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<blockquote data-quote="cathyb" data-source="post: 1414010" data-attributes="member: 16765">For inspiration that gets away from traditional high fantasy sub-genres I'd add the following:Orson Scott Card's Tales of Alvin Maker series:&nbsp; I got a little tired of it after a while for no particular reason, but it is set in a world with a magic system based on american settler folklore, which I can't recall having seen anywhere else. Also, he wrote a single book called Enchantment which uses russian folklore-based magic pretty successfully.Lois McMaster Bujold (someone already mentioned her, but I have to second that).&nbsp; She's my all time favorite author with her science fiction books, but her fantasy books also provide something different (Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls for the fantasy theology and Spirit Ring for the renaissance-period take on magic.Dave Duncan's A Man of his Word series uses the traditional races (although with his own twists and turns) and high magic, but created a magic system that is radically different from any others I've read and does a good job of looking at how it effects the rest of the world. Plus, it's just a damn good read.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cathyb, post: 1414010, member: 16765"] For inspiration that gets away from traditional high fantasy sub-genres I'd add the following: Orson Scott Card's [I]Tales of Alvin Maker [/I] series: I got a little tired of it after a while for no particular reason, but it is set in a world with a magic system based on american settler folklore, which I can't recall having seen anywhere else. Also, he wrote a single book called [I]Enchantment[/I] which uses russian folklore-based magic pretty successfully. Lois McMaster Bujold (someone already mentioned her, but I have to second that). She's my all time favorite author with her science fiction books, but her fantasy books also provide something different ([I]Curse of Chalion [/I] and [I]Paladin of Souls[/I] for the fantasy theology and [I]Spirit Ring[/I] for the renaissance-period take on magic. Dave Duncan's [I]A Man of his Word[/I] series uses the traditional races (although with his own twists and turns) and high magic, but created a magic system that is radically different from any others I've read and does a good job of looking at how it effects the rest of the world. Plus, it's just a damn good read. [/QUOTE]

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