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[Rattleface]

Books I liked
-Song of Ice and Fire [duh]
-Pilocene Exile Saga
-Farseer Trilogy, the Liveship Traders

I just need a new fantasy series to read.  Not high fantasy, or if it is, it's done well.

Suggest away!  I need something epic.  Or just a good, engrossing read.  Idk

[Sloth Of Doom]

I just read the Troy series by David Gemell. Not exactly fantasy, but it has a lot of fantasy leanings for historical fiction.

[dragero]

The Name of the Wind- Patrick Rothfuss

One of the last fantasy books I've read. I was very impressed.

[Stagmar]

I always recommend Terry Pratchett's Discworld books if you haven't read them.

[Grumbledumps Vongrumbles]

read the drizzt do'urden series, there is like twenty books

[Forumtroll]

While we're on the subject of Terry Pratchett, go read something by Neil Gaiman.

[Rattleface]

Thankya much, looking these up.

And while I said fantasy, that's just... eh, my preference. I like all genres. -Especially- sci fi horror. Probably my favorite, but there aren't many books that fit in that area and if there are, they blow.



Discworld i'll prolly read

I hate drizzt so go away Grumbles

The Name of the Wind I actually have already but haven't gotten around to it



Does The Name of the Wind ever get, idk, good? I thought the writing was very nice [even at the beginning] but it was just plain boring. It couldn't keep my attention and I managed to ge to like, eh, page 100-something.

[dragero]

I thought it was great, but I honestly don't remember enough detail to know if it had a slow start. I didn't want to read it at first. Having read the back cover, the character sounded too unbelieveable, too invincible, but it ended up not being the case. I liked it very much.

[Rattleface]

I agree with the back cover.



I can honestly tolerate slow starts if they have something that keeps you wanting to read on, but from what I could tell, it didn't. It was a simple character introduction - no suspense, nothing.

That's why I stopped reading lols. It just didn't feel like it was going to get any better.

[Amberyl Ravenclaw]

Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea books.

[MrGOH]

R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing trilogy.

[dragoager]

Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold  (high science fiction; romance, action, and adventure)

anything by David Eddings (epic quest fantasy with a family feel to it)
The Belgariad series (main character - Garion)
The Elenium series (main character - Sparhawk)
(they're both essentially the same story)

[Rattleface]

Amberyl Ravenclaw wrote...

Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea books.

Oh god... I sure hope the books aren't as bad as the movie.  Are they?

[Rattleface]

dragoager wrote...

Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold  (high science fiction; romance, action, and adventure)

anything by David Eddings (epic quest fantasy with a family feel to it)
The Belgariad series (main character - Garion)
The Elenium series (main character - Sparhawk)
(they're both essentially the same story)

Wow... I'm really going to have to give this Cordelia's Honor a spin.  Good suggestion; right up my alley.  Sucks I already went to Barns n Noble and got... Gardens of the Moon.  Thought I'd give it a spin.
Bah.  I wish you posted this earlier!

MrGOH wrote...

R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing trilogy.

Nice, looks good.  I was thinking it'd be cliche and dull with a title like "The Darkness That Comes," but after reading a few reviews, it seems like it'd be a pretty good read for me.

Anyhow, great suggestions so far.  Keep'm coming.

[MrGOH]

Prince of Nothing is not like most sci-fi/fantasy stuff - it's more literary. It reminds me of the original Dune more than anything.



I also liked Jon Abercrombie's First Law books - they really invert most heroic fantasy tropes in very entertaining ways, much like Terry Pratchett does in Discworld, although the First Law books are far less zany.

[Rattleface]

Haha, I remember reading about the First Law books. Not on the top of my priority list, but I'm gonna read them eventually.



Thanks for that. I totally forgot about this series until now.

[Amberyl Ravenclaw]

Rattleface wrote...

Amberyl Ravenclaw wrote...

Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea books.

Oh god... I sure hope the books aren't as bad as the movie.  Are they?

The Japanese animated film deviates significantly from the original books' plot, and has received mixed reviews. I assume, though, that you're talking about the more infamous adaptation aka the Hallmark Production / Sci Fi Channel miniseries, which completely distorts, strips down and whitewashes the entire story and setting, FYI, particularly regarding critical aspects such as issues of race. LeGuin has criticized both productions for straying from the spirit of Earthsea, particularly the miniseries: 

"...I realised that what the writer had done was kill the books, cut them up, take out an eye here, a leg there, and stick these bits into a totally different story, stitching it all together with catgut and hokum. They were going to use the name Earthsea, and some of the scenes from the books, in a generic McMagic movie with a silly plot based on sex and violence."

