Thread: Innovative Fantasy?
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Old 07-28-2013, 06:25 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by jineapple View Post
Fantasy is, in theory, my favourite genre. My favourite books are all fantasy. However, I'm getting very tired of reading the same story slightly altered for the 20th time. So I'm looking for innovative, unique books that you can tell apart from all the fantasy junk out there.
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Have you read Daniel Abraham's Long Price Quartet?

Going back to the origins can also be helpful, Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser is quite a bit different to "modern" fantasy, but these are still great stories.

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