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| Posted By : rmadk86 - 6/8/2007 8:11 PM | | Hi guys...recently i just finished reading everything by my four favorite authors. Orson Scott Card, Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, and Piers Anthony....Now i'm at a loss. I go to the library and I grab random books..but none of em are the kind of stories I like, which is why i'm here. I need a good story.
I like scifi and fantasy obviously, but it has to be good. That's kinda vague isn't it? I like stories that tell of divine struggle, mostly. And i'm also into "The Chosen One" kind of stories. Anything that's sorta like Enchantment or Hart's Hope by Orson Scott Card would be ideal. Also something like the dragonlance novels would be good. I'm sorry I couldn't be clearer...if you could help i'd greatly appreciate it.
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| Posted By : che2000 - 6/8/2007 8:52 PM | Why not try David Gemmell? His books are top-notch muscular fantasies - particularly 'Legend', 'Wolf In Shadow' 'Waylander' and 'Winter Warriors' - and above all, good stories.
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| Posted By : Stuart Clark - 6/8/2007 11:42 PM | Try "The Dragonbone Chair" by Tad Williams. It's the first in his Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series.
I read a lot of Piers Anthony and Weis and Hickman. Found this to be really enjoyable too.
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| Posted By : Braksis - 6/9/2007 7:36 AM | Call me crazy, but why not check out the section of this forum that has the author's here introduce themselves and their books? Sure, we could all rattle off some authors, titles, series, etc, but I'm sure you'll find something from this community that interests you (and supporting a fellow community member is certainly not a bad thing either!).
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Author of The Imperium Saga novels
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| Posted By : Hamstersbane - 6/9/2007 11:26 AM | I'd second Tad Williams (the rest of the trillogy is The Stone of Farewell and To Green Angel Tower). I'd also recommend Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time (start with Eye of the World and continue reading till you're old and grey. heh). Also, you might want to give J. Gregory Keyes' Waterborn and Blackgod a try.
Jeff Parish
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| Posted By : rmadk86 - 6/9/2007 7:41 PM | | thx for you answers :D
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| Posted By : BethS - 6/11/2007 7:45 AM | I just finished reading The Briar King by Greg Keyes. It's the first of a four-book series. High fantasy, fast-paced. You might like it.
~Beth
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| Posted By : von Darkmoor - 6/23/2007 3:43 AM | Ray Feist fits right in with the Dragonlance books, give him a try. Richard Knaak's Dragonrealm, Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea, Anne McCaffrey's Pern. Salvatore's drow books have the same type of group questing and some of the best individual fight scenes on the market. If you're going to go the Jordan route I suppose you could throw in Terry Brooks as well.
Don't even get started on Goodkind, though.
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| Posted By : Thirdy Lopez - 7/8/2007 11:26 PM |  Why don't you give Barker a shot? His ABARAT books certainly meet your "chosen one" description.
- Thirdy |
| Posted By : wildnlethal - 7/11/2007 10:43 PM | WOW! I love your choice of authors!!!! Not sure if you like alien fantasy and a story with a torturous ending (lol) but I just threw a post about a short book, but awesome book called Carlton Casey: Alien Incident. It's got a cool site anyway, but I went and bought the book and read it in two days! It was that cool.......anyway, hope I helped you a little. The website is www.carltoncasey.com
Let me know if you read it because I love talkin' new, different books! And, if you have any ideas let me know because I already see we are on similar pages.
WNL
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| Posted By : Thirdy Lopez - 7/11/2007 11:56 PM | Not sure if this'll tickle your fancy but you ought to give Douglas Adams a shot if you haven't yet. Hilarious, light reading.
- Thirdy
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| Posted By : crystalwizard - 7/12/2007 12:18 AM | How about I recommend you read all the sci-fi and fantasy books/stories that the authors on this site have in print? Starting, of course, with mine ;)
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| Posted By : Gustavo - 8/18/2007 11:43 AM | | If you liked Anthony's Xanth books, I would have to second the opinion that you'd enjoy Douglas Adams, and add that you might want to check out Robert Asprin's Myth Series. If you liked Anthony's darker stuff, like Cthon or the Bio of a Space Tyrant series, you might enjoy Terry Goodkind's Sword Of Truth series, which, like the Wheel of Time, will keep you entertained for a while.
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| Posted By : Bookworm - 10/1/2007 3:33 PM | Why don't you read an anthology of short stories? Keep track of the authors you like, and look for their novels.
Enjoy
Lee
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| Posted By : Hermit - 10/1/2007 3:45 PM | | If you don't mind reading from pdf . . . I'm always looking for avid readers to give me non-writer feedback. Send me a PM with an email, and I'm happy to set you up with a manuscript.
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| Posted By : Hamstersbane - 10/1/2007 6:25 PM | Is that J. Gregory Keyes, of Waterborn/Blackgod fame?
BethS said...
I just finished reading The Briar King by Greg Keyes. It's the first of a four-book series. High fantasy, fast-paced. You might like it.
~Beth
Jeff Parish
Jennings Grove, an online horror serial novel
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| Posted By : Lyn - 10/1/2007 8:09 PM | Have you read Philip Jose Farmer's To Your Scattered Bodies Go? Based on the authors you've read this one might set you on to his Riverworld Saga (which are interesting for about the first 3 books).
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| Posted By : peadarog - 10/2/2007 8:18 AM | Based on your favourite authors above, I'd second Raymond Feist, particularly "Magician". I loved Philip Jose Farmer's "To Your Scattered Bodies Go" as suggested by Lyn, but I'm not quite sure it fits the brief 
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| Posted By : Kuroboshii - 10/2/2007 8:23 PM | There've been some really great authors debuting in the last couple years. I recommend you take a look at Brandon Sanderson, Scott Lynch, and Patrick Rothfuss, all of whom write awesome, original high fantasies.
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| Posted By : Dave Hardy - 10/5/2007 12:40 PM | If you are interested in divine struggle, you could give Ashok Banker's retelling of the Ramayana a try. While I tend to prefer a faster pace, Banker's supporting characters put his protagonist and antagonist (Rama & Ravana) in their place in their families and societies as well as making a point about dharma.
Also, it's a story that goes places. I'm about to the part where Hanuman's monkey armies take on the Warlord of Hell. I think Hermit can back me up on this: Monkeys vs. Demons, does it get any cooler?
Dave Hardy
Fire & Sword
Fire & Sword Blog |
| Posted By : C.Cevasco - 10/5/2007 10:54 PM | George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice & Fire series is probably the best fantasy I've ever read* and among the very best books I've read in any genre. If you haven't read them yet, you really can't go wrong. The first book is A Game of Thrones.
Chris
*Well, with the exception of Tolkien, who's in a category all his own and therefore doesn't count in these sorts of comparisons...  |
| Posted By : humboldthny - 12/2/2007 1:17 AM | | What about Terry Pratchett? Same vein as Anthony, lots of humor with a dash of social commentary.... |
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