I have read almost all popular fantasy out there, including the Song of Ice and FIre stuff twice.

I've tried reading the Malazan stuff and put it down twice. I don't know what it is, but it just isn't my cup of tea.

I'll give HIGH praise to Ready Player One. It's now one of my all time favorite stand alone books.

Other recommendations:
Almost anything by Brandon Sanderson. Especially his Stormlight Archive series. It is his opus and will eclipse GRR Martin's stuff.

If you like The Dark Tower by Stephen King, check out The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree by SA Hunt. It's a lot like The Dark Tower without being a total ripoff. I'm almost halfway through the third book and I can't put it down.

Blood Song by Anthony Ryan and it's sequel Tower Lord are awesome books as well.

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Posted by Ash Williams

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Posted on 4/15/15 at 11:02 am to TygerTyger

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I've tried reading the Malazan stuff and put it down twice. I don't know what it is, but it just isn't my cup of tea.

it can be that way

i read the first 4 or 5 books pretty quickly, then got fatigued by it when they introduced an entirely new civilization into the story

i put the series down for a year, read a bunch of King and Ice and Fire for the second time then picked it back up and im on the 7th book now

i think the break was good because although you have to look at summaries to remind yourself who the characters are (there are hundreds that appear regularly or come up), if you try to read straight through you end up just getting exhausted

im enjoying the books now, but i am looking forward to getting through the rest of this one and the last 3

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Posted by LeonPhelps

Member since May 2008

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Posted on 4/15/15 at 11:08 am to TygerTyger

I too have read almost all popular fantasy - at least the series that came out prior to about 2005. I've read SOIAF a few times and also couldn't get into Malazan. Malazan dumps you in the middle of the story, gives you a bunch of different story lines from the get go, and gives no clear protagonist. SOIAF at least started slowly and built up.

I love high, epic fantasy like Wheel of Time (my favorite), Lord of the Rings, and the first 5 books of Sword of Truth. I have read the Silmarillion twice and loved it. I do not think Sanderson is in the same realm as the guys writing high fantasy. He is good at magic but I do not like his character development or prose in general. He ruined Wheel of Time and Mistborn was a big disappointment.

I loved the Chronicles of Amber. It is from the 70's but very unique.

I would love to find the next Robert Jordan or Tolkien, but I just don't think there are any currently writing outside of Martin, and he takes 20 years to write a single book.

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