Can anyone recommend some good fantasy novels please ?
I would be really grateful :)
(shezam slouching towards nirvana., Thu 5 Jan 2012, 21:34, 24 replies)

Maybe
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(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Thu 5 Jan 2012, 21:38, closed)

frank herbert
I must investigate.
(shezam slouching towards nirvana., Thu 5 Jan 2012, 21:50, closed)

Magic and dragons sort of thing?
(MrBiscuits, Thu 5 Jan 2012, 21:45, closed)

yeah...
escapism.
(shezam slouching towards nirvana., Thu 5 Jan 2012, 21:47, closed)

the bible......oh you said good didn't you.
(Official Sarc, Thu 5 Jan 2012, 22:08, closed)

David Eddings.

(yourmumonastickwithmintsauce, Thu 5 Jan 2012, 22:35, closed)

Terry Goodkind- very good, serious.
Terry Pratchett- likewise, funny.
Wicked by Maguire is actually really good- don't let the sappy musical kid you, the book's actually quite dark and goes into the politics of killing off talking animals.
Temeraire by Naomi Novik- set during the Napoleonic wars in an parallel universe where dragons actually do exist, and are used as weapons/aircraft.

EDIT: The Portable Door by Tom Holt deserves a mention- it's completely bonkers but it works so well.
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Thu 5 Jan 2012, 23:04, closed)

Oh wow thanks fellas.
When I was a kid I loved fantasy, I remember reading his dark trilogy and getting so engrossed in it. Then I went of books, (to busy with boys and booze) Then I got bang into classic novels (usually reccomened by my other half so all to his taste) And now remembering how happy reading fantasy made me feel I'm starting to get back into it. As it happens Im reading Terry Pratchetts 'the reaper' Oh my god! its wonderfully imaginative, light hearted and witty. Books that are 'completly bonkers' intrigue me. Iv taken all suggestions on board for my book binge on payday...especially wicked.
(shezam slouching towards nirvana., Thu 5 Jan 2012, 23:40, closed)

Goodkind is okay
but don't you think it's a bit hackneyed. A Young lad from the sticks gets given a magic sword called the sword of truth to follow his destiny to defeat an evil lord in a distant land

FFS

;o)
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Thu 5 Jan 2012, 23:48, closed)

:P
I can see this argument lasting out the week. :P
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Fri 6 Jan 2012, 18:40, closed)

Seriously though..pratchett!
Where have I been :p
(shezam slouching towards nirvana., Thu 5 Jan 2012, 23:54, closed)

Song of Ice & Fire by George RR Martin
awesome series, brilliant characters, twisty plots, backstabbing, intrigue, incest, epic battles and a pretty good HBO series to whet your whistle

also all of Joe Abercrombie's books. They are amazing. Raw, bloody sweary books full of absolute bastards. New exciting fantasy.

and finaly The lies of Locke Lamore by Scott Lynch. Imagine a heist film but set in a fantasy world, it was one of those books I read at the dinner table
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Thu 5 Jan 2012, 23:45, closed)

Ha!
Am I the only one that find this funny?
Sorry OP, it's just that almost every single post is about fantasy novels and it just tickles me is all.:D
( Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Thu 5 Jan 2012, 23:57, closed)

Yeah but they don't all say they're are fantasy novels so how would I know !
Still..the post has been more than useful for me :p
(shezam slouching towards nirvana., Fri 6 Jan 2012, 0:08, closed)

Good
I hate the genre myself but my son has LOVED the George RR Martin books that sittingduck has already mentioned. He also said to say Michael Marshall Smith and World war Z. I think You should also read The Raw Shark Texts. But that's just me. :D
( Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Fri 6 Jan 2012, 0:25, closed)

Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time
The Wheel of Time series - 11 books then he goes and kicks the bucket before writing the final one.

Worth a read if you like epic fantasy.
( sutit only the crumbliest, flakiest posts, Fri 6 Jan 2012, 0:45, closed)

2 Clive Barker books...
Weaveworld and Imajica.
Both are brilliant.
(CheeseyPeas, Fri 6 Jan 2012, 1:59, closed)

The only fantasy-ish books I've read
have been by China Mieville, I cannot recommend them highly enough. Perdido Street Station and The Scar are both excellent though long and not fantastically gripping until after the half way mark but very much worth reading.
(The Bloody Awful Warsaw Concerto, Fri 6 Jan 2012, 4:01, closed)

Only novels
Or short stories too? If the latter, here are some of my favourites:

HP Lovecraft, The Doom That Came to Sarnath
Robert E Howard, The Tower of the Elephant
Clark Ashton Smith, The Garden of Adompha
Franz Kafka, Jackals and Arabs
Ursula Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Fri 6 Jan 2012, 6:00, closed)

Ursula Le Guin- yes!
I completely forgot. Yeah. Read Earthsea. Or just 'Atuan.
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Sat 7 Jan 2012, 15:00, closed)

The Assasins Trilogy, The Liveship Trilogy and the Fool's Trilogy
all by Robin Hobb and all completely excellent
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 7 Jan 2012, 14:28, closed)

Can't believe nobody's mentioned...
... Raymond E. Feist. Start with Magician and go from there. He's created an amazing universe with wonderful characters.

Also David Eddings. The Belgariad/Mallorean are great but I think they're aimed more a younger audience. However, they were my introduction to fantasy novels in my early 20s and I re-read them still at least once a year.
(ThursdayNext drowning in gin on, Sun 8 Jan 2012, 11:30, closed)

Magician is one of the best books I've read and highly recommended.
For Shezam I also recommend The Painted Man by Peter V. Brett and Trudi Canavan's The Black Magician Trilogy.
( pandiculator, Sun 8 Jan 2012, 22:16, closed)

Grunts by Mary Gentle.

( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Mon 9 Jan 2012, 13:37, closed)