"book recs for someone who loves the George RR Martin fantasy series but hasnt liked Robin Hobb or Richard Jordan"

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I love Martin's "Song of Fire & Ice" series but havent found anything that quite approaches it for narrative scope and complex storytelling.

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"Harry Turtledove's "World at War" series is excellent and comparable..."

by chille on Dec 27 2006 (37 months ago)

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I'm a HUGE fan of GRRM as well. I haven't tried reading any of the Hobbs books but I've read a couple of Jordan's and didn't really get into them either. Before I'd picked up George Martin's work, I'd read this series by Turtledove and was really impressed with it. It's basically a play on WWII in a fantasy setting like the "Song of Ice and Fire" is a play on the War of the Roses in a fantastical setting. Really good stuff!

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Great series, if you enjoy "A Song of Ice and Fire"!

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"You may not find anything as good as the Song of Ice and Fire series"

by EddieNygma on Dec 27 2006 (37 months ago)

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I'm not a big fan of fantasy and really prefer science fiction, but the Song of Ice and Fire series is fantastic, and there's nothing really out there that I like quite as much. But consider the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind.

* Debt of Bones (1998) by Terry Goodkind
* 1 : Wizard's First Rule (1994) by Terry Goodkind
* 2 : Stone of Tears (1995) by Terry Goodkind
* 3 : Blood of the Fold (1996) by Terry Goodkind
* 4 : Temple of the Winds (1997) by Terry Goodkind
* 5 : Soul of the Fire (1999) by Terry Goodkind
* 6 : Faith of the Fallen (2001) by Terry Goodkind
* 7 : Pillars of Creation, the (2001) by Terry Goodkind
* 8 : Naked Empire (2003) by Terry Goodkind
* 9 : Chainfire (2005) by Terry Goodkind
* 10 : Phantom (2006) by Terry Goodkind

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The huge and epic adventures of a simple woods guide turned warrior king. These are the adventures of Richard Cypher finding the Sword of Truth and his adventures in protecting his land from evil.

Chainfire is the first book in a trilogy that will finish off the series.

No, it's not as good but besides Song of Fire and Ice and of course The Lord of the Rings, it's the fantasy series I've most enjoyed.

Hope this helps!!

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"You want scope?"

by TeeSeeJay on Dec 31 2006 (37 months ago)

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I’ve been reading Neal Stephenson’s Baroque Cycle, which begins with "Quicksilver." It is not fantasy, and even though Stephenson is a science fiction writer, this 3000-page epic is not sci-fi, either; it’s more like steampunk, maybe. To be wholly accurate, so far it is historical fiction written by a guy with great chops and a genre sensibility.

You might also peruse the works of China Mieville.

In my experience, fantasy doesn’t really get the scope you’re looking for without coming off as a rehash of the same old hero’s journey. I really enjoyed Martin’s work, which I read after taking a hiatus from fantasy of about a decade.

You might also enjoy Weis & Hickman’s Death Gate Cycle, which is fairly ambitious in scope but may not have the complexities of storytelling you’re after.

The only other fantasy I've really enjoyed recently is Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norrell, which ended up being delightful.

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"Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan or Crown of Stars by Kate Elliott"

by moscow32 on Jan 01 2007 (37 months ago)

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I recently found the Song of Fire & Ice series and loved it. Two other series that I like that are similar to it are (of course) The Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan, and the Crown of Stars Series by Kate Elliott. I've read all of the Wheel of Time, and am working through the second book of the Crown of Stars.

The Crown of Stars series has one advantage over the Fire and Ice and the Wheel of Time series: It's finished! So if you like it, you can read all the way through it. The books are about the same length as Fire and Ice or Wheel of Time, so they make for good reading for long winter nights. :)

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These are the first books in the two series I mentioned. You can find the rest of the series from these pages.

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"Here are some links that might prove interesting"

by Francesca on Dec 30 2006 (37 months ago)

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http://www.sanantonio.gov/library/fiction/fic_RAL-RJordan.asp?res=800&ver=true

http://www.pollardml.org/tolkien.html

http://www.tulsalibrary.org/booksandreading/now/tolkien.htm

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"Harry Turtledove's "World at War" series is excellent and comparable..."

"You may not find anything as good as the Song of Ice and Fire series"

"You want scope?"

"Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan or Crown of Stars by Kate Elliott"

"Here are some links that might prove interesting"

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