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

By: SilverSiren

SilverSiren — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 04:58:22 +0000

I am really excited the Deryni series was up there. I read it a long time ago and even named my son after King Kelson Haldane. His first and middle names are Kelson Anthony while the boy king is named Kelson Cinhil Rhys Anthony Haldane. I was going to put the other two middle names in for him as well but the nurse at the hospital was having a hard enough time just spelling Kelson… *grins*

By: J.B.

J.B. — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:31:52 +0000

I was starting to think that I was the only one who liked the Death Gate Cycle

By: Ben M

Ben M — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:52:13 +0000

I would suggest that you read an awesome series that got me started on fantasy and that is The True Game series by Sheri S Tepper. It is an unbelievable read

By: Ben M

Ben M — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:46:22 +0000

The Death Gate cycle is awesome

By: vaibhav

vaibhav — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:25:41 +0000

malazan tale of the fallen is easily the best series ever written ,the list looked like composed by a ignorant fool

By: psuedocide

psuedocide — Wed, 25 May 2011 02:47:59 +0000

Night angel/ lightbringer series by brent weeks
mistborn / 17th shard books by brandon sanderson

By: JoJo

JoJo — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:12:45 +0000

People have listed most of my favorites (Cook, etc.) in the comments, but no one has mentioned two:

- Patricia McKillip’s Riddle Master Trilogy. It is 3 well-written books describing events in the life of a man born with 3 stars on his forehead who is a savant when it comes to solving riddles, except for why there are stars on his forehead. An excellent read; there are links to descriptions of the books here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Riddle_Master_Trilogy#The_Riddle-Master_trilogy

- Sheri Tepper’s New Game series. It is 9 books — 3 trilogies — each expanding in scope on the previous one. At the end of the first trilogy, you think you understand what’s going on, then in the second trilogy (a prequel trilogy to the first), the scale of the conflict expands and you think you understand what’s happening; then it happens again in the third trilogy, which wraps things up nicely. Amazon has the first trilogy available in a single volume; the others can be hard to find these days, but are well worth the effort:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_True_Game

Enjoy!

By: Erika

Erika — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:38:05 +0000

I suggest for younger readers to try The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy, by Clare Dunkle. It’s quite good.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 01:36:10 +0000

Add to the list Mary Stewart’s series beginning with The Crystal Cave. It is a great story that falls within the Sword and Sorcery camp, but is pure literature.

By: clarktrekkie

clarktrekkