The Name of the Wind + A Wise Man's Fear

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 3:48 pm

by Patrick Kovoth

This is kinda sword and sorcery but this guy is a fabulous storyteller - these are huge books 900+ pages but you don't want them to end....this is vol 1 and 2
of a series

Post by **sbp** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:53 pm

John: Have you read Brandon Sanderson? Haven't read anything by the man that fails to satisfy. Also check out Adrian Tchaikovsky's ongoing Shadows of the Apt series. And on the more gritty side of fantasy: how about Joe Abercrombie?

C. S. Friedman's Magister Trilogy is solid, as are the first 2 books in Jon Sprunk's Shadow Saga novels.

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:46 am

I've read a lot of Abercrombie's stuff and enjoyed most of it - I'll check out the others. I just ordered the 10 volume compilation of Zelazny's Princes of Amber - been meaning to reread them for years - that should get me through a couple of snowstorms this winter!

MAC · Post by **MAC** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 6:34 pm

Thanks. I will check them out!!