I have just about read all of David Gemmells and David Eddings book and am looking for a new author to start reading
2006-07-20 03:03:22 · 18 answers · asked by Nicholas J 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
George RR Martin -
A Song Of Ice and Fire series had me hooked from the first book which is called 'A Game of Thrones'
EVERYONE i have lent or given this book to have loved it and wanted more
The characters, plot, settings and style of writing have given me great joy.
The author had intended to only write six books in the series but has now had to add a seventh book to complete the overall story, as things stand he has released the fourth book this year.
The current books available are
-A Game Of Thrones
-A Clash Of Kings
-A Storm Of Swords
-A Feast For Crows
I have read most of Eddings and Gemmells work and personally i find Martins work bigger, grander and far richer in depth and content
You wont regret this choice!
2006-07-20 04:04:25 · answer #1 · answered by ryn 4 · 8⤊ 3⤋
I haven't read many of gemmell or Eddings but I would recommend you get into the Terry Brooks series of Shannarra and Magic Kingdom books.
Shows a good sense of humour as well as maintaining a story line over a long period.
Enjoy!!
2006-07-20 03:21:48 · answer #2 · answered by dreading_life 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definate tie between Anne Rice and Laurell K. Hamilton. I got a thing for vamps and werewolves. Rice writes with such prose and eludes to so many elements of the dynamics of the vampiric relationship that it actually leaves more for the reader to interpret than just what she herself wants them to. She kinda gives the reader the option to use their own imagination to conclude exactly what she means, without really coming out and saying it. I like that. Hamilton, on the other hand, just comes right out with it. She is blunt and to the point. I love the dynamics she's created between the vamps and the lycanthropes yet she still weaves vampyric history and politics from all spectrams into the fold. She also dares to challange some of society's most forbidden taboos. Both authors are marvellously talented in my eyes. I can get lost in their books for hours!
2006-07-20 16:41:24 · answer #3 · answered by Ken'sBabe 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Try a couple more Davids.
David Weber has written lots of good books but the 'March to the Stars' and Honor Harrington series give plenty of meaty reading. While his 'military SF' is more high tech the ethos is very similar to that of David Gemmell.
David Brin's 'Uplift Saga' also gives lots of choice reading starting with 'Sundiver', 'Startide Rising', 'The Uplift War', 'Brightness Reef',' Infinity's Shore' and 'Heaven's Reach'
2006-07-20 07:14:00 · answer #4 · answered by felineroche 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Niel Giaman is awesome. Try Neverwhere and American Gods.
Robin Hobb has some great series, starting with with Assassin's Apprentice.
Terry Pratchett is a genius, he has a great thing with discworld. Read the Color of Magic and the Night Watch.
Check what's available at you local library...poke around and check out anything that remotely appeals to you. Talk to the librians, they might have some suggestions.
2006-07-20 03:41:27 · answer #5 · answered by mury902 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tolkien, obviously!
I also enjoyed Stephen Donaldson's series of 6 books "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" and Julian May's Saga of Pliocene Exile series.
But most enjoyable must be Terry Pratchett's Discworld Series of 30-odd books - a brilliant blend of Fantasy and comedy that ranks up there witht he best!
2006-07-20 03:10:42 · answer #6 · answered by Friseal 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like Terry Pratchett and if you want something a bit different in fantasy try Jasper Fforde, he is excellent! Otherwise Terry Goodkind or Garth Nix are similar to Eddings and also quite good.
2006-07-20 03:12:59 · answer #7 · answered by Cameron H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gene Wolfe.
Because he can really write. Because he doesn't rely on standard imagery. Because he has written so many different kinds of books.
Because his people are real people. Because his situations describe real human conflict.
You should try The Earth of the New Sun. The first colume is The Shadow of the Torturer.
You will wonder why so few people mention him.
2006-07-20 03:35:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My fashionable delusion sequence is The Chronicles of Narnia by technique of C.S. Lewis. That hasn't replaced, no remember what number large delusion books and sequence i have study. per chance it under no circumstances will change.
2016-12-01 23:54:16 · answer #9 · answered by mccasland 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ursula le Guin
2006-07-20 14:43:57 · answer #10 · answered by fidget 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