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New fantasy books.

Discussion in 'Booktalk' started by Svyatoslav, Aug 6, 2005.

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  1. Chandos the Red

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    I've just started The Briar King: The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone, by Greg Keyes. So far it looks very promising....but I don't think it would fit your requirements.

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    Chandos the Red, Aug 10, 2005
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    Svyatoslav, those are the early ones, and all good. Check http://www.sorcerers.net/Books/index_pratchett.php for the reading order.

    And no, Pratchett's not childish at all. His books are fantasy satire initially, but then grow out of it into a special kind of fantasy parody.
     
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    Ok, thanks a lot Taluntain. I will certainly give it a try, since I am a bit tired of Salvatore.
     
    Svyatoslav, Aug 11, 2005
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    If you liked Hickman and Weis you ought to give their Deathgate cycle a chance. In my opinion it is vastly superior to any dragonlance stuff they have written.
     
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    Romance ain't a big deal for me. Nothing ever irks me more than Elminster, that horny bastard and he is an archmage for that matter.
     
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    Discworld is basically a parody on real life. The fantasy element and world just allow to push real life quirks to an extreme. Although I must agree with Tal that this is essentially in the earlier books, after which it tends to gravitate more towards purer fantasy, but still as hilarious.

    So I'd say it's not childish at all, since a child probably wouldn't understand half the allusions Pratchett makes in his books.
     
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    Raymond Feist`s Riftwar books might fit your category. some dungeon crawls in those and not too much romance.
     
    Rawgrim, Aug 21, 2007
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