Fantasy Recommendations for the Unenlightened 2

[murphy]

There's so many good books out there, I forgot The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Very well-told story.

[Grawgos]

Hello everyone,

I have been on a bit of reading kick lately. Here are some books that I have read and would recommend you check out.

The Blade Itself and Before they were hanged by Joe Abercrombie. Fantastic series. Great story and even better characters. If you have read these yet, you must go out and buy them.

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Very entertaining and well written tale. I'm really looking forward to the next installment.

The Well of Ascention by Brandon Sanderson. I really love his work, especially the Mistborn series.

The Words of Making by David Forbes. I didn't think it was as good as the first the book in the series, but I did like it.

The Wanderers Tale by David Bilsborough. A little slow at first, but picked up towards the end.

God's Demon by Wayne Barlowe. Great book. Fantastic Characters, great vision and description of Hell. I really like this one.

I am currently half way through Winterbirth by Brain Ruckley. Very good book, once I put together who was who.

One I would highly recommend that you STAY AWAY FROM is Mr. B. Gone by Clive Barker. Terrible book. I was told by some in the industry that he was putting his Teen writing to the side and returning to his horror roots. This is not so. Take out the foul language and it is mild, timid teen read. I really struggled to finish this one and most people I know who bought it, were smart enough to stop reading and get their money back.

[Snow]

Death Gate and Rose of the prophet were good, Sovereign Stone even beter, that series about the sword really sucked, haven't read other series from them...

[KateWalker]

The Dragons of North Chittendon by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer

For centuries, people are afraid of dragons and gradually kill off their kind. What they didn't realize, is that the dragons were just as afraid of the people. This is a story about a young dragon named Arthur who ignores his dragon elders and makes friends with a human boy named Patrick. Their connection changes the human/dragon futures forever.

[ScottSF]

Thanks Murphy, J.V. Jones was EXACTLY what I was looking for. Took an unfortunate detour on Feist but now The Cave of Black Ice is keeping me entertained.

[Tickle]

I've seen a lot of good choices here, but I have some to add.

The Sun Sword Series (6 books) - Michelle West

The Symphony of Ages (6 books so far) - Elizabeth Haydon

Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Chosen and Kushiel's Avatar and Kushiel's Legacy series - Jacqueline Carey

Dragon Prince & Dragon Star series (3 books each)
Ruins of Ambrai - Melanie Rawn

These are a few of my favorites. Check them out.

[Rosemary]

Originally Posted by Wybren

The Bitterbynd Trilogy by Cecilia Dart Thornton is brilliant if you can get hold of it....
Her Crowthistle chronicles are pretty good also

Certainly agree with you on this author, Wybren. They have great story lines and she has a different style of writing which adds to the enjoyment.

I would certainly have to recommend 'Fire Of Heaven' trilogy by Russell Kirkpatrick. One review is 'a massive and absorbing saga'.

His new series called 'Husk' has started very well with 'Path of Revenge' and I look forward to the next volume.

[Connavar]

Can people recommend to me more Urban Fantasy or contemporary Fantasy, something like Night Watch,Storm Front etc

Things that are more supernatural with wizards,vamps,werewolves,witches in our world than the usual medevil setting fantasy.

Whats this Norton guy with Witch World for example


P.S cant use question mark in brother laptop...

[j. d. worthington]

Eh? "Norton guy"? That's Andre Norton (real name: Alice Mary Norton), known chiefly for her series of Witch World tales (both novels and short stories) and for innumerable YA sf novels of remarkably good quality. She always referred to herself as a very staid sort of storyteller, almost stodgy; and, while it is true that she is very traditional in her approach to telling a tale, the tales she told were anything but staid or stodgy, but often very rich and thoughtful. Norton died in 2005, after a long and very fruitful career....

Andre Norton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Urban fantasy? Well... that's a rather broad genre, and you might want to dip into writers such as Charles Beaumont and Harlan Ellison (especially Deathbird Stories, Shatterday, Strange Wine... or just go for The Essential Ellison) for a look at some better examples....

[Nesacat]

Am going to second JD on this Connavar ... start with Ellison definitely. I think you will like his work very much.

And the same for Andre Norton. She's tells wonderful tales and across a broad spectrum.

[murphy]

First of all I would recommend War For the Oaks by Emma Bull. One of the first urban fantasies.

Then Charles de Lint's Newford books.

[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by murphy

First of all I would recommend War For the Oaks by Emma Bull. One of the first urban fantasies.

Then Charles de Lint's Newford books.

I'd take serious issue with this being anywhere near one of the first. Urban fantasy as a marketable subgenre may be new, but urban fantasy itself dates back to the late nineteenth century (cf. "A Fragment of Life", by Arthur Machen, for instance), and Beaumont, Ellison, & Co. certainly predate War for the Oaks, as do many others....

[murphy]

Originally Posted by j. d. worthington

I'd take serious issue with this being anywhere near one of the first. Urban fantasy as a marketable subgenre may be new, but urban fantasy itself dates back to the late nineteenth century (cf. "A Fragment of Life", by Arthur Machen, for instance), and Beaumont, Ellison, & Co. certainly predate War for the Oaks, as do many others....

I bow to your knowledge J.D. But it's still a good urban fantasy.

[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by murphy

I bow to your knowledge J.D. But it's still a good urban fantasy.

And we can always use more of those... or, for that matter, any good story that helps to broaden the concept of fantasy, a very rich and fecund field that has had one portion a bit overtilled for a while....

[Connavar]

Originally Posted by j. d. worthington

Eh? "Norton guy"? That's Andre Norton (real name: Alice Mary Norton), known chiefly for her series of Witch World tales (both novels and short stories) and for innumerable YA sf novels of remarkably good quality. She always referred to herself as a very staid sort of storyteller, almost stodgy; and, while it is true that she is very traditional in her approach to telling a tale, the tales she told were anything but staid or stodgy, but often very rich and thoughtful. Norton died in 2005, after a long and very fruitful career....

Andre Norton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Urban fantasy? Well... that's a rather broad genre, and you might want to dip into writers such as Charles Beaumont and Harlan Ellison (especially Deathbird Stories, Shatterday, Strange Wine... or just go for The Essential Ellison) for a look at some better examples....

What would you recommend of Norton? Witch world ?

About Urban Fantasy and Contemporay fantasy, i seem to find fantasy set in our world very easy to like.

Any kind of those stories dont matter as long as they are good of course.


I wouldnt mind any recommendation both classic works and newer works.