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Sosseres:
All times classics isn't always what is most enjoyed at the current time period or part of a persons life. It is also such a small portion of books that many people can read them in a year or two...
If you wish to discuss classics vs books good right now start up a thread or PM me. This is not the thread for it. ^^
Ixarku:
--- Quote from: Sosseres on September 30, 2010, 12:46:02 PM ---http://www.bestfantasybooks.com/top25-fantasy-books.php is more in line with modern fantasy. :) I mostly agree with that list, just disagree on a personal level since I enjoy slightly different kinds of books to the list maker.
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It seems to me that the author of that list has a preference for epic fantasy, especially more recent series. I'm personally really impressed with the Malazan -- it likely would fall within my top 10 -- but not at # 2, and I certainly wouldn't put Song of Fire and Ice at # 1. WoT wouldn't make my top 25 -- it's just way too uneven and poorly paced in the later books. Donaldson is an outstanding author and for a long time was right at the top of my list.
The Farseer books from Robin Hobb are overall not bad; I'd say the original Farseer Trilogy was excellent, but Liveship Traders and the Tawny Man were, frankly, unsatisfying. I could barely get myself to care about the characters in Liveship Traders, and through much of the Tawny Man, I despised Fitz as a person. I thought Hobb's Soldier-Son trilogy was much more compelling. I'd personally rate both Kingdoms of Bone & Thorn (Greg Keyes) and Michelle West's Elantra books higher than the Farseer books as a whole.
I have Caverns of Black Ice sitting in my "to-be-read" pile. The author of that list does have a few books unfamiliar to me in his list, so I may have to check out some of his recommendations.
pony:
For people who like fantasy, I highly recommend Abhorsen trilogy. It's a pretty sweet series about "good" necromancers who work on putting the dead to rest. It had a pretty interesting world (made from two halves - technologic part and magic part) and also a very cool magic system the likes I haven't read about before.
Hiiragi:
--- Quote from: pony on October 17, 2010, 12:11:22 AM ---For people who like fantasy, I highly recommend Abhorsen trilogy. It's a pretty sweet series about "good" necromancers who work on putting the dead to rest. It had a pretty interesting world (made from two halves - technologic part and magic part) and also a very cool magic system the likes I haven't read about before.
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yeah, those were pretty good. I've read them through a couple times. (any one interested, the author is Garth Nix and the the titles of the individual books are Sabriel, Lirael and the Abhorsen, I believe.)
pony:
--- Quote from: eXmortis on September 14, 2010, 02:20:30 PM ---Witcher by A. Sapkowski - if you like fantasy its must read. characters are greatly developed, world is rich and interesting and it overall jst fells unique. Sadly only last wish was translated to english.
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I agree, the entire series was f*cking excellent. Luckily all 5 novels are already translated to Lithuanian so I had the pleasure of reading them. The last book perhaps wasn't entirely to my liking, but in my opinion it's still some of the best fantasy I've ever read. It has an epic story, a badass main character and good humor.
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