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Old October 9th, 2009, 10:57 AM
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Default Re: OT: Any reccomendations for good fanatasy books

"A song of ice and fire" series if you haven't read them already. Best fantasy books I've read so far. Can't wait for the fifth one
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Default Re: OT: Any reccomendations for good fanatasy books

The Bible is a good fantasy book.
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Default Re: OT: Any reccomendations for good fanatasy books

Incidentally, Homer and other greek sagas are a great read, yes.
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Default Re: OT: Any reccomendations for good fanatasy books

I finally had to put down the Black Company about 100 pages in - just couldn't get into it. It was a little too kooky. I am reading Ian Esslemont's Malazan book now and its just barely okay - pales compared to Erikson. I am a big George Martin fan so that would be my next move if you haven't read his series - I think its real..and spectacular.

Following that I'd say Tad Williams Dragonbone Chair and the rest in the series. My all-time favorite is in the sci-fi/cyberpunk genre and its William Gibson's early stuff - Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive up to probably Virtual Light. Lot of cool ideas that are nearly prophetic.
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Default Re: OT: Any reccomendations for good fanatasy books

I'd recommend:

George RR Marin (A Song of Ice and Fire)

Joe Abercrombie (Before They Are Hanged)

Scott Lynch (The Lies of Locke Lamora)

Gregory Keyes (The Waterborn) -by far the most dominions-y

Since sci-fi also came up:

David Brin (Uplift War)

Peter Hamilton (Pandora's Star)

Alistair Reynolds (Revelation Space)

Vernor Vinge (A Fire Upon the Deep)
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Mervyn Peaks Ghormengast trilogy is absolutely amazing.

Other favourites:
  • Stephen King - the gunslinger/dark tower series. Eye of the dragon.
  • Ursula LeGuin - Earthsea series.
  • Bertil Mårtensson - I don´t know the name in english, or if it has even been translated, but its called "Maktens Vägar" in swedish. I know he made some sf novel in english at least.
  • Michael Ende - The Neverending Story.
  • Robert E Howard - Conan series (come on, it´s too classic to skip!)
  • Alan Aldridge - The gnole (now this is a real gem!)

Also strongly recommend Michail Bulgakovs "The Master and Margarita". Not a fantasy book exactly but I think it should appeal to the same audience. In science fiction I´m a big fan of Isaac Asimov.
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Default Re: OT: Any reccomendations for good fanatasy books

A song of ice and fire puts all other serious fantasy to shame.

If you want something with a humorous bent Terry Pratchett is excellent. There's some good armchair philosophy woven into Small Gods if that's your bag.
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Yeah, hardcore real get your-hands-dirty philosophers is da shit!

Armchair philosophy, pffft!
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Default Re: OT: Any reccomendations for good fanatasy books

The Song series by Martin is surely decent, but definately not literature. If you are looking for literature on the scale of Tolkein, forget it.

Otherwise, Zelazny is a great writer, and the first book of the Amber series is one of the best pieces of modern fantasy trivial literature around. The second and third books are also very worth reading. The fourth and fifth are not garbage, but not great. Then he needed money and wrote 5 additional sequels.

Going out on a limb, since it's actually "science fantasy", if that really means anything: Gene Wolfe's "Torturer" series. This work is truly outstanding, also in the sense that in some (weak) sense, it approaches the category of serious literature -- though not as well written as, well, fill in the author of your choice (Borges, for example) in that the events about which he writes represent symbolically something themes which transcend the mere immediate action. Ah whatever. It's 4 great books, check them out. (Warning: Wolfe is incapable of writing about women, I cringe whenever opposite-sex interplay rears its head; doesn't happen often; otherwise, the books are gems, really.)

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Heheh. I am a professional philosopher, and I take ... no offence to that! But seriously, serious philosophy is a *science*, and hence requires getting up from your armchair long enough to get some books....
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