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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Banshee16" data-source="post: 3071759" data-attributes="member: 7883">I'm not determined to read them...I'd just noticed them before, and figured on giving them a try.I did go out and pick up "Lord of Snow and Shadows" by Sarah Ash.  It's apparently based on more russian-type stylings, so I figured it would be different.Guy Gavriel Kay is one author I've never read.I really liked Stackpole's "Cartomancy", but again....waiting for the sequel to come out in paperback..are his other books of similar style?I'm gradually working on Patrick O'Brien's Master and Commander series, but can usually only take two of them in a row.  Similar with Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series.  So I'm switching between genres pretty regularly.  Hence wanting to fill in the blanks with some fantasy as well.  The best nonfiction I've read recently was Romeo D'Allaire's "Shake Hands with the Devil".Last question...I've noticed the Farseer trilogy before, but have never read Robin Hobb.  What's it about?  She wrote the Assassin's Apprentice, or King's Assassin or something like that, didn't she?Thanks for the tips.  I might have to check out a few of your suggestions.  I've noticed Tigana before, but never picked it up.  You enjoyed it?Banshee</blockquote>