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<blockquote data-quote="Warrior Poet" data-source="post: 1908921" data-attributes="member: 1057"><p>In addition to Tolkien, and some of the other excellent mentions above, I'd add:</p><p></p><p><em>City of Bones</em> and <em>Death of the Necromancer</em> by Martha Wells.</p><p></p><p><em>Nightwatch</em> by Sean Stewart. I didn't know there was a book of the same name by Pratchett. This book probably qualifies more as science fantasy, but it's definitely fantasy. And it's awesome.</p><p></p><p><em>Stardust</em> by Neil Gaiman. A fairy tale for children aged 9 to 99 (or something like that, can't remember exactly what the dust jacket said). Great, great reimagining of classic fairy tales.</p><p></p><p>The books of the <em>New Sun</em> series by Gene Wolfe. Four books (or five, depending on how you look at the series. It's . . . complicated. Just like Wolfe's writing), including <em>Shadow of the Torturer</em>, <em>Claw of the Conciliator</em>, <em>Sword of the Lictor</em>, and <em>Citadel of the Autarch</em>. There are some other titles associated with the line of stories (it's a little confusing), but these are a good place to start. Wolfe is awesome. I've read the series several times, and I still can't tell you exactly what happens, because I'm not entirely sure myself, but the writing is amazing (Wolfe's vocabulary is astonishingly deep) and complex and nuanced and symbolic and . . . well, it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I think the man and his writing are genius.</p><p></p><p><em>The Sandman</em> series of comics/graphic novels, by Neil Gaiman. One of my favorite quotes of all time comes from this series: "You got what everyone gets. You got a lifetime."</p><p></p><p>The original Conan (Robert Howard) stories are fun. Also excellent (I think, not everyone's cool with Leiber) are the Fahfrd/Grey Mouser stories from Fritz Leiber.</p><p></p><p>I like the <em>Elric of Melnibone</em> series from Moorcock, but his style isn't to everyone's taste either.</p><p></p><p>Warrior Poet</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warrior Poet, post: 1908921, member: 1057"] In addition to Tolkien, and some of the other excellent mentions above, I'd add: [I]City of Bones[/I] and [I]Death of the Necromancer[/I] by Martha Wells. [I]Nightwatch[/I] by Sean Stewart. I didn't know there was a book of the same name by Pratchett. This book probably qualifies more as science fantasy, but it's definitely fantasy. And it's awesome. [I]Stardust[/I] by Neil Gaiman. A fairy tale for children aged 9 to 99 (or something like that, can't remember exactly what the dust jacket said). Great, great reimagining of classic fairy tales. The books of the [I]New Sun[/I] series by Gene Wolfe. Four books (or five, depending on how you look at the series. It's . . . complicated. Just like Wolfe's writing), including [I]Shadow of the Torturer[/I], [I]Claw of the Conciliator[/I], [I]Sword of the Lictor[/I], and [I]Citadel of the Autarch[/I]. There are some other titles associated with the line of stories (it's a little confusing), but these are a good place to start. Wolfe is awesome. I've read the series several times, and I still can't tell you exactly what happens, because I'm not entirely sure myself, but the writing is amazing (Wolfe's vocabulary is astonishingly deep) and complex and nuanced and symbolic and . . . well, it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I think the man and his writing are genius. [I]The Sandman[/I] series of comics/graphic novels, by Neil Gaiman. One of my favorite quotes of all time comes from this series: "You got what everyone gets. You got a lifetime." The original Conan (Robert Howard) stories are fun. Also excellent (I think, not everyone's cool with Leiber) are the Fahfrd/Grey Mouser stories from Fritz Leiber. I like the [I]Elric of Melnibone[/I] series from Moorcock, but his style isn't to everyone's taste either. Warrior Poet [/QUOTE]
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