What else is in your "Fantasy Library"?
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 7:18 am
...assuming that you have the ASOIAF books, but if not have/have not - have you ever delved into the Fantasy genre before the show appeared or since?
I started reading fantasy in the late 80s, starting with 'Lord of the Rings' but only after a lot of pressure from friends and colleagues. I enjoyed it enough to start reading some other fantasy works, from the fairly standard and popular "Heroes Quest" type to some less known works.
The Belgariad - David Eddings ( feels very lightweight now after something like ASOI&F )
The Shannara books - Terry Brooks ( read a few but never got that much into them. )
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn - Tad Williams ( definitely recommend these, GRRM says he was inspired by them and if you read them you'll see why!)
The Riftwar Saga - Raymond E Feist ( good to start but kind of drifted off a bit )
Lyonesse Trilogy - Jack Vance ( a sort of Atlantis / Arthurian feel )
Deverry Novels - Katherine Kerr ( as per the Riftwar Saga ).
I've never attempted some of the "weightier" stuff like the Thomas Covenant Books ( tried but didn't get through more than 1/4 of the first book) Patrick Rothfuss, Brandon Sanderson etc.
I did stop reading fantasy for a very long time, from the mid 90s and only picked up 'Game of Thrones' and 'A Clash of Kings' in 2011 as a two for one special offer having heard good things about the show; but other than that have still stopped reading fantasy.
Then a couple of years ago I read "The First law Trilogy" by Joe Abercrombie which I enjoyed a lot and was clearly inspired in its kind of modern and cynical but pseudo historical POV style by ASOIAF
Would like to hear other people's experiences and recommendations!
I started reading fantasy in the late 80s, starting with 'Lord of the Rings' but only after a lot of pressure from friends and colleagues. I enjoyed it enough to start reading some other fantasy works, from the fairly standard and popular "Heroes Quest" type to some less known works.
The Belgariad - David Eddings ( feels very lightweight now after something like ASOI&F )
The Shannara books - Terry Brooks ( read a few but never got that much into them. )
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn - Tad Williams ( definitely recommend these, GRRM says he was inspired by them and if you read them you'll see why!)
The Riftwar Saga - Raymond E Feist ( good to start but kind of drifted off a bit )
Lyonesse Trilogy - Jack Vance ( a sort of Atlantis / Arthurian feel )
Deverry Novels - Katherine Kerr ( as per the Riftwar Saga ).
I've never attempted some of the "weightier" stuff like the Thomas Covenant Books ( tried but didn't get through more than 1/4 of the first book) Patrick Rothfuss, Brandon Sanderson etc.
I did stop reading fantasy for a very long time, from the mid 90s and only picked up 'Game of Thrones' and 'A Clash of Kings' in 2011 as a two for one special offer having heard good things about the show; but other than that have still stopped reading fantasy.
Then a couple of years ago I read "The First law Trilogy" by Joe Abercrombie which I enjoyed a lot and was clearly inspired in its kind of modern and cynical but pseudo historical POV style by ASOIAF
Would like to hear other people's experiences and recommendations!