SciFi and Fantasy eBook Club discussion

Many veterans and long time fans no doubt have noticed the influx of newcomers to the Fantasy genre lately due to HBO's hit series: Game of Thrones.
I too am one of them! Although, I did read the books few years before the show started ^_^ Yet, the fact remains, as my first ever Fantasy series, ASoIaF has really shown me the depth and complexity that this genre has to offer. Now, I'm completely hooked; left wanting more, yet completely spoiled by having AsoIaF as my first love. T_T

 

Below are a list of fantasy books/series which I've bookmarked after some research. If anyone have any good series or books they would like to recommend, I would love to check them out! I like a lot of court intrigue, low fantasy type story, but of course if you look at the list below, I've also listed many of the popular series that are considered high fantasy, so I'm opened to all suggestions!

 

Currently starting with these two: my goal is to start off with a few shorter and completed series before attempting to start any on-going or long series due to fear of having to wait around for the next installment or being occupied by one series for way too long. At the moment, I just want to explore!

 

**The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison**
A oen off book that I can finish relatively quickly.
**Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy #1) - Robin Hobb**
A finished series that consists of only 3 books.

 

The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle #1) - Patrick Rothfuss
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive #1) - Brandon Sanderson
The Lies of Locke Mora (Gentleman Bastard #1) - Scott Lynch
The Red Knight (The Traitor Son Cycle #1) - Miles Cameron
Prince of Fools (The Red Queen's War #1) - Mark Lawrence
Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire #1) - Mark Lawrence
Traitor's Blade (Greatcoats #1) - Sebastien de Castell
Theft of Swords (The Riyria Revelations) - Michael J. Sullivan
Curse of Chalion (Chalion #1) - Lois McMaster Bujold
The Final Empire (Mistborn #1) - Brandon Sanderson
Six of Crows (Six of Crows #1) - Leigh Bardugo
Promise of Blood (Powder Mage #1) - Brian McClellan
The Thousand Names (The Shadow Campaigns #1) - Django Wexler
The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn #1) - Tad Williams
The Killing Moon (Dreamblood #1) - N.K. Jemisin
The Blade Itself (The First Law #1) - Joe Abercrombie
Blood Song (Raven's Shadow #1) - Anthony Ryan
The Great Book of Amber (The Chronicles of Amber #1-10 ) - Roger Zelazny
The Black Prism (Lightbringer #1) - Brent Weeks
The Way of Shadows (Night Angel #1) - Brent Weeks
Daughter of the Empire (The Empire Trilogy #1) - Raymond E. Feist, Janny Wurts
Magician: Apprentice (The Riftwar Saga #1) - Raymond E. Feist
Gardens of the Moon (The Malazan Book of the Fallen #1) - Steven Erikson
The Demon Princes, Volume One: The Star King, The Killing Machine, The Palace of Love (Demon Princes #1-3 omnibus) - Jack Vance
A Cavern of Black Ice (Sword of Shadows #1) - J.V. Jones
The Warded Man (The Demon Cycle #1) - Peter V. Brett

 

**Please feel free to make any recommendations !!**

The Once and Future King by T.H. White if you want a novel that renders the life of Merlin and King Arthur in a way which is both sweet and heartbreaking at the same time.

I loved it.

I have found no other accounting of their lives to be better, even if some were supposedly more realistic.

The friendship between the two is so well defined and so uplifting it's no wonder Disney wanted to make a movie of it, even if they did a poor job in the end.

Also, anything by C.S. Lewis...in particular the Narnia Series
The Lord of the Rings series by Tolkien

Happy reading.

John

You've already got what would have been one of my top picks: The Curse of Chalion. Also very much recommended is the sequel, Paladin of Souls. That world has also spawned a couple of novellas, starting with Penric's Demon.

Or, you could give her Sharing Knife quadralogy a try: Beguilement. Different from the Five Gods books, but also very good (but then, I think everything she writes is very good).

Since you're after completed series, I'd also recommend Jim Butcher's Calderon series, starting with Furies of Calderon. Politics, magic, etc. Not as grim (grrm?) as G.R.R.M, but definitely a fun ride.

A favourite trilogy of mine is the one by Janny Wurts/Raymond Feist, starting with Daughter of the Empire. It's a spinoff from the main series which starts with Magician, but I prefer the Janny Wurts trilogy. Lots of politics and an Asian-style world.

I could go on... but I won't. :-)