Comments on: 10 Awesome Fantasy Series That Are Not Potter or LoTR

By: Alan Skorkin

Alan Skorkin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:52:53 +0000

It is being finished by Brandon Sanderson (of Mistborn fame) who is technically a fantasy writer not a sci-fi writer :).

By: Alan Skorkin

Alan Skorkin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:51:57 +0000

This has been mentioned multiple times in the comments but WoT is extremely well known which is why it’s not on this list in the first place. I agree it is a good series, which loses it’s way around book 4-5 unfortunately, but still remains a decent read regardless.

By: kt

kt — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:26:39 +0000

ps – that’s The Wheel Of Time series by Robert Jordan, now passed, and the series is to be competed via his notes and with the novelist expertise of another sci-fi writer…..there IS an online RPG database, but i’ve never been involved…i’m just a fan of the text itself. VERY IMPRESSIVE, more-so (i can say through personal experience) than JRR Tolkien. SERIOUSLY. CHECK IT OUT!

By: kt

kt — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:23:07 +0000

ok, maybe wheel of time doesn’t count for this, but has anyone actually read it?

(i stumbled this site, so i don’t really know what this is about)

but this series as a read is PHENOMENAL. someone, please invest the time to read it. and appreciate.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:26:28 +0000

The first book I had to force myself through, but the following books were excellent.

By: Alan Skorkin

Alan Skorkin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:51:16 +0000

I was trying to highlight lesser known series, Farseer, Livesheep and Tawny Man are reasonably well known (in my opinion) while Soldier Son is less so considering it is newer. Eddings is extremely well known, but I wouldn’t really have mentioned him anyway :).

By: Yorkiebar

Yorkiebar — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:43:01 +0000

If you’re going to recommend Robin Hobb to people, why not her best work? The Farseer, Liveship and Tawny Man trilogies are all far superior to the Soldier Son trilogy.

P.S. Thank you for not mentioning David Eddings. You have taste.

By: Alan Skorkin

Alan Skorkin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:53:07 +0000

Now that is good to know, thanks.

By: emanuel

emanuel — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:20:03 +0000

He’s writing a sequel to the excellent Prince of Nothing Series. I forget what its called but the first book just came out recently and is very good.

By: SillyNiecy

SillyNiecy — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:15:06 +0000

I’m so glad that I found this post. I picked up the Saga of Recluse and tore though it, finally finishing the latest book, “Arms-Commander” today. I have enjoyed every book in the saga immensely, and I feel like if not for this list it could have been a lot longer until I had found these books. I have also read the Tales of Alvin Maker and greatly enjoyed those. I understand what you mean about the Prince of Nothing trilogy being hard to get into, I’ve tried twice so far with little success. That could have been partially due to the fact that I had more Recluse books to read… Anyways, great list, I will be working on more of these series later on!