Fantasy – Book Recommendations
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I kind of lost interest while reading Name of the wind, and for tolkien the movies were enough for me.
[quote=Dirk Flamberge;6544]I kind of lost interest while reading Name of the wind, and for tolkien the movies were enough for me.[/quote]
Why’d you lose interest?
Books are much better. Movie leave out a lot like always. *shudders* Except the eagles.
https://www.literotica.com/s/celestial-matters
This story is more like Fictional history but it’s about A Demon Prince and a half angel. Their romance and sex scenes are like 50 shades of grey but well written lol. This first 2 arcs finish a good story but was abandoned.[quote=EyeDeKay;6542]Huh no Tolkien or rothfuss? [/quote]
Tried to read Tolkien about 20 years ago – remember reading about the first 17 pages of The Hobbit – and put the book down – I just couldn’t read it……watched the first 3 movies based off the books and was bored the entire time……Another series you may enjoy – was first published back in the early ’80s, and is now available on Kindle…..excellent series, 7 books in total, unfortunately the author died before writing the last book, and the last book was written by his wife (I think)
The Gandalara Cycle by Randall Garrett
[url=https://www.amazon.com/Steel-Raithskar-Randall-Garrett-ebook/dp/B012417A0A/ref=sr_1_20?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1485216652&sr=1-20]Book 1 – The Steel of Raithskar[/url]
[url=https://www.amazon.com/Glass-Dyskornis-Randall-Garrett-ebook/dp/B0124177N0/ref=sr_1_21?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1485216652&sr=1-21]Book 2 – The Glass of Dyskornis[/url]
[url=https://www.amazon.com/Bronze-Eddarta-Randall-Garrett-ebook/dp/B0124178AM/ref=sr_1_19?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1485216652&sr=1-19]Book 3 – The Bronze of Eddarta[/url]
[url=https://www.amazon.com/Well-Darkness-Randall-Garrett-ebook/dp/B0124178Y8/ref=sr_1_25?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1485216652&sr=1-25]Book 4 – The Well of Darkness[/url]
[url=https://www.amazon.com/Search-Ka-Randall-Garrett-ebook/dp/B0124177ZI/ref=sr_1_26?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1485216652&sr=1-26]Book 5 – The Search for Ka[/url]
[url=https://www.amazon.com/Return-Eddarta-Randall-Garrett-ebook/dp/B019O9QXA8/ref=sr_1_23?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1485216652&sr=1-23]Book 6 – Return to Eddarta[/url]
[url=https://www.amazon.com/River-Wall-Randall-Garrett-ebook/dp/B0124177GC/ref=sr_1_22?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1485216652&sr=1-22]Book 7 – The River Wall [/url]You may also like the Green Rider series by Kristen Britain
[url=https://www.amazon.com/Green-Rider-Kristen-Britain-ebook/dp/B004VF625M/ref=la_B001IQZJTC_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1485217264&sr=1-1&refinements=p_82%3AB001IQZJTC%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A618073011]Green Rider[/url]
[url=https://www.amazon.com/First-Riders-Call-Kristen-Britain-ebook/dp/B004VF623E/ref=la_B001IQZJTC_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1485217264&sr=1-2&refinements=p_82%3AB001IQZJTC%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A618073011]First Rider’s Call[/url]
[url=https://www.amazon.com/Mirror-Sight-Kristen-Britain-ebook/dp/B00H4EP88O/ref=la_B001IQZJTC_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1485217264&sr=1-3&refinements=p_82%3AB001IQZJTC%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A618073011]Mirror Sight [/url]
[url=https://www.amazon.com/Blackveil-Green-Rider-Kristen-Britain-ebook/dp/B00550NYBM/ref=la_B001IQZJTC_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1485217264&sr=1-4&refinements=p_82%3AB001IQZJTC%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A618073011]Blackveil[/url]
[url=https://www.amazon.com/Firebrand-Green-Rider-Kristen-Britain-ebook/dp/B01M1R6T7T/ref=la_B001IQZJTC_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1485217264&sr=1-5&refinements=p_82%3AB001IQZJTC%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A618073011]Firebrand[/url] (will be released in March this year)Also the Borderlands series by Lorna Freeman – it’s very hard to track down ebook copies of this series….was the start of a good series with the first 3 books, but unfortunately the author had a dispute with her publisher and has not written / released any books since 2010
Also the [url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00W6R9OP2/ref=series_rw_dp_sw]Codex Alera[/url] series by Jim Butcher….for a series that was written as a Bet it was really good…..for those of you that don’t know, Jim got into an arguement with someone online about whether he could write a good book based off a stupid idea…he upped the anti by betting that he could write a book on 2 totally different ideas – he was challenged to write a book based on the ideas of Pokemon and a Lost Roman Legion….and the Codex Alera series was born
[size=7]Soooo many good books in this genre. Read many of the ones listed, and would recommend them. One that’s not listed that I really love are P.C. Hodgell’s Kencyrath series.
[url=https://www.amazon.com/P.-C.-Hodgell/e/B000AP5DVG/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1]P.C. Hodgell’s Amazon Author Page[/url]
You can also find them at [url=http://www.baen.com]Baen Publishing[/url]
Another I like is David Weber’s War God series. The first book “[url=https://www.amazon.com/Oath-Swords-War-God-Book-ebook/dp/B00ARPJAN6/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1485358305&sr=1-1&keywords=bahzell]Oath of Swords[/url]” is free on Amazon.
