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<blockquote data-quote="Ciaran" data-source="post: 78724" data-attributes="member: 756"><p>Have you really drained George R.R. Martin dry, or did you just go for the Song of Ice and Fire books? If the latter, make an effort to track down some of his short story collections, especially Nightkings and Portraits of his Children. I personally prefer his short fiction to his longer works. His novel Fevre Dream is also quite good.</p><p></p><p>Other authors (and specific books) to look for:</p><p></p><p>* Glen Cook: writes some very good, dark/amoral swords and sorcery fiction, which amply demonstrates how you can have a low fantasy story in a high-magic setting. <em>The Black Company</em>, describing the adventures of its eponymous mercenary unit, is especially good, though its sequels don't measure up to the first book. His "Dread Empire" novels are also good. The stand-alone <em>Tower of Fear</em> should still be in stores, and has some nice Middle Eastern swords and sorcery. My personal favorite of his is <em>The Swordbearer</em>, but it's long out of print.</p><p></p><p>* Roger Zelazny: Not to everyone's taste, he has a dry, yet lyrical style. Some people really groove to his Amber series; if you want to give that a try, just read the first five books and ignore the rest. On the other hand, you might want to start with his short stories; look for a book called <em>Dilvish the Damned</em>, which has some great pure fantasy stories regarding a man who's escaped from Hell. Very nice. His best work is probably the novel <em>Lords of Light</em>, which justly won him his first Hugo award. Definitely worth reading. The most fun might be <em>A Night at the Lonesome October</em>, which is sort of like a fusion of Arthur Conan Doyle, Aesop and H.P. Lovecraft. A lot of Zelazny's other works are weak and self-derivative, so be sure to start with the best to avoid getting the wrong idea.</p><p></p><p>* Tim Powers: Writes excellent, solid historical fantasy and modern fantasy with historical roots. Kind of like a less indulgent Charles de Lint. (And if you haven't read Charles de Lint, you should; I just don't know his books well enough to recommend any individual ones.) His most famous, and probably best, novel is <em>The Anubis Gates</em>, which involves ancient Egyptian magic, time travel, Lord Byron and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a body-hopping werewolf, and all manner of other strangenesses and weaves them into a mostly satisfying whole. Another good read is <em>The Drawing of the Dark</em>, which is about the Grail legend, the Fisher King, and... beer. His modern fantasy is decent, but not up to his historical fiction, in my opinion.</p><p></p><p>I may list some more authors later, but first I need to get back to work. It doesn't do itself, you know.</p><p></p><p>- Eric</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ciaran, post: 78724, member: 756"] Have you really drained George R.R. Martin dry, or did you just go for the Song of Ice and Fire books? If the latter, make an effort to track down some of his short story collections, especially Nightkings and Portraits of his Children. I personally prefer his short fiction to his longer works. His novel Fevre Dream is also quite good. Other authors (and specific books) to look for: * Glen Cook: writes some very good, dark/amoral swords and sorcery fiction, which amply demonstrates how you can have a low fantasy story in a high-magic setting. [i]The Black Company[/i], describing the adventures of its eponymous mercenary unit, is especially good, though its sequels don't measure up to the first book. His "Dread Empire" novels are also good. The stand-alone [i]Tower of Fear[/i] should still be in stores, and has some nice Middle Eastern swords and sorcery. My personal favorite of his is [i]The Swordbearer[/i], but it's long out of print. * Roger Zelazny: Not to everyone's taste, he has a dry, yet lyrical style. Some people really groove to his Amber series; if you want to give that a try, just read the first five books and ignore the rest. On the other hand, you might want to start with his short stories; look for a book called [i]Dilvish the Damned[/i], which has some great pure fantasy stories regarding a man who's escaped from Hell. Very nice. His best work is probably the novel [i]Lords of Light[/i], which justly won him his first Hugo award. Definitely worth reading. The most fun might be [i]A Night at the Lonesome October[/i], which is sort of like a fusion of Arthur Conan Doyle, Aesop and H.P. Lovecraft. A lot of Zelazny's other works are weak and self-derivative, so be sure to start with the best to avoid getting the wrong idea. * Tim Powers: Writes excellent, solid historical fantasy and modern fantasy with historical roots. Kind of like a less indulgent Charles de Lint. (And if you haven't read Charles de Lint, you should; I just don't know his books well enough to recommend any individual ones.) His most famous, and probably best, novel is [i]The Anubis Gates[/i], which involves ancient Egyptian magic, time travel, Lord Byron and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a body-hopping werewolf, and all manner of other strangenesses and weaves them into a mostly satisfying whole. Another good read is [i]The Drawing of the Dark[/i], which is about the Grail legend, the Fisher King, and... beer. His modern fantasy is decent, but not up to his historical fiction, in my opinion. I may list some more authors later, but first I need to get back to work. It doesn't do itself, you know. - Eric [/QUOTE]
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