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So, what is your favorite fantasy book or series /lit/?

>> No.5020412
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This or Perdido street station

>> No.5020423
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>>5020412
My nigga

I'm a big fan of what Joe Abercrombie's writing, every book impresses me more than the last one. Anyone else hyped for his new trilogy?

>> No.5020435

>>5020423
Red country was pretty lame compared to Heroes.
Is Half a king any good?

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>>5020404
Das Kapital.

>> No.5020477

>>5020435
Comes out in July

>> No.5020503

>>5020404
Steph Swainton's trilogy The Castle, made up of The Year of Our War, No Present like Time and The Modern World.

Rarely mentioned but an excellent read. Free chapters at: http://www.stephswainston.co.uk/the_books

>> No.5020702

Malazan series

>> No.5020704

>>5020439
>le smug jewish monetary theorist

>> No.5020947

>>5020404
The Prince of Nothing series is just terrible. I can't believe that there are published authors out there who can't manage to tell a story even if they're given almost 2,000 pages to do it.

>> No.5020988

>>5020947
You find it boring or what?

>> No.5021003

>>5020988
The entire series was just a prologue to whatever Bakker is writing next, no resolution or even completed story arcs. Also, it's a series about a crusade, but Bakker doesn't include any major characters that actually give a shit about the crusade, so you have hundreds and hundreds of pages describing the forces fighting without ever giving a single shit. Also terrible characters, and a bunch of other things make it terrible. One of the worst things I've read in the last couple years.

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Honestly, The Belgariad and to a lesser extent the Malloreon.

Yes the plot is pretty paper thin and generic fantasy about a prophecy, but Eddings has such fantastic characterization. The characters are all fleshed out wonderfully and feel real, they are the driving force behind the story and so you actually feel pulled into the story, despite it's bland overarching plot.