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

[ShadowDenizen]

I beleive the series by Kate Elliott is actually called "Crown of Stars" not Crown of Shadows.

Oops!
You are correct: that's what I get to writing a huge list in a hurry! :\
I will say that I found the first half of the first book a tough read: but if you stick with it, it will ultimately reward you.

I'll also add the "In Legend Born" series by Laura Resnick. ("In Legend Born", "The White Dragon", and "The Destroyer Goddess.")

 

[swrushing]

Recent reads that i liked:

Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan for a good scifi read.

Frankenstein (Books 1 and 2 are out now) by Dean koontz and other. Book 1 was excellent and so far book 2 is good.

Jonathan Strange and Mr norrell by Susanna Clarke comes highly recommended but i haven't read it yet. its sitting waiting for me to finish frankenstein. its period modern fantasy.

 

[Welverin]

Does anything leap to mind as the perfect recommendation?

I don't think any such thing exists, anyway onto my suggestions.

Anything by Timothy Zahn, I can personally recommend The Conqueror's Trilogy, The Icarus Hunt, Angelmass, and Manta's Gift [those would be scifi(ish)].

Darklord of Derkholm, by Dianne Wynn Jones.

The Vlad Taltos novels, by Steven Brust.

The Princess Bride, by William Goldman.

One For the Morning Glory, by John Barnes.

Bone, by Jeff Smith, o.k. so it's a comic, but it is fantasy and you can get the whole series in one volume, you can try it out here.

 

[Chain Lightning]

Already read "Bone" by Jeff Smith.


Thanks everyone for their recommendations. Not sure which one of the many mentioned that I should start with first. I'll have to go my "feel" and randomly pick one. But thanks. Hope I enjoy as you have.

Feel free to keep the thread going if you wish and add even more suggestions.

-thank you.

 

[ShadowDenizen]

Not sure which one of the many mentioned that I should start with first. I'll have to go my "feel" and randomly pick one.

Cool.
Let us know what you decide to read "first" and why.
And, of course, what you think of it when you're done.

 

[Magonus]

Transformation, Revelation, and Restoration by Carol Berg

 

[RaceBannon42]

Well there are the new standards in epic fantasy.
The Prince of Nothing series by RS Bakker. I've read the first book, the Darkness that Comes Before. Very good, but it was a hard book to get into.

Malazan series by Steven Erickson, I've only read the first one of this series as well. I was so-so on it..very disjointed, but I have been assured that it picks up.

Neither entranced me like GRRM did or even like early Jordan did, but both have a lot of fans.

My favorite author I've picked up recently is Charles Stross. His Merchant Princes series reminds me of Zelazny's Amber in a way.

Gene Wolfe's Wizard-Knight is an very good doulogy, but its probably not for everyone.

My TBR pile is so huge right now, but based on some recs I think I'm moving The Dragon Waiting by John Ford to the top of the pile.

Bujold is also in my TBR pile, anyone who wins that many Hugos has to be pretty good.

 

[Thorin Stoutfoot]

Vernor Vinge

"A Fire Upon the Deep"
"A Deepness in the Sky"

I started AFUTD, and it's good. Really good!

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Heres two books:

Jumper by Steven Gould
Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick

 

[PhoenixDarkDirk]

I like Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series. It's a crazy set of fantasy alternate history books. The title character is a detective, and she eventually gains the ability to enter the worlds of assorted pieces of fiction. The books are The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, The Well of Lost Plots, and Something Rotten. There may also be subsequent installments of the series at some point.

I also like Garth Nix's The Seventh Tower, six short books that are essentially one story. The tale is set in a world once plagued by a war agianst extraplanar creatures which exist as shadows in the physical world. After the war a magical barrier called the Veil was created in the sky to block all sunlight, because shadows require light. The titles of these books are The Fall, Castle, Aenir, Above the Veil, Into Battle, and The Violet Keystone.