peterbound Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 why?.Obscure: relatively unknown: asa : remote, secluded <an obscure village>b : not prominent or famous <an obscure poet>Throw those fuckers in with the series recommendations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
master Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Obscure: relatively unknown: asa : remote, secluded <an obscure village>b : not prominent or famous <an obscure poet>Throw those fuckers in with the series recommendations.odd, I havent seen them mentioned nearly as much as martin, jordan, eddings, goodkind, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkynJay Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 odd, I havent seen them mentioned nearly as much as martin, jordan, eddings, goodkind, etc.Then perhaps you should search the site, hang around, and figure out the vibe before tagging popular and new series into the obscure section?Butcher is one of the biggest names in the biz right now, and Shadows of the Apt had a dedicated discussion thread going on the front page when you posted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grack21 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I don't many Dan Brown discussions either, but that doesn't make him obscure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbound Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 odd, I havent seen them mentioned nearly as much as martin, jordan, eddings, goodkind, etc.Ha, not to get too far off of topic, but the only time you'll see those two mentioned is in disgust. CURSE THE YEARD!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrackerNeil Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Heh...I'll bet my book is more obscure than any. Win! :thumbsup:I came across an obscure little trilogy some years ago, called the Tomoe Gozen Saga, by Jessica Amanda Salmonson. I can't say they were my favorite books - the narrative style wasn't my cup of tea - but I am sure others would like it...if you can find the books. I got 'em used online, but I expect they can still be found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kli Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Salmonson's not obscure. She's just bad. :)You want obscure? John M. Ford. The Dragon Waiting. Now that's an obscure classic. Although, personally, my favorite of his was that final anthology, The Heat of Fusion. If you want a free taste of what his polymath mind could come up with? Go google any of the dozens of webpages that quote--in full--his poem, "Winter Solstice, Camelot Station." Or his "Troy: The Movie".Thorne Smith. Who the hell even knows about Topper or The Night Life of the Gods these days?Hope Mirrlees. Lud-in-the-Mist. If it weren't for Neil Gaiman and Lin Carter, nobody would even know this book existed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucktown Eagle Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 If you haven't read The Twenty Palaces series by Harry Connoly do yourself a favor and start. If you are a fan of The Dresden Files you will definitely dig this series. Just know the publisher has cancelled the series due to lack of sales but there is a trilogy already out there plus a prequel. The first book Child of Fire is only 99cents on kindle so not much risk at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I just finished a recently published indie novel called 'Subterfuge in Heart' by an Australian author named Tobias Troy. I really really enjoyed it, and considering it was his first work, I thought he did an excellent job. It's got a very original storyline and I think it has the potential to really pick up. Worth googling, you can pick it up quite cheap from a few places online, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myshkin Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I just finished a recently published indie novel called 'Subterfuge in Heart' by an Australian author named Tobias Troy. I really really enjoyed it, and considering it was his first work, I thought he did an excellent job. It's got a very original storyline and I think it has the potential to really pick up. Worth googling, you can pick it up quite cheap from a few places online, too.I find it very fishy when a self-published book gets rec'ed, especially by a person with 2 posts to his name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkynJay Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I find it very fishy when a self-published book gets rec'ed, especially by a person with 2 posts to his name.He posted it twice , in the standalone section as well. Sock Puppet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sci-2 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 He posted it twice , in the standalone section as well. Sock Puppet.Does the book have sex aliens and passages involving black semen? ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grack21 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Sock puppets, man, aren't people caught up on what's hip? Muppets are the big thing now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myshkin Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Does the book have sex aliens and passages involving black semen? ;-)I bet it does. Black semen is the new hot trend in fantasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I bet it does. Black semen is the new hot trend in fantasy.That's racist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myshkin Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 That's racist.Oh, here we we go, now I'm gonna get an earful about how white European semen is the central focus of fantasy literature, and how the white European authors of fantasy have no excuse for not representing other types of semen in their novels. I'm so sick of this argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronson Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Leonard Cline The Dark Chamber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evamitchelle Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 I don't know if this series is really obscure since it was recommended to me by a large number of people on Tumblr - considering it only has about 30 reviews on Amazon it probably isn't that famous - but I think The Spiritwalker Trilogy by Kate Elliott is worth a shot. Only the first 2 books have been released so far, but the third one should be well on his way since the author finished a complete draft of it about a month ago. It's steampunk fantasy, in a world where the Ice Age didn't end, where the Romans didn't fall and dinosaurs evolved into sentient beings. Also all the main characters are people of colour and the protagonist is a 20-year-old woman (of colour too). The first book is called Cold Magic, the second Cold Fire and the third should be Cold Steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grack21 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Obscure: relatively unknown: asa : remote, secluded <an obscure village>b : not prominent or famous <an obscure poet> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evamitchelle Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 I know what obscure means. Especially since the same definition's on top of the page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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