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04-14-2011, 09:15 AM | #32 |
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I have just finished First and Second Chronicles, all six in a row, and am taking a quick David Baldacci break before starting the Final Chronicles.
One thing I love about the Kindle is the in-built dictionary which means that I can actually lookup some of Donaldson's archaic English without having to carry around a large Oxford English Dictionary all of the time. Ain't that the "sooth"? |
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04-14-2011, 09:40 PM | #34 |
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I like Dave Duncan-- particularly the King's Blades series but he's also written some other interesting stuff.
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04-15-2011, 11:52 AM | #35 |
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I would like to suggest the following series by Tanith Lee:
The Wars of Vis The Storm Lord (1976) Anackire (1983) The White Serpent (1988) Tales From The Flat Earth Night's Master (1978) Death's Master (1979) Delusion's Master (1981) Delirium's Mistress (1986) Night's Sorceries (1986) (collection of novellas set in this world) The Secret Books of Paradys (set in an alternate version of Paris) The Book of the Damned (1988) The Book of the Beast (1988) The Book of the Dead (1991) (collection of short stories set in this world) The Book of the Mad (1993) The Secret Books of Paradys (2007) (omnibus reprint of all four books) If you want to read a great but sometimes forgotton and little mentioned Arabian Nights style fantasy I hardily suggest both Kaled by Francis Marion Crawford and The Shaving Of Shagpat by George Meridith. I think they are both outstanding books. I also agree that the Covenant books are a great read. BTW I think his Gap books can be loosely classified as science-fantasy since they are based on Wagner's Ring Cycle. Agreements are disagreements on this point. Would like to hear what others think. |
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I read the first chronicles when I was in high school. I used to keep a piece of paper in the book on which I would write all the new vocabulary words. I'd look them all up once I finished. I think the new words were my main motivation for finishing the series, even as a teenager I could recognize bloat.
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A series that reminded me of Elizabeth Moon's Paksenarrion books is David Weber's War God series.
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However, the story is nicely paused waiting for the final book which is due out in Autumn 2013. I have told myself that I must remember where it left off and under no condition must I re-read the earlier books! |
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Try Storm Constantine's Wraeththu novels.
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05-29-2011, 04:55 PM | #40 |
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Michael Moorcock's fantasy books are amazingly imaginative. The "Elric" saga would be a good start Elric of Melniboné or Stormbringer. I enjoyed the "Swords" trilogy: The Knight of Swords, The Queen of Swords and The King of Swords.
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For the David Eddings books, I recommend starting with the Belgariad series. Pawn of Prophecy is the first book. I'll also add Brandon Sanderson's The Way of Kings and Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series. |
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I second The Way of Kings. I still haven't read WOT.
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While that series is highly enjoyable, the ones that follow are perfect examples of self-plagiarism. He basically changes the names and places and starts the Belgariad all over. |
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Abercombie, Joe - The First Law
Bakker, R. Scott - The Prince of Nothing Brett, Peter V. - Demon Trilogy Bujold, Lois McMaster - Chalion Butcher, Jim - Codex Alera Canavan, Trudy - The Black Magician Trilogy Cashore, Kristin - Graceling Cook, Glen - The Black Company Duncan, Dave - The Kings Blades Eddings, David - The Belgariad & The Mallorean Erikson, Steven - The Malazan Book of the Fallen Farland, David - The Runelords Feist, Raymond E. - Riftwar Saga Goodkind, Terry - Sword of Truth Hobb, Robin - The Farseer Trilogy Irvine, Ian - The View from the Mirror Jemisin, N. K. - The Inheritance Trilogy Jordan, Robert - The Wheel of Time Kay, Guy Gavriel - Tigana King, Stephen - The Dark Tower Lloyd, Tom - The Twilight Reign Lukyanenko, Sergei - Night Watch Lynch, Scott - The Gentleman Bastard Sequence Martin, George R. R. - A Song of Ice and Fire Modesitt Jr, L. E. - The Corean Chronicles & The Saga of Recluse Moon, Elizabeth - The Deed of Paksennarion Pratchett, Terry - Discworld Rothfuss, Patrick - Kingkiller Sanderson, Brandon - Mistborn & The Stormlight Archives Sapkowski, Andrzej - The Witcher Scholes, Ken - The Psalms of Isaak Sullivan, Michael J. - The Riyria Revelations Tchaikovsky, Adrian - Shadows of the Apt Weeks, Brent - The Night Angel Trilogy William, Tad - Memory, Sorrow and Thorn Wolfe, Gene - The Book of the New Sun Zalanzy, Roger - The Chronicles of Amber Those are my favorite fantasy series. The one that stands out for me is The Lies of Locke Lamora, Book One in the Gentleman Bastard Sequence by Scott Lynch. The rest are pretty sweet too. |
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Recent series I have greatly enjoyed:
R Scott Bakker - The Prince Of Nothing Chris Wooding - The Braided Path FWIW, Xachariah's list above is excellent IMO. |
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