steph Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Hey guys Summer arrive and I want to start reading a good fantasy series. Do you have recommendation ? What is your best fantasy novel and why?. Even if is LOTR or GOT Steph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steph Posted June 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Better: Give me your top 5 of Fantasy novels. Steph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 I have really enjoyed the three Chalion books: The Curse Of Chalion, The Paladin Of Souls, and The Hallowed Hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 That is such a wide net. There are so many good fantasy series and books over the years. In the realm of fantasy, what particular niche are you looking for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steph Posted June 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Low to high fantasy. Dont care really, A friend suggest me Gardens of the moon (steven Erickson) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 I'm going to bang the drum for "Sword and Soul", which is S&S set in an African background (historical or imagined). Look for MIlton Davis' Chronicles pf Meiji and Charles R Saunders' Imaro and Dossouye stories, plus a host of others, including Balogun Ojetade's Once Upon a Time In Afrika. Davis and Saunders have also collaborated on Griotsi which is an anthology of these stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuSoardGraphite Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 My current favorite is the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson. Eagerly awaiting book 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Discworld. Anything by any of the following. Not all of them wrote their books in a series though. No particular order or preference implied: R E Howard. L Sprague De Camp. Lin Carter. Fritz Leiber. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Poul Anderson. Phillip Jose Farmer. Roger Zelazny. Michael Moorcock. China Mieville. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Low to high fantasy. Dont care really, A friend suggest me Gardens of the moon (steven Erickson) Part of The Malazan Book of the Fallen Series: Gardens of the Moon Deadhouse Gates Memories of Ice House of Chains Midnight Tides The Bonehunters Reaper's Gale Toll the Hounds Dust of Dreams The Crippled God Dark gritty fantasy. Kinda like Cook's Black Company Chronicles. I like a little lighter fare so you may like: Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon. Amber by Zelazny and David Eddings series: The Belgariad series Pawn of Prophecy Queen of Sorcery Magician's Gambit Castle of Wizardry Enchanters' End Game The Malloreon series Guardians of the West King of the Murgos Demon Lord of Karanda Sorceress of Darshiva The Seeress of Kell The Elenium series The Diamond Throne The Ruby Knight The Sapphire Rose The Tamuli series Domes of Fire The Shining Ones The Hidden City Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Discworld. Anything by any of the following. Not all of them wrote their books in a series though. No particular order or preference implied: R E Howard. L Sprague De Camp. Lin Carter. Fritz Leiber. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Poul Anderson. Phillip Jose Farmer. Roger Zelazny. Michael Moorcock. China Mieville. Reaching back we are A lot of great Sword & Planet writers there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ndreare Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Single handed the best author out there now is Brandon Sanderson so grab Mistborn or Stormlight Archives and get started. Otherwise here are some other great series. Malazan Book of The Fallen: Gardens of the moon (amazing series) The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard series) The Black Company Night angle Trilogy (they are b-rate fantasy done perfectly I loved them) Lightbringer series (also by Brent Weeks, but a drastically different voice IMHO) A great new series I ran across but he is only to book two is called Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne by Brian Staveley Also pretty much every book Spence stated above is completely amazing even if I did not duplicate it here. (Except I never heard of Elizabeth Moon) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesguy Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Vlad Series by Stephen Brust Sunset Warrior Series by Eric Lustbader Fafhrd & Grey Mouser series by Fritz Leiber Thieves World Anthologies - especially if you can find the first 2 or 3 in the series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhd Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Anything not by Anthony, Eddings, Lackey or Goodkind and not containing vampires is a decent start in my opinion. I'm not good at ranking things, so I just pick some novels/series that stuck with me over the years: - Master of Five Magics / Secret of the Sixth Magic, Lyndon Hardy - Earthsea Cycle, Ursula K. Le Guin - Song of the Lioness, Tamora Pierce - Drenai Series, David Gemmell - Black Company Series, Glen Cook Mostly older stuff, I'll see if the more recent ones keep fresh that long. I've enjoyed Lynch, Abercrombie, Martin etc, and still can't quite get myself to like contemporary/urban/steampunk fantasy, even if it's written by great authors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Thieves World Anthologies - especially if you can find the first 2 or 3 in the series When I was in Denver, I managed to find a replacement for the first book, which I had loaned to a friend and never got back. The Sword of Truth series The First Confessor Debt of Bones Wizard's First Rule Stone of Tears Blood of the Fold Temple of the Winds Soul of the Fire Faith of the Fallen The Pillars of Creation Naked Empire Chainfire Phantom Confessor The Omen Machine The Third Kingdom Severed Souls The Wheel of Time The Eye of the World The Great Hunt The Dragon Reborn The Shadow Rising The Fires of Heaven Lord of Chaos A Crown of Swords The Path of Daggers Winter's Heart Crossroads of Twilight Knife of Dreams The Gathering Storm Towers of Midnight A Memory of Light Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesguy Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 If you want a campaign that is heavy on the intrigue and complications nothing beats Game of Thrones. Read the books... