SciFi and Fantasy eBook Club discussion

Hello everyone!
I'm looking for more good fantasy books to read. I've already read Tolkien, Terry Brooks, Brom, Rowling, Brian Jacques, and Ursula Le'Guin. Can you list your favorites below? Thank you very much! :D

You can try Sabrina Flynn's Legends of Frysta Series. It is a good swords and sorcery and gods story.

Enjoy.

There're also more recent authors like Brandon Sanderson, Joe Abercrombie, and Brian Staveley.

Jim Butcher's Dresden Files is a good series

I couldn't get through Storm Front. He doesn't have a backbone for his only occupation. I did try it though. I'm trying The Lies of Locke Lamora next.

ROBIN HOBB, I can't stress enough how well written her stuff is. Start off the the Farseer Trilogy - Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, and Assassin's Quest. If you enjoyed Tolkien's descriptive writing, you'll love Hobbs's.

I'm currently reading Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Trilogy, I'm about a quarter of the way through the first book... it's good, it's not really traditional fantasy, at least to me it seems kind of steampunk-like.

I have read a few fantasy series that were awful this year though... the Captive Prince trilogy by C.S. Pacat (who writes at a 10 year old's level), George Martin's ASoIaF (I love Game of Thrones, but I think Martin's a horrible, unemotional writer), and Mercedes Lackey's The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy, it's... mediocre, the story has the potential to be good, but her writing is mostly lacking. I'm also looking for some new, good fantasy, because I've been on a downward spiral since ASoIaF.

David Eddings - The Belgariad, The Mallorean, Belgarath, and Polgara; The Ellenium, The Tamuli - fantasy comfort food. :-)

Dave Duncan - multiple fantasy series - especially, the Reluctant Swordsman trilogy

Raymod Feist - the Riftwar Saga (first title Magician: Apprentice)

Glen Cook - Garret, P.I. series, the Chronicles of the Black Company

Katherine Kurtz, the Deryni books

Stephen Donaldson. 1st and 2nd Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

Chronicles of the Black Company remains my all-time favourite fantasy series. It's told from the perspective of the evil sorceress's henchmen. It has a "Band of Brothers" vibe to it.

You can also try Robert Asprin's Thieves' world series. It's a series of stories by different authors, that take place in the same city.

I also recommend the Chronicles of the Black Company. They are so well written and interesting.

Have you read The Chronicles of Narnia yet? Those are wonderful.

I recomend three most excellent authors.
Joe Abercrombie (First Law trilogy), Patrick Rothfuss (The kingkiller chronicles) and Scott Lynch (the gentlemen bastards). Although I should point out that Rothfuss and Lynch have not ended their first fantasy series yet.

Thanks everyone!!!

Shadow of the Barbarian: A Legend Will Rise A guilty pleasure but I was completely blown away by it. What a find !

If you want some unusual fantasy choices, try Gene Wolfe, Steven Brust, and Roger Zelazny. Of course, for humorous fantasy, there's always Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, and Robert Asprin.

I'm giving away two of my fantasy novels to people who subscribe to my newsletter.

Love, Death and Tea is a gentle comedy about the end of the world.

To Know the Dark is a dystopian fantasy about a closed world where a young girl comes to know her latent magic powers.

Both totally free at www.will-once.com

Susan Klaus's Flight of the Golden Harpy, Waylaid, the second novel in the series just won the Royal Palm Literary Award for Best Fantasy last month and also became an Amazon Bestseller. The first book published by Tor is also a winner. Might want to checkout the series, but warning, it an adult read.

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Not sure if your into Martial Arts. I have a Martial Arts Fantasy The Lord of Shadows Rises

I'm kind of surprised to not see the Paksenarrion series by Elizabeth Moon. I would recommend just starting with the Deed of Paksenarrion as it combines several books. Once you read the first (Oath of Fealty) you won't want to stop till you finish the initial story arc anyhow.

As was mentioned above, I would also HIGHLY recommend Robin Hobb. Her Farseer Trilogy is so incredibly wonderful. She has definitely influenced my writing quite a bit.

David Eddings is good if you like complex prophecies, gods and worlds so thickly build you could break your teeth on them.

Andrzej Sapkowski is good, too, with adult protagonists. I seriously prefer them over kids and teenagers - I don't like to be reminded of my angst, thanks ;)

I'm about to start on Michael Moorcock's Elric saga.

I love the Earthsea Books