The quest for a "Good read"!

[Nightfall]

Well Gemmell is a good choice. I'm sure Druss the Legend/the Deathwalker will satify most anyone lust for blood. (At least if you read the first chroncile!)

Course if you want some good stuff, Tad Williams is pretty cool. Not too "nanby pampy" for ya I hope. Memory Sorrow and Thorn are still pretty cool

Course you want REALLY dark fiction, or at least something off beat, try the Coldfire Trilogy. Dark Son Rising is pretty cool, IMHO.

 

[Killer Shrike]

For pure unadulterated kick-ass fantasy that makes you wanna game, read David Gemmel. All of his books are fantastic, but I would recommend the new Rigante series starting with Sword in the Storm.


For brilliant multi-layered fantasy read Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar saga or Serpent War Saga; or even the Krondor series for that matter. In fact, anything by Feist.



Im not sure how this will work out, but here is a link to my Listmania list on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/GGMLODRZ84BV/103-4461167-4464631

 

[DungeonKeeperUK]

i know some have suggested Moorcock's elric series, but i gotta say that i like his other stuff too, specially his Corum series and the Blood series. all of it is really good tho.

I havn't read all the posts here, I'm at work and need to be a little careful..

But along with Elric, and not directly related to fantasy try the Mars trilogy, theres some good background stuff in there for baseing adventures on... and don't forget the Hawkmoon stuff too..

Liek I say I hope this list isn't duplicating to much but..

Katherine Kerr: Daggerspell series
Raymond Feist & Jenny Wurts: Daughter of the Empire Trilogy
Raymond Feist: Riftworld series
Guy Gavriel Kay: The Summer Tree series

 

[Strider The Ranger]

Good reads

I have to agree with many of these posts:
David Eddings' Belgariad is very good, as is Belgarath the Sorcerer and Polgara the Sorceress (both i would suggest reading AFTER you've read the Belgariad). I also liked his Mallorean series and his Sparhawk series (although I cannot for the life of me think of what the whole series is called right now...)

Another good read is the Shannara series by Terry Brooks. Start with Sword of Shannara and if you like that, then read the rest of them. Highly recommended!!!

Dennis L McKiernan is also VERY VERY good. Now, I know I had posted before and some people said that he's a "rip off of Tolkien" but I would simply like to point out a few facts before you make a rash decision NOT to read him. 1. Technically, all books after Tolkien are rip-offs of his work. If you really think about it, he created the fantasy genre, and as such, anything after his work is "a rip off". 2, I quote Dennis McKiernan (Authors note in Silver Wolf, Black Falcon) "...in my earlier works, such as the Iron Tower Trilogy and The Silver Call Duology, there are elements very much akin to Tolkien. As I felt inspired by his work, I wanted these books to be a tribute to his work..." So just keep that in mind. In any case, if you liked Tolkien, you will certainly like McKiernan

Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's War of the Lance Chronicles (Dragons of Winter Night, Dragons of SPring Dawning etc) are very good...especially if you want a D&D-styled book.

Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time is good if you don't mind the slow pace. It's very realistic; very parallel to certain aspects of our world (ex. Artur PaenDrag vs Arthur Pendragon "King Arthur"). But the only complaint I had was that it's SOOO LONG and its still not done yet. 9 books and the story isn't finished.

 

[Horacio]

Right now, I'm reading Simon Green "Hawk & Fisher" series and I love them. Next on my list is the five book of Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos series. I love Taltos series too

 

[Malexin]

Try some of Robin Hobb's Work. Both of her trilogies are great.
They are the Assassin Trilogy and the Liveship Traders Trilogy. Both are great reads.

 

[chilibean]

Try "Empire of the East". I think it's by Fred Saberhagen. Its a very good read! It has some really cool demons in it.

Sorry I can't spell empire ...

 

[KnowTheToe]

I know that Raymond Feist has been mentioned before, but for a great read of a different ganre, try Fairy Tale. I have purchased more copies and recommended this book more than any other I have read. Although not my favorite book, it is definitely not the same old same old.