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by Violin34 on April 4th, 2008
David Eddings' Belgariad and Malloreon (2 different series, same characters, Belgariad comes first). Same sort of epic fantasy, and it manages to be deadly serious as well as ridiculously funny (in my opinion). After six or seven times straight through (and it's 10 books long!) I still laugh out loud.
Don't bother with Eddings' other series, though; they aren't nearly as good.
by ryanwareham on March 27th, 2008
Dark Tower by Stephen King!!!
After that, or instead of that, the Well of Eternity Trilogy by Richard A. Knaak - involves Warcraft lore, so if you're not up to speed then not as interesting.
by Elfstone on June 20th, 2008
Memory Sorrow and Thorn. great series.
its The Dragon Bone Chair,
I Cant remember the name of the next book,(Sorry)
then To Green Angel Tower part 1 and 2
by Freagartach the Answerer on November 13th, 2008
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Unbeliever.
by The Chief on June 30th, 2008
Dark Tower series.
I couldn't post this as a comment under ryanwareham's answer for some reason, even though I was well under the character limit. Sorry about that!
It's not a horror series, if that's what you're asking in ryanwareham's answer Phillip. Yes, it is good and it is weird. I got hooked on it from the first book (The Gunslinger). It's kind of a combination of Western, Fantasy, Mystery, and SciFi genres. You have to read it to understand.
The setting is kind of post-apocalyptic, but the world just seems to have run down instead of perished in some violent manner. It's a story about a long quest by Roland to find the "Dark Tower" in order to restore the world. Check out this link: http://www.stephenking.com/darktower/
Personally, after getting so involved in the series (and I was hooked), I thought the ending in the 7th book was a huge disappointment. But you can decide that for yourself.
by Freagartach the Answerer on June 29th, 2008
Tad Williams "Memory, Sorrow, & Thorn" is at the top of my all time favorite list also.
by Freagartach the Answerer on June 29th, 2008
Terry Brooks "Shannara" and "Landover" series.
by mrbuddhafreak on February 2nd, 2009
Any of the series by Harry Turtledove. Or the Posleen series by John Ringo.
by Daneel on January 22nd, 2009
Fantasy
Riftwar series Raymond E Feist
Drenai series David Gemmell
Saga of recluse series L.E Modesitt
Science Fiction
Foundation Series Isaac Asimov
Pournelle's/Larry Niven Future history
Robert A Heinlein Future History
by Dr_Dredd on October 20th, 2008
I've enjoyed the Heralds of Valdemar series by Mercedes Lackey.
by Viper317 on October 15th, 2008
i suggest the farseer(assassin's) trilogy + tawny man(fool's) trilogy by robin hobb. brilliantly written and a very enigmatic protagonist .
by Max Arliss on July 12th, 2008
well, it's been awhile since you asked this question, but have you ever tried the Kings Blade books, by Dave Duncan? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Duncan_%28writer%29#King.27s_Blades
I just read "Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss and love it--guaranteed to write the 2nd book before we see a sequel to Feast for Crows... although I do love Martin.
by Anonymous on June 30th, 2008
Eric Flint's "1632" series. It's one of the masterpieces of alternate history.
I would also recommend Harry Turtledove's "Worldwar"/"Colonization"/"Homeward Bound" series.
And then there's Anne and Todd McCaffrey's "Pern" series, one of the greatest of all time.
by Symbeline on April 25th, 2008
I second the Belgariad, also check out Belgarath's life story when he was young, ''Belgarath the Sorcerer''.
I would also suggest Fred Saberhagen's Book of the Swords trilogy and Book of Lost Swords, if you like ''darker'' fantasy.
Cutting off your toes and feeding them to a baby dragon, how badass is that? XD
by Mister_Bromide on August 14th, 2010
Your own imagination can take you places you've never seen before.
by MadMike on August 17th, 2009
for funny give the Robert Aspirin series "Myth"
David Farland's Runelords is now up to 5 or 6 books
Poul Anderson's the Dragon and the George
by Knightfall on August 14th, 2010
Stephen King's 'The Dark Tower' series, although in all fairness to get the truly epic scope of the work you really need to examine a lot of King's other works.
One series that I particularly recommend, and is often compared to both Song of Ice & Fire and The Wheel of Time, is Steven Erikson's 'Malazan Books of the Fallen' series. I can say without hesitation that Erikson writes with grit and a scope that beggars both of those who I've compared him to.
As an aside, if you've read Wheel of Time and enjoyed the last book out (The Gathering Storm, as of the time I'm answering this question) then I would also recommend you take a look at some of Brandon Sanderson's works.
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Great, thank you. I will look in to these.
by Philip on April 4th, 2008
I agree that the Belgariad and Mallorean are the only ones worth reading. Their other books seem to be cheap knock-offs of these first ten books. All they did is re-name the characters.
by Freagartach the Answerer on June 29th, 2008
Thanks for this suggestion. I am 4 books in to the series and I really like it. Thanks again.
by Philip on October 16th, 2008
Glad to be of assistance :)
by Violin34 on October 17th, 2008