jdkellar Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Hi all I'm trying to find some fantasy or sci fi series to read. I've looked through alot of the threads on this but have slowly been running out of ones that look good to me. I'll list the series I like dislike to give y'all an idea of stuff that might be similar. I have read all of the pages of the fantasy sci/fi series rec thread. I am trying to find one or two series to read that are similar to my likes, it's hard to see whether a series is similar to one another based off of a 2-3 sentence summary in the rec thread. Likes:ASOIAFLord of the RingsNeil GaimanThe first Acts of Caine book, second one wasn't nearly as goodDiscworldVlad Taltos - if you haven't read this you need to - funny stories, great worldbuilding, and they're more of a light read than some othersKingkiller ChroniclesMalazanBroken EmpireDark Tower SeriesWheel of Time - first few were amazingMistborne - I liked this so/soAbercrombieLies of Locke LamoraRobin Hobb - Assassins Apprentice series was good couldn't get into the later onesPhillip PullmanBlack CompanyZelazny's Amber - another one I would recommend to anyone in a heartbeatJonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell...still waiting on a sequel Dislikes:Night Angel Trilogy (couldn't make it through the second book first time I haven't at least finished a book out)Thomas the UnbelieverBakker - the first few books were good then I started to feel bogged downTried Book of the New Sun and just couldn't get into it Any and all recs would help based on what I have read/like/dislike thanks all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.T. Phipps Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 If you like Abercrombie then I suggest Rob J. Hayes and the The Ties that Bind trilogy, starting with The Heresy Within. Hayes is basically Abecrombie in terms of his writing style, only with a bit better sense of humor. Sword and Sorcery criminals team up in a brutal ruthless grimdark world. I also recommend Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files due to the fact they're a wonderful set of funny awesome stories. A Wizard Private Detective gets caught up in a LOT of crap. Because I am an evil self-promoter, I would also recommend The Rules of Supervillainy and Esoterrorism by C.T. Phipps. The Rules of Supervillainy deals with Gary Karkofsky who is a normal guy in a Gotham City-like hellhole who finds a magic cape which allows him to live his dreams of supervillainy--only he's not QUITE evil enough for the job. Esoterrorism follows Derek Hawthorne, a sarcastic agent for an Illuminati-esque conspiracy of mages which ostensibly protects the world from monsters. Blackguards by various is an anthology of AWESOME fantasy short-stories about mercenaries, rogues, and assassins. The Valducen series by Seth Skorkowsky is a really fun set of books, the first more than the second, about a group of demon hunters with magical sentient weapons. GnomeSaga by Kenny Soward is an homage to the old Nineties Dungeons and Dragons fiction. It's very-very entertaining and basically makes gnomes not useless against an interdimensional invasion. It's deliberately not too serious and all the more enjoyable for it. The Lies of Locke Lamora, it should be noted, has had two sequels since then. I also recommend The Name of the Wind and its sequel, as part of The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss. A somewhat self-absorbed bard namd Kvothe has been reduced to living as an innkeeper as the world goes to hell. He relates his epic and self-agrandizing ballad to a scholar who wants to know his story.There's some other books I might recommend like the Laundry Files, Ciaphas Cain, Ex-Heroes, Wearing the Cape, and Confessions of a D-List Supervillain (audio best), but those are a bit far from your list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 [mod]I let this be re-posted since the search function is down on the board, after discussing with the OP, with the caveat that we needed more information about why you like/dislike a book. If you don't add this information, I'm just going to close the thread again and you can try Goodreads or something. [/mod] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Oh, well, hmmm.Daniel Abraham for the win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all swedes are racist Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Listen to Darth Richard. "Grim Company" by Luke Scull sounds like it would be up your alley too.Also, in b4 Stanek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errant Bard Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 So, you like the vast majority of what you read, with no obvious common style or theme, except for an apparent problem with slow / multilayered stories, though you do not explain why you liked or disliked a specific series ("could not get into it" means little to nothing).So my rec is that you pick a SF work at random, considering there is no SF at all in your list despite your request for a SF story.Maybe read The Gone-Away World, it's funny post-apoc written amazingly well. Or closer to Gaiman, some UF like Rivers of London or Kraken. Startide Rising or the Instrumentality of man series for some classical SF.Dune for Fantasy in space.The moon is a harsh mistress or the steel caverns for something less space-operaish.Ancillary Justice for some recent good and famous stuff that sparked Hugo controversies.And so on. But really, just pick a non-fantasy book mentioned in the rec thread and you'll be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muwhahaha Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Definitely recommend:The Red Knight and sequelthe FreeThunderer and Gears of the CityCaine Black Knife and Caine's Law Traitor's Blade and sequelEmperor's BladesChronicles of Master Li and Number Ten OxAsh: A Secret HistoryCity of Stairs Not as much but decent: Powder mage seriesStormlight archivesRaven's ShadowMalice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errant Bard Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Meh, the OP clearly says that he has read the pinned rec thread AND other non-pinned rec threads, but is just unsure of whether recommended titles match with his tastes, so justifying hostility by arguing the OP should read the rec thread is both misguided and ironic (as are all the "read stuff" responses to a post you did not read)This being said, the variety of works the OP likes, and the absence of explanation about why he liked them makes the request little different from "recommend me your favourite book not in this list", so this can generate an association with previous lapidary rec requests and somewhat hostile feedback... when "read anything mentioned in the rec threads" is the only response you can muster because of the vagueness of the request criteria, it is pretty normal to get that kind of feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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