Damian Walter Wrote:
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> Anthony Wrote:
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> > I gave up most of the scifi/fantasy reading
> over a
> > decade ago, as it just became boring rehash
> after
> > boring rehash.
> >
> > [...] What would you suggest as the "top
> > of the list" in the genre these days?
>
> My own personal list of favourites would have to
> include (sort-of in order of precedence):
>
> (1) Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle (2001)

I read this and decided although it was interesting, it wasn't good enough to read the sequels.

[SNIP]

> (x) A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire,
> Book One) by George R.R. Martin

Now this is really good and the sequels are excellent also. How he manages such a huge cast of characters is amazing - he must use a computer.


Garth Nix's Old Kingdom series is very good: [www.garthnix.co.uk]

The Merchant Princes fantasy series by the up and coming British writer Charles Stross is well worth having a look at also.

ditto Robin Hobb's books.

Doug Weller

Director The Hall of Ma'at
Doug's Skeptical Archaeology site::
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