Thread: The "Can't Miss" fantasy books!
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Old 06-03-2013, 06:00 PM   #26
Graham
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Originally Posted by BeccaPrice View Post
I'd recommend Lois McMaster Bujold (but I always recommend Bujold) Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls, and also her Sharing Knife quartet. They're not wizards and dragons and elves fantasy, but they're fantasy none the less, and some of the best written books around.
Agreed, particularly Paladin of Souls.

I enjoyed the Sharing Knife quartet, but I wouldn't put them in the "can't miss" category as a whole - the first book presents us with the core fantasy idea - and it's gripping - while the others run with the ensuing soap opera.

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