Fantasy reading discussion/recommendations - Page 10

On October 10 2012 18:59 Sedzz wrote:
Just wondering if any of you have read the Drenai Series by David Gemmell?

And what were your thought on it?

On October 18 2012 17:07 CaM27 wrote:
Has anyone read the dresden files? Wikipedia doesn't reveal much about it!

On October 18 2012 19:47 solsken wrote:
I've been looking for new fantasy to read, maybe you guys can help me find a good series for me?
The kind of fantasy I enjoy is foremost the kind where good and evil intertwine, my favourite series are a song of ice and fire, malazan book of the fallen and also dresden files. I can't really stand books written for teenagers like Eddings etc.
I enjoy when the plot escalates and becomes more and more epic in it's reach.
I've tried reading the chronicles of thomas covenant but that series is just too depressing for me.

On October 18 2012 19:47 solsken wrote:
I've been looking for new fantasy to read, maybe you guys can help me find a good series for me?
The kind of fantasy I enjoy is foremost the kind where good and evil intertwine, my favourite series are a song of ice and fire, malazan book of the fallen and also dresden files. I can't really stand books written for teenagers like Eddings etc.
I enjoy when the plot escalates and becomes more and more epic in it's reach.
I've tried reading the chronicles of thomas covenant but that series is just too depressing for me.

On October 18 2012 20:00 Andr3 wrote:
I just recently finished reading the first three novels of the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik. It's really a fun read, basically it deals with Napoleonic Wars with the addition of dragons as an air force.

Would highly recommend it, if you like some alternate history mingled with fantasy.

On November 21 2012 07:14 Martyrc wrote:
You want to read good books? Read Patrick Rothfuss's Kingkiller series. They're some of the best fantasy books around. The Lies of Locke Lamora and Red Seas Under a Red Sky are great too. (forgot the author's name.) For urban fantasy you should like Jim Butcher's Dresden Files. The TV series is awful, but the books are very good, though it seems to often be a love it or hate it thing. You should also read the First Law trilogy, by Joe Abercrombie, amazing characters, very gritty style of writing. (Glokta is a badass and morally challenged handicapped torturer who used to be a military hero, for example). Lastly, you might like Brandon Sanderson good, though I find his prose to be a bit simplistic (this also applies to Jim Butcher, but the Dresden Files aren't epic fantasy). His new mammoth series, think Wheel of Time scope, has had an amazing debut with Way of Kings, which is a definite must-read for epic fantasy fans.

PS. Don't touch anything from Terry Brooks, his books are good until you reach the mental age of 12, and then it becomes boring, stereotypical, unimaginative crap. Literally, do not give more money to this man, he is arrogant as hell, and hasn't written anything decent in 30 years.

EDIT: And WHY did I forget The Malazan Book of the Fallen. That series (twelve 800 page long books) is GREAT. They say G.R.R. Martin's stuff is revolutionary. They should think again. Malazan book of the fallen has one of the best, most convoluted yet never bogged down plots of all time. The characters are amazing, the world is beautifully crafted, with cultures being very distuingished, to the point where you can guess where a character is from, without the writer telling you or giving you any obvious hints (like accent or something). You can really feel that Steven Erikson has studied anthropology, and knows his stuff. One potential thing (that you shouldn't let stop you from reading this) is that this series is very hard to get into, for the first 2 books or so you will be lost like a fish on dry ground. It's worth it though, definitely. I can't stress how much Erikson pulls at the boundaries of what is defined as ¨fantasy¨ and makes it almost a literary experience, but with clear high fantasy marks. Really good. If you haven't read this, you're doing it wrong.

On November 21 2012 08:07 ZerG~LegenD wrote:

Guess I better pick up the Dresden Files and First Law trilogy. I really loved every other book that you mentioned.

I'll recommend C. S. Friedmans magister trilogy, I don't think anyone else has mentiond it yet. Here are some reviews.

On October 18 2012 20:27 Sealo wrote:


I could not agree more with you! Right now, I am reading the sixth book and still there is something special about it.

Also I think Brandon Sanderson is the best modern author in the world.

On January 04 2013 10:44 McBengt wrote:
I'll give a shout out to a young up and coming author named Sam Sykes who has just released his third book, the last in the Aeon's Gate trilogy called Skybound Sea. He is still very much learning the ropes, which is very evident in how his writing progresses, and his style is rather unconventional, but I definitely enjoyed it. I am a huge fan of Steven Erikson and the lamentably unheralded Ian Esslemont, but sometimes it's fun to just kick back with something slightly more lighthearted, and Sykes fits the bill perfectly.

Cool thread btw, would read again.

On January 04 2013 10:49 sc14s wrote:

thanks for the recommendation I'll definately check him out.