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[Shannara13]

Abtacha1982 wrote...

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

I second the vote for The Dresden Files. Also don't forget about the Codex Alera series by Jim Butcher, the last book comes out in just a few days *twitch*.

[Sheylan]

TheWabbit wrote...


Wheel of time (until book 7 is good - goes off on weird tangents then)

Book nine and eleven are good also... And the new book 12 by Brian Sanderson is FANTASTIC.

Anything by Brian Sanderson is great.

Mistborn Trilogy and Elantris. He has one more book that I havnt read.

Brent Weeks' Night Angel trilogy is some great dark fantasy. The main character is an assasin, and does some very gray things.

[MrGOH]

Rattleface wrote...

Xiphias wrote...

Science fiction wise have you read Dan Simmon's Two Hyperion Books

No, but I think I'm going to lols.

One of the best high science fiction/space opera/historical fiction series I've read recently is Dan Simmons' Ilium and Olympos duology - they're a fun mix of ancient greek myth, post-singularity shenanigans, and robots debating about Shakespeare's sonnets and Proust. To get the most out of them, you probably need to have read a good number of the standard works of Western literature. If not, the books are damn good reads with lots of action interspersed with general strangeness but with very human and relatable characters. I liked them better than the Hyperion books, to be honest - the characters are far, far better.

[Rattleface]

That sounds strangely awesome, Mister Goh. I think I'd be able to read and like it so long as my lack of knowing a thing about western literature isn't that bad of a slog. Well, I'm not totally retarded on the subject. Just not sure if I'd be able to live up to the book's standards, y'know?

[NightmareKira]

i would suggest reading Night Watch and its three sequels, by Sergei Lukyanenko. It's about a group of beings known as Others, who at one point were regular humans who gained supernatural powers when they entered the Twilight. The books mostly take place in Russia as that is where the author is from. It has all the things you would expect from a sci-fi fantasy, Mages, Vamps, Shapeshifters and so on. I also agree with the Dresden Files. Butcher's writing style is definitely one of my favorites.

[Balraw]

Robert E Howard's Conan stories are all timeless classics that have influenced a lot of contempory fantasy authors. 

I would recommend the following collections as they are unedited and as written by Howard himself:

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian

The Bloody Crown of Conan

The Conquering Sword of Conan

Oh yeah and another vote for the Dresden Files.  I was pleasantly suprised by this series and ended up getting all of them (11 books in total I think)

Modifié par Balraw, 22 novembre 2009 - 03:32 .