Whilst I found them to be somwhat flawed, The Court of the Air and especially The Kingdom Beyond The Waves by Stephen Hunt are adventure novels, and rather imaginative to boot.
Whilst I found them to be somwhat flawed, The Court of the Air and especially The Kingdom Beyond The Waves by Stephen Hunt are adventure novels, and rather imaginative to boot.
Mmm I do remember reading mixed/lukewarm reviews about Hunt, but they seem to say he has some very interesting ideas.
King's Blades -- how could I forget? The Gilded Chain is one of those books that has been in the back of my mind for a long time.
I tried Codex Alera and didn't like it, though the setting is intriguing
Dave Duncan often passes under peoples radar. It's a shame because i think his work is wonderful, so imaginative, and has great plot twists and engaging characters.Originally Posted by Mage-
King's Blades -- how could I forget? The Gilded Chain is one of those books that has been in the back of my mind for a long time.
It improves after book one and while the fabula has been a cliche since Arthurian times it has a lot of twists and turns to make up for that. I also like it that it's more romantic (in a good way) thank many other fantasies out there (including Martin, who I couldn't get into).Mmm I do remember reading mixed/lukewarm reviews about Hunt, but they seem to say he has some very interesting ideas.
King's Blades -- how could I forget? The Gilded Chain is one of those books that has been in the back of my mind for a long time.
I tried Codex Alera and didn't like it, though the setting is intriguing
Copy-paste from another thread cause this question keep repeating itself:
The First Law Trilogy.
Elentris (standalone).
Mistborn Trilogy.
Warbreaker. (download for free from Brandon Sanderson site, buy it though when it's out!)
The Painted Man (a.k.a The Warded Man)
The Name Of the Wind.
Sword of Shadows Trilogy.
The Prince of Nothing Trilogy.
Vlad Taltos books
Legend (standalone) by David Gemmell
Hope it helped. Btw search for more info on Amazon.
I would have to disagree with The Prince of Nothing series being a light swash buckling read! there's not much out there heavier than this work.
The Gortrek & Felix books by William King (or most of the other old-empire Warhammer books) are easy reads full of splashing mayhem. Gortrek & Felix are now available in two omnibus editions for easier access to the series (as are several of the other Warhammer series). I overlooked the Warhammer books for a long time, then decided to take a chance on one (Mathias Thulmann: Witchhunter, by C. L. Werner), then dove into several more and discovered they're actually better written and paced than I expected -- certainly fitting your bill of quick, easy, exciting reads. I've never read any of the Warhammer 40000 books (futuristic space-opera genre), so can't comment on those.
It's available for free at Project Gutenberg, as are many others.
Download text of Treasure Island.
Download audio book.
The third G&F omnibus will soon be on the way as well. I'm currently reading the tenth G&F book, Elfslayer. The three most recent are written by a different author, Nathan Long, rather than William King, who has stopped writing for GW to concentrate on his own creations. They're still pretty good, with good pacing and character growth, and, of course, lots of carnage and mayhem.
That's good news, since I like the omnibus editions of Warhammer. The dimensions of the books are not much larger than a standard mass-market paperbook, yet there's more "bang for the book" with an omnibus edition. I'm glad the publisher (Games Workshop) has gone this route of packaging their smaller books into omnibuses to increase circulation and visibility. I used to look past the plethora of thinner Warhammer books on the shelves till the Witchhunter omnibus caught my eye and tempted my purchase. Now I'm a big fan of the old-empire series, and may make the leap into the 40K books later! I think the original poster of this thread (Mage) would find Warhammer to fit his criteria quite well.
Ok you are looking for a good adventure, I would like to recommend my own series, The Kingdom Chronicles, by A V Wedhorn, A King's Quest is the first, and the second should be out soon. Im not sure when cause I am currently fighting bad guys in Iraq but I recieved a good review here and expect to recieve a better one when the second book comes out.
I am a bit at a loss on what to read next!
I have been reading fantasy since i was 12 (witch means roughly for the past 17 years, starting with Lord of the rings, a copy I borrowed from my father!), and of course I have developed a certain feeling for what I like.
I feel I am a bit over the long epic fantasy series, where a young boy/girl rises to save the whole world, etc etc. But I have absolutely loved the 2 first books in "The Gentleman Bastards" series by Scot Lynch. I also really liked "The Prince of Nothing" series by R. Scott Bakker.
I have been trying to find similar books by searching both this web-site and other sites, and I have noted me "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss as a possibility. But I still need some help, as I wont get long with just one book!
Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated!
Arlendius
Have you read The First law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie? It sounds like what you're looking for... No young farmboy becomes superpowered hero here! ANother book i enjoyed was The Etched City by K.J. Bishop, but a lot of people really don't like this.... Right now I'm reading Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay and am about half way through... It also seems like one you'd like.
Did you really search our forums? Scott Lynch comes up quite a bit when people finish his books and look for other things to read, specifically these threads:
Reading if I enjoyed Scott Lynch?
Gimme some good adventure books! (Similar to Three Musketeers,Locke Lamora or Sharpe)
Snarkiness aside, the authors who immediately come to mind are:
Steven Brust (multi-volume series about a theif told in a distinct first-person narrative)
Joe Abercrombie (Trilogy recently completed, writing sensibilities similar to Lynch)
Brent Weeks (recently completed trilogy about an assassin, very good stuff)
Of course I did, but to be honest, with the amount of information on this board, it's a bit like being thrown in to deep water and told "learn to swim", trying to search for the exact information I wanted!
But that aside, I will pick up Abercrombie next, as it sounds like it might be a good fit! Thank you for your recommendations!
Arlendius
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