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Jano said:
I'm looking for some help, I'm going away on hols soon and want a couple of books available on the kindle before I go. Problem is I feel like I've read every "decent" book in the fantasy genre and I'm running out of options.

Have just started Patrick Rothfuss' second book, the wise man's fear, but I will have finished that before I go. In addition to this I have ready everything from the following -

Peter Brett
Tolkein
Pratchett
Feist
George R.R Martin
Erikson
Terry Goodkind
Robert Jordan
Chris Bunch
Terry Brooks
Robin Hobb
J.V Jones
Trudi Canavan
Ian Esselmont
Joe Abercrombie
David Gemmell
James Barclay...

Anyway you get the idea, pretty much every well known author, I've probably read the majority of their books. Does anyone have any recommendations for some of the more obscure authors in the fantasy genre?
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Mistborn trilogy (sorry, quadrilogy now) by Brandon Sanderson? Brent Weeks Night Angel Trilogy?
 
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Glen Cook (think I've always been put off by the dodgy reviews in the past) and Adrian Tchaikovsky look interesting, I've read the others unfortunately.

Have read and enjoyed the Mistborn trilogy, I avoided the fourth as it sounded a little odd, but I'm sure I'll pick it up sometime. Will give Brent Weeks a go, that's been on my useless recommended list on Amazon for a while.
 
Jano said:
Glen Cook (think I've always been put off by the dodgy reviews in the past) and Adrian Tchaikovsky look interesting, I've read the others unfortunately.

Have read and enjoyed the Mistborn trilogy, I avoided the fourth as it sounded a little odd, but I'm sure I'll pick it up sometime. Will give Brent Weeks a go, that's been on my useless recommended list on Amazon for a while.
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Give Cook a go trust me. I have only read the first trilogy but that was great, though I could imagine sone would be put off by his style. Really good scale and pacing.
 
Ive just started working my way through all of Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt novels.

I know they are probably not the finest written books but, they are fantastic as a bit of escapism.
 
Jano said:
Glen Cook (think I've always been put off by the dodgy reviews in the past) and Adrian Tchaikovsky look interesting, I've read the others unfortunately.

Have read and enjoyed the Mistborn trilogy, I avoided the fourth as it sounded a little odd, but I'm sure I'll pick it up sometime. Will give Brent Weeks a go, that's been on my useless recommended list on Amazon for a while.
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The Alloy of Law (the fourth book), is a really really nice follow-up to the earlier books, I'd recommend it! I was a little put off by the sound of the more advanced civilisation etc in comparison, but it really nicely ties in with stuff from the first three books and the magic system itself.
 
Just started Immediate Action. I've read a few from McNab and I've liked them and I've read good reviews of this book so I'm sure it'll be good.
 
About half way through Tricks of the Mind by Derren Brown. Enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would, although if you're not a fan of his programmes this is probably not for you.

Next up is A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke.
 
Dano said:
Just going to re-read the first three Mistborn books and then buy the fourth :)
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I've just started the series.....pretty good so far. I started reading Brandon Sanderson on the strength of his contribution to Wheel of Time and so far I'm not disappointed.
 
PBancroft said:
I've just finished The Quiet War by Paul McAuley - next some technical manuals. Wooo!
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Much underestimated writer, although not as good as another Brit (Northern Irish anyway), Iain MacDonald.


Still wading through SoIaF, now back to Dragons. This time round, being able to remember more of what happened earlier, it makes a lot more sense. I still don't like the way that the story was split between Crows and Dragons though: I still say straight chronological split would have been better.
 
I'm now on Wizard and Glass by Stephen King. Really liking this series so far. Also read is Insomnia book too. It was huge and took me a fair while but there's a connection to the Dark Tower books in there which I really liked. Also read Blaze by Richard Bachman (SK) which was alright. I seem to be in a King phase at the moment. Not sure why I never read any of his books before this!

Been reading the Vampire Diaries books as well. I thought there was a different writing style to the last book and on further inspection it turns out LJ Smith has been sacked from writing her own books because they publishers didn't like her version of the story and they are now being written by a ghost writer. This is really disappointing as her style and ideas seem much better than what it is turning out to be :(
 
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I'm now on Wizard and Glass by Stephen King. Really liking this series so far. Also read is Insomnia book too. It was huge and took me a fair while but there's a connection to the Dark Tower books in there which I really liked. Also read Blaze by Richard Bachman (SK) which was alright. I seem to be in a King phase at the moment. Not sure why I never read any of his books before this!
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I liked W&G I didn't like The Waste Lands before it. The bar scene in W&G is one of the highlights of the series. The next book Wolves of the Calla is also very good there is a solid reference to Salems' Lot in there the way it is tied in with that book is probably the best story line of the whole series. The final book is also a good read. Song of Suzanna I found dull.

You might want to read the 'new' Dark Tower book 'The wind through the key hole' which fits in between 4 & 5 after W&G even though it is the newer of the series.
 
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