stark of winterfell Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Hello all Just finished reading the Ravens Shadow trilogy so now I need a new series to get into any recommendations because I have no idea? I'm a big fan of Joe Abercrombie, Patrick Rothfuss, Peter Brett, GRRM (of course) etc so anything in that vein I know I'll love. I've had John Gwynne's The Faithful and the Fallen recommended to me by a friend is it worth a read? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.T. Phipps Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 There's a big thread on it in the Recommendations post pinned at the top of the board. However, off the top of my head: The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan Gotrek and Felix by William King (guilty pleasure) The Riyria series by Michael J. Sullivan The Ties that bind by Rob J. Hayes The Blood War Trilogy by Tim Marquitz Gnomesaga by Kenny Soward (better than it sounds!) Blackguards: Tales of Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues The Witcher by Sapkowski (the short stories anthologies, definitely) The Gentleman Bastard series by Scott Lynch People really seem to like Mark Lawrence too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stark of winterfell Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 Sorry I honestly just didn't even notice it, Thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Seswatha Jordan Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Bakker, end of discussion. Go buy it like yesterday. If you haven't read TSA then you haven't even delved into fantasy. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 [url=http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/117530-best-recent-fanatsy-debuts-or-thoughts-on-these-books/]Best recent fanatsy debuts[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muwhahaha Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Stanek. Ruin Mist. It's unbelievabl....no. It's fucking horrible. Read the sticky thread on recommendations. Top of my head. Traitor Son, Unhewn Throne, Malazan, Broken Empire, ....that'll keep you busy for a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muwhahaha Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Land Fit for Heroes, the Free, Greatcoats, Ash: A Secret History, motherfucking Acts of Caine, Dagger and Coin, Long Price, City of Stairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Gilfellon Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I honestly think we should just delete the Fantasy recommendation thread as no one checks the VERY FIRST POST on this page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.T. Phipps Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Eh. these threads and the rec thread have certainly helped me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparrow spoiler Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 This Scott Bakker. Tell me more about his series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EruditeFool Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Stanek, Newcomb, Goodkind. Then check out the > 50 threads on Goodkind. :devil: PS: Really, though, check out Sanderson's Mistborn and EVERYTHING by Joe Abercrombie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maithanet Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 This Scott Bakker. Tell me more about his series It's a trilogy (The Prince of Nothing) and another trilogy, which we are still waiting for the final book of. The series is rather divisive, but it has a lot of supporters on this forum. Here is my spoiler free review of the first trilogy, it might give you some idea whether this is the right series for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Drizztos Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 This Scott Bakker. Tell me more about his series The Second Apocalypse is the fantasy series to end all fantasy series. Read it only after you've exhausted everything else the genre has to offer because you'll never be able to look upon lesser works of literature with the same eyes after you've delved into its unfathomable depths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparrow spoiler Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Is the "Prince of nothing" Book 1 of that series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maithanet Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Is the "Prince of nothing" Book 1 of that series? Prince of Nothing is the first trilogy. The first book is The Darkness That Comes Before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.T. Phipps Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan Because why haven't you read it already? Oh, maybe because you don't have a couple of years to focus on it? :) The Ties that Bind by Rob J. Hayes The Ties That Bind is a series about a trio of a master swordswoman, a murderous bandit, and an Inquisitor who get roped into a complex plot against the local God-Emperor of a corrupt city-state. I really enjoyed this series and I think it's nice hard R-rated Sword and Sorcery and grimdark fantasy. The Blood War Trilogy by Tim Marquitz You know how all those Tolkien pastiches have orcs portrayed as Always Chaotic Evil cannibal monsters? Well Tim Marquitz does a trilogy where we see what that's really like and how horrifying it is. They're also wolfmen rather than orcs. The Blood War Trilogy is a relatively concise but still multi-charactered, grim, and complex fantasy trilogy where everything we take for granted in fantasy is played horrifyingly straight. Gnomesaga by Kenny Soward (better than it sounds!) GnomeSaga is a somewhat off-kilter homage to Dungeons and Dragons fiction from the Nineties like the Drizzt novels and Dragonlance. A bunch of steampunk gnomes living in a high fantasy world have to deal with the invasion of their world by an extra-dimensional conqueror. Rakkish dandy necromancers, oddball inventors, and stone golem revolutionaries make it a quirky but fun setting. The Witcher by Sapkowski (the short stories anthologies, definitely) The inspiration for the popular video game series, the Witcher books are dark and gritty fantasy about a monster hunter named Geralt who struggles to deal with the fact his world is complete crap. Corrupt Kings and Queens, racial disharmony, plague, monsters, and worse make his life very depressing but he manages to keep himself going thanks to the fact every lovely lady in the setting seems to want a piece of him. Also, he has a hilarious comic relief bard named Dandelion who keeps things from getting too angsty. The short-story anthologies (The Last Wish and The Sword of Destiny) are even better than the novels. The Gentleman Bastard series by Scott Lynch Locke Lamora is a teenage and con man thief living in a Westeros-ish version of Renaissance Italy where thieves are punished with death regardless of age, everyone is a corrupt bastard, and revenge is a dish best served cold. Locke is enjoying his life with his gang despite all this when, well, things go to ****. The trilogy follows Locke trying to put his life back together and rebuild his reputation as the world's greatest thief following the first novel's dramatic events. The Riyria series by Michael J. Sullivan Basically, a modern day Lankhmar about two thieves who work together as one on a variety of very humorous and dramatic capers. There's not much else to say regarding that except how much fun they are. Blackguards: Tales of Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues Blackguards is a standalone anthology which contains dozens of short-stories about fantasy rogues by some of my favorite authors. With an introduction by Glen Cook, it shows antiheroes but hilarious and horrible doing what they do best: killing and stealing and making the law look like fools. I mentioned this is closer to what I wanted Rogues to be like, though it lacks Martin's star power or Westeros history. The Kindle version has a whole novella's worth of extra material. Dirge by Tim Marquitz Another novel by the author of the Blood War Trilogy, Dirge follows a young thief named Kaleine who is stealing to provide for the monastary full of refugees where she was given shelter years ago. The kingdom is having a slight problem of well, zombie genocide, due to an invasion by necromantic overlords from another kingdom and is going to be destroyed soon. Given a chance to care for them for the rest of their lives and possibly shift the balance of the losing war, "Dirge" accepts a mission from the local King to kidnap one of the Necro-Lords and find out the secret of their horrifying undead armies. Reminded me strongly of the Thief games starring Stephen Russell. Gotrek and Felix by William King One of my favorite guilty-pleasures is Warhammer fiction, I have to admit. A poet and a dwarf kill a huge number of monsters. Nothing else needs be said. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Writhen Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Is the wheel of time very good? I know him and GRRM are friends... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuncle Stark Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I never see anyone recommend The Morgaine Cycle by C.J Cherryh, so that's my suggestion. Love this trilogy, it is fantasy with the lightest edge of science fiction. Start with Gate of Ivrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Is the wheel of time very good? I know him and GRRM are friends... Are you a troll? I ask because I can't tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars447 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Is the wheel of time very good? I know him and GRRM are friends...Somehow I mixed this up with The Sword of Truth, which isn't any good at all. Also isn't there an older thread for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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