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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 1620 Views
Has she read Erikson/would war-based fantasy put her off? - 22/01/2010 03:30:36 AM 1166 Views
What she liked about Martin was the political intrigue and realism. - 24/01/2010 03:07:34 AM 1074 Views
Very much so. - 24/01/2010 03:30:47 AM 1049 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 1076 Views
It's a mix of quest fantasy and political intrigue. - 24/01/2010 04:28:03 AM 1144 Views
Wrong place. Ignore. *NM* - 24/01/2010 11:05:51 AM 458 Views
I'd go for this - 24/01/2010 02:25:04 PM 1126 Views
thats one of the most beautifully written fantasies I've ever read - 24/01/2010 09:49:40 PM 1156 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 516 Views
^ This. - 23/01/2010 04:16:53 PM 992 Views
If the series isn't done she won't read it. - 24/01/2010 03:09:02 AM 1015 Views
That's fair. It won't be done for awhile. - 24/01/2010 08:59:54 AM 1169 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 1020 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 1151 Views
I'll second the recommendation, btw. - 25/01/2010 11:03:56 AM 1000 Views
This is a shot in the dark - 22/01/2010 07:37:49 AM 1256 Views
How many books are there and what are they about? *NM* - 24/01/2010 03:10:11 AM 534 Views
The Empire series by Feist and Wurtz? - 22/01/2010 12:47:50 PM 1136 Views
This is getting to be information overload - 24/01/2010 03:11:18 AM 922 Views
Right - 25/01/2010 02:12:06 PM 1044 Views
Empire trilogy is awesome - 24/01/2010 09:57:39 PM 1138 Views
I did, way back when - you don't need to have read Riftwar. *NM* - 24/01/2010 10:06:05 PM 452 Views
Si. - 25/01/2010 02:10:45 PM 969 Views
A big thank you to everyone with suggestions!!! - 22/01/2010 01:17:54 PM 996 Views
Abercrombie or maybe Guy Gavriel Kay. *NM* - 22/01/2010 03:14:03 PM 467 Views
Seconded - 22/01/2010 09:07:44 PM 908 Views
Can you give me a bit more insight (either of you) ? - 24/01/2010 03:12:23 AM 1020 Views
I can't speak to Abercrombie, but Kay writes fantasy history. - 24/01/2010 09:15:05 AM 1015 Views
Kay is a beautiful writer. - 25/01/2010 05:01:14 PM 1153 Views
I'd suggest Stephen King's Dark Tower series. *NM* - 22/01/2010 03:21:12 PM 469 Views
She wouldn't like it. I'm sure of that. *NM* - 24/01/2010 03:12:43 AM 470 Views
Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince and Dragon Star Trilogies - 22/01/2010 04:29:43 PM 1005 Views
I enjoyed the Dragon Prince series. - 22/01/2010 10:19:31 PM 1109 Views
The heavy emphasis on the word "Dragon" in both series makes me wary - 24/01/2010 03:15:52 AM 956 Views
Yeah, I always had the same worry when it was suggested to me. - 26/01/2010 12:53:14 AM 1218 Views
You have now - 24/01/2010 02:19:11 PM 972 Views
Go completely in another direction - 22/01/2010 06:22:45 PM 977 Views
Eh...I don't think so. *NM* - 24/01/2010 03:16:57 AM 444 Views
Series are hard. - 22/01/2010 08:10:30 PM 1201 Views
Sapkowski is translated into Russian (Polish to Russian almost doesn't require thought) - 24/01/2010 03:18:37 AM 1000 Views
Latro in the Mist or the two omnibi that comprise The Book of the New Sun - 24/01/2010 03:33:39 AM 1034 Views
Seconded on The Book of the New Sun. - 24/01/2010 03:35:56 AM 993 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 1033 Views
McKillip is lovely. *NM* - 23/01/2010 12:34:36 AM 384 Views
No, she doesn't like Lovecraft. She's a girl, after all. - 24/01/2010 03:19:31 AM 919 Views
In that case... - 24/01/2010 03:29:21 AM 1062 Views
Carol Berg's Transformation, C.S. Friedman's Feast of Souls - 23/01/2010 01:27:53 AM 1117 Views
I love your false modesty. - 23/01/2010 10:35:25 AM 1114 Views
Dark Fantasy may be good. - 24/01/2010 03:23:31 AM 1037 Views
Re: Dark Fantasy may be good. - 24/01/2010 05:45:35 PM 1065 Views
Jennifer Fallon - Second Sons - 23/01/2010 12:59:10 PM 849 Views
Is it finished? *NM* - 24/01/2010 03:23:50 AM 418 Views
Yes it is. - 24/01/2010 09:52:24 AM 899 Views
Daniel Abraham... - 24/01/2010 11:07:16 AM 1042 Views
Wars of Light and Shadow by Janny Wurts - 24/01/2010 05:20:44 PM 1140 Views

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