Good Fantasy?

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Vault Dweller wrote:I would also recommend George RR Martin's Ice and Fire series with the caveat that the series is not finished yet, and its been quite a few years since the last book was released. Many fans, myself included, fear that George is going to pull a Robert Jordan. The the series was going to be a trilogy, then four, then the fourth book was split into two books with second half supposed to be released shortly after the forth. (Book four released in 2005 and no sign of book 5 yet). The series is now supposed to be 7 books long. You can see why fans are concerned about the series ever actually being finished.

I have finished the 3rd book, and the series is awesome. Probably the best fantasy I ever read. But I'm going to wait there till the series is finished.
I feel exactly the same way. I have also read through three of the books, but I'm waiting to read the fourth until the fifth hits the shelves. I really hope Martin finishes the books. It really is one of the best fantasy series I've ever read.
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I found this stuff boring a derivative when I was 12
Bowlie wrote: Terry Brooks - Shanarra series (Sword of Shanarra is not very good, but the rest of the books are really enjoyable--you have to read Sword of Shanarra though because there are references to it in the other books in the series)
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very enjoyable actually, but a little bit of a guilty pleasure.
NoLeftTurn wrote:The Rift War Saga by Raymond E. Feist.
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I enjoyed the first three ....... but it became very overblown at long winded aftre that
michlejhon wrote:Yes I also read the story "The Wheel of time series" i really enjoyed that
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thischarmingmanc wrote:I found this stuff boring a derivative when I was 12
Bowlie wrote: Terry Brooks - Shanarra series (Sword of Shanarra is not very good, but the rest of the books are really enjoyable--you have to read Sword of Shanarra though because there are references to it in the other books in the series)
To each his own I guess. I still thought they were fun. To me, not everything has to be some deep, complicated book. Maybe that makes me a Simple Jack, but I don't really care. :lol:
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Bowlie wrote:
thischarmingmanc wrote:I found this stuff boring a derivative when I was 12
Bowlie wrote: Terry Brooks - Shanarra series (Sword of Shanarra is not very good, but the rest of the books are really enjoyable--you have to read Sword of Shanarra though because there are references to it in the other books in the series)
To each his own I guess. I still thought they were fun. To me, not everything has to be some deep, complicated book. Maybe that makes me a Simple Jack, but I don't really care. :lol:
You and me both. It must be a burden to be so smart. :D
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oh behave
Vault Dweller wrote:
Bowlie wrote:
thischarmingmanc wrote:I found this stuff boring a derivative when I was 12
To each his own I guess. I still thought they were fun. To me, not everything has to be some deep, complicated book. Maybe that makes me a Simple Jack, but I don't really care. :lol:
You and me both. It must be a burden to be so smart. :D
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try the Redwall series..read it growing up, great series
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describe it for us please
shanakrahman wrote:try the Redwall series..read it growing up, great series
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Pamela Dean's Secret Country trilogy, and The Dubious Hills, which is set in the same world.

There's a shared-world series of anthologies, starting with Liavek, edited by Will Shetterly and Emma Bull, if I recall. I like those too.
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I love The World of Tiers by Philip Jose Farmer. It's a series about a portal into a multi-level universe. Each level is different (and beautiful in their own ways). It's Farmer's most famous series and it was written over almost 30 years starting in 1965. Good stuff!
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MODESITT HAS A GOOD LINE OF FANTASY. ALSO ORSON SCOTT CARD.
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