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fjtorres · 03-03-2013, 06:20 PM

I tend to avoid the Tolkien wannabes but I do like old school fantasies like Glory Road.
Mostly I like my fantasy on the light side with the ocassional Donaldson on the side.
Don't know about the ebook availability on these but I rather enjoyed:

L. Sprague DeCamp's fantasies, especially his Harold Shea romps. The Complete Enchanter is a good start.

Brian Daley's Coramonde duo.

Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Mouser collections.
(I really really like Lean Times in Lanhkmar. A fantasy realm with a real economy. Conan never had to deal with an economic depression.)

Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion cycle.

Roger Zelazny's Jack of Shadows and Madwand

Haven't read any yet but I've heard good things about Glen Cook's Black Company series.

In the portal fantasy sub-genre:

Gordon R. Dickson's Dragon Knight series.

Alan Dean Foster's Spellsinger Cycle

Christopher Stasheff's Wizard in Rhyme. Volumes 4 and 6 are a bit flat but the rest are a lot of fun. He does try to build in a "realistic" medieval mindset into that setting.

Rick Cook's Wiz Biz is a lot of fun, especially to the Unix aware. Starting with Wizard's Bane and moving to The Wizardy Compiled and the rest. Lots of programming in-jokes.

More adventure than fantasy but also a classic: Philip Jose Farmer's World of Tiers series.

03-03-2013, 06:20 PM	#34
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	I tend to avoid the Tolkien wannabes but I do like old school fantasies like Glory Road. Mostly I like my fantasy on the light side with the ocassional Donaldson on the side. Don't know about the ebook availability on these but I rather enjoyed: L. Sprague DeCamp's fantasies, especially his Harold Shea romps. The Complete Enchanter is a good start. Brian Daley's Coramonde duo. Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Mouser collections. (I really really like Lean Times in Lanhkmar. A fantasy realm with a real economy. Conan never had to deal with an economic depression.) Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion cycle. Roger Zelazny's Jack of Shadows and Madwand Haven't read any yet but I've heard good things about Glen Cook's Black Company series. In the portal fantasy sub-genre: Gordon R. Dickson's Dragon Knight series. Alan Dean Foster's Spellsinger Cycle Christopher Stasheff's Wizard in Rhyme. Volumes 4 and 6 are a bit flat but the rest are a lot of fun. He does try to build in a "realistic" medieval mindset into that setting. Rick Cook's Wiz Biz is a lot of fun, especially to the Unix aware. Starting with Wizard's Bane and moving to The Wizardy Compiled and the rest. Lots of programming in-jokes. More adventure than fantasy but also a classic: Philip Jose Farmer's World of Tiers series. Last edited by fjtorres; 03-03-2013 at 06:41 PM.