Thread: Any Good Fantasy?

Originally Posted by Kel Sicarius

Patrick Rothfuss' books "Name of the Wind" and "Wise Man's Fear" are amazing books. They're long, have an intricate plot - both a story "backbone" and mini plots that go on alongside it. It has well developed and original characters.

I've been reading "Name of the Wind" for a while now. I'm only a 100 or so pages in, I'm really liking it, but I've not much time to read. It bought it on a bit of leap of faith, so it's good to see others have enjoyed it.

Originally Posted by Steamship

Tigana by Guy Gavrial Kay

The kind of book that saps my confidence and makes me want never to bother. I mean, honestly, why? I'll never get close. Kay is excellent and Tigana is his best. Sumptuous.

Another is the one I'm re-reading for the third time: Iron Council by China Miéville.

Bah.

The complete and utter successful bastards.

I'm reading The Wheel of Time series right now. I gotta say I'm enjoying it. While at times the author seems to loose track of the main plot he paints a picture of this massively detailed world he's created.

Terry Brooks' Word and the Void series is also a favorite of mine. It's not a typical fantasy given it's set in the modern world but a refreshing change of pace in my opinion.

RA Salvatore's Legend of Drizzt series is an old favorite of mine. One thing I think Salvatore is good at is describing combat. Swordplay is a large part of most fantasy and I haven't read anyone better at writing out a duel or a battle in detail.

I'll second Terry Brooks.

He is a very simple writer, however if you start with his first few books, Sword of Shanarra, Elfstones of Shanarra, Wishsong of Shanarra they are pretty atypical high fantasy.

Fun to read but no a lot of depth. What he did well though was continue to extend the world with series 'The Scions of Shanarra' and 'The Voyage of the Jeriee Shanarra'. These refer to the first three books as the history and ancestors of the new characters.

As mentioned, the Word and the Void is a fantasy novel in modern day, however in the series 'Genisis of Shanarra' he links his Word and the Void series to his Shanarra series which I thought was fantastic.

Like I said, not a master wordsmith but entertaining none the less.

Really love a song of ice and fire