)1888 Posts
My favorites: Terry Pratchett's books. Only read from the Discworld series, but it's awesome. Raymond E. Fiest's books. His Midkemia world is pretty good I think, but I'm speaking from memory of when I was in high school, so maybe if I read them again now I'd think differently. Ender's game counts as fantasy? If we're including science fiction, Ender's game is definitely worth reading... multiple times, in my case. Also, Heinlein's books are awesome. Particularly Stranger in a Strange Land. I enjoyed A Fire Upon The Deep, don't remember what author. | ||
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Traveler
United States451 Posts
David Eddings. Seriously the Belgariad and all his other series are amazing, especially "Redemption of Althalus" | ||
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Born)Slippy
Norway1904 Posts
I'm a big fan of Steven Erikson, Neil Gaiman and Roger Zelazny (the latter two are amazing writers). I've recently read The Name of the Wind and The Warded Man. The latter impressed me mostly because it managed to do something at least minimally worthwhile with the basic plot "Demons come out at night", which I doubted was possible. Other than that it was rather meh. The Name of the Wind was excellent and I'm waiting for the next one in that series. I also read The Blade Itself but didn't fancy it a lot. Currently I'm reading through non-fiction stuff but would like some fantasy books as well. Any recommendations? | ||
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Promises
Netherlands1821 Posts
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Slayer91
Ireland23335 Posts
MISTBORN (Trilogy with 2/3 = Well of Ascension and Hero of Ages but these aren't must reads imo) Way of Kings (first of an epic series kinda new) Elantris. (Standalone) Really liked them! Wheel of Time got milked out big time somewhere around books 7-11 but overall its still amazing. Song of Ice and Fire not my personal favourite but many will shoot me for that its still a must read however. Terry Pratchett must read as well. SOO Funny. Seriously. | ||
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Jandos
Czech Republic928 Posts
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Tibson
Germany85 Posts
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Overpowered
Czech Republic764 Posts
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xlep
Germany274 Posts
Earthsea Lord of the Rings (obviously) Dresden Files Dracula (Bram Stoker) The Nightwatch series by Sergey Lukyanenko | ||
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9174 Posts
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Wesso
Netherlands1245 Posts
On February 13 2011 23:11 Scarecrow wrote: Gemmell, Eddings and Feist are the three best fantasy writers imo. Any of their earlier books are must reads. I also loved Ursula le Guin's Earthsea quartet. The Salvatore books and any other generic fantasy fan fiction is rubbish and should be disregarded. Wheel of Time is also very overrated. I must say, the Belgariad (from Eddings) is as much "fantasy fan fiction" as the Salvatore books. Is the difference between that series and his other books that big? Raymond E. Feist is very good indeed. | ||
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goswser
United States3548 Posts
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Asha
United Kingdom38257 Posts
Beautifully crafted 4 book series, more subtle than most, and an escalation in scope later. My favourite fantasy author right now, and as an added bonus he writes and releases a lot. He's got a SF book (leviathan wakes) out soon, as well as the first installment of a more traditional fantasy series (the dragon's path from the dagger and the coin quintet) in April | ||
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