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A recommended fantasy trilogy to read
Apologies for the second request for a recommendation in the last couple of days. I am looking for a fantasy trilogy series to start soon that fits, loosely, within the criteria below:
Advice on anything would be great. Thanks and apologies again Dave |
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The Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. If you like it, there's a sequel to the trilogy set several hundred years later: Alloy of Law.
The Night Angel trilogy by Brent Weeks. If you like it, there's a prequel novella: Perfect Shadow. The Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series by Tad Williams. These are a little longer than your criteria, especially the third book which is twice the length you're looking for. It's usually found split into two halves: To Green Angel Tower, Part 1 and To Green Angel Tower, Part 2. |
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Try the Earthsea Trilogy, by Ursula K. LeGuin.
Here are the awards given to this series (from Wiki): "Each novel in the series has received a literary award, including the 1969 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction & the 1979 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for A Wizard of Earthsea, the 1972 Newbery Honor for The Tombs of Atuan, the 1973 National Book Award for Children's Books for The Farthest Shore, the 1990 Nebula Award for Best Novel for Tehanu, and the 2002 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel for The Other Wind." There are other books in the series, as well. Don Last edited by Dr. Drib; 05-13-2013 at 03:35 PM. |
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What Jon is trying to say is that in his opinion, the books are overrated.
In my opinion, the books are excellent. What we have are two different opinions. Don |
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I'm going to second Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy, I absolutely loved it and was genuinely sad to see it end. It had an interesting world, great magic system, and fantastic three-dimensional characters.
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I really liked these, but I'm not sure I'd use the adjective "exciting" when describing them. Although I know the first three are often lumped together as a trilogy, whenever I think of Earthsea I think of the full series of six books.
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stop__dreaming: Any particular reason you are looking specifically for trilogies? Will any series work provided the individual volumes are within your length guidelines? The Riftwar books are excellent, although it has been a couple decades since I read the last two. Magician* can be read as a stand-alone book if desired. (*Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master were originally published together but have been separated in many versions to reduce the length, at least in the US.) |
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Earthsea -very good,well paced.
Mistborn - no. Even "nonsensical." However Sanderson does well with finishing out the Wheel of Time. At least the first one. I am not sure I have read the final two. |
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I recommend "His Dark Materials Trilogy" by Philip Pullman.
Comparing with Book 1 & 2, Book 3 of the trilogy (The Amber Spyglass) seems to lose some steam, though. Last edited by itisbomb; 05-14-2013 at 03:57 AM. |
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