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Latro in the Mist or the two omnibi that comprise The Book of the New Sun Larry Send a noteboard - 24/01/2010 03:33:39 AM
What Gene Wolfe books would you recommend, and what is the theme? She liked the realism and maturity of the Martin books. She doesn't like it when there are tons of elves, fairies, eskimos and other make-believe creatures.


The first is set in the Persian Wars period and stars Latro, a mercenary who has amnesia at the end of each day and he has to record the important events so he can remember why he is heading to a particular temple to be healed by a goddess. It certainly isn't full of those "make-believe" creatures.

The latter is a dying earth-type novel set a million or more years into the future. Unlike Latro, Severian claims to have eidetic memory. Like the former, some of the fun is in reading for the inconsistencies and sleights-of-hand that Severian engages in. Very dense, but ultimately rewarding work, with all sorts of references to gnostic, Greek, and early Christian mythos.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

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Recommendations for a fantasy series - 22/01/2010 03:27:38 AM 1617 Views
Has she read Erikson/would war-based fantasy put her off? - 22/01/2010 03:30:36 AM 1163 Views
What she liked about Martin was the political intrigue and realism. - 24/01/2010 03:07:34 AM 1070 Views
Very much so. - 24/01/2010 03:30:47 AM 1046 Views
The trilogy of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams. - 22/01/2010 04:07:26 AM 1184 Views
What is the basic idea of the trilogy, if you don't mind my asking? - 24/01/2010 03:08:12 AM 1073 Views
It's a mix of quest fantasy and political intrigue. - 24/01/2010 04:28:03 AM 1142 Views
Wrong place. Ignore. *NM* - 24/01/2010 11:05:51 AM 457 Views
I'd go for this - 24/01/2010 02:25:04 PM 1123 Views
thats one of the most beautifully written fantasies I've ever read - 24/01/2010 09:49:40 PM 1153 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 515 Views
^ This. - 23/01/2010 04:16:53 PM 989 Views
If the series isn't done she won't read it. - 24/01/2010 03:09:02 AM 1013 Views
That's fair. It won't be done for awhile. - 24/01/2010 08:59:54 AM 1166 Views
and she'll laugh her ass off at times *NM* - 24/01/2010 09:51:16 PM 451 Views
i've been digging the hell out of the incarnations of immortality series by piers anthony - 22/01/2010 05:26:07 AM 1016 Views
What is the basic premise? *NM* - 24/01/2010 03:09:37 AM 443 Views
Re: What is the basic premise? - 24/01/2010 06:15:55 PM 1148 Views
I'll second the recommendation, btw. - 25/01/2010 11:03:56 AM 997 Views
This is a shot in the dark - 22/01/2010 07:37:49 AM 1254 Views
How many books are there and what are they about? *NM* - 24/01/2010 03:10:11 AM 533 Views
The Empire series by Feist and Wurtz? - 22/01/2010 12:47:50 PM 1134 Views
This is getting to be information overload - 24/01/2010 03:11:18 AM 919 Views
Right - 25/01/2010 02:12:06 PM 1042 Views
Empire trilogy is awesome - 24/01/2010 09:57:39 PM 1136 Views
I did, way back when - you don't need to have read Riftwar. *NM* - 24/01/2010 10:06:05 PM 451 Views
Si. - 25/01/2010 02:10:45 PM 964 Views
A big thank you to everyone with suggestions!!! - 22/01/2010 01:17:54 PM 992 Views
Abercrombie or maybe Guy Gavriel Kay. *NM* - 22/01/2010 03:14:03 PM 466 Views
Seconded - 22/01/2010 09:07:44 PM 904 Views
Can you give me a bit more insight (either of you) ? - 24/01/2010 03:12:23 AM 1017 Views
I can't speak to Abercrombie, but Kay writes fantasy history. - 24/01/2010 09:15:05 AM 1010 Views
Kay is a beautiful writer. - 25/01/2010 05:01:14 PM 1148 Views
I'd suggest Stephen King's Dark Tower series. *NM* - 22/01/2010 03:21:12 PM 468 Views
She wouldn't like it. I'm sure of that. *NM* - 24/01/2010 03:12:43 AM 466 Views
Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince and Dragon Star Trilogies - 22/01/2010 04:29:43 PM 1001 Views
I enjoyed the Dragon Prince series. - 22/01/2010 10:19:31 PM 1107 Views
The heavy emphasis on the word "Dragon" in both series makes me wary - 24/01/2010 03:15:52 AM 953 Views
Yeah, I always had the same worry when it was suggested to me. - 26/01/2010 12:53:14 AM 1215 Views
You have now - 24/01/2010 02:19:11 PM 969 Views
Go completely in another direction - 22/01/2010 06:22:45 PM 974 Views
Eh...I don't think so. *NM* - 24/01/2010 03:16:57 AM 442 Views
Series are hard. - 22/01/2010 08:10:30 PM 1198 Views
Sapkowski is translated into Russian (Polish to Russian almost doesn't require thought) - 24/01/2010 03:18:37 AM 998 Views
Latro in the Mist or the two omnibi that comprise The Book of the New Sun - 24/01/2010 03:33:39 AM 1030 Views
Seconded on The Book of the New Sun. - 24/01/2010 03:35:56 AM 990 Views
Thirded on The Book of the New Sun. *NM* - 29/01/2010 04:42:21 AM 448 Views
Does she like Lovecraft any? - 23/01/2010 12:06:48 AM 1030 Views
McKillip is lovely. *NM* - 23/01/2010 12:34:36 AM 382 Views
No, she doesn't like Lovecraft. She's a girl, after all. - 24/01/2010 03:19:31 AM 916 Views
In that case... - 24/01/2010 03:29:21 AM 1059 Views
Carol Berg's Transformation, C.S. Friedman's Feast of Souls - 23/01/2010 01:27:53 AM 1114 Views
I love your false modesty. - 23/01/2010 10:35:25 AM 1112 Views
Dark Fantasy may be good. - 24/01/2010 03:23:31 AM 1032 Views
Re: Dark Fantasy may be good. - 24/01/2010 05:45:35 PM 1062 Views
Jennifer Fallon - Second Sons - 23/01/2010 12:59:10 PM 846 Views
Is it finished? *NM* - 24/01/2010 03:23:50 AM 416 Views
Yes it is. - 24/01/2010 09:52:24 AM 897 Views
Daniel Abraham... - 24/01/2010 11:07:16 AM 1037 Views
Wars of Light and Shadow by Janny Wurts - 24/01/2010 05:20:44 PM 1137 Views

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