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Matthew Stover's Heroes Die has an interesting take on elves. They're not the focus of the book, by any means, but a fairly prominent character is a Primal (it's what they call themselves.) They're kind of an alternate-universe parallel to the classic fantasy elves, but they're much more vicious. ... ... Gemmell's Legend
Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Peter V. Brett's The Warded Man
Matthew Stover's Acts of Caine (disclaimer: not for the sensitive/squeamish)
Also, I see you've got Card's Alvin Maker series in your library. I would also suggest his excellent books ... ... Pournelle
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1 of 3)
Hyperion by Dan Simmons (1 of 4)
Ilium by Dan Simmons (1 of 2)
Heroes Die by Matthew Woodring Stover (1 of 4) ... Memories of Ice, when Kallor kills you-know-who.
- The final scene of Watership Down. "Yes my Lord, I know you."
- In Heroes Die, when Kollberg realizes that he's no longer dealing with Hari Michaelson, he's dealing with Caine.
- The end of Blade of Tyshalle, when Caine pays Marc ... ... friends on Facebook. The most useful feature for me would be to post notifications, e.g.: "Max Kaehn has finished reading Heroes Die, and reviewed it *here*." (where *here*) is a hyperlink to the review. (I tend to write a review as part of setting the "finish date" field, so it would be ... ... ok.)
Wyrms and Treason by Orson Scott Card - Though technically sci-fi, they both read like fantasy, especially Wyrms.
Heroes Die by Matthew Stover - Takes place on parallel sci-fi and fantasy worlds. Has a sequel, though both books stand alone perfectly fine. Not for the faint of stomach, ... ... I just finished The Warded Man, whose two sequels have yet to be published.
Oh, and I can't forget Matthew Stover's Acts of Caine! The first two stand on their own, but book #3 (Caine Black Knife) ends on a cliffhanger...
Other than that, I generally try to steer clear of series-in-p ... ... settings. Time and location travel happen between books.
I think the most unusual setting is Matthew Woodring Stover's Heroes Die and its subsequent books. The Virtual Reality arena that is used in the future to entertain the masses isn't precisely virtual. Favorite fantasy series:
Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
Acts of Caine by Matthew Stover
Chronicles of the Black Company by Glen Cook
Mordant's Need and Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson
Other favorite fantasy authors:
Orson Scott Card
Richard ... ... Treason, Wyrms
Stephen R. Donaldson - Gap Cycle
Frank Herbert - Dune Chronicles
Matthew Woodring Stover - Acts of Caine
Most reread fantasy:
Richard Adams - Shardik, Maia
Stephen R. Donaldson - Mordant's Need
Steven Erikson - Malazan Book of the Fallen Heroes Die by Matthew Woodring Stover (and sequel Blade of Tyshalle
Heroes is one of the BEST first person action books I have ever read - Caine is an actor, he transfers into another medieval type world where he is an assassin (among other things) but all his adventures are stored and ...
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