Recommend me a novel or series to read

[Sir Osis of Liver]

I second the Belgariad. I haven't gotten to the Malloreon yet (another Eddings saga, related to the Belgariad), but it's on the list.

Modesitt's Recluce saga is incredible as well.

[gideon_thorne]

Steerpike wrote:
True. I mentioned the Rigante books because those are my favorite. But I haven't read all his work. In fact, I am reading LEGEND right now because I haven't read any of the Drenai books. It is very good so far.

The Jerusalem Man. Best kick ass gunslinger ever.
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Peter Bradley

[Sir Ironside]

gideon_thorne wrote:
Hell. Anything by David Gemmell is worth a read. I own every book he put out.

But, you rank both The Wheel of Time AND The Sword of the Truth as good reads... so your opinion is suspect.
It should be noted that Ian Cameron Esslemont also writes books of the Malazan Empire. And, not just obscure stories, but are canonical that mesh with Steven Erickson. He has 2 books out called Night of Knives and Return of the Crimson Guard with Stonewielder on its way.

Both Erikson and Esslemont are co-creators and a fun fact, Malzan was created for a world they used in a GURPS campaign.
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[Fiffergrund]

Sir Ironside wrote:
But, you rank both The Wheel of Time AND The Sword of the Truth as good reads... so your opinion is suspect.
It should be noted that Ian Cameron Esslemont also writes books of the Malazan Empire. And, not just obscure stories, but are canonical that mesh with Steven Erickson. He has 2 books out called Night of Knives and Return of the Crimson Guard with Stonewielder on its way.

Both Erikson and Esslemont are co-creators and a fun fact, Malzan was created for a world they used in a GURPS campaign.

Amazon shipped me the latest Malazan today! I love it when they ship pre-orders early.
I will be ordering the Esslemont books shortly too. They were out of print in the US for a while, but Erikson is increasingly popular here and they have reprinted them, and the Bauchelain/Korbal Broach stories.
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[gideon_thorne]

Sir Ironside wrote:
But, you rank both The Wheel of Time AND The Sword of the Truth as good reads... so your opinion is suspect.

What can I say? I like a book series with some substance and complexity. Not to mention, as fast as I read, I'd like something that takes me more than a couple hours to get through.
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Peter Bradley

[Steerpike]

gideon_thorne wrote:
What can I say? I like a book series with some substance and complexity. Not to mention, as fast as I read, I'd like something that takes me more than a couple hours to get through.

You need to read Steven Erikson
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[Rikitiki]

Geez, nobody mentioned the "Thieves World" series.

If you can get your hands on the first one -- I got it as a 3-in-1 volume years back when I belonged to a book club -- it's GOLD!

Robert Aspirin (the editor/writer) basically was at a fantasy/sci-fi

convention and, 'round the dinner table with other writers mentioned

the idea of a book where each writer does a story for it, yet all of

those stories are set in the same world. And they said, "Sounds cool,

you're it, once you set up the world basics, send that to us and

we'll each write you a story and you can put it all together.

Each writer could use other writers' characters in their stories and

the result is just very much (to me) like a game where multiple DMs

(CKs now) alternate running their games using the same world.

And, heck, they're all just marvelous stories! Check it out.

- Riki