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12-08-2017, 01:07 PM | #77 |
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12-08-2017, 01:07 PM | #78 |
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6, 1, 5, 2, 3, 4, 7
Of course the OP specifically said don't recommend Narnia, so not sure why it is here. |
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Sorry Dazrin *mouth still full of cookie*
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12-08-2017, 01:31 PM | #80 |
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We were both posting at the same time, it happens.
And I was assuming doubleshuffle was trolling too. Who starts with Voyage of the Dawn Treader? Good book but bad starting point. |
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12-08-2017, 02:00 PM | #81 |
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First off, second the recommendations of Robert E. Howard and Michael Moorcock.
Suggestions which haven't been made here AFAICT: - Jack Vance --- the Lyonesse Trilogy --- it's one of my favourites of high fantasy in the purest sense of the term (more on that below) - Steven Brust --- the Taltos/Dragaera books --- if you enjoy Dumas, then you'll love _The Phoenix Guards_ and _Five-hundred Years After_ - C. J Cherryh --- _The Tree of Swords and Jewels _ and its sequel are just heartbreaking, the Morgain trilogy and its sequels are very cool. - Robin McKinley --- if you like short stories _The Door in the Hedge_ is amazing. _The Hero and the Crown_ is a lot of fun. High fantasy can't be about quantity of magic --- that would be a different axis --- it's more about the quality of the writing, and the story adhering to the traditions of the genre. |
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It does my heart good to see someone admit that it's based on entirely upon subjective opinion. Quality and tradition: nothing could be more cut and dried than that!
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12-08-2017, 02:38 PM | #84 |
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I'm going to throw Butcher's "Codex Alera" series into the mix. I guess I'll second this since @Penforhire clearly got there first.
And just because I can ... an epic* fantasy stand-alone novel: Michael A. Stackpole's Once A Hero. * it should be noted that my use of the word "epic" is based purely on the scope of the story. Last edited by DiapDealer; 12-08-2017 at 03:03 PM. |
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I agree. And I think they've been too blurred to matter for a very long time. But there sure are plenty of people left who will be more than happy to tell us we're wrong.
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Has he finished the Chung Kuo rewrite? I was collecting the paperbacks until I learned how ungodly expensive the final book was, so I gave up and never read the books.
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I have an almost complete set, and my collecting sensibilities dictate that they all be in M-NM condition. In fact, I would say they're in 'like-new' condition. Although I encountered a couple of those authors (Clarke Aston Smith, Robert E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft for example) in Lowndes' "Magazine of Horror" and "Startling Mystery Stories." (In fact, I remember reading the very first story by some northern hick named Stephen King!) |
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