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re: NERDS ASSEMBLE: Need rec for a new fantasy series to read
Posted on 7/19/15 at 10:38 pm to Sythyn30
Posted on 7/19/15 at 10:38 pm to Sythyn30
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Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman is another excellent fantasy series!
My brothers got me into the entire Dragonlance series when I was in 6th grade. Excellent then, and just as good now at 30.
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Posted on 7/19/15 at 10:38 pm to Carson123987
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I just started reading The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski, and it is fricking phenomenal. It's the book series that The Witcher games are based off of. The first 2 books are collections of short stories, and i think the next 3 are all 1 story each. I suggest getting Last Wish and trying it out. the stories are fantastic
I just read all these as well, they are very good. As Carson said it's two short story collections followed by a 5 book series. Though the last two aren't in print in English quite yet, though fan translations can be found online.
And if you play the game series it's amazing how many connections to the book series they made through all three games.
Posted on 7/19/15 at 10:42 pm to SetTheMood
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just as good now at 30.
I didn't read the first one till 27, picked it up on a whim. Then proceeded to burn my way through them.
Have you read any of their other series?
This post was edited on 7/19/15 at 10:43 pm
Posted on 7/19/15 at 10:53 pm to Ash Williams
Mistborn or Stormlight Archive.
Both are by Brandon Sanderson. Mistborn is complete and 3 books long. A spinoff series in the same world has 1 book down, 3 more to go.
Stormlight has 2 books down in a long series (I think 8?). Both are very long and great though.
Stormlight Archive > A Song of Ice and Fire imo.
Both are by Brandon Sanderson. Mistborn is complete and 3 books long. A spinoff series in the same world has 1 book down, 3 more to go.
Stormlight has 2 books down in a long series (I think 8?). Both are very long and great though.
Stormlight Archive > A Song of Ice and Fire imo.
Posted on 7/19/15 at 10:58 pm to Cockopotamus
Dresdan files-14 books and counting
Storm light archive-2 books but each one 1500 pages
Sorcerers ring-17 books
Mercy Thompson series-9 books and counting
Lost fleet-6 books but several spin off series
Descent series-6 books but then transitions to ascent series also 6 books
Storm light archive-2 books but each one 1500 pages
Sorcerers ring-17 books
Mercy Thompson series-9 books and counting
Lost fleet-6 books but several spin off series
Descent series-6 books but then transitions to ascent series also 6 books
This post was edited on 7/19/15 at 11:00 pm
Posted on 7/19/15 at 11:01 pm to auyushu
I think we just have the same taste in fantasy I'm very particular about it
I'm very particular about it 
Posted on 7/19/15 at 11:03 pm to VaBamaMan
quote:Christian themes don't bug me at all, but does his religion keep him from violence or sex? Books don't have to have those at all, but ignoring them completely when they might be useful bugs me in some books.
Stephen R Lawhead: Song of Albion series, or The Pendragon Cycle. My favorite fantasy author. Period. Everything he has written is extremely well done and researched. He doesn't get as much attention as the others because he weaves Christian themes through most of his books.
Posted on 7/19/15 at 11:03 pm to VaBamaMan
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Terry Brooks: With the show starting shortly, how can you not read al of his Shannara series? I must warn you, with prequels it's 17 or 18 books. His first one started slowly as he learned how to write, but it was fun to watch his progression as a writer as you flipped chapter after chapter. The series was so good. I literally read every single book in the series in less than 1.5 months. Of course I can read a 600 page novel in roughly 4 uninterrupted hours(blame my masters in education having grandmother). I cannot recommend this series enough.
I haven't ready much fanasty since middle school/high school, but I can second Terry Brooks. I haven't read the entire series, but what I have read (Elfstones and Wishsong) was great.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 12:05 am to FT
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sex
Yeah, this is mostly avoided. He definitely brings it up but consider it a sex scene on a TV14 show. Many of his novels don't actually have a place for it to happen though. One series he writes the character into a world where he is constantly striving for his goal, and has no real time for affection.
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violence
It's not written gory by any means, but death and violence do have a consistent place in his worlds.
What I love about him is his storytelling. It is the same thing as Louis L'Amour. He has a way with words that simply paints a picture. It is never trite, nor shallow, there are always deeper themes, but the ways he pieces sentences, paragraphs, and chapters together makes you walk the world with the character. You see it as clearly as What you see around you.
I might have an overdeveloped imagination for the record.
But no other writer outside of L'Amour could ever pull me into his world quite like Lawhead can. This post was edited on 7/20/15 at 12:11 am
Posted on 7/20/15 at 12:22 am to VaBamaMan
quote:Can't be worse than me. I stopped at a book store in Baton Rouge and bought "Apt Pupil" by Stephen King on audio book. Listened to it, and I swear that the drive to Atlanta lasted about 20 minutes after that. When I read or listen to a book, I go somewhere else. I mean, it's like watching a movie, complete with elaborate sets, actors, sometimes maybe even music. One of the most amazing things humans are able to do is disappear into fiction for a while, and just be someone else, or feel something totally foreign to them in a natural way.
I might have an overdeveloped imagination for the record.
If you're that into him, I'm going to have to check him out. Sounds like a slam dunk buy.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 12:27 am to Carson123987
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I think we just have the same taste in fantasy I'm very particular about it
Yeah, I'm probably easier to please than you overall, but when it comes to grittier fantasy we are definitely on the same page. Have you read the three spinoff/stand alone books from First Law yet?
Posted on 7/20/15 at 1:11 am to FT
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One of the most amazing things humans are able to do is disappear into fiction for a while, and just be someone else, or feel something totally foreign to them in a natural way.
