OT - Books???

[Executor]

Started reading Song of Fire and Ice a while back after I lost a game titled the same to Corwin. I never realized the series weren't finished once I started reading the first damn book so a hex on you Corwin for that!

So, I was wondering if anyone else here is into the same or similar crap and if you've got something good(ish) to recommend, preferably something finished?

[Knai]

Other stuff you should like.

STANDARD READING
Guy Gavriel Kay
The Lions of Al Rassan*
The Last Light Of The Sun
The Sarantine Mosaic

J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings
The Silimarillion


George R. R. Martin
Fevre Dream
The Armageddon Rag

LIGHT READING
Brandon Sanderson
Elantris
Mistborn
Warbreaker

Garth Nix
The Old Kingdom

Alan Dean Foster
The Journey of the Catechist
The Damned
The Founding of the Commonwealth

Tamora Pierce
Protector of the Small
Terrier

*If you take nothing else from this, take this book. It is wonderful.

[samoht]

Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe. It makes for some pretty challenging reading, but very rewarding. I like to reread it about once a year. It is four books, but now it is collected into two volumes. You can find it at most any book store.

The old (original) Conan stories by Robert E. Howard are always good, too. I think those have been collected into three different volumes.

[Starbelly Geek]

Glenn Cook's Black Company series - the first few have some of the feel of a Dominions game, complete with thugs and SC's!

[Anaconda]

The First Law thrilogy by Joe Abercrombie. It's ok, its not mind blowing, but its good enough to keep genre fans entertained while Martin finishes his next tome.

[Executor]

Thanks for the suggestions!
Started reading Mistborn yesterday but gave up after the first few chapters, didn't really catch my attention.
Hopefully these books mentioned here will keep me occupied for a while.

[Knai]

Originally Posted by Executor

Thanks for the suggestions!
Started reading Mistborn yesterday but gave up after the first few chapters, didn't really catch my attention.
Hopefully these books mentioned here will keep me occupied for a while.

Honestly, Mistborn is probably my least favorite Sanderson book, and Sanderson is among the authors on that list that is least applicable (and that I like least). It's Guy Gavriel Kay that you want, more than any of the others.

[Deathjester]

Steven Erikson - "The Malazan Book of the Fallen"

For me, it's a fantastic series and the best fantasy I have read. It's gritty, rough, epic and touching. It's not true to many formulas in fantasy though, which might be offsetting. But, many scenes, many characters, are so memorable. 10 books, starting with Gardens of the Moon, all finished.

Also, Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" is a great epic. While not strictly fantasy - it's scifi/fantasy/western - it's a solid epic storyline with great characters and it's just very very good. 7 books, starting with "The Gunslinger", all finished.

These should not be missed!

[Doo]

The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny is brilliant!

This is the series that turned Angband into Zangband (I hope that means something to somebody here), introducing the Trumps of Doom and other beasties. I've finished the Amber series and over halfway through the Courts of Chaos series.

Also read The Lords of Light by the same author. A stand-alone novel about gods at war over educating the humans, except its not what it first appears...

Zelanzy has a very easy to read style and I recommend the above novels to anyone.

[thejeff]

Be aware that The Dark Tower series becomes much more horror than scifi/fantasy/western as it goes along. I loved the first few and lost interest as I went along.

Zelazny is wonderful. Lords of Light is one of my all-time favorites.

Mistborn is one of the few books I couldn't get through. Never tried to read any others.