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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Simon Collins" data-source="post: 3199243" data-attributes="member: 9860">Thanks for all the suggestions so far - I'm making a list of all the ones that sound appealing to keep me going for the next good while. My top three to try I think are Stephen Brust, Lois McMaster Bujold and Jennifer Fallon.But I'm definitely going to pick up The Lies of Locke Lamora too - what 'age' is it set in, roughly? And The Drawing of the Dark looks fun too.Re: Mercedes Lackey. Thanks for the link, Hypersmurf. OK, romantic fantasy - I've read Tamora Pierce, Kristen Britain and Elizabeth Lynn, all of whom I enjoyed without being over-thrilled by. Is she any better?Jim Butcher's Alera Codex may well be worth a look, but Lustbader will definitely not go on my list - not my cup of tea at all, sorry.Re: Poul Anderson. I did read a couple of his books a good few years ago and forgot to add him to my list - again, enjoyed without loving them. Thanks though.Also, just to reiterate a couple of my caveats as there seems to be some misunderstanding still - no RPG spin-offs (no Weis, Hickman, PN Elrod, Keith Baker, etc.) and no sci-fi (not even cross-overs - I think Sean Russell's duologies may be in this area from the reviews I read??). I'm not saying there aren't decent books in these genres, just that I have no interest in them at the present time.I suppose I should also add that any historical fantasies, where the emphasis is on history over fantasy, I prefer early medieval or earlier (e.g. Arthurian, Viking, Rome) and mainly don't like post-medieval (e.g. Renaissance, Napoleonic, Victorian). Modern fantasy (e.g. de Lint, Holdstock) is fine (I'll check out the two Powers' books mmu1 recommended, for example) but I prefer links into Arthurian and Celtic mythology over other stuff.Thanks again for all the recommendations - please feel free to make more.</blockquote>

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