EPTalso, shannara.. and the prequel to shannara (in a vast sense) from terry brooks is the demon series... Angel Fire East, Running with the Demon, and Knight of the Word
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LaSt)ChAnCe
United States2179 Posts
also, shannara.. and the prequel to shannara (in a vast sense) from terry brooks is the demon series... Angel Fire East, Running with the Demon, and Knight of the Word | ||
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babylon
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My reading list currently is basically: Hobb's Liveship Traders + Tawny Man (will take a while, long six books >_>) one of Felix Gilman's books, just to see what he's all about River of Stars (Kay's new book, coming out later this year) | ||
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ShadowDrgn
United States2497 Posts
On January 04 2013 10:27 sc14s wrote: Hes my favorite author currently too :D I hadn't read any of his stuff until he started writing the last couple Wheel of Time books then i went back and read all of his books + the ones that hes come out with after. I have enjoyed every single one of his books. I think the pull for me is all of his magic systems are not only unique but really interesting. Brent weeks has a similar idea with his stuff too in that each series has its own unique magic system so if you like Brandon Sanderson I would highly recommend checking out Brent Weeks. I don't think anyone had heard of Sanderson until he was chosen to finish WoT. I read most of his books (not the YA ones) and then ended up reading WoT just so I could read more Sanderson books in the future, haha. Suffice to say I really like him. It's also really nice to follow an author that writes more than one book every 5 years. Brent Weeks, on the other hand... I read the Night Angel trilogy, and while the books were fairly engrossing and easy to read, I ultimately felt they were shallow and forgettable. I haven't read his current series, but I hope it has a lot more substance to it. | ||
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alQahira
United States511 Posts
I didn't like his latest, Red Country, quite as much, but it is still good. Part of its strength is looking at characters from previous books that used to be POV characters, but now through other's eyes. On January 04 2013 12:53 babylon wrote: Any recent, fast-rising fantasy authors people would recommend (published 2006 and later, and yes, I've read all of Novik's Temeraire already)? I've heard that Felix Gilman might be worth a try for those looking for more steampunk settings, so I'm planning on picking him up. Otherwise, I've run a bit dry, as I've had less time to read. My reading list currently is basically: Hobb's Liveship Traders + Tawny Man (will take a while, long six books >_>) one of Felix Gilman's books, just to see what he's all about River of Stars (Kay's new book, coming out later this year) | ||
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swim224
Botswana368 Posts
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Falling
Canada11349 Posts
Wheel of Time- I've ready the 1st, 2nd, and 4th (library sign outs are a pain.) They are decent enough although I find the incessant male vs female griping rather grating. It's good enough for me to keep reading, but I didn't plan far enough ahead to request the 3rd or 5th book for the holidays so maybe I'll try again in spring break. I came across the book Myst (based off the same series by that name.) It's actually reasonably well done minus the beginning that is a little slow for my taste. It's a little more exploratory then action based, but I quite liked the diverging relationship between father-son. | ||
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sc14s
United States5052 Posts
On January 04 2013 16:34 ShadowDrgn wrote: I don't think anyone had heard of Sanderson until he was chosen to finish WoT. I read most of his books (not the YA ones) and then ended up reading WoT just so I could read more Sanderson books in the future, haha. Suffice to say I really like him. It's also really nice to follow an author that writes more than one book every 5 years. Brent Weeks, on the other hand... I read the Night Angel trilogy, and while the books were fairly engrossing and easy to read, I ultimately felt they were shallow and forgettable. I haven't read his current series, but I hope it has a lot more substance to it. if you didn't like night angel you likely wont like his dark prism series. | ||
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sc14s
United States5052 Posts
On January 04 2013 16:51 swim224 wrote: Does anyone know any good fantasy books that incorporate humor? I've loved that about sanderson's books more than anything else, but I haven't been able to find any other authors that do it well =P Do you mean the focus of the books are humurous fantasy or that their is humor in the books? | ||
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babylon
8765 Posts
On January 04 2013 16:51 swim224 wrote: Does anyone know any good fantasy books that incorporate humor? I've loved that about sanderson's books more than anything else, but I haven't been able to find any other authors that do it well =P Terry Pratchett and Steven Brust are both very witty authors. I've found myself laughing out loud at some of Brust's lines. He's almost too good with words for his own good. You may want to try Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart as well. I found it very entertaining in a funny, quirky sort of way. @ alQahira: Thanks for the rec! Heroes looks interesting. Just skimmed through some of Abercrombie's prose, and it seems pretty good on an initial glance to me. (At least it is not distracting.) Will def. check him out.  | ||
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ShadowDrgn
United States2497 Posts
Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series is also very funny if you're into urban fantasy. | ||
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Syn Harvest
United States191 Posts
I have used this site religiously since I found it. Most of the series I love have been listed already. ASOIAF, Malazan, Prince Of Nothing, First Law, Kingkiller Chronicles, Stormlight Archives, Long Price Quartet, The Black Company. There are a few books and series that I havent seen mentioned though and I would like to add them. The Broken Empire by Mark Lawrence is fantastic and is Revenge Fantasy which I haven't seen much of. Gormenghast is slow and not much action but a fantastic novel. The Red Wolf Conspiracy is naval fantasy. The only I know of there are four books in the series and I have only read the first but it is fantastic. American Gods by Neil Gaiman is also a very fun read fantasyesque in the modern world its nice. He normally doesn't write fantasy and this is his only journey into the genre but what a job he did The Road by Cormac McCarthy is phenomenal. His prose is fantastic one of the greatest living writers. If there would be anyone to challenge McCarthy to the title of greatest writer alive it would have to be Gene Wolfe. The Book of the New Sun is the greatest Sci-fi series ever written bar non and once you read it you will realize that my statement about the series is not negoitable. He may be the greatest living writer of any genre. | ||
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ShadowDrgn
United States2497 Posts
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sc14s
United States5052 Posts
On January 05 2013 08:20 babylon wrote: Terry Pratchett and Steven Brust are both very witty authors. I've found myself laughing out loud at some of Brust's lines. He's almost too good with words for his own good. You may want to try Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart as well. I found it very entertaining in a funny, quirky sort of way. @ alQahira: Thanks for the rec! Heroes looks interesting. Just skimmed through some of Abercrombie's prose, and it seems pretty good on an initial glance to me. (At least it is not distracting.) Will def. check him out. Pratchett is alright, shes certainly better than Piers Anthony. The funniest author i've ever read has to be Douglass Adams for me though hands down. He wrote The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy as well as Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (my personal favorite of his works). Brust is funny in a witty way, it tries to be serious at times with laughs in between. I like him but I kind of only read about half of his books as i read all his works in middle school and checked out all the books they had at the library(which was kind of spotty to get) and never really finished reading all of his works since i got into other stuff (iirc i started reading WoT at about the same time). I might eventually pick up his books again when i hit another rut in my reading cycle. | ||
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