hi all..

I'm a fantasy buff.. started out on dragonlance, forgotten realms then moved on to authors from all over the place. Terry Pratchett is one of my staple reads, enjoy every book that he's churned out, esp the one written with Neil Gaiman

Hands down my favourite writer was the late David Gemmell, really one of the most entertaining writers i've read. I have most, if not all of his books. His Troy saga was amazing.

Unfortunately he's passed on and I've been looking for a new writer.

Any recommendations to writers with a similar style ? I like reading about very realistic heroes who are inspiring simply because at the end of it all they are just human and their choices made them heroic. Gemmell always captured that flawlessly..

The closest so far I've found was Brent Week's Night Angel Trilogy.



Here's a list of other writers I've read:

George Martin R.R - Got turned off after his major plot twist involving Rob Stark
Robert Jordan - Still struggling through book 1 to my shame
Raymond E. Feist - His new work is stuffy.. and lacks the edge of the original Riftwar saga
Neil Gaiman - So dark that it's frighteningly real!
Janny Wurts - Ploughed through most of her books, lost interest sadly.
Trudi Canavan - Was so so, I have both trilogies of hers.

Just a hella too many to list out... but i'm open to all suggestions!

Thanks in advance!

This post has been edited by iesnek: Dec 22 2009, 01:00 AM

I have most of Salvatore's books on Drizzt... haven't caught up with the latest ones yet, i kind of lost the plot after Kingdom of Orcs saga...

Which Terry Goodkind books do you mean? I think he's decent but haven't read much to have an opinion of him..

Thanks tender I shall give L.E. Modesitt a try then!