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<blockquote data-quote="Tanager" data-source="post: 243417" data-attributes="member: 1986">A long standing favorite&nbsp; series of mine is Mary Stewart's Merlin trilogy :The Crystal CaveThe Hollow HillsandThe Last EnchantmentIMHO these are simply the best adaptations of the arthurian cycle. It's a very low fantasy, believable human story as told from Merlin's perspective. Her follow up, The Wicked Day of Destiny rounds out the series with Mordred's story brilliantly.In the not-fantasy-but-still-of-interest-to-gamers category:&nbsp;I highly recomend Dorothy Dunnet's King Hereafter, a work of historical fiction about Macbeth with a strong focus on the political machinations of 9th century northern europe. For a more Rennaissance feel (although still mostly set in northern europe) Niccolo Rising (sp?) by the same author provides a vivid portrait of life in 16th-17th century europe, although Dunnet's characters tend to get stale so I only reccomend the first book of her Niccolo series.On the sci-fi front:C.J. Cherryh's Foreigner, Invader and Inheritor ( ?? I can't recall the third book's title for certain) very low tech for science fiction, a strong focus on culture clash. Great reads all three, if a bit repetitive at times, that do well at getting away from standard sci-fi cliches. A personal opinion, but these are Cherryh's best, most well thought out books to date. There are two more books in the series now, but I haven't had a chance to read them yet, so no comments there.and just for good pulpy sci-fi fun:David Brin's uplift trilogy, particularly Startide Rising, I mean c'mon it's got dolphins...that fly starships..what could be better?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tanager, post: 243417, member: 1986"] A long standing favorite series of mine is Mary Stewart's Merlin trilogy : [i]The Crystal Cave[/i] [i]The Hollow Hills[/i] and [i]The Last Enchantment[/i] IMHO these are simply the best adaptations of the arthurian cycle. It's a very low fantasy, believable human story as told from Merlin's perspective. Her follow up, [i]The Wicked Day of Destiny[/i] rounds out the series with Mordred's story brilliantly. In the not-fantasy-but-still-of-interest-to-gamers category: I highly recomend Dorothy Dunnet's [i]King Hereafter[/i], a work of historical fiction about Macbeth with a strong focus on the political machinations of 9th century northern europe. For a more Rennaissance feel (although still mostly set in northern europe) [i]Niccolo Rising[/i] (sp?) by the same author provides a vivid portrait of life in 16th-17th century europe, although Dunnet's characters tend to get stale so I only reccomend the first book of her [i]Niccolo[/i] series. On the sci-fi front: C.J. Cherryh's [i]Foreigner[/i], [i]Invader[/i] and [i]Inheritor[/i] ( ?? I can't recall the third book's title for certain) very low tech for science fiction, a strong focus on culture clash. Great reads all three, if a bit repetitive at times, that do well at getting away from standard sci-fi cliches. A personal opinion, but these are Cherryh's best, most well thought out books to date. There are two more books in the series now, but I haven't had a chance to read them yet, so no comments there. and just for good pulpy sci-fi fun: David Brin's uplift trilogy, particularly [i]Startide Rising[/i], I mean c'mon it's got dolphins...that fly starships..what could be better? [/QUOTE]

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