[Hellequin]

I'm looking for some fantasy author recommendations.

My favorites are Jim Butcher both his Dresden and Codex Alera series.

David Gemmell his Drenai series and Troy were fantastic in the process of reading his other books.

Simon Green his nightside series very entertaining.

Just to give you an idea of what I've read and enjoyed.

I tried reading Tolkien and Terry Brooks Sword of Shannara series; based on recommendations from this site and others. Absolutely despised them. Might be sacrilege on this site; but I hate books that I have to force myself to read because they are so boring with endless pages of mindless worldbuilding or endless drivel.

So with that said :D any recommendations?

Thanks in advance.

[Rob B]

Hi Hellequin,

Welcome to the SFFWorld Forums.

we get a lot of "what can I read next" threads on just about a daily basis. We find that such posts usually get the same response. Actually looking at what's already on the Web site will usually answer most people's requests. Perhaps it is uncommon, but we like people to have a look around rather than just demand (even if it's polite!) immediate gratification for their own personal needs.

With such a large and complex site it can be difficult to see everything going on, admittedly. But if people think that there's answers out there they will point people in the general direction.

So, rather than people coming here and repeating the recommendations they've provided in other threads, I'll direct you to some of those threads:


The New and Improved Recommendation - Fantasy / Horror (http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20845)
If you like ^^^^^ then you might like ##### (http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=285)
Looking for something 'magical'. (http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21763)
Gimme some good adventure books! (Similar to Three Musketeers,Locke Lamora or Sharpe) (http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21180)
Book that just blew your mind.... (http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21343)
Just started in Epic Fantasy - What to read? (http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21053)
Looking to start new series (http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21779)
Need help picking new fantasy series to read (http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20080)
**looking For Fantasy Trilogies** (http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16629)
Hopefully putting this in the right place (looking for a new series to read) (http://sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20895&highlight=series)
my next series to read (http://sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20624)
Fantasy series (http://sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19278)
Looking to start new series (http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21779)


All that having been said, I'm closing this thread.