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<blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 1920580" data-attributes="member: 508">How about Gene Wolfe's Soldier in the Mist and Soldier of Arete?&nbsp; (I think I even saw a two-in-one collection with both novels recently, although I don't recall what it was called - Latro in the Mists, perhaps?)&nbsp; It deals with an ancient Greek fighter who suffered a head injury in battle, and as a result wakes up each morning with no memory of what has happened to him up to that point.&nbsp; As a side result, he can see the various gods and goddesses that most people cannot see.&nbsp; It's a very good story, and as far as I know it's complete with just the two volumes.Gene Wolfe also came out with another two-volume fantasy series just recently, The Knight and The Wizard.&nbsp; I haven't read either of them (I was waiting for them both to be in print, so I wouldn't have to wait between books), but I've already heard good things about them.If Gene Wolfe isn't your cup of tea, I also highly recommend Jack Vance.&nbsp; Try picking up his &quot;Dying Earth&quot; series (Tales of the Dying Earth, Eyes of the Overworld, Cugel's Saga, and Rhialto the Marvellous), or his &quot;Lyonesse&quot; series (Suldrun's Garden, The Green Pearl, and Madouc).&nbsp; The former is the basis for D&amp;D's &quot;fire-and-forget&quot; magic system (and shows the basis for ioun stones), while the latter is more Arthurian.Johnathan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Richards, post: 1920580, member: 508"] How about Gene Wolfe's [i]Soldier in the Mist[/i] and [i]Soldier of Arete[/i]? (I think I even saw a two-in-one collection with both novels recently, although I don't recall what it was called - [i]Latro in the Mists[/i], perhaps?) It deals with an ancient Greek fighter who suffered a head injury in battle, and as a result wakes up each morning with no memory of what has happened to him up to that point. As a side result, he can see the various gods and goddesses that most people cannot see. It's a very good story, and as far as I know it's complete with just the two volumes. Gene Wolfe also came out with another two-volume fantasy series just recently, [i]The Knight[/i] and [i]The Wizard[/i]. I haven't read either of them (I was waiting for them both to be in print, so I wouldn't have to wait between books), but I've already heard good things about them. If Gene Wolfe isn't your cup of tea, I also highly recommend Jack Vance. Try picking up his "Dying Earth" series ([i]Tales of the Dying Earth[/i], [i]Eyes of the Overworld[/i], [i]Cugel's Saga[/i], and [i]Rhialto the Marvellous[/i]), or his "Lyonesse" series ([i]Suldrun's Garden[/i], [i]The Green Pearl[/i], and [i]Madouc[/i]). The former is the basis for D&D's "fire-and-forget" magic system (and shows the basis for [i]ioun stones[/i]), while the latter is more Arthurian. Johnathan [/QUOTE]

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