Just finished WOT, now what?

Just finished WOT, now what?

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JumboBeef

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3,772 posts

184 months

Wednesday 13th February 2013
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Hi all,

Just finished the epic Wheel of Time (all 15 books of it) and now looking for the next fantasy to read.

(already read LofR to death).

Any ideas?

Thanks.

buglabjab

30 posts

142 months

Wednesday 13th February 2013
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Try Raymond E Feist. All his books are very good.

DibblyDobbler

11,327 posts

204 months

Thursday 14th February 2013
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buglabjab said:
Try Raymond E Feist. All his books are very good.
+1 Magician, Silverthorn etc are cloud9

Jonathan27

724 posts

171 months

Thursday 14th February 2013
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Richard Matheson,

plasticpig

12,932 posts

232 months

Thursday 14th February 2013
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Hmm; large number of books; fantasy epics.

The Saga of Recluce by L.E. Mordesitt Junior : 16 Books
The Sword of truth series by Terry Goodkind : 12 books
The Chronicles Of Amber by Roger Zelazny: 10 Books
Mazlan Book Of the Fallen: 10 Books
The Black Company by Glenn Cook: 10 Books



The only one I have actually read the whole lot of is The Chronicles of Amber because the whole 10 books come to about the same length as one WOT novel. Same goes for Glen Cooks stuff except it would be two WOT novels for him. Both of whom I would recommend but they are very different fantasy to WOT.







buglabjab

30 posts

142 months

Thursday 14th February 2013
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David Gemmell. Legend, Waylander

dartissimus

947 posts

181 months

Friday 15th February 2013
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Try Charlie Stross - our kid

silverthorn2151

6,310 posts

186 months

Friday 15th February 2013
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If you have not yet read The Belgeriad series by David Eddings you have missed out on one of the classics of the genre. 5 books of pure fantasy class that are followed by The Mallorean, another 5 books that are simply absorbing to read.

someday

167 posts

166 months

Friday 15th February 2013
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Reading book 11 at the moment. Have you read Game of Thrones? Wouldn't surprise me if they end up finishing with a different author same as WOT.


Severian

16 posts

144 months

Sunday 17th February 2013
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Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun Series.
Set in a far future Earth, not an easy read but can withstand several readings. Not the sort of book you can put down and come back to at a later date and pick up from where you left off.

He also has a series of books set in ancient Greece where the main character is a soldier in Xerxes' army who is wounded in battle and suffers from memory loss every time he sleeps. Each day he reads a scroll he carries telling him who he is. Again not an easy read, none of Wolfe's books are.

Liokault

2,837 posts

221 months

Monday 18th February 2013
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buglabjab said:
David Gemmell. Legend, Waylander
Most of Gemmells stuff is really good, some is really pants.#

I did like the Troy series.

The_Cheeseman

617 posts

193 months

Tuesday 19th February 2013
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I can't recommend The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss highly enough, it has a fantastic magic system and its well paced.

There are 2 books out already with a third due this year and I think a fourth some time in the future which should wrap it all up.

I'm on book 9 of WoT at the minute, some of the books I've really had to drag myself through!

mathmos

725 posts

181 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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The Joe Abercrombie First Law Trilogy that starts with "the Blade Itself".

I just found his stuff recently and I loved it....though if you have the option I would HIGHLY recommend getting the Audiobook read by Steven Pacey, he does a superb version to the point where you don't need the x character said this and y character said that....you can tell all the different people in the book apart just from the really distinctive voices he gives to each one. I am just listening to the latest one, "red Country" in the car at the moment and I am really enjoying it.

rudecherub

1,997 posts

173 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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I've written a fantasy book, you're welcome to have a digital copy, PM if you're interested.

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