Tsyr
Explorer
The Vows and Honor series (Outhbound, Oathbreakers, Oathblood), by Mercedes Lackey: This is a fairly... light series... actualy somewhat comical at times, in a suble sorta way... they are sorta like a well-wrote Forgotten Realms novel... Very enjoyable, if you don't try to think about 'em too hard.
The Last Herald Mage series (Magic's Pawn, Magic's Promise, Magic's Price), also by Lackey: This series is far more mature, IMO... Very dark at times, dealing with very mature themes at times too... not for kiddies, probably. The main character is one of the most... developed, I guess is the word I want... characters I have encountered in a long time. IMO, of course. *
Bedlam's Bard, once again by Lackey: This isn't exactly part of a series (Although there are more in the series, each one is stand-alone, similar to how some of the old dragonlance books would be grouped in a series despite having nothing to do with each other except being set in dragonlance), but it's probably the single most enjoyable book I've read in the last couple of years. It's a great book to read if you plan to run D20 modern too, as in many ways this is a great example of "modern fantasy"... Set in the real world, but a real world that has lost/forgotten magic. Not completely dissimilar to the idea behind World of Darkness, but this is a happy-ish world.
Also has one of the coolest fantasy renditions of elves, IMO, and shows what a real bard can be.
And for a little bit of sci-fi...
Footfall, by Larry Niven (I think there was another co-author, but I don't recall the name): This is rather interesting... it shows its age in places, it's not quite as snappy and wizz-bang as some really modern sci-fi, but it's good none the less... technology is at a much more subdued level... heck, humans are still at like 1980-s ish technology... And the "alien invaders" aren't a whole lot better, frankly... which is actualy a refreshing change. The culture of the aliens is quite... well, alien. A very good read. The same pair of authors also did a book called Lucifer's Hammer, which while neither sci-fi, nor fantasy, would be a good read if you wind up enjoying Footfall.
Well, theres a few fer ya!
BTW, personaly, while I loved Ender's Game, I would actualy suggest staying clear of the sequals... but that's just me.
Regardless, that should keep someone busy for at least the better part of two weeks, even if they are a fairly swift reader...
~Dave Weaver, self-proclaimed biblophile.
(*) Please be aware ahead of time that the main character in the Last Herald Mage series is gay, so if that bothers you, you might want to give the book a pass... I recomended those books to a girlfriend of mine, only to find out that she was rather... disturbed by reading about such things. Ooops.
The Last Herald Mage series (Magic's Pawn, Magic's Promise, Magic's Price), also by Lackey: This series is far more mature, IMO... Very dark at times, dealing with very mature themes at times too... not for kiddies, probably. The main character is one of the most... developed, I guess is the word I want... characters I have encountered in a long time. IMO, of course. *
Bedlam's Bard, once again by Lackey: This isn't exactly part of a series (Although there are more in the series, each one is stand-alone, similar to how some of the old dragonlance books would be grouped in a series despite having nothing to do with each other except being set in dragonlance), but it's probably the single most enjoyable book I've read in the last couple of years. It's a great book to read if you plan to run D20 modern too, as in many ways this is a great example of "modern fantasy"... Set in the real world, but a real world that has lost/forgotten magic. Not completely dissimilar to the idea behind World of Darkness, but this is a happy-ish world.
Also has one of the coolest fantasy renditions of elves, IMO, and shows what a real bard can be. And for a little bit of sci-fi...
Footfall, by Larry Niven (I think there was another co-author, but I don't recall the name): This is rather interesting... it shows its age in places, it's not quite as snappy and wizz-bang as some really modern sci-fi, but it's good none the less... technology is at a much more subdued level... heck, humans are still at like 1980-s ish technology... And the "alien invaders" aren't a whole lot better, frankly... which is actualy a refreshing change. The culture of the aliens is quite... well, alien. A very good read. The same pair of authors also did a book called Lucifer's Hammer, which while neither sci-fi, nor fantasy, would be a good read if you wind up enjoying Footfall.
Well, theres a few fer ya!
BTW, personaly, while I loved Ender's Game, I would actualy suggest staying clear of the sequals... but that's just me.
Regardless, that should keep someone busy for at least the better part of two weeks, even if they are a fairly swift reader...
~Dave Weaver, self-proclaimed biblophile.
(*) Please be aware ahead of time that the main character in the Last Herald Mage series is gay, so if that bothers you, you might want to give the book a pass... I recomended those books to a girlfriend of mine, only to find out that she was rather... disturbed by reading about such things. Ooops.
