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30th September 2008, 12:36 PM
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Fantasy Books
My Dad is a massive fantasy fan - he probably reads about two books a week, and so fantasy books make an excellent present for him, but it's getting bloody hard finding good novels that he hasn't read.
Can anyone here recommend their favourite fantasy stories, so I can get some ideas? If you're a fan of fantasy, I'm currently reading The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie, and it is absolutely fantastic. Best book I've read in years. Sadly, Dad already owns it though...
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30th September 2008, 12:40 PM
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I would definitely recommed the Malazan Book of the Fallen!! Its a series of 8 books atm iirc with somemore in the pipeline. Order goes as follow:
1. Gardens of the Moon (1999) 2. Deadhouse Gates (2000) 3. Memories of Ice (2001) 4. House of Chains (2002) 5. Midnight Tides (2004) 6. The Bonehunters (2006) 7. Reaper's Gale (2007) 8. Toll the Hounds (2008) 9. Dust of Dreams (forthcoming) 10. The Crippled God (forthcoming) Its one of these epic tales that looks at something from a whole range of different perspectives. Its a bit daunting when you read the first one, but it drags you in and won't let you go 
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30th September 2008, 12:41 PM
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Any Tim Powers books.
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30th September 2008, 12:49 PM
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Neil Gaiman *nods*
*double nods* Gods, magic, real life people. American Gods is a good long book, deep stuff. Neverwhere is fun too. I NEVER read books, but after first Neil Gaiman book i read about 4 in 2 weeks. So ti's saying alot
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I also enjoyed reading Fiona MacIntosh novels. Amazon.co.uk: fiona macintosh: Books
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30th September 2008, 02:54 PM
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I prefer sci fi to fantasy but China Meiville, Perdido Street Station, has got to be on the ooh and aahh must read list.
Has he read Lord of the Rings yet? Can't quite remember who wrote it, some guy called J.R. who used to be in Dallas.
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30th September 2008, 03:26 PM
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Anything by David Gemmell but I imagine he has read them.
The best by far (imo) are the Regante series, not really fantasy more an alternative British history from I suppose 50ish BC to the Napoleonic period spread across 4 or 5 books each one a different era but all the main characters are from the same family line. Think Blackadder with less funnies. All his other books are good too. Sadly he passed away last year, his wife finished his last book which was 3rd of a trilogy based on Greek history.
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30th September 2008, 03:41 PM
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Robin Hobb The Farseer trilogy, The liveship traders and The Tawny Man trilogy are all amazing.
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30th September 2008, 04:07 PM
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2004 Freddyshouse Book thread
That's a list I posted in 2004 on a similar subject with other people's comments. He's probably read most books mentioned if he's as voracious a reader as you say. I'd also recommend
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30th September 2008, 04:10 PM
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Some ideas:
Harry Turtledove The Videssos Cycle The Misplaced Legion: One of Julius Caesar's legions is transported to a world with magic. (1987) An Emperor for the Legion (1987) The Legion of Videssos (1987) The Swords of the Legion (1987) The Tale of Krispos Series Krispos Rising (1991) Krispos of Videssos (1991) Krispos the Emperor (1994) The Time of Troubles Series The Stolen Throne (1995) Hammer and Anvil (1996) The Thousand Cities (1997) Videssos Besieged (1998) The Bridge of the Separator (2005) Harry Harrison The Hammer and the Cross (1993) One King's Way (1995) King and Emperor (1997) Jack Vance Suldrun's Garden (1983) The Green Pearl (1985) Madouc (1989) Bit dated but some of the best production i ever read.
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30th September 2008, 04:40 PM
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All my stuff in the old thread still stands
 One trilogy I re-read recently is the Authur series from Bernard Cornwell, while more historical fiction they are bloody good books.
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30th September 2008, 07:30 PM
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The Locke Lamora books by Scott Lynch are good.
I'm 3/4 of the way through 'An Empire of Black and Gold' by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It's very interesting, thus far.
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The Dark Tower stuff by Stephen King isn't bad, but one he wrote with Peter Straub, The Talisman, is one of my all time favourites.
Stephen King, despite his prolific and often maligned output, has an excellent talent of being able to make you care about the characters in his novels, and also of creating memorable "bit-players". I loved this book. From a fantasy point of view, it's a littlle darker than most, but well worth a read. It's quite old now, so he may of read it though... Never understood why this wasn't made into a film/TV special - everything else he ever wrote has.
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1st October 2008, 12:02 AM
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Stephen Donaldson's Mordant's Need series is absolutely fucking outstanding:
Mordant's Need - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It takes a couple of dozen pages to get going but boy once it starts you cannot put any of the books down. It also has one of the most epic endings of any book since Gollum went 'PRECCIiiioooouuuussss......' in ROTK.
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