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Message: <blockquote data-quote="darkbard" data-source="post: 189626" data-attributes="member: 1282">two new authors who currently occupy spaces high on my list of quality fantasy authors are j. gregory keyes and thomas harlan.  keyes blends elements of native american and asian mythology and culture (he's an anthropology prof who grew up on a navajo reservation); imaginary language systems; strong, colorful writing; and an ability to tell a story in such a dramatic way you're unlikely to want to put the books down.  his world in unlike anything in our own but has familiar elements that make it as believable and alive.  check out "the waterborn" and "the black god".  [and if you want a "test-run", some of his stories set in the same world (but with a different lead character) can be found in dragon magazine.]harlan is in the process of completing the fourth (and final, due out this july) book in the "oath of empires" series.  it's an alternate earth setting where rome didn't fall, magic (divine and arcane) works and is plausible (in context), lycanthropes come from the fog-shrouded lands of eastern europe, evil sorcerers and holy prophets from the lands of the middle east, and a powerful divine sorcerer is brother to the emperor of rome.  once again, really solid writing, and by drawing upon real-world traditions (with regard to mythology, folklore, history, etc) produces an entirely believable world.as for ye olde standby's:  howard's conan books (if you can find some), any of kurtz's deryni books (for a medieval european feel).</blockquote>

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