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When I read or listen to a book, I go somewhere else. I mean, it's like watching a movie, complete with elaborate sets, actors, sometimes maybe even music.
Edit: Have you ever fallen in love with a character? Without meaning to? It wasn't a conscious thought, it just so happened that when the book, series, or that characters life ended. You realized how fond of him or her, you had become. Sometimes it can take me a day or two to get over my funk. It's wierd dude. Normally it's better if I immediately start a new book so thereis a fresh world to dive into. Cleanse the palette, as it were.
This happens in movies with me too. I can't even help it. It's worse with female characters, of course.
This post was edited on 7/20/15 at 1:16 am
Posted on 7/20/15 at 1:25 am to VaBamaMan
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Edit: Have you ever fallen in love with a character? Without meaning to? It wasn't a conscious thought, it just so happened that when the book, series, or that characters life ended. You realized how fond of him or her, you had become. Sometimes it can take me a day or two to get over my funk. It's wierd dude. Normally it's better if I immediately start a new book so thereis a fresh world to dive into. Cleanse the palette, as it were.
This happens in movies with me too. I can't even help it. It's worse with female characters, of course.
Way too often. I hate finishing a book that I'm that deep into because, for a little while, the real world just sucks.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 1:39 am to Wanderin Reb
Yet despite that, if my guess is right, you simultaneously love it.
Because it gives us a feeling we do not have in every day life.
Sorry to keep bringing him up, but to quote Louis L'Amour.
Which is why books will always be better than movies. Because you see the world through your own eyes, not someone else's.
Because it gives us a feeling we do not have in every day life.
Sorry to keep bringing him up, but to quote Louis L'Amour.
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For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived, for fiction, biography, and history offer an inexhaustible number of lives in many parts of the world, in all periods of time.
Which is why books will always be better than movies. Because you see the world through your own eyes, not someone else's.
This post was edited on 7/20/15 at 1:42 am
Posted on 7/20/15 at 9:05 am to Ash Williams
I have read all of the series you have listed.
I just finished a series called zombie fallout. They are easy books to read and the main character is hilarious. Lots of military stuff, family bonds, sci fi...idk it was just a "different" kind of zombie apocalypse book. The first one was free on book bub a while back; I recommend reading it to see if it is something you would like-it is a good representative of the entire series.
Also, I sent a long email to the author with a few questions about one of his characters-he answered me within the week with some excellent info.
Not exactly a fantasy rec but the main character is one like you guys were talking about. You want to be his best friend-and it's weird Bc he's not perfect at all.
I just finished a series called zombie fallout. They are easy books to read and the main character is hilarious. Lots of military stuff, family bonds, sci fi...idk it was just a "different" kind of zombie apocalypse book. The first one was free on book bub a while back; I recommend reading it to see if it is something you would like-it is a good representative of the entire series.
Also, I sent a long email to the author with a few questions about one of his characters-he answered me within the week with some excellent info.
Not exactly a fantasy rec but the main character is one like you guys were talking about. You want to be his best friend-and it's weird Bc he's not perfect at all.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 9:23 am to Ash Williams
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Just finished Malazan Book of the Fallen
It was great at times and grueling to get through at times.
You just described Wheel of Time
Have to agree with Scruffy, Based on your OP, you should start the Brent Weeks Night Angel Trilogy immediately.
As someone else said, Anthony Ryan's Blood Song is amazing as well.
If you want a quick series to burn through while you decide on a more epic series, Joe Abercrombie's Half a King series is a lightning fast read that is a joy.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 9:24 am to Ash Williams
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Any other ideas?
Elric series by Michael Moorcock
Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser series
Posted on 7/20/15 at 10:52 am to Ash Williams
For a guy that loves aSoIaF, I highly recommend The Raven's Shadow Trilogy which just got wrapped up this month. Blood Song, Tower Lord, and Queen of Fire. They are amazeballs.
I also thoroughly enjoy Brent Weeks. The Night Angel Trilogy is very well done and fast-paced with interesting character and a twisting plot. It is also a complete trilogy. The Lightbringer Saga is also very good.
For a more militaristic tone, go with Glen Cook's Chronicles of the Black Company compendium, which holds The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and the White Rose.
For a more outright fun and intriguing plot, with probably the best protagonist going in literature right now, go with Scott Lynch's the Gentlemen Bastards Sequence. He may be my favorite author in the fantasy genre outside of the pillar that is Neil Gaiman.
I also thoroughly enjoy Brent Weeks. The Night Angel Trilogy is very well done and fast-paced with interesting character and a twisting plot. It is also a complete trilogy. The Lightbringer Saga is also very good.
For a more militaristic tone, go with Glen Cook's Chronicles of the Black Company compendium, which holds The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and the White Rose.
For a more outright fun and intriguing plot, with probably the best protagonist going in literature right now, go with Scott Lynch's the Gentlemen Bastards Sequence. He may be my favorite author in the fantasy genre outside of the pillar that is Neil Gaiman.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 10:53 am to Ash Williams
Read all the books with Jim Butcher or RA salvatore as the author then come back in two years (roughly how long it will take) and ask again
Posted on 7/20/15 at 11:10 am to Ash Williams
The following books are science fiction, but I am a huge fantasy fan and really enjoyed them.
Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, and The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons.
The events in the Hyperion books take place almost 300 years before the events of the Endymion books, but they are very much linked.
Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, and The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons.
The events in the Hyperion books take place almost 300 years before the events of the Endymion books, but they are very much linked.
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