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Graatch (inactive user)Mon 18-Sep-06 10:59 AM
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I haven't read the other responses so if this is duplicative, forgive me.

Anything by Guy Gavriel Kay. He has several stand alone books, a duology, and a trilogy, so you can pick what you prefer. He's just a terrific writer.

If you liked the Amber series, try Lord of Light, also by Zelazny, one of my all-time favorite books.

The whole Deryni collection by Katherine Kurtz is good.

The Darwath trilogy and subsequent books by Barbara Hambly.

Harry Turtledove's tetralogy starting with the Misplaced Legion - a roman legion magically transported to another world. Excellent series.

Fred Saberhagen's Book of Swords.

The Thomas Covenant series by Stephen Donaldson. The first trilogy is the best, the second good but not as good.

The Raymond Feist Midkemia books, starting with Magician: Apprentice are generally good, some more miss than hit, but the first two, the Magician books, are solid.

The Thieves' World series from back in the day had some great stuff. They were co-edited by Lynn Abbey and Robert Aspirin, with lots of great authors contributing.

"Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" by Douglass Adams. Everyone forgets that the writer of the Hitchhiker's guide wrote other stuff, some very funny and good indeed. This is my favorite of those.

And in that same vein, the various Garrett, P.I. series by Glen Cook, starting with Cold Copper Tears or Sweet Silver Blues, I forget.

Lastly, it's cyberpunk, which I don't usually love, but.... Richard Morgan's last three books about the character Takeshi Kovacs, first book being Altered Carbon. Very well done.

There are many more of course, but this should get you started, certainly with all the other posts as well. I only have the benefit of having been reading fantasy books for some time, about 30 years now. Enjoy!

  

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HOT TopicGood fantasy! [View all] , Crysseara, Thu 14-Sep-06 08:40 PM
Reply RE: Good fantasy!, Pendragon_Surtr, 19-Oct-06 04:50 PM, #49
Reply Read anything I write., (NOT Pro), 19-Oct-06 11:38 AM, #47
Reply RE: Good fantasy!, Algonas, 05-Oct-06 05:47 AM, #46
Reply RE: Good fantasy!, incognito, 28-Sep-06 04:42 PM, #45
Reply RE: Good fantasy!, Moridin, 25-Sep-06 05:34 PM, #43
Reply I second that emotion., (NOT Graatch), 26-Sep-06 02:56 PM, #44
Reply RE: Good fantasy!, Eskelian, 23-Sep-06 12:00 PM, #35
Reply RE: Good fantasy!, DurNominator, 23-Sep-06 01:04 PM, #37
Reply RE: Good fantasy!, Alenysi, 18-Sep-06 11:03 AM, #30
Reply RE: Good fantasy!, DurNominator, 19-Sep-06 03:03 AM, #34
Reply Tigana / Alvin Maker, Valkenar, 18-Sep-06 11:00 AM, #29
Reply RE: Good fantasy!, (NOT Graatch), 18-Sep-06 10:59 AM #28
Reply Addendum, (NOT Graatch), 18-Sep-06 04:22 PM, #31
Reply Runelords, nepenthe, 18-Sep-06 04:39 PM, #32
     Reply I agree., (NOT Graatch), 18-Sep-06 05:05 PM, #33
Reply Yeah, I'll second Book of Swords series by Fred Saberha..., Eskelian, 23-Sep-06 12:01 PM, #36
Reply Harry Potter!, Marcus_, 18-Sep-06 03:20 AM, #27
Reply RE: Harry Potter!, n8v_nerd, 24-Sep-06 03:53 AM, #39
     Reply Actually, those were written by Chris Claremont., TheLastMohican, 24-Sep-06 11:55 AM, #40
Reply Larry Bond., Grurk Muouk, 17-Sep-06 06:01 PM, #26
Reply RE: Larry Bond., Pico, 24-Sep-06 11:30 PM, #41
     Reply RE: Larry Bond., Grurk Muouk, 25-Sep-06 07:09 AM, #42
Reply Brust, Leiber, Martin, Tim Powers. Done. nt, Larcat, 17-Sep-06 05:36 PM, #25
Reply RE: Good fantasy!, Eshval, 16-Sep-06 11:19 PM, #23
Reply Just a few I've read..., Saith, 16-Sep-06 10:07 PM, #22
Reply Shannara series by Terry Brooks. Start with the sword. ..., dwimmerling, 16-Sep-06 09:19 PM, #21
Reply I really did try!, Crysseara, 17-Sep-06 11:59 AM, #24
Reply Wheel of Time - but maybe thats just me...nt, Minyar, 15-Sep-06 09:16 PM, #18
Reply RE: Wheel of Time - but maybe thats just me...nt, Crysseara, 15-Sep-06 09:57 PM, #19
Reply It isn't just you. Once I got past the, Quixotic, 15-Sep-06 10:03 PM, #20
     Reply I hear Jordan isn't doing very well, health-wise., Minyar, 23-Sep-06 03:44 PM, #38
          Reply RE: I hear Jordan isn't doing very well, health-wise., Pendragon_Surtr, 19-Oct-06 04:49 PM, #48
Reply Coldfire Trilogy by CS Friedman., TheLastMohican, 15-Sep-06 07:43 PM, #16
Reply Gaiman, Crysseara, 15-Sep-06 08:43 PM, #17
Reply RE: Good fantasy!, Thrakburzug, 15-Sep-06 07:01 PM, #13
Reply Read Jhereg and the related books by Stephen Brust., Theerkla, 15-Sep-06 02:05 PM, #9
Reply RE: Read Jhereg and the related books by Stephen Brust., nepenthe, 15-Sep-06 05:52 PM, #11
     Reply RE: Read Jhereg and the related books by Stephen Brust., Ishmael, 18-Nov-06 06:40 PM, #50
          Reply Beelzebub as a golden retriever, Theerkla, 18-Nov-06 07:20 PM, #51
Reply If you haven't already., Shadowmaster, 15-Sep-06 11:44 AM, #7
Reply Some of my favorites, Lightmage, 15-Sep-06 11:12 AM, #5
Reply Your old man would appreciate the Spider Queen stuff to..., Lightmage, 15-Sep-06 11:17 AM, #6
Reply AHAH, Vortex Magus, 15-Sep-06 09:03 AM, #3
Reply Ester Friesner, Crysseara, 15-Sep-06 05:33 PM, #10
Reply RE: Good fantasy!, Isildur, 15-Sep-06 12:21 AM, #2
Reply Wherein I blaspheme!, nepenthe, 15-Sep-06 09:50 AM, #4
     Reply RE: Wherein I blaspheme!, Isildur, 15-Sep-06 01:33 PM, #8
          Reply RE: Wherein I blaspheme!, nepenthe, 15-Sep-06 06:10 PM, #12
               Reply RE: Wherein I blaspheme!, Isildur, 15-Sep-06 07:06 PM, #14
               Reply If you valued Ulzammon at all, you will read the last b..., TheLastMohican, 15-Sep-06 07:29 PM, #15
Reply Three Cheers for George R.R. Martin!, wretchedmongrel, 14-Sep-06 11:48 PM, #1
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