[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/lit/ - Literature

View post   
File: 294 KB, 1619x1578, Bear Story.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1068613 No.1068613 [Reply] [Original]

hey there /lit/ I'm currently looking for a new fantasy series to read, some of my favorite works are Robert Jordan, Scott Lynch, and the Legend of The Seeker novels. I'm not looking for anything too intellectual, or pretentious, just a good read into a well written fantasy.
In return for your valiant efforts, enjoy this story

>> No.1068620

bumpity.

>> No.1068625

I desire to read goooooodd fantasy........
other than the swift end to the Bartimaeus books :L

>> No.1068630

halppppppppppp, cmonnnnn

>> No.1068632

george rr martin song of fire and ice books
tad williams memory sorrow thorn books

>> No.1068634

>>1068632
>your nuts. my mouth
thank you!

>> No.1068647
File: 30 KB, 326x500, stormcaller.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1068647

Try the Twilight Reign series by Tom Lloyd? They're pretty good, lots of stuff going on, and the fourth book (of five) just came out.

>> No.1068653

>>1068647
I will thank you for your recommendations :D

>> No.1068655

>>1068632
no probs they are both awesome series

If you like Jordan and Goodkind you might also like David Eddings. He isn't blow your socks off good but he tells a good yarn and is fairly entertaining. He's brain candy. Well he's wormfood because he died last year but you know what I mean.

>> No.1068657

I'm also a fan of tolkien and Lukyanenko, so slightly sci-fi is not a problem for me, I could also deal with suggestions along the lines of Ender's Game books.

>> No.1068661

I had no idea Eddings was dead, this is a definite disappointment as I have already read Polgara :L

>> No.1068665

have you read earthsea OP? greatest fantasy ever. greater than lotr in my opinion.

>> No.1068668

>>1068661
Oh I think his best books were all the series ones. I hated the one off books

sorry you found out this way.

>> No.1068674

The last book I read was Orcs by Stan Nicholls, and no I haven't read the earthsea novels, I'm going to put that on the list.

>> No.1068677

>>1068674
Did you enjoy Orcs? I thought bits of it were good but overall it was at best a bit meh to be honest. Just felt it wasn't fantastically written and playing on lots of overused tricks.

>> No.1068696

>>1068677
My god you couldn't have said better, my opinion of it was just a little bit too forced on both plot and placement of violence.

>> No.1068706

First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie.

I have now introduced you to the world of decent fantasy. You're welcome.

>> No.1068709

>>1068657
The Nightwatch series was pretty good in my personal opinion :D

>> No.1068714

>>1068706
Thank you, all book suggestions are welcome here, knowing that in I'll be creating myself a worthy fantasy shelf for myself. I can always reread a fantasy novel that I enjoyed!

>> No.1070083

R. Scott Bakker
K. J. Parker

>> No.1070122
File: 565 KB, 1664x2749, 1273546438086.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1070122

>>1068613
This might be helpful.

>> No.1070357

i really enjoyed brandon sanderson's Mistborn trilogy

>> No.1070362
File: 29 KB, 312x500, 1282028426067.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1070362

>> No.1070366

>>1070362

Malazan is awesome.

>> No.1070546

Malazan book of the fallen
/thread.

>> No.1070562

Malazan is fucking horrible.

>> No.1070572

>>1070122
Knight and Wizard were shit tier books IMHO

boring, the detail is misplaced and at times unnecessary, and a lot of it was wanking about how great the main character was because of the various godlike figures that poured power onto him.

additionally, there's no wizardry at all, so I felt entirely misled.

>> No.1070615

>>1068706
I wanted to second the Abercrombie thing. It's awesome stuff. Consider Brent Weeks' "Night Angel Trilogy" too (don't let the hideous covers and stupid name scare you away). "Assassin's Apprentice" by Robin Hobb is the start of an awesome trilogy as well.

...ooh! or "The Deed of Paksenarrion"

>> No.1070625

>>1070572
nb4 Gene Wolfe shitstorm. Also, you are a child.

>> No.1070657

I just read the Mistborn trilogy on recommendation from a friend. It was pretty fun, lots of original action and plot twists. Fun to read, nothing too heavy...

Anyway, this got me on a fantasy kick. I combed the web and found this list: http://www.bestfantasybooks.com/top25-fantasy-books.php . It is by far the most informative and well thought out list I could find.

Have Rothfuss and Erikson books on the way now...

>> No.1070677
File: 40 KB, 311x500, dresdenfiles.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1070677

If you enjoy urban fantasy, you'll like the Dresden Files.

>> No.1070699

There was this one where a unassuming hero and his merry band go on a perilous journey to defeat a great evil with the aid of a wizard who pops up occaisionally. Can't remember what it was called, but the good guys won in the end. You should read it.

>> No.1070704

>>1070699
I think that's "The River of the Dancing Gods" by Jack Chalker...which is great

>> No.1070705
File: 30 KB, 500x375, TomWaits.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
1070705

>>1068613
Have you tried reading that fantasy book with Tolkien influences?

>> No.1070716

>>1070677
op here


sorry i dont read shitty fantasy books meant for manchildren