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Fantasy Ive tried but stopped reading:

• First Law trilogy book 1
• Mistborne
• The Name of the Wind

Fantasy Ive enjoyed:

• A Song of Ice and Fire
• The Lord of the Rings
• Uhh does Circe count?

The Witcher series is kind of in the middle I guess.

Read any good fantasy lately?

Do you like rape and Ayn Rand?

pegusus123456 posted...

Do you like rape and Ayn Rand?

whaa??

Read more

Do you like reading about nonconsensual sex and the economic philosophies of Ayn Rand?

RustyReborn posted...

Read more

mate considering thats what Im trying to do by asking for recommendations, I think YOU need to read more lol.

pegusus123456 posted...

Do you like reading about nonconsensual sex and the economic philosophies of Ayn Rand?

nope.

Stalolin posted...

nope.

Oh, then skip the Sword of Truth series

pegusus123456 posted...

Oh, then skip the Sword of Truth series

lol, Ill keep that in mind.

Once and Future King is pretty good.

I remember a creative writing teacher I had ( he was published, not some scrub) thought nearly all modern fantasy is just too heavily and obviously influenced by Tolkien to be anything other than derivative and B grade

Love love love The First Law series. But to each his own.

Something similar i loved that was loaded with a lot of dark humor was Kings Of The Wyld.

Most fantasy books are bad

You need to describe what you are actually looking for. While it may seem on the surface that ASoIaF and Mistborn don't have much in common, they actually have a number of similar elements.

If you are looking simply for "gritty fantasy" or "political fantasy" then say that, saying you like one book that has a million fantasy tropes and not another that has a million fantasy tropes doesn't do much to narrow things down.

If you like an easy enjoyable read that has lots of action and brutality, I found the Gotrek and Felix Warhammer series to be quite enjoyable.

The Discworld books are utterly fantastic and something everyone should read.

Comedic/Satire fantasy rather than anything serious however, but utterly wonderful books that actually often have some great insights into a vast range of things in the real world.

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant; The Unbeliever.
-Stephen R. Donaldson

1st trilogy written in the 70s, inspired by the Lord of the Rings. 2nd trilogy written soon after. More books written 15-20 years later, but I never read those.

The first 6 are my favorite books of forever and I used to be an extremely voracious reader. High fantasy, high stakes.

Funkydog posted...

The Discworld books are utterly fantastic and something everyone should read.

Comedic/Satire fantasy rather than anything serious however, but utterly wonderful books that actually often have some great insights into a vast range of things in the real world.

TIL there's a difference between Terry Goodkind and Terry Pratchett. 41 books is a lot tbh.

TheShadowViper posted...

You need to describe what you are actually looking for. While it may seem on the surface that ASoIaF and Mistborn don't have much in common, they actually have a number of similar elements.

If you are looking simply for "gritty fantasy" or "political fantasy" then say that, saying you like one book that has a million fantasy tropes and not another that has a million fantasy tropes doesn't do much to narrow things down.

If you like an easy enjoyable read that has lots of action and brutality, I found the Gotrek and Felix Warhammer series to be quite enjoyable.

The First Law I just found boring and the rest I think were just aimed a slightly younger audience maybe.

I dont know what else to tell ya. I just want interesting characters and a realistic world that isnt too high fantasy I guess?

for further context you absolutely hated The Last of Us 2 but I loved it. I also loved The Witcher 3. Disco Elysium. The Souls games even though theyre not Story heavy. I read a lot of non-fantasy books. Lately Ive enjoyed The Three Body Problem, The Pillars of the Earth, Hyperion.

Most of all media is bad.

Ryven posted...

Love love love The First Law series. But to each his own.

Something similar i loved that was loaded with a lot of dark humor was Kings Of The Wyld.

Looks interesting. Ill add it to the list!

also Ive read the first couple of Discworld books. I enjoyed Good Omens, love humour, but they just didnt click with me.

Thanks for the suggestions peeps!

Youre welcome. :-/

:)

I enjoyed the dragon lance chronicles tbh. I just started with the chronological list and worked through.

not GOAT tier but a damn fun read through all of them (except the children stories).

Have you tried The Wheel of Time? I've only read the first book so far, but liked it a lot, planning on reading the rest (all 14...).

The first First Law book is pretty bland, and it gets a lot better in the second book. That's a common opinion.

I love Mistborn but I understand that some people don't like the writing.

I agree on The Name of the Wind.

I recommend Bakker's Second Apocalypse series if you're okay with very dark fantasy. It's the only thing I've read where the worldbuilding comes close to Middle Earth and the political intrigue comes close to ASoIaF.

TendoDRM posted...

Have you tried The Wheel of Time? I've only read the first book so far, but liked it a lot, planning on reading the rest (all 14...).

but there's so manyyyyy

Anne McCaffreys Pern series?

The Dresden Files?

Stalolin posted...

but there's so manyyyyy

Yeaaahhhh...but if you end up liking it, that's a good thing, right?

Plus, at least it ended, unlike ASoIaF.

Never come across anyone else that has read Hyperion tbh, sequels werent bad.

You need Wheel fo Time ffs.

best books;

Alteres posted...

Never come across anyone else that has read Hyperion tbh, sequels werent bad.

hyperion is awesome! i need to get the 2nd one.

Also Ringworld is actually the best adventure book series.,

I like WoT but I kinda feel like its not for people who dont like fantasy