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What are some good high fantasy series?
Posted on 4/30/18 at 7:56 pm
Posted on 4/30/18 at 7:56 pm
I'm about to do a long drive from Houston to Seattle and I'm looking for a good audio book/series to start. I'm already deep into the legend of drizzt series, but I want to start a new series with my buddy. I love the D and D genre I just don't know what other books are popular other than the legend of drizzt.
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Posted on 5/1/18 at 9:41 am to KingwoodLsuFan
Fantasy recs on first page
Coming from the D&D universe, I would suggest starting with Michael Sullivan's Riyria series.
Coming from the D&D universe, I would suggest starting with Michael Sullivan's Riyria series.
This post was edited on 5/1/18 at 11:15 am
Posted on 5/1/18 at 11:01 am to KingwoodLsuFan
I'll second the Riyria stories by Sullivan.
Based on what you're reading now, I'd also consider:
David Eddings' Belgariad and Mallorean series.
Raymond Feists' many, many series and books set in Midkemia. Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master are the first two books to get your feet wet. While there are quite a few series and a few standalone books, they all tie together. Plenty of read order guides out there if you like the first two books (which are one story).
Based on what you're reading now, I'd also consider:
David Eddings' Belgariad and Mallorean series.
Raymond Feists' many, many series and books set in Midkemia. Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master are the first two books to get your feet wet. While there are quite a few series and a few standalone books, they all tie together. Plenty of read order guides out there if you like the first two books (which are one story).
Posted on 5/1/18 at 11:05 am to Centinel
thanks a bunch guys
Posted on 5/1/18 at 11:51 am to KingwoodLsuFan
There are a ton of books about the world Pern, but the Dragon riders series is a good place to start. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffery.
Posted on 5/1/18 at 1:18 pm to Centinel
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I'll second the Riyria stories by Sullivan.
Based on what you're reading now, I'd also consider:
David Eddings' Belgariad and Mallorean series.
Raymond Feists' many, many series and books set in Midkemia. Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master are the first two books to get your feet wet. While there are quite a few series and a few standalone books, they all tie together. Plenty of read order guides out there if you like the first two books (which are one story).
All of this!
Great books, even if they are a bit formulaic. I've read the Belgariad and Mallorean series' 2 or three times. Same for Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master.
Also, add the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series by Tad Williams.
Posted on 5/1/18 at 1:40 pm to TygerTyger
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Also, add the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series by Tad Williams.
One of my favorites actually. I left a bunch of others off just based on what OP has started reading fantasy-wise.
I mean you can't just tell a new fantasy reader to start with Malazan Book of the Fallen You have to ease them in to that kind of stuff
Posted on 5/1/18 at 2:09 pm to Centinel
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I mean you can't just tell a new fantasy reader to start with Malazan Book of the Fallen You have to ease them in to that kind of stuff
Yeah man, I've read just about everything out there and I can't get in to the Malazan stuff. I've started it twice and just don't have any attachment to the characters or story. They start in the middle, leave too much unsaid, and the premise is lost on me so far. I've been told the second book is much better....
Posted on 5/1/18 at 2:30 pm to TygerTyger
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I've read just about everything out there and I can't get in to the Malazan stuff. I've started it twice and just don't have any attachment to the characters or story.
Good to know I'm not the only person with this issue. I know I'm supposed to like it...
Posted on 5/1/18 at 3:07 pm to MSMHater
Some people don't enjoy it, its very challenging and philosophical IMO - not the best thing to compare with most of the D&D stuff and other more typical style fantasy series (at lease compared with what i've read).
Posted on 5/1/18 at 10:05 pm to TygerTyger
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I've been told the second book is much better....
I've just started the 2nd book and so far its much like the first one to me. Its like Yngwie Malmsteems music to me. It obviously took an immense amount of talent to create but frick me, its just not any fun.
Posted on 5/2/18 at 1:39 am to CottonWasKing
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I've just started the 2nd book and so far its much like the first one to me.
Yeah, if you get a couple hundred pages into the second book and don't like it, Erikson is just not for you.
Posted on 5/2/18 at 8:35 am to TygerTyger
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I've been told the second book is much better....
Ya, I'd try the second book if you're not a fan of in media res. But like the other poster said, if you don't get in to even the second book after a few hundred pages, Erickson's style isn't for you. Not a put down in any way...there are authors I can't get in to as well. Michael Moorcock being the main one. I know he's an amazing writer, but his style is just not for me.
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