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Either of my books, Snowberry's Veil or Old Habits, in the signature links I also recommend old stuff like King Solomon's Mines and almost forgotten series such as Katherine Kurtz' Deryni books. Patricia McKillip's bard books are good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaze9999 Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Been on a YA kick recently, this is a good, quick read that I really enjoyed (where 'enjoyed' means, 'inspires me to run a game'): Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1) Cashore, Kristin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaze9999 Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Also off the beaten path (and DEFINITELY not Young Adult!) are two oldies but goodies using psuedo science in fantasy type settings: Killer Drake, David Northworld Trilogy (Northworld, #1-3) Drake, David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 .... and almost forgotten series such as Katherine Kurtz' Deryni books. Yes. I cannot recommend the Deryni books enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 (Except I never heard of Elizabeth Moon) She has written some good scifi too. Not the most prolific writer, but what is there is good. Her Paksenarrion books pretty much set the standard of what a fantasy Paladin is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Hey guys Summer arrive and I want to start reading a good fantasy series. Do you have recommendation ? What is your best fantasy novel and why?. Even if is LOTR or GOT Steph Well, if you haven't yet read Lord of the Rings, go do so. In fact, even if you have, they can be a joy to read again, especially if it's been a while. If one were to read only one fantasy novel ever, it should be Hogfather. Anything else by Pratchett is probably great if you want to laugh and even better if you want to laugh and think. A personal favorite of mine is the author Andre Norton, especially Witch World and anything else in that setting. The trilogy His Dark Materials has a reputation for being very dark and grim and there is something to that, but if you are willing to follow it to the end, it has some glorious rays of hope and I found the very end of it downright inspiring. "Fantasy" is such a broad category though that it's hard to know what to recommend unless you narrow it down somehow... Lucius Alexander The palindromedary wants to suggest Circus of Words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Hard to go wrong with anything written by Brandon Sanderson. Mistborn is a good non-standard fantasy. Reread Glen Cook's Black Company series a little while ago. It's aged pretty well. If you don't mind Napoleonic fantasy, I can also recommend Naomi Novik's Temeraire series. It's pretty lightweight. Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire is the opposite of lightweight. It's well written, but if you need happy endings you may want to look elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemblamenchisus Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Jack Vance is a must. Both the Dying Earth and Lyonesse series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Desmarais Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 I'll toss out a few I haven't seen mentioned. I don't read a lot of fantasy anymore, being more of a science fiction fan, but here are a few that stand out for me. The Dragon Prince series and the Dragon Star series (related) by Melanie Rawn The War God series by David Weber (I find a usually enjoy fantasy written by authors who usually write SF) The Deed of Paksennarion by Elizabeth Moon The Vlad Taltos books by Steven Brust The Cleric Quintet by R.A. Salvatore (the only thing by him I ever enjoyed) The Valdemar novels by Mercedes Lackey (I'll catch cr@p from the serious fantasy fans over this one, but while her plots tend to be predictable, her character development is great) The Nightrunner series by Lynn Flewelling The Keeper Chronicles by Tanya Huff The Magic Goes Away (and relate short stories) by Larry Niven Silverlock by John Myers Myers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ndreare Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 The Dragon Prince series and the Dragon Star series list me completely when the protagonist raped his captor. Overall the series rad more like a romance than traditional fantasy. But it was a deal breaker for me. Dying Earth confuses me. Everyone says it is great (99% of people who have read it) but to me it rad more like a teenage boys fantasies. The over sexism was weird, and I am not a very liberal person. But it seemed the only point of women was to be naked or minimally dressed while waiting to be rescued from danger. I only rad the first book, but that was my impression. Overall I would say it is a two or three start book, not the five stars people often give it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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