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<blockquote data-quote="ScrmWrtr42" data-source="post: 2684327" data-attributes="member: 37918">Didn't see if anyone else mentioned these...I scanned many of the entries, and didn't see these, so if someone else already mentioned them, apologies...Glen Cook's &quot;The Black Company&quot; series is one of my alltime favorites.&nbsp; Ten book series about a badass mercenary company set in a fantasy setting, but where the characters speak in a very modern style.&nbsp; Gritty and realistic.&nbsp; The first series are somewhat minimalist, in terms of description and character development...but when he gets into the second series, referred to as the Books of the South, or &quot;The Glittering Stone&quot; books, his writing evolves dramatically, and the size of the books doubles, or even triples in comparison to those in the first series.&nbsp; (Not that the size of a book is an indication of its quality, but the writing gets significantly better in the later books.)Another series, although more Sci Fi oriented, with a definite fantasy aspect, is the &quot;Many Colored Land&quot; books by Julian May.&nbsp; Great, great books.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ScrmWrtr42, post: 2684327, member: 37918"] [b]Didn't see if anyone else mentioned these...[/b] I scanned many of the entries, and didn't see these, so if someone else already mentioned them, apologies... Glen Cook's "The Black Company" series is one of my alltime favorites. Ten book series about a badass mercenary company set in a fantasy setting, but where the characters speak in a very modern style. Gritty and realistic. The first series are somewhat minimalist, in terms of description and character development...but when he gets into the second series, referred to as the Books of the South, or "The Glittering Stone" books, his writing evolves dramatically, and the size of the books doubles, or even triples in comparison to those in the first series. (Not that the size of a book is an indication of its quality, but the writing gets significantly better in the later books.) Another series, although more Sci Fi oriented, with a definite fantasy aspect, is the "Many Colored Land" books by Julian May. Great, great books. [/QUOTE]

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