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» TMF - Books like Vorkosigan saga, deathstalker, belgariad....

Hi FL,

That's quite the impressive list and one with a few titles I've come across before; Edding's Elenium in particular is a long-time favourite.

If it's a new epic you're looking to dive in to, have you ever read anything from David Gemmell's Drenai, Rigante or Hawk Queen series? All great stories that'll be enjoyed by anyone who doesn't roll their eyes at heroic fantasy. He's also written a historic-fiction trilogy about the Trojan War, though I understand he died (recently in 2006) before completing the third and final volume.

Other series that I've enjoyed and which may ring similar to some of those already in your collection are Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen (a set I've talked about before on Suite and which people are likely getting tired of hearing about from me), George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire (more politics, sex and general backstabbery than epic heroism here, however) and any of a number of series by Dennis L. Mckiernan, a quality author in my opinion, despite the oft-voiced complaint regarding some of his stories being VERY Tolkien-like.

Lastly and with a nod to the Pratchett mention, if you liked some of what you saw in Discworld, you may enjoy Erik Flint's The Philosophical Strangler, another fantasy parody, one of my all-time favourites and a book I'll be profiling on here shortly, just as soon as I figure out where the hell I last put it . . .

Cheers,

Tyler

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