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Does she like Lovecraft any? Larry Send a noteboard - 23/01/2010 12:06:48 AM
My wife is looking for a fantasy series to read - she liked Mistborn but didn't like Elantris, and she loved Martin but can't stand Jordan. Any suggestions?


If so, I would suggest any of Thomas Ligotti's collections to her. Or perhaps the more "New Weird" style stuff by China Miéville (The Scar being my personal favorite of his) or Jeff VanderMeer (Finch or City of Saints and Madmen being the top two of his that I'd suggest). Angela Carter's works are great.

But if you're just wanting epic fantasy suggestions, most of what I've read is flawed in some way. R. Scott Bakker's The Prince of Nothing trilogy was a very good read for me, but several find his writing to be ponderous and perhaps a too misogynistic setting for several. Steven Erikson's works are scattershot and require some understanding of epic fantasy motifs in order for the deconstructions to be detected. Joe Abercrombie's The First Law series is often praised on other sites, but it can feel a bit overdone in the "bleakness" category.

Could try Patricia McKillip's The Riddle-Master trilogy if she hasn't read that one yet. Complete and somewhat poetic in its prose. Enjoyed that.
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Recommendations for a fantasy series - 22/01/2010 03:27:38 AM 1422 Views
Has she read Erikson/would war-based fantasy put her off? - 22/01/2010 03:30:36 AM 967 Views
What she liked about Martin was the political intrigue and realism. - 24/01/2010 03:07:34 AM 865 Views
Very much so. - 24/01/2010 03:30:47 AM 841 Views
The trilogy of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams. - 22/01/2010 04:07:26 AM 965 Views
Wrong place. Ignore. *NM* - 24/01/2010 11:05:51 AM 378 Views
I'd go for this - 24/01/2010 02:25:04 PM 929 Views
Scott Lynch, though the series is no wheres near complete, the Lies of Locke Lamora is damn good. *NM* - 22/01/2010 05:13:14 AM 422 Views
^ This. - 23/01/2010 04:16:53 PM 777 Views
If the series isn't done she won't read it. - 24/01/2010 03:09:02 AM 782 Views
That's fair. It won't be done for awhile. - 24/01/2010 08:59:54 AM 970 Views
and she'll laugh her ass off at times *NM* - 24/01/2010 09:51:16 PM 355 Views
i've been digging the hell out of the incarnations of immortality series by piers anthony - 22/01/2010 05:26:07 AM 810 Views
What is the basic premise? *NM* - 24/01/2010 03:09:37 AM 338 Views
Re: What is the basic premise? - 24/01/2010 06:15:55 PM 928 Views
I'll second the recommendation, btw. - 25/01/2010 11:03:56 AM 789 Views
This is a shot in the dark - 22/01/2010 07:37:49 AM 976 Views
How many books are there and what are they about? *NM* - 24/01/2010 03:10:11 AM 451 Views
The Empire series by Feist and Wurtz? - 22/01/2010 12:47:50 PM 921 Views
This is getting to be information overload - 24/01/2010 03:11:18 AM 719 Views
Right - 25/01/2010 02:12:06 PM 825 Views
Empire trilogy is awesome - 24/01/2010 09:57:39 PM 917 Views
I did, way back when - you don't need to have read Riftwar. *NM* - 24/01/2010 10:06:05 PM 359 Views
Si. - 25/01/2010 02:10:45 PM 787 Views
A big thank you to everyone with suggestions!!! - 22/01/2010 01:17:54 PM 781 Views
Abercrombie or maybe Guy Gavriel Kay. *NM* - 22/01/2010 03:14:03 PM 388 Views
Seconded - 22/01/2010 09:07:44 PM 699 Views
Can you give me a bit more insight (either of you) ? - 24/01/2010 03:12:23 AM 795 Views
I can't speak to Abercrombie, but Kay writes fantasy history. - 24/01/2010 09:15:05 AM 791 Views
Kay is a beautiful writer. - 25/01/2010 05:01:14 PM 948 Views
I'd suggest Stephen King's Dark Tower series. *NM* - 22/01/2010 03:21:12 PM 381 Views
She wouldn't like it. I'm sure of that. *NM* - 24/01/2010 03:12:43 AM 364 Views
Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince and Dragon Star Trilogies - 22/01/2010 04:29:43 PM 764 Views
I enjoyed the Dragon Prince series. - 22/01/2010 10:19:31 PM 907 Views
The heavy emphasis on the word "Dragon" in both series makes me wary - 24/01/2010 03:15:52 AM 748 Views
Yeah, I always had the same worry when it was suggested to me. - 26/01/2010 12:53:14 AM 983 Views
You have now - 24/01/2010 02:19:11 PM 774 Views
Go completely in another direction - 22/01/2010 06:22:45 PM 780 Views
Eh...I don't think so. *NM* - 24/01/2010 03:16:57 AM 349 Views
Series are hard. - 22/01/2010 08:10:30 PM 990 Views
Does she like Lovecraft any? - 23/01/2010 12:06:48 AM 811 Views
McKillip is lovely. *NM* - 23/01/2010 12:34:36 AM 306 Views
No, she doesn't like Lovecraft. She's a girl, after all. - 24/01/2010 03:19:31 AM 711 Views
In that case... - 24/01/2010 03:29:21 AM 844 Views
Carol Berg's Transformation, C.S. Friedman's Feast of Souls - 23/01/2010 01:27:53 AM 904 Views
I love your false modesty. - 23/01/2010 10:35:25 AM 907 Views
Dark Fantasy may be good. - 24/01/2010 03:23:31 AM 825 Views
Re: Dark Fantasy may be good. - 24/01/2010 05:45:35 PM 845 Views
Jennifer Fallon - Second Sons - 23/01/2010 12:59:10 PM 642 Views
Is it finished? *NM* - 24/01/2010 03:23:50 AM 331 Views
Yes it is. - 24/01/2010 09:52:24 AM 685 Views
Daniel Abraham... - 24/01/2010 11:07:16 AM 843 Views
Wars of Light and Shadow by Janny Wurts - 24/01/2010 05:20:44 PM 926 Views

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