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I need a new book

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  • 16-04-2011 10:37pm
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    Kraken
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    Ok im in one of them awkward places where your waiting for the next one to come out. So im looking for suggestions!!
    Here is a list of what i read. Ramond e-feist, brandon sanderson, j.v.jones, Patrick Rothfuss, robert jordon, david gimell, tolkien, peter.v.brett there are others but its mainly just fantasy to be honest. Any suggestions???


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    chasmcb
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    Have you read Ursula LeGuin's 'Wizard of Earthsea'?


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    Kraken
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    cant say i have ill check it out thanks.


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    Denerick
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    If your into fantasy it stands to reason that you might enjoy historical fiction (At least that was the case with me when I was younger) Give I, Claudius by Robert Graves a go. If you want something less heavy then 'Imperium' by Robert Harris might be up your street. Both are set in Ancient Rome, so there is enough distance and myth making for it to be sort of like fantasy...


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    chasmcb
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    I should perhaps have mentioned that LeGuin's Earthsea trilogy was initially written with a young audience in mind, in case that sways you against it. Other more 'grown up' fantasy works that might interest you, if you haven't read them already, would be Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast novels, Susannah Clarke's 'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell' or Stephen Donaldson's 'Thomas Covenant' series


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    coffee_cake
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    Kate Elliott, Katharine Kerr, Robin Hobb


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    mav79
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    As Bluewolf mentioned Robin Hobb series are well worth a read. Try Conn Iggulden if you want something away from the fantasy genre. His Emperor series or Khan series are both very good reads.


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    calex71
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    Sorry to hijack but what are Robin Hobb's trilogies like in terms of setting and themes really? I have an interest from the small bit of reading i've done on google but as usual am afraid to read to much about something before I give it a chance.

    What I'm really looking for i guess is, are they modern/future or 'ye olde' set ? and are they suitable for adult readers as I have a feeling they maybe for younger readers?


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    coffee_cake
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    calex71 wrote: »
    Sorry to hijack but what are Robin Hobb's trilogies like in terms of setting and themes really? I have an interest from the small bit of reading i've done on google but as usual am afraid to read to much about something before I give it a chance.

    What I'm really looking for i guess is, are they modern/future or 'ye olde' set ? and are they suitable for adult readers as I have a feeling they maybe for younger readers?

    Certainly for adults, I've been slagged a few times that parents of friends read them rather than friends themselves.
    I don't know how to answer the first part except that she's an excellent writer and you're sucked right into the books. Give one of them a go :)


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