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posted by SendersName at 8:06 pm (EST) on Nov 18, 2009
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Thanks,
Chris
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posted by electric at 1:47 am (EST) on May 2, 2008
posted by electric at 5:34 am (EST) on Apr 9, 2008
I know what you mean about having a lot to read - I have about 200 on my to-read list, and it just keeps growing. If you ever want more recommendations let me know, or if you get round to reading some of those authors, I'd love to know what you think of them.
Cheers, K
posted by Severn at 12:01 am (EST) on Sep 11, 2007
Our poor spouses hehe. My hubby gets stuck with me reading rudely when we're out for lunch; fortunately he's lovely and patient and pretends to understand my addiction. (I make exceptions for romantic dinners ~rolling eyes at self~).
Hm, as for fantasy, well I notice you're missing a few from your collection that you might like. If you like George R.R. Martin you may like Steven Erikson - they're as different as night as day in respect of their story-telling, and world-building etc, but the quality of each is great. Erikson world-builds on a fantastic scale; the scope of his series is huge (First book is Gardens of the Moon). A note/hint/tip - if you choose to read him, don't worry if you're utterly confused. You're meant to be - the guy's a social anthropologist - he shoves you into his world with no explanation about what's going on, and his world is huge with many cultures. You might also like R. Scott Bakker, a recent hero on the stage of fantasy - his world and characters are quite dark, and his story-telling is reasonably complex. His character's aren't precisely likeable, but for me personally that's why I like them. I get tired sometimes of the cliched fantasy hero. (First book is The Darkness That Comes Before). I see you have Tigana by GG Kay...that guy is a genius, so if you liked that I recommend all of his novels (other than his Fionavar trilogy which is tripe, and might as well have been written by a different author).
More authors:
Carol Berg and her Rai-Kirah trilogy. One of my favourites..
Sarah Zettel and her Isavalta trilogy. Sadly underrated, but so fantastic...
Greg Keyes and the Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone - a four book series that is traditional high fantasy
Patricia McKillip - she just writes beautifully...she writes a lot of Young Adult fiction, her adult fantasy 'The Riddlemaster' trilogy (available in an omnibus) is sooo lovely. Her style of writing is different from anything I've read before.
Ok, I'm sure that's enough for now!
Cheers, K
posted by Severn at 7:16 am (EST) on Sep 6, 2007
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posted by bibliophool at 4:57 pm (EST) on Jul 24, 2007
posted by etinterrapax at 7:51 pm (EST) on Mar 21, 2007