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It's been a few years since I've been active in one of these topics, but I recently got the first Thomas Covenant trilogy! It's been on my reading list for years, a recommendation from PO I believe. Once I finish Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn (on the last book!) that is the next fantasy book I intend on reading.

Quarantine has given me a lot of time to catch up on video games and books! A few particular favorite book series I'd recommend:

The Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. This is kinda like A Song of Ice and Fire on Mars. A sprawling cast of characters with POV shifts and deeply political, it chronicles the the terraforming of Mars across several decades.

Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy by Liu Cixin. This is a really cool sci-fi series that starts off as a kind of a mystery involving scientists committing suicide and a virtual reality game, but quickly goes into other territory. I don't want to spoil too much, but if you know the implications behind the second book's title you'll see where it's headed.

The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin. This series is a pretty bleak dystopian fantasy, centering on a world ironically called The Stillness that is plagued by earthquakes. There are earthbending like wizards who can both quell and trigger earthquakes and they are persecuted and brutalized, but also kept as part of society, as a result. A lot of people are turned off by the fact that some of the chapters are presented in second person, but I personally enjoyed it.

Also, thanks for keeping these topics alive! It was nice checking in after years and seeing something familiar still going on.