Recommend a good fantasy book/series/author?

[imported_Tomato]

Any suggestions?

 

[mitchafi]

R.A. Salvatore. Crystal Shard Trilogy followed by the Dark Elf Trilogy. Haven't been keeping up with the newer ones...he should have stopped writing them while he was ahead.

 

[ThePresence]

Raymond E. Feist

 

[DaveSimmons]

Roughly in order I'd recommend them:

Elizabeth Moon - Deed of Paksenarrion (trilogy in one trade paper)
L.E. Modesitt Jr. - Towers of the Sunset (Recluce series)
Steven Brust - Book of Jhereg (another trilogy trade paper)
C.J. Cherryh - The Morgaine Saga (yet another trilogy)
David Eddings - The Belgariad

And Tolkien of course.

 

[Mnementh]

Mercedes Lackey: The Heralds of Valdemar series
Anne McCaffrey: Dragonriders of Pern, Crisis at Doona, basically anything by her
David Eddings: The Belgariad, The Mallorean, The Elenium, The Tamuli
Alan Dean Foster: Spellsinger series (and others)
Marion Zimmer Bradley: Darkover series
Katherine Kurtz: Deryni Chronicles
Tad Williams: Otherland, Memory Sorrow and Thorn
Terry Brooks: Magic Kingdom for sale sold, Shannara series
Terry Goodkind: Sword of truth

Too many to mention but they should keep you going for a while

 

[booger711]

game of thrones and those books by martin i think

 

[LeadMagnet]

Vince Flynn

are great but should be read in order of date published to enjoy characters the most.

 

[Anubis]

Robert Jordan - Wheel of Time

 

[Encryptic]

First and foremost: George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire.

Tad Williams' Memory, Sorrow and Thorn trilogy

L.E. Modesitt's Recluce Saga

Sean Russell's River Into Darkness/Moontide and Magic Rise series

Katherine Kurtz's Deryni series (Camber of Culdi, Chronicles of the Deryni, etc.)


So many authors, but I'm not at home in front of my massive fantasy collection, so I can't recall them all, but those are some highly recommended ones.

 

[Drakkon]

Piers Anthony Xanth series...great mix of fantasy and punnery

 

[TuxDave]

Forgotten Realms: Dark Elf Trilogy
Dragonlance: Autumn Twilight, Winter (something), Spring Dawning by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

 

[torpid]

Gene Wolfe's novels are incredibly dense, wildly imaginative, deep, thought provoking, and just great in general. A dictionary is an absolute must, though... this guy's vocabulary is amazing.

 

[Mnementh]

Originally posted by: Encryptic
First and foremost: George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire.

Tad Williams' Memory, Sorrow and Thorn trilogy

L.E. Modesitt's Recluce Saga

Sean Russell's River Into Darkness/Moontide and Magic Rise series

Katherine Kurtz's Deryni series (Camber of Culdi, Chronicles of the Deryni, etc.)


So many authors, but I'm not at home in front of my massive fantasy collection, so I can't recall them all, but those are some highly recommended ones.

I can see you and I are gonna need to trade authors and titles I'm always looking for new recommended books. I read 3-4 books a week so always need new stuff

 

[imported_Tomato]

Have a few Robert Jordan books, enjoyed reading them... thanks for all the recommendations, looks like I'll have quite a selection to choose from the next time I'm at the bookstore/library.

 

[joinT]

Lot has been said already. That said I'm reading this now,

George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire. on book 1, and I went out today to buy books 2 and 3.

I have all these in my collection - all are very good.

Tad Williams' Memory, Sorrow and Thorn trilogy
L.E. Modesitt's Recluce Saga
David Eddings: The Belgariad, The Mallorean, The Elenium, The Tamuli

 

[GiggityGiggity]

agree with most everything above, except Robert Jordan. He's like a band that doesn't know when to stop putting out albums and keeps having a farewell tour every 2 years.

I'd also like to suggest....
David Farland - The Runelord series
R.A. Salvatore - The Cleric Quintet

 

[Ameesh]

The Song of Fire and Ice is unbelievably engaging.

 

[Wuffsunie]

George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire.
Terry Brooks' Shannara
Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth (only the first 4 books. The rest are overly-moralized BS)
Barbara Hambly's The Darwath series and Sun Wolf trilogy
Gordon R Dickson's The Dragon Knight series
Steven R Boyett's The Architect of Sleep
Tolkien's LOTR series, naturally.

 

[Kadarin]

Another vote here for Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover novels and stories, although there are a lot more scifi elements than there are fantasy elements. Good story lines and ideas, though, and well written. The Sharra story arc that leads into the shadow matrix arc is excellent.

 

[mryellow2]

Robin Hobb 3 Trilogies all tied together, good read.

If you like Sci-Fi give the Golden Transcendence by something Wright - It's part of another trilogy that is set in the far future.

 

[DannyLove]

THE DARK TOWER

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: Mnementh

Originally posted by: Encryptic
First and foremost: George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire.

Tad Williams' Memory, Sorrow and Thorn trilogy

L.E. Modesitt's Recluce Saga

Sean Russell's River Into Darkness/Moontide and Magic Rise series

Katherine Kurtz's Deryni series (Camber of Culdi, Chronicles of the Deryni, etc.)


So many authors, but I'm not at home in front of my massive fantasy collection, so I can't recall them all, but those are some highly recommended ones.

I can see you and I are gonna need to trade authors and titles I'm always looking for new recommended books. I read 3-4 books a week so always need new stuff

I wish I had more time for reading these days, but as it is, I still manage to work through a few books per month.

I just picked up the Deed of Paksenarrion and the Book of the New Sun series from the library the other day, so I've got some good reading ahead, hopefully.

Which reminds me...

Tomato: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant is a definite must-read.

Completely slipped my mind for some reason, not to mention I forgot Robin Hobb's Farseer Saga and Liveship Traders trilogy as well.

 

[Mnementh]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Another vote here for Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover novels and stories, although there are a lot more scifi elements than there are fantasy elements. Good story lines and ideas, though, and well written. The Sharra story arc that leads into the shadow matrix arc is excellent.

Agreed, but it's only the later books that have a fair amount of Sci-Fi in as well, the early ones (after Darkover Landfall obviously) were more about the ESP powers and the feudal nature of the Comyn. They are excellent stories though even the later ones.

 

[Rainsford]

Another vote for Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth...the first few are the best, they sort of go downhill from there into lectures on morality. The first one is easially the best of the lot, it's the sort of book you start reading and totally forget about what's going on around you. Very few games or movies, much less books, are able to achieve this...that's why I keep giving the series a chance, I'm hoping for another one like the first one.

Terry Brooks' Shannara series is great as well...and starting with the later written Prequel actually helps.

 

[Mnementh]

Originally posted by: Encryptic




I wish I had more time for reading these days, but as it is, I still manage to work through a few books per month.

I just picked up the Deed of Paksenarrion and the Book of the New Sun series from the library the other day, so I've got some good reading ahead, hopefully.

Which reminds me...

Tomato: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant is a definite must-read.

Completely slipped my mind for some reason, not to mention I forgot Robin Hobb's Farseer Saga and Liveship Traders trilogy as well.

Ah yes I forgot Stephen Donaldsons Chronicles of Thomas Covenant as well, I found those very tough going when I first read them as an 11 year old at school, but found them very enjoyable when I read them again many years later. Definitely recommended