Hmm. I wonder why no one's mentioned Guy Gavriel Kay's Tigana? Quite one of my personally most memorable reads. Dianora di Certando is rather tragic, no? His Fionavar Tapestry books are less mature than Tigana, shows his roots in editing the Silmarillion as he's rather leaning heavily on Tolkien...

I'm reading the Farseer's first book and as noted here by members, the character development is seriously detailed!

The book really get me hooked up to see what's next and the book being rather thick made me rest assured for it not to end early.

Thanks for the members who recommend this book. I'm eager to read the next two books. Hehe.

i liked Tigana too. It's a good read. it felt indeed more mature than most fantasty when i read it years ago. after reading it i feel like thats what real fantasy should be, one rich compact book, not many multi volume fat empty books.

for me, Tigana, A Song for Arbonne, Lions of Al-Rassan are good reads. However, Sailing to Sarantium and Lord of Emperors are just sublime. Fionavar Tapestry? i can't finish reading it, maybe it is meant for a younger age group.

My favorite fantasy novel would have to be Magician by Raymond E Feist. The Riftwar saga novels are great reads if you're a hardcore Feist fan, but honestly his new series (The Conclave of Shadows) are a little blah, the first in the series - Talon of The Silver Hawk - being the only exception. It's still can't hold a candle to Magician, but a good read nonetheless.

Robin Hobb's series are great too, but sometimes are a little painful to read because she puts the main characters go through seriously crappy stuff. But still good. She gives her characters so much life that you can't help but think they're you're friends

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True, I think a person with less patience can't stand to read the torment Robin puts to the main character. Its unique indeed as the main character is not some super-talented person and having the common deus ex machina element in it.

Apart from that, I am reading the Earthsea cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin. The books are kind of relaxing with no heavy plot and pretty much sorcery are in the books. I wonder if Eragon got the idea of the 'true name' of things from the Earthsea cycle.

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Added on July 29, 2010, 12:07 amDone reading 3 books fron the Earthsea cycle. It turns out I'm still clinging to Robin Hobb's detailed character development style. In earthsea, you can't really see the development despite of having a good start in book 1. After that, the time gap is too much and before you realize, the main character has become a 40 year old Archmage!

Oh well, some fantasies do turned out a bitter one. ^^

This post has been edited by snowfire64: Jul 29 2010, 12:07 AM

Ah, my favourite genre. Reminds me of the many, many books borrowed from the John Medley Library during my uni days. Used to read about a book a week back then (almost all fantasy).

Eddings, Feist, Wurtz, Le Guin, Kay, Salvatore, Weiss & Hickman, etc... Strangely never touched Pratchett. One of my faves is Gemmell, who is sadly gone and won't have any more from him (read all his titles).

Thanks for all the recommendations here... will look for Malazan series, Robin Hobbs and Liveship Trader.

When you've read Hobb's works (and like it), you get a little spoiled, I think. You come to expect that all books' character developments should be as detailed as they are in her books.

I used to read Pratchett a lot when I was younger. Though recently I read "Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch", his collaboration with Neil Gaiman. A very fun read.

I forgot to mention Neil Gaiman earlier. I read his works when I want something whimsical and fun to read.

Neil Gaiman stuff are quirky I like!

For those looking for some rather Victorian fantasy/alternate history-fantasy stuff, you should try:
1. Susanna Clarke: "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell" and her anthology "Ladies of Grace Adieu"
2. Naomi Novik: Temeraire series (up to 5 books so far)

To make things short, my most memorable reads like millions would be LOTR, years before it became mainstream and got me off sci-fi .

Another would be Raymond E.F's Magician.. ahh Pug, i rate him higher than Merlin!! Not sure if anyone mentioned it, apart from Magician i prefered Empire trilogy over his riftwars. Both i love though. My most favourite heroine Mara of the Acoma. Talk about feminism

Currently, reading 4th book of Malazan Empire series. What i think about Steven E's writing and some spoilers below *ALERT*.

Hi, first time in the LYN Book Club. I agree with the poster that said you get spoiled after reading robin hobb's book. She's one of the best author out there. And her Farseer's trilogy is the best trilogy i've read so far. I love Fitz so much in those 3 books. You cry and laugh throughout the books and feel miserable when you get to the end of the book

Another author i recently favor is cinda williams chima. i've only read one of her book so far "The dragon heir" but i'm hook onto the series already. The characters, the plot it really sucks me into its world. The 2nd book just came out in September and I'm scouring the bookstore nearby for it.

Just finished Abercrombie's First Law Trilogy based on a recommendatory here. Very bloody, quite decently written. A bit too much to the "grim & gritty" end of things, especially with the reveal at the end.

It's odd though. It has all the trappings of one, but I cannot honestly consider it epic fantasy. It's viewpoint is just too.... small.

You got that right, you have to keep up with ever changing environment. One time you've been chased by assasins in Darujhistan and suddenly you're doing recon as the bridgeburners. Kinda mind fatigue at first for the first 3 books. I stop to a take a break from the series at book 3.

Spot on! Fitz is the most unfortunate hero ever

I know we shouldnt judge a book by it's cover..but this is damn tempting..and the title lures as well.. Anyone care to comment as i am undecided whether to spend RM40 on it...~

The news has been making the rounds the last couple of weeks, but GRR Martin has more or less confirmed that A Dance with Dragons will be coming out this year, date given : TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2011

http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts...785-dragon-time
http://grrm.livejournal.com/199836.html

Fingers crossed, this date will happen!

hello, bringing back this thread from a heavy sleep.

any of you guys know what would be the quickest way to get the new GoT book (A Dance With Dragons) in Malaysia? MPH website says it would be available on September.
And shipping from Amazon takes like two weeks on the more affordable shipping options.

I would not mind getting the ebook either, so if someone knows an online store that is accesible from here, please let me know.

Thanks.

i din realise there is a thread for fantasy books.....was diverted here from another topic. i only read fantasy & sometimes comics likes calvin & hobbes & zits.

currently favourite authors ( highly recommended )...

joe abercrombie
ken scholes
jv jones
peter v brett
patrick rothfuss
george rr martin
robert jordan/brandon sanderson wot
r scott bakker
steven erikson
brent weeks

just bought...

douglas hulick - among thieves
brandon sanderson - the way of kings
blake charlton - spellwright
zits - sketchbook 6, 8 & 9.

i buy my books from acmamall......free delivery in malaysia & sin but best of all always have discount. i usu buy when they hv 30% discount or higher.....delivery abt 2 wks.
you can pre-order books from acmamall as well. tel service quite good...only blemish is the sometimes poor loading of webpage, maybe sometimes too much traffic.

Released in Amazon Today! For those who have Kindle grab yours now!

You probably know by now but in case you don't, ADWD is available at Kinokuniya. Just got it this afternoon and man, it's a freaking big book. I normally avoid hardcovers but life is too short to wait another year for the paperback.

Mmm, yeah, A Dance with Dragons is available at kino. I got mine on the 12th itself. Saw someone reading the book in KLCC park. ASOIAF really has some fans over here.

Unfortunately the book is still sitting unread on my shelf. Need to finish the last 200 or so pages of The Way of Kings first.

Finished Drance With Dragons yesterday. Man, it was massive.... still processing everything.... will have comment when my brain working again.