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Old 08-23-2014, 01:07 PM   #1
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Fantasy Books I Haven't Read

Hi there,

Please could someone recommend me some fantasy that I may not have read. To help, I'll give the authors I have read and like or disliked or found meh:

David Gemmell - Liked
Joe Abercrombie - Disliked
Raymond E. Feist - Disliked
Mark Lawrence - Liked
Jim Butcher - Liked
Kevin Hearne - Liked
L.E. Modesitt Jr - Liked
George R.R. Martin - Meh (Good story but unlikable characters and too long)
Neil Gaiman - Liked
J.R.R. Tolkein - Liked
James Barclay - Disliked
Markus Heitz - Meh (Good narrative setting but cardboard characters)
Steven Erikson - Disliked
Brandon Sanderson - Liked
Brent Weeks - Liked
Peter V. Brett - Liked
R.A. Salvatore - Liked
Jennifer Fallon - Liked
Robin Hobb - Disliked
Mike Carey - Liked
Brian McClellan - Liked
Robert Jordan - Total Meh (Boring, badly written and shallow 2-D characters)
Paul Kearney - Liked
Naomi Novik - Meh
Anne MacCaffrey - Meh
Glen Cook - Meh (Didn't get on with the writing style)
Elizabeth Moon - Meh (Characters didn't interest me)
Philip Pullman - Liked
Guy Gavriel Kay - Disliked
Paul Hoffman - Meh (Depressing)
David Weber - Disliked (Clunky and long-winded)
Tom Lloyd - Meh (Boring to me, not necessarily to other people)
Patrick Rothfuss - Meh (but could like him if tried again)

I don't know whether anyone has any ideas about fantasy authors I may like that I haven't tried?

Last edited by Waylander; 08-25-2014 at 07:15 AM. Reason: Added Authors
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