Name a fantasy author better than Steven Erikson

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Posted 18 July 2006 - 10:28 AM

Whelp said:

Imho, the old tentacle-lover is not that good - then rather Clark Ashton Smith.

The tentacles are perhaps the least-important aspect of the Lovecraftian prose. Take for instance "the dream-quest of unknown Kadath" or "the Case of Charles Dexter Ward" a classical onion-story.

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Posted 18 July 2006 - 10:34 AM

Ogma said:

The tentacles are perhaps the least-important aspect of the Lovecraftian prose. Take for instance "the dream-quest of unknown Kadath" or "the Case of Charles Dexter Ward" a classical onion-story.

The first one would not be bad, but if memory serves, the opening pages suffer from a deluge of adjectives (almost trademark-like, imho). The CDW-story is good, I agree.

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Posted 18 July 2006 - 10:57 AM

HPL is somewhat of an aquired taste.

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Posted 18 July 2006 - 04:42 PM

Love lovecraft myself - If I were Abyss, this whould have featured in some form at the following signature, but i digress

.. Lovecraft's novells always captivated me with their atmosphere mood. Gaiman I would say, is one of the few modern authros who manage to do something like what Lovecraft did in his stories. Smoke and Mirrors is an excellent book btb

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Posted 18 July 2006 - 07:02 PM

Some of Stephen King's best work has been his Lovecraftian tribute short stories, IMO.

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Posted 19 July 2006 - 02:26 AM

I like Robin McKinley's The Blue Sword and The Hero and the Crown.

I also love Guy Gavriel Kay.

And I like Jacqueline Cary.

I also liked Firethorn by Sarah Micklem. I just finished it and was surprised to have liked it, since I picked it up out of sheer boredom.

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Posted 19 July 2006 - 02:43 PM

American Gods ftw!

You might find it slightly rambly in places but I'd reccomend it because it's so different from anything you'll have read before.

Non-fantasy - Iain Banks, Wasp Factory. Awesome book.

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Posted 19 July 2006 - 06:12 PM

Robert E. Howard

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Posted 27 July 2006 - 12:48 PM

better than Erikson. Only Stephen Donaldson and that's up for debate. If so, it's by a whisker.

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Posted 27 July 2006 - 01:55 PM

What you want in a book depends on what author you think is best.
For instance if you want a happy book that stumbles along for too long and no-one ever gets hurt then read Jordans WoT.
But if you want a book where you never know what is going to happen where people get axed without warning read aSoIaF by GRRM

In my opinion though i would say GRRM is the best. A Song of Ice and Fire is better than any other series, even beating (if only marginally) A Malazan Book of the Fallen.
(But SE is still better than anyone else, except Martin)

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Posted 08 August 2006 - 11:57 AM

i used to be a huge fan of jordan and thought wheel of Time was the best series ever, but then i read gardens of the moon and i thought OMG! This is the one of the best books i've ever read...now, I'm reading Midnight tides, and can honestly say that this is the best series ever.

other good series:

Dark Tower - King
Earthsea - Le Guin
Skogland - Hansen
Horngudens Tale - Bull Hansen
Mists of avalon - Bradley

Other good writers:

Edgar allen poe
Bram Stoker
Clive barker

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Posted 09 August 2006 - 06:32 PM

Tattooed Hand said:

I am now moving GG Kay to the top of my 'to read' list. Since I am a huge fan of McKinley and I think Cary did well with her Kushiel series, I am guessing we have somewhat similar tastes.

Thanks for the inadvertant suggestions.

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Posted 10 August 2006 - 02:02 PM

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I haven't seen anyone mention Tim Powers. The Anubis Gates and Midnight Tides are two of my favourite books ever. Last Call is also extremely good.

China Mieville is the other author that I would class above Erikson.