Fantasy Series

Warbie said:
The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss and the Demon Cycle series by Peter V Brett might work for you.
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I read the first two Kingkiller (second was a bit of a drag) but it seems although Pat will never finish the series. Is there any reason why there seems to be no progress with it that anyone knows of?

I liked the Peter V Brett books but found them to get steadily worse as the series went on, I have has the final one (The Core?) since Xmas and I found the first couple of chapters pretty turgid so it's currently sitting gathering dust. I will probably read it at some point but not particularly in a rush to do so.
 
No1newts said:
:p

Everyone keeps recommending Hobbs and looking for some way to avoid the worst of Fitz, I don'ind not reading it but everyone always recommends it.

To be fair I'm happy enough with Witcher for now then I'll be moving onto Sandman Slim and with my limited reading time that will get me through a long period before needing to contemplate whether or not to relate Fitz again.
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Finish the first series and start on the next two... They are amazing
 
Just finished the first witcher book, thank you for the brilliant recommendation.

Great combination of strong story, interesting characters, shades of grey stories and challenges faced and even nicely layered comedy.

Bought the second book already.
 
China Mieville. If you haven't read Perdido Street Station read that. Thats' his best book in my opinion.

Also the Rift War Saga by Raymond E. Feist is excellent.

David Eddings Belgariad and Mallorian are great too.
 
opethdisciple said:
China Mieville. If you haven't read Perdido Street Station read that. Thats' his best book in my opinion.

Also the Rift War Saga by Raymond E. Feist is excellent.

David Eddings Belgariad and Mallorian are great too.
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I liked Feist until what I believe was the war series post Talon of the Silver Fox trology or whatever he was called. Darkwar Saga or something that mainly followed Pugs sons . I genuinely enjoyed his books despite the quality noticeably going downhill after the brilliant serpentwar Trilogy but I was so offended by the last book I read (something about dark riders or something on the title) that I vowed never to read another of his books again and I never have. I'll spoiler incase you are reading the series;

Erik Von Darkmoor was my most beloved character in the series for some reason and it the end of that last book he killed him off handedly in a pathetic one liner. More offensive was in that one sentence he forgot years of his own character development saying he had never been married (he was) had kids (he did) and he had never loved anyone bar his role as a general which was complete and utter BS and character murder. So I have never read his books again :p

I wrote a really ranty review on Amazon that's still probably out there somewhere :p

Eddings was ok, I read his first full series but wasn't a huge fan. Not bad just not really my thing.

Mieville I worshipped Perdido Street, amazing book, but by the end of that trilogy (the one about the moving train) he was basically just dry humping a thesaurus to the detriment of the story and whilst I finished the book I haven't really been tempted to go back to his books. Shame as if all were to the standard of Perdido he would be among my most loved authors.
 
Read the waylander and druss series from David Gemmell, then every other book of his pretty much as they are nearly all great.
 
You havent mentioned GRR Martin
He doesn't/didn't only do A song of ice and fire (game of thrones), although I note you don't mention that on your list
Its definately darker than the TV series spin off. He bases it heavily on the UK around the times of the wars of the roses. A time sheer brutality, politics and often shocking unexpected outcomes (although would be far less if you have seen / heard about the TV series)

This is definatly not a recommendation for a dark line of fantasy, but if at times you want a more throwaway simple read (kind of like the book equivalent of a quickie ;) ) then the RA Salvatore books about Drizzt are good fun. There is good humour and some truly great characters in there. The cleric quintet also good. If you do like some humour then the dwarves are pretty good for that in his books. Its based on D&D so he started with a raft of material already, ie he didnt have to create a land, races etc, he added the characters. Thibbledorf Pwent will remain one of my fav fantasy characters.
 
Elric of Melnibone
Michael Moorcock. I have an omnibus hardback of this. The books on amazon seem to be the individual stories.
Not the graphic novels based on the character of elric; I can't speak for those. The original moorcock character is great.
 
chroniclard said:
Wouldnt recommend that until its actually finished!
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Don't be silly, we'll all be dead long before then.

Any interest in the warhammer 40k universe OP? Dan Abnett has written some strong books in that world. Eisenhorn and Gaunts Ghosts are standout.

Did you mention Robert Jordan in your post? Given how prolific you seem to be I'm sure you've read him.

I'll also throw a vote in for Lumley's Necroscope series, the first book is quite contemporary in its setting but very dark and quite interesting.

I'm also reading city of stairs, not very far in but it's well thought of and seems quite interesting.
 
Alexrose1uk said:
They're pretty good, two series following Sparhawk; a knight/paladin and his story. If you've read the Belgariad and Malloreon you should feel instantly at home with his writing style.
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So long since I read those - I seem to recall them being pretty good at the time but I was a lot younger then.
 
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