Yeah I don't know that I can get a good rec in either, because it's tough to guess what you'll actually like.
- I'd venture that you might enjoy the Deathgate Cycle, but it's been a loooong time since I actually read that, I remember it being very active and interesting, if not especially deep. Seven books in all, the first four take place almost independently on four different worlds with unique and interesting mechanics, and then the last three tie the whole thing together. Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman.
- The Chronicles of Amber, by Roger Zelazny, is the best fantasy series I have ever read. And I'll be rereading it again for the fifth or sixth time as soon as I get my copy back. The whole thing is available in a single-volume trade paperback called The Great Book of Amber. Amber is not a character btw, it's a place.
- C.S. Friedman's Coldfire trilogy, which consists of Black Sun Rising, When True Night Falls, and Crown of Shadows. I remember hating parts of it to be honest - it does a damn good job of making things seem hopeless and those characters are just put through hell en route to their goals. That said, it also makes the third act that much more fantastic. :) The series has one of the best endings - meaning pretty much the whole third book - that I have ever read.
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Date: 2007-11-09 09:39 pm (UTC)- I'd venture that you might enjoy the Deathgate Cycle, but it's been a loooong time since I actually read that, I remember it being very active and interesting, if not especially deep. Seven books in all, the first four take place almost independently on four different worlds with unique and interesting mechanics, and then the last three tie the whole thing together. Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman.
- The Chronicles of Amber, by Roger Zelazny, is the best fantasy series I have ever read. And I'll be rereading it again for the fifth or sixth time as soon as I get my copy back. The whole thing is available in a single-volume trade paperback called The Great Book of Amber. Amber is not a character btw, it's a place.
- C.S. Friedman's Coldfire trilogy, which consists of Black Sun Rising, When True Night Falls, and Crown of Shadows. I remember hating parts of it to be honest - it does a damn good job of making things seem hopeless and those characters are just put through hell en route to their goals. That said, it also makes the third act that much more fantastic. :) The series has one of the best endings - meaning pretty much the whole third book - that I have ever read.