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So you're looking for series that are not yet on your list, yes? I'm a little confused. Legolas Send a noteboard - 16/02/2013 09:05:53 PM
I'm assuming you have in fact read Harry Potter - if not, for whatever reason, they genuinely are good. Admittedly the first two books are very much children's books, but starting with book three they rapidly become less so, and Rowling is quite good at subtle plotting, using elements from several books ago that didn't seem important at the time, so even the first two books aren't as simple as they seem.

Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel series consists of a pair of trilogies, and now some more books, so that should make it long enough to qualify. The first trilogy is far superior to what follows, I'd recommend that. A good amount of sex (the heroine has strong masochistic inclinations, which doesn't stop her from being quite effective as an agent on various missions and adventures), don't know if that might bother you. The setting is some kind of alternate history medieval France/Europe, it's quite interestingly done, lots of subversions of actual medieval Europe/Middle East. That plus the excellent heroine and quite good plotting makes the first trilogy among my favourite fantasy series; unfortunately the protagonists of the later books aren't as interesting.

You're also missing everything by Tad Williams, who is on his fourth series now, I think, each of them in a totally separate universe, generally tetralogies. Memory, Sorrow and Thorn is a pretty good fantasy series, while Otherland is superb near-future SF (with a liberal dose of fantasy - most of the series is set in a number of different virtual realities, running the gamut from Middle Earth over Mars and Ancient Egypt to the Troy of the Iliad).

Then Janny Wurts, I know my fellow admin Rebekah is a great fan of her magnum opus The Wars of Light and Shadow, which must be close to a dozen books by now (haven't read it myself). She also co-wrote an interesting trilogy with Feist and another one on her own (I read both, but the latter doesn't seem to have left much of an impression), but I suppose by your rules trilogies aren't allowed. :P

Another one that I haven't read myself, Narnia by C.S. Lewis, I'm not quite sure whether I really should read that...
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Best SF/F series - 16/02/2013 07:13:08 PM 1770 Views
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Re: Best lesser known SF/F series - 16/02/2013 08:10:30 PM 1197 Views
So you're looking for series that are not yet on your list, yes? I'm a little confused. - 16/02/2013 09:05:53 PM 1330 Views
Robin Hobb's work should be in here. *NM* - 17/02/2013 12:45:17 AM 644 Views
Doctrine of Labryinths by Sarah Monette. - 17/02/2013 03:07:55 AM 1447 Views
Re: Doctrine of Labryinths by Sarah Monette. - 17/02/2013 04:45:54 PM 1220 Views
Re: Best SF/F series - 17/02/2013 07:12:29 AM 1048 Views
For myself, there seems to be a lot of shit on that list - 17/02/2013 08:02:37 PM 1314 Views
Oh come on. I know you like Bakker's work. *NM* - 18/02/2013 09:36:39 AM 505 Views
And Erikson's. - 18/02/2013 02:32:12 PM 1123 Views
Heh. - 18/02/2013 12:30:48 PM 1157 Views
I actually had to look that one up - 18/02/2013 07:13:44 PM 1145 Views
A couple to consider - 18/02/2013 05:29:41 PM 1277 Views
2001 violates rule number 2. *NM* - 19/02/2013 12:29:26 PM 502 Views
I find it strange that you list the Donaldson's Gap series but not the Thomas Covenant series - 19/02/2013 05:52:58 PM 1136 Views
??? It is on there - 19/02/2013 07:39:36 PM 1092 Views
I guess my eyes skiped it - 21/02/2013 06:14:54 PM 1127 Views
Re: I guess my eyes skiped it - 21/02/2013 09:52:57 PM 1344 Views
He is a wordy writer and the main character is not very likeable - 23/02/2013 11:15:33 PM 1389 Views
I finished that one just now, too. It was... interesting. *NM* - 21/02/2013 06:20:18 PM 481 Views
Re: I finished that one just now, too. It was... interesting. - 21/02/2013 09:43:43 PM 1010 Views
did you read the entire series? - 24/02/2013 01:22:03 AM 1051 Views
Oh no, only the first one. - 24/02/2013 11:53:01 AM 975 Views
Sorry I was talking about Donaldson - 24/02/2013 05:12:24 PM 994 Views

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