If a person enjoys Martin, Scott Lynch is a good choice I think. Fast, fun, clever, gritty, with solid writing. The story structure might take some getting used to though, it bounces between the present and flashbacks, but it's very well done.
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Recommendations for a fantasy series
- 22/01/2010 03:27:38 AM
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Has she read Erikson/would war-based fantasy put her off?
- 22/01/2010 03:30:36 AM
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What she liked about Martin was the political intrigue and realism.
- 24/01/2010 03:07:34 AM
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The trilogy of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams.
- 22/01/2010 04:07:26 AM
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What is the basic idea of the trilogy, if you don't mind my asking?
- 24/01/2010 03:08:12 AM
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It's a mix of quest fantasy and political intrigue.
- 24/01/2010 04:28:03 AM
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If she doesn't like all the fantasy races and all much, though...
- 24/01/2010 11:58:45 AM
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Otherland is also good, but it meanders a lot more than MS&T. Also, it's more sci-fi than fantasy. *NM*
- 24/01/2010 05:11:16 PM
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thats one of the most beautifully written fantasies I've ever read
- 24/01/2010 09:49:40 PM
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Scott Lynch, though the series is no wheres near complete, the Lies of Locke Lamora is damn good. *NM*
- 22/01/2010 05:13:14 AM
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^ This.
- 23/01/2010 04:16:53 PM
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If the series isn't done she won't read it.
- 24/01/2010 03:09:02 AM
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It's not so much a series as a "oh, people liked my book, I'll start writing sequels".
- 24/01/2010 11:55:47 AM
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i've been digging the hell out of the incarnations of immortality series by piers anthony
- 22/01/2010 05:26:07 AM
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thats one of Anthony's series I actually think is good
- 24/01/2010 09:54:55 PM
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I think you're right about a new Incarnations book; I seem to recall seeing something in passing.
- 25/01/2010 10:55:36 AM
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The Empire series by Feist and Wurtz?
- 22/01/2010 12:47:50 PM
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This is getting to be information overload 
- 24/01/2010 03:11:18 AM
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- 24/01/2010 03:11:18 AM
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well, in this section of the thread, I'd say Empire series, but for the other sections:
- 24/01/2010 09:59:42 PM
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Abercrombie or maybe Guy Gavriel Kay. *NM*
- 22/01/2010 03:14:03 PM
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Seconded
- 22/01/2010 09:07:44 PM
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I'd suggest Stephen King's Dark Tower series. *NM*
- 22/01/2010 03:21:12 PM
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She wouldn't like it. I'm sure of that. *NM*
- 24/01/2010 03:12:43 AM
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Well that sucks. It's a great series. Even The Gun Slinger has its good parts. *NM*
- 24/01/2010 03:50:20 AM
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Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince and Dragon Star Trilogies
- 22/01/2010 04:29:43 PM
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The heavy emphasis on the word "Dragon" in both series makes me wary
- 24/01/2010 03:15:52 AM
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Series are hard.
- 22/01/2010 08:10:30 PM
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Sapkowski is translated into Russian (Polish to Russian almost doesn't require thought)
- 24/01/2010 03:18:37 AM
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Latro in the Mist or the two omnibi that comprise The Book of the New Sun
- 24/01/2010 03:33:39 AM
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Yes, what he said. Avoid the Wizard/Knight books if faeries are off limits, though. *NM*
- 24/01/2010 06:09:02 PM
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Does she like Lovecraft any?
- 23/01/2010 12:06:48 AM
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Carol Berg's Transformation, C.S. Friedman's Feast of Souls
- 23/01/2010 01:27:53 AM
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Dark Fantasy may be good.
- 24/01/2010 03:23:31 AM
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I don't remember thinking of Transformation as dark fantasy...I am not sure that everybody is
- 24/01/2010 04:26:31 AM
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Jennifer Fallon - Second Sons
- 23/01/2010 12:59:10 PM
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I haven't read that one but the Demon Child series sure was a fun ride. *NM*
- 24/01/2010 04:29:37 AM
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What else has she enjoyed and how long has she been reading fantasy? *NM*
- 24/01/2010 04:30:21 AM
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