"I can only admire Mr [Executive Producer Robert] Halmi's imagination, but I wish he'd left mine alone... I wonder if the people who made the film of The Lord of the Rings had ended it with Frodo putting on the Ring and ruling happily ever after, and then claimed that that was what Tolkien "intended..." Would people think they'd been "very, very honest to the books?"

Further reviewer's criticism of the miniseries here.

For that, I've never bothered with seeing either movie, but I really enjoy the books for what they are. The first three books each have a feel of a coming-of-age bildungsroman to them, chronicaling the growth of three pivotal characters who come to shape Earthsea and how their paths intersect (though Ged the wizard is the most notable of the bunch). The fourth - which many people don't enjoy because of the about-turn that LeGuin does in deconstructing her universe and taking a very different approach altogether in terms of storytelling focus and themes - is actually my favorite because of how LeGuin handles issues of gender, discrimination, growth, loss and rebirth, especially from the perspective of a woman (and here you can see LeGuin's feminist and anthropological training at work here, which is really fascinating). While overall the Earthsea series may seem lacking in terms of the conventional i.e. hack-and-slash, sword-and-sorcery flashiness, or the shock factor of grit and violence etc, Earthsea's real magic comes from how LeGuin goes about weaving together a mythic, multicultural, larger-than-life universe and yet manages to touch upon the intensely personal. You don't just read Earthsea because it's a fantasy series, you read it because you want to savor LeGuin's writing, delve into the lives of her characters, and in the case of the fourth book, intellectually mull over darker themes. I hope you'll have the time to read the series and enjoy it as much as I did.

Modifié par Amberyl Ravenclaw, 17 novembre 2009 - 05:11 .

[montana_boy]

You probably think I am nuts but if you like fantasy you are going to love Steven Pressfield... start with Gates of Fire!

[Rattleface]

Amberyl: Yeah, I watched the sci-fi series AND the animated movie lols. Well, I didn't finish either since they weren't my thing, but still.

Good to know that it was just them butchering it and not an adaptation.

And no, I don't mind a lack of sword'n sorcery and hack'n slash. Actually, I prefer the lack of it in my books, so long as the intrigue, suspense, and character development entertain me.



but yeah, I'll have to look that up aswell. lols, I've got a pretty big list now.



As for Gates of Fire - idk. I have a short attention span and a book like that'll probably make my head explode if I try to read it.

[Rheannan]

Current recommended reading list:

Kingmaker, Kingbreaker

Harry Potter

Rogue Agent

Fire of Heaven

The Black Magician

Changer of Days

Riftwar

The Lord of the Rings

This includes sequels and prequels of the abovementioned series, which I didn't list here.

Modifié par Rheannan, 17 novembre 2009 - 01:10 .

[Nattfare]

Temeraire series by Naomi Novik are a decent read, the Napoleon Wars with dragons, not as corny as it sounds actually.

Reading Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin at the moment. It's about a female doctor solving murder crimes in medieval England. Think it is a good book. It's not fantasy though.

Should have mentioned the authors of course.

Modifié par Nattfare, 17 novembre 2009 - 05:04 .

[Rattleface]

Rheannan wrote...

Current recommended reading list:

Kingmaker, Kingbreaker

Harry Potter

Rogue Agent

Fire of Heaven

The Black Magician

Changer of Days

Riftwar

The Lord of the Rings

This includes sequels and prequels of the abovementioned series, which I didn't list here.

Aww, you even provided links to summaries and everything!  Thank you.  That was sweet.
The first one on the list looks good, I'll have to look more into that one.
I'm probably never ever going to read LoTR or Harry Potter, though.

Nattfare wrote...

Temeraire series are a decent read, the Napoleon Wars with dragons, not as corny as it sounds actually.

Reading
Mistress of the Art of Death at the moment. It's about a female doctor
solving murder crimes in medieval England. Think it is a good book.
It's not fantasy though.

Dude, that looks like it'd keep my attention.  I'm going to pick this one up for sure.
Mistress of the Art of Death, I mean.
Just really dig the setting.

[Antiuna]

One of my favorite series is The Coldfire Trilogy by C. S. Friedman.
I love her chracters, they are full of win

Modifié par Antiuna, 17 novembre 2009 - 04:24 .

[Abtacha1982]

I'd suggest The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (there are some sample chapters on that site).
It's a series set in modern day Chicago with the protagonist being a Wizard/Private Investigator.
I'd say the first books put a bit more emphasis on the detective story aspect while the later one's are a bit more fantasy havy.
Oh, and it has it's own TvTropes entry

Modifié par Abtacha1982, 17 novembre 2009 - 06:30 .

[Few87]

Let the Right one in

The Gormenghast Trilogy

Company of Liars