Personally, I prefer Game of Shadows. Really good, especially if you like reading about scandals.
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Personally, I prefer Game of Shadows. Really good, especially if you like reading about scandals.
I've never read WoT, but my two favorite fantasy authors are George RR Martin and Robin Hobb. If you like dark, gritty, and character driven fantasy, that's definitely the route to take.
Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
Not fantasy, but fiction based on the real-life stand "The 300" Spartans made at Thermopylae to temporarily hold off Xerxes' "two-million" man Persian army while the Greeks rallied (eventually inflicting the decisive blow at the naval battle of Salamis), saving Western Civilization as we know it.
An author's interpretation of a look in at one of those special moments in which reality probably transcended what had been humanly conceivable before it.
For fantasy purposes I'll second, or third or whatever, GRRM's A Song of Ice and Fire series, though it is a big commitment and won't be finished for another several years at the least. For a sample you can check out his c. 100-page novellas "The Hedge Knight" and it's sequel "The Sworn Sword" in the fantasy anthology Legends and Legends II (L II comes in two parts...get the one with the yellow cover).
Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game and it's sequels Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind are sci-fi, but far more cerebral/philosophical than usual. Lot's of good social commentary buried in SftD and the first half of Xenocide.
Although hailed as Science Fiction's greatest masterpiece, Dune has some aspects that cause one to think of fantasy. And it's just a stunning book, it honestly is. The obvious thought put into the creation of the book is boggling.
And read Terry Goodkind - you shall not be disappointed. You owe it to yourself to do so at the very least.
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dark tower blah blah
if you've never read isaac asimov, give the foundation a shot. or something related.
terry pratchett?
good omens by neil gaiman and terry pratchett
I cannot believe no one has mentioned Raymond E. Feist, he is my all time fave author and I have read many many books (Weis + Hickman, Phillip Pullman, Terry Goodkind, Robert Jorden, Melanie Rawn (who is exceptional), Robin Hobb, David Eddings... the list goes on and on) out of all of them Feist is the Best of the Best
Dune.
Definatly read the "His Dark Materials" trilogy. They are my favorite books in the entire world. I do believe they are making movies out of them, correct? Please let them be better than the Harry Potter movies.
lol. Every story in Redwall is the same. - But its alrightQuote:
Originally Posted by Elite Lord Sigma
Eoin Colfer
Darren Shan.
Tolkien.
Pullman
Rowling
Horrowitz
C. S Lewis
Are fantasy authors I like.
'The Edge Chronicles.'
The above are all easy reads, if thats what you like.
i heard a few years back that pullman was writing a script. but i seriously hope this got canned.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dragoon Kain
nope i dont think they did. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385752/Quote:
Originally Posted by Not At All Renoi heard a few years back that pullman was writing a script. but i seriously hope this got canned.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dragoon Kain
well.
at least the cast list looks ok.
daniel craig? man he's gonna need to loose some muscle.
yea but they are taking the whole religion thing out of the movie. THATS WHAT THE WHOLE SERIES IS ABOUT!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Not At All Reno
Um try the Obsidian Chronicles by Lawrence Watt-Evans, First on is Dragon Weather then The Dragon Society, and last Dragon Venom.
I came across these hiddne gems about a year ago, well that's a lie, I found the first one 3 years ago but didn't really look into it. I remember seeing it though. They are very good, I mean the slave girls in it have thier feet cut off so they can't run away :eek:
Um Also the Anita Blake series by Laurell K Hamilton. They make me giggle and are very entertaining. The character Anita blake is a vampire hunter. There are like 15 of the series. I like them, even though i'm a fantasy book nerd.