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A good fantasy book? you know, wizards, dragons, princesses, that kind of stuff (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by Mothra@mander.xyz to c/books@lemmy.ml

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Well I'm craving something in this genre but I'm a bit overwhelmed and underwhelmed at the same time. So many titles and yet I'm not sure what to read. Maybe you can help?

I'm looking for something in a high fantasy setting. I'm not too keen on heavy politics and war driven plots (though, I can read that ). What really gets me is interesting characters, good action and magical creatures.

I've loved anything Discworld and I've also enjoyed the First Law books by Abercrombie.

I'm finding that Tolkien, Sanderson and George RR Martin appear on every fantasy list I come across, so if you do recommend something I'd appreciate it be something other than that.

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[–] thelastknowngod@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

NPRs top 100 scifi and fantasy books.

https://imgur.com/a/zHxdYSF

[–] Moneo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I googled it instead. Loving the first few entries. Specifying only the first Ender book but the entire (Frank Herbert) Dune series is 👌. The fact that the rest of the Dune series is mostly ignored is criminal. The first book is far from the best and the series varies so much in setting and tone that it stays interesting to me after many readings.

[–] Moneo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I cannot for the life of me get that image to load at a readable resolution. Imgur how far you have fallen...

[–] thelastknowngod@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Should get out of that habit.. Hopefully this is better.

https://pixelfed.social/p/thelastknowngod/624885702810365387