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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pale Violet Light" data-source="post: 2531835" data-attributes="member: 33929">Many suggestions.I second (or third or whatever):Gene Wolfe (Book of the New Sun, Wizard-Knight, etc.). Good stuff and intersting ideas. I often find he takes more than one read though to fully undestand what the heck he's on about though.Ian M. Banks. Culture series: i.e. Consider Phlebas. Excellent space opera. Very clever, amusing... good guys occasionally a trifle invincible to hold tension though.R Scott Bakkar. The darkness that comes before etc. A slighly different epic fantasy feel, interesting characters, well built world.Tad Williams. the War of the Flowers was very good. Good urban fantasy, and you only need one book!Robin Hobb - Liveship traders. Well written, avoids many of the usual cliches. A nice nautical change, too, if that floats your boat.I'd also suggest (apologies if they have already been mentioned).Ken Macleod - The Cassini division. Nice commie science fiction. Plots occasionally overly convoluted and contaminated with incomprehensible politics, but provokes thought.Jennifer Fallon - Hythrun series. Mostly low magic fantasy setting, plenty of arse-kicking and head-chopping, with a fair bit of fantasy politics along the way. Entertaining.David Eddings - in case you've had your head stuck up your bottom for the past two decades. They really are extremely entertaining, though they do hit nearly every cliche in the book. Doesn't matter which series you read, they're all pretty much the same.The following are probably technically young adult fiction, but I have fond memories:Maurice Gee - the Halfmen of O series. Kids-sucked-through-to-alternate-world stuff, but much more intelligent than most.Susan cooper - the Dark is Rising sequence. A bit English (Celtic? whatever) in flavour, but big themes and mythological references, if you're into that sort of thing. Easy to read and well paced.Plenty of more buried at the back of my mind, but with all the suggestions so far, you'll be set for at least a month or two.</blockquote>

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