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Fantasy recommendations thread?

Dread Empire > Black Company imo but both are great

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>Black Company
I've been reading Shadow Games and it seems pretty good so far.

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>>6426918

>> No.6431644

>>6429630

Jesus Christ they look terrible. Are they worth the read?

>> No.6431661

>>6429630
Thanks for the recommendations James

>> No.6431696

>>6431644
Fuck no, they're like if <Insert YA Urban Fantasy Novel> fucked the Navy Seals Copypasta

>> No.6432037

>>6431696

Ahh ok. Guessed as much but I've been reading a lot of Sci-fi and fantasy lately. A lot of which I would've thought as pure shit if I judged them by their covers.

>> No.6432070

Read and liked:
E.R. Edison
Lord Dunsany
Evangeline Walton
Robert E. Howard
C.L. Moore
Fritz Leiber
Jack Vance
Poul Anderson
Ursula K Le Guin
M. John Harrison
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Gene Wolfe
Neil Gaiman
Susanna Clarke

Read and disliked:
Fletcher Pratt
L. Sprague de Camp
Lin Carter
Andre Norton
Michael Moorcock
Tolkien

>> No.6432084

Kek by James Jej is pretty good, you should check it out.

>> No.6432087

Anonymous 04/20/15(Mon)22:52:08 No.6432070▶
Read and liked:
E.R. Edison
Lord Dunsany
Evangeline Walton
Robert E. Howard
C.L. Moore
Fritz Leiber
Jack Vance
Poul Anderson
Ursula K Le Guin
Keith Roberts
M. John Harrison
Tim Powers
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Gene Wolfe
Neil Gaiman
Susanna Clarke

Read and disliked:
Fletcher Pratt
L. Sprague de Camp
Lin Carter
Andre Norton
Michael Moorcock
Tolkien

>> No.6432102

Anyone here likes writing fantasy or it's just reading? I'm sure you couldn't do worse than Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms.