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[Grack21]

nickg, on 03 December 2011 - 01:02 AM, said:

The Dragon Never Sleeps probably edges it as my personal favorite but it is definitely awesome. Would actually be nice if they re printed it like they have done with alot of his older stuff.

TOR had a paperback reprint out...oh...2007ish? It disappeared pretty quick though.

Edited by Grack21, 03 December 2011 - 01:04 AM.

[Bastard of Godsgrace]

nickg, on 03 December 2011 - 01:02 AM, said:

The Dragon Never Sleeps probably edges it as my personal favorite but it is definitely awesome. Would actually be nice if they re printed it like they have done with alot of his older stuff.

The Dragon Never Sleeps is actually in print, from Nightshade, like most Cook's titles:
http://www.amazon.co...IN%3D1597801488


It is also my favorite Glen Cook novel, BTW.

Edited by Bastard of Godsgrace, 03 December 2011 - 05:30 AM.

[Nukelavee]

Carthage?   A Phonecian (SP) definately.

Likely under read because it's soooo dark, and it takes me, anyways, most of teh book before it's coolness sneaks up and ganks me.

Anything by Alexis Gilliland.  Seriously.  Fall of the Empire is so frikkin good.  I mean, the head of the Imperial secret police undercover in a windbreaker with "Union Gestapo" on it?

The Wizenbeak trilogy, fantasy, again, so much fun, but so dark and, umm, mature.  I really can't champion these books enough.

[nickg]

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Bastard of Godsgrace, on 03 December 2011 - 05:30 AM, said:

The Dragon Never Sleeps is actually in print, from Nightshade, like most Cook's titles:
http://www.amazon.co...IN%3D1597801488


It is also my favorite Glen Cook novel, BTW.

My mistake, my post was kind of confusing ( I blame lack of sleep ). I have The Dragon Never Sleeps from Nightshade ( I freaking love the cover btw ). I meant to say it would be nice if the reprinted Tower of Fear. Unless they have and I just completely missed it.

Edited by nickg, 03 December 2011 - 12:20 PM.

[Woofdog2]

nickg, on 03 December 2011 - 01:02 AM, said:

The Dragon Never Sleeps probably edges it as my personal favorite but it is definitely awesome. Would actually be nice if they re printed Tower of Fear like they have done with alot of his older stuff.Edited because me not so smart...

I like both the dragon never sleeps and tower of fear an awful lot, but do find some parts of dragon a bit slow, and the clones with independent storylines, on the first read, was a bit confusing.  I have heard this complaint from others too.

[Nukelavee]

Btw, HAS anybody else ever read Gilliland?

[Gigei]

Obscure? I'll give you obscure!

Jane Gaskell's Atlan series.

[Shinrei]

I quite liked the Ryel Saga by Carolyn Kephart.

[Bronson]

The Star Rover  by Jack London his only fantasy novel .  It's about man name of Darrell Standing who is on death row and tied up in strait jacket . He discovers that he can Astral project himself into his past lives at will. It's not a well known book and it's unlike all of his other novels.  It is truly epic in scope and scale. A journey across time space an history . It is a great read.

Edited by Bronson, 10 January 2012 - 10:33 PM.

[The Swaggering Bravo]

The Farsala Trilogy by Hilari Bell

[Ser Pink of Floyd]

Ive never read them, but Im going to ask if anyone has read David Gemmell's Trojan War Trilogy?

Id never heard of it, or indeed Gemmell as an author until stumbling upon a review on a SFbook website i frequent. I know now that Gemmell died prior to the final book being completed, so I was hoping someone might have read them all and give it a recommendation, Im just hsistant in buying into a series that he never finished. Although im aware his wife finshed the book for him after having the best part of it alread written and with descriptive notes.

[Calibandar]

The Troy trilogy is widely seen as some of Gemmell's best career work, so I would not hesitate if you like his books in general. Cerrtainly the third one has been as well received as the first two.

[TannerSack]

John Marco's "Tyrants and KIngs" not a very difficult read but highly entertaining. Oddly his later work seems to be of less quality, you'd think it would be the other way round but go figure

Edited by TannerSack, 06 June 2012 - 10:42 PM.

[Lyanna Mormont]

I highly recommend The Gone-Away World and Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway.  They're sort of science-fiction-y, not directly related to each other but set in the same universe (ours, but slightly askew).  Really funny and scary and brilliant.

Also, Glass Books of the Dream Eaters & The Dark Volume by GW Dahlquist.  They're steampunk fantasy for adults, really really REALLY good.  Can't recommend them enough!

[RedEyedGhost]

emmaclairedonovan, on 01 March 2012 - 05:26 PM, said:

I highly recommend The Gone-Away World and Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway.  They're sort of science-fiction-y, not directly related to each other but set in the same universe (ours, but slightly askew).  Really funny and scary and brilliant.

Those aren't exactly obscure around here

[Lyanna Mormont]

@RedEyedGhost My bad, usually no-one I talk to has heard of them!

[master]

I'm not sure if these count but:

codex alera by jim butcher

shadows of the apt by adrian [can never remember how to spell the surname]

[Grack21]

Those definitely do not count.

[master]

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Those definitely do not count

why?.

[Grack21]

master, on 04 March 2012 - 09:38 PM, said:

why?.

Because of their massive popularity.