/lit/ - Literature

*shrugs shruggingly*

What made Dassem Ultor, a mortal, such an amazing swordsman?

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Is this series any good, /lit/?

The Malazan book of the Fallen series.

It doesn't get better than this.

Excellent writing, very detailed and complex plot. Some of the best World building in Fantasy Literature.

Big cast of characters you follow and come to love.

Dark, gritty, realistic (magic is very prevalent however), yet still engrossing and awe inspiring.

Get past the first book, which is quite confusing since the author doesn't spoon feed you or give info dumps to explain the world around you. Its like a puzzle, a fun one at that, in which you piece together small snipers of the worlds history to put it together.

The main series which is 10 books, is already finished, so no waiting around for the newest book to come out.

Anyone whose finished the series will telly you its one of, if not the best Fantasy series ever written.

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Hi /lit/

I am quite new to the fantasy genre, I read the GoT series then moved onto the Malazan Book of the Fallen series which I MUCH preferred.

I am now looking for something new to read since finishing that and was thinking something along the lines of..

Book of the New Sun - Gene Wolfe
Black Company - Glen Cook
Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson
The Tyranny of the Night - Glen Cook

Any other recommendations or preferences out of the above?

All I've read of the fantasy genre besides LOTR is ASOIAF and The Gentleman Bastards. I'd like to read the other two or three worthwhile series in the genre, but I don't know what they are. Is pic related worth the read? The characters are supposedly one dimensional, and I'm not sure I can push through ten books for worldbuilding alone.