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Originally Posted by LordEden
Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini? To young adult? I liked them a lot and can't wait for the 4th book. There are a few series I like that fall under the "young adult" section of books.
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As mentioned above, I'm not against young adult. If anything, they're quick reads. We can talk about the worlds, concepts, etc., rather than the writing.
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I'm guessing Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan is out (for length aspects) but his Conan books are great fantasy stories even if they fall into the "fan fic" area of fantasy.
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The Wheel of Time is up there.
There is no time frame for this journey! But I won't get around to it for a while, I don't think. Are these Conan stories "fan-ficy"? Are they any good?
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Bedlam's Bard Series by Mercedes Lackey and Ellen Guon. Cheesy? Yes. It's also Urban fantasy (Lower realm elves hang out at the mall using low magic to make copies of quarters to play endless video games) so I don't know if that's out or not.
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Um, Eden, dude, what are you trying to do to my thread?
I'd be into urban fantasy. I'm not into elven teen angst. Give me some title recommendations. I'm not so sure about that Bedlam's Bard series.
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I wanted to suggest this book in the Sci-Fi thread, but I think it's more fantasy than sci-fi. Perdido Street Station by China Miéville is an awesome read and one of the few books that really challenged my vocabulary (he loves latin words). Might be to sci-fi for this thread, but I got to mention it somewhere.
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This is listed in the Sci-Fi thread. We can read it next on that list if you want.
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Killing all D&D books really bumps out of a lot of my "classic fantasy" books. I'm going to have to brain storm to add some to this list.
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Sorry, dude. For a genre that's grossly hit and miss with the cheese, we have to have some standards.
Some of these books were okay. I can't remember if any of them were great. If you have a case, I'm listening.
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I still haven't read LOTR...
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Holy fuck, Eden.
Holy fucking shit.
Why do you hate fantasy?
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Originally Posted by Pearl Trade
Does "Going After Cacciato" by Tim O'Brien count as fantasy? The chase after Cacciato is one man's "fantasy" and some of the elements he thinks of could be in the fantasy genre. Anyone read it?
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There's this type of fantasy that is more or less a play on modern-day reality and perception. I think this book falls into that category. William Goldling I think does similar things with
Pincher Martin. It delves into psychological conflict, etc. You will see similiar elements in Gormenghast as well, but in a more archaic setting.
I think the modern setting would put it more into the speculative fiction thread though. What do you think?