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[quote=Christopher Cope;6554]Wow, where are the classics of fantasy?
Chronicles of the Black Company – Glenn Cook
Chronicles of Thomas Covenant – Stephen Donaldson
Elric, Corum, Hawkmoon series – Michael Moorcock
Chronicles of Amber – Roger Zelazny
Belgariad – David Eddings
Riftwar saga – Raymond E. Feist
Fafhrd and Grey Mouser – Fritz Leiber
Sword of Truth – Terry Goodkind (This is a love or hate series, latter for me, but is indelibly part of the fantasy landscape)Other notable series
Tale of Malazan book of the Fallen – Steven Erikson
Blood Song – Anthony Ryan
Jhereg – Steven Brust[/quote]Yep, all very very classic. Loved them all. But don’t forget Zelazny’s Chronicles of Amber, probably the best multiversal novels not written by Michael Moorcock.
[quote=GameGraphix;6555][quote=Christopher Cope;6554]Wow, where are the classics of fantasy?
I enjoyed the Riftwar saga by Raymon E. Feist and the subsequent spin-off series, and used to buy each new book (many times in Hardcover) when released – until he started to kill off my favorite characters from the first books – I gave up on the books when he killed off Jimmy the Hand – I don’t think I’ve even gone back and re-read any of the previous books since that happened.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant drove me nuts – just consistent whining from the MC about him being sick and not believing anything he saw.
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[/quote]Ditto on Riftwar.
As far as Covenant: Loved the first 3, in part because TC was such a despicable hero. It was just very different, and in part because when the first three were first published they had this gold box on the back with a review of the books and it called it the “best in modern adult fantasy” and that enticed and frightened me at the bookstore. I looked at it time and time again before getting brave enough to read it. I was in Jr. High, and that word “adult fantasy” made me fear it was porn, and I was scared to death my parents would see that on the back and think I was reading something I shouldn’t be. This was probably 1979 when book 3 was published.
Now of course, other than the rape scene, I don’t recall much sex, but it really was not something suitable for younger audience in terms of overall themes.
I went into shock when the second trilogy started appearing because for some reason I thought the first three were “ancient history” and didn’t realize it had only been about a year between the first and third trilogy. So when I saw it in hardback, I flipped my mind and used every penny to buy it.
It took everything I had to get through the second trilogy. If TC was dark, Linden Avery was a black hole of miasma. It was like pulling teeth to read. I never did read the third quadrology which were written much later.
[quote=Dirk Flamberge;6571] only one i enjoyed was the Pax Arcana series, all the others didn’t really draw me in[/quote]
have you tried the Journey to Wudang series, Dark Heavens series, Celestial Battle series by Kyle Chan??
They are a bit different from the others that I listed…..based on Chinese mythology…..lots of Chinese demons, Gods, Demi-Gods, Bodas, Ancestors, and Shen (animal and nature spirits), etc…..but set in modern day Hong Kong…and one of the main characters is actually the Chinese God of Martial Arts…so lots of fighting and various martial art related stuff
The Author is actually from my home city, but lived in Hong Kong for 10 years with her husband….
Amazon says Kylie Chan, and yea i considered it but i’m holding off on Martial arts fantasy at the moment as i burned myself out a few months ago, so maybe another time.
I remember Kylie Chan’n books. The Dark Heavens trilogy was okay, but when it got the second trilogy of Journey to Wudang I think I gave up after it’s first book. They became waaaay too long and didn’t keep my attention.
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Here are some of the Fantasy genre books that I’ve enjoyed reading and would recommend to other people…..
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[url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N0DQ5CN/ref=series_rw_dp_sw]The Kurtherian Gambit series by Michael Anderle, Ellen Campbell[/url]
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You know, I’d say Kurtherian Gambit is more Sci-Fi, than Fantasy. Granted, to us it SEEMS like magic, but to the Kurtherians, it’s science.
[/size]And what the hell is up with Anderle? He’s been putting out a book a month for years. Does the man sleep, like, at ALL?
[quote=Dirk Flamberge;6573]Amazon says Kylie Chan, and yea i considered it but i’m holding off on Martial arts fantasy at the moment as i burned myself out a few months ago, so maybe another time.[/quote]
OOPS!
You may need to skip several sections in Volume 4. No reason. Just saying. Might be some monkey business going on.
[quote=Gelcube;6584]And what the hell is up with Anderle? He’s been putting out a book a month for years. Does the man sleep, like, at ALL?[/quote]
He’s probably a demon from the Abyss – they don’t need to sleep.
Tizzy – you ever heard of a demon named Michaleanderle???
The Contractor by andrew s. ball – this book is a little weird to classify because it’s UF plus aliens with much more advanced technology. The sequel, when ever it comes out, will be in Hell, which us described as the sarcophagus for satan. And that the demon “race” are less advanced space fairing people. When I say less advanced I mean than the antagonist race, The vorid, and the “helper” race the Klide. Much more advanced then humans.
The Demon accords – John conroe. Pure UF and relatively well written. Plot a little eh. Mc becomes severely OP then like halfway through the series gets “amnesia”
Percy Jackson books and the continued works are decent kid books.
Same with victor kloss’ Royal institute of magic. Victor died last year from lymphoma.
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