Want to recommend a book, or a series of books?

[Hand of Evil]

I like Rowley's Relkin & Bazil Brokentail books, about six in the series.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

The Vampire Chronicles by Ann Rice.

 

[Kanegrundar]

No there isn't a book for Willow unless you can find a novelization of the movie which I don't know if there ever was one. I've also heard mixed reviews of the series, most people I know couldn't even finish the first book though I've heard the second two are slightly better. Though all the people I know are like English majors/editors who are quite picky about what they like and don't like.

There is a novelization of the movie. It is quite hard to find, however, so it will take some looking around to acquire. I haven't read it yet, so I can't comment on the quality. The series is one of the best that I've read. The way that Claremont writes magic was hard to wrap my head around at first, but then I ended up loving it as it made magic magical and really protrayed how tough it is for mortal races to become fluent in its use. The first book is the weakest of the series, but it was still pretty good, IMO.

Kane

 

[Kanegrundar]

Did it get any better after Tale of the Body Thief? I could only get a third of the way through that one before chucking it aside. I really liked the first three books, however.

Kane

 

[Kapture]

For modern supernatural, my favorite is Tim Powers. He's dry, but smart, an manages to tuck in a good chunk of funky.

My favorites are: Anubis Gates and Last Call. Declare is very good, but more on the dry side than the funky side. Don't start with Earthquake Weather.

I second Pullman. He is really a talented fabulist, drawing from all sorts of things from Baum to Milton to create something very new. And he's smart as hell.

 

[ShadowDenizen]

My favorites are: Anubis Gates

Someone recommended this to me recently...
If you don't mind, can you give a brief (non-spoilery) summary of the book and why you liked it?

 

[ThirdWizard]

Anything by Orson Scott Card. Start with Ender's Game, though. Awesome book.

I liked Orion by Ben Bova but I havn't found anything else by him. I'd reccomend that.

John Steakley's Armor is good. I love that book.

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

I'll second the Ringo Posleen books (aka "The Legacy of the Aldenata"verse). They're quite fun, and Gust Front (the second novel) is a near-masterpiece. Cally's War and Watch on the Rhine are set in the same universe, but by other authors, and both are pretty good, though the former is more of a spy novel (with Laurel Hamilton levels of sex).

I also really like David Gemmell. He writes mostly swords and sorcery books, and does get a tad repetitive, but when he's good, he's good. Particularly good are the Druss books (Legend, Druss the Legend, and The Legend of Deathwalker), Hero in the Shadows (the last Waylander book), and Echoes of the Great Song, which is a standalone fallen Atlantis novel.

Brad

 

[Aus_Snow]

I also really like David Gemmell. He writes mostly swords and sorcery books, and does get a tad repetitive, but when he's good, he's good. Particularly good are the Druss books

I agree. For what they are, they're very good. (sidenote: I still want to get Drenai d20 happening. Who knows, one day. . .)

Haven't read the Atlantis one, though.

Actually, I just wanted to say it's great this thread's still going. I had no idea, because I saw it slide off the first page ages ago (well, a while ago maybe).

Plenty of excellent suggestions all over the place, which I'm sure have been helpful to many people, myself included.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Simon Green: Deathstaker, Hawk & Fisher, and his modern fantasy (forget the name of them) are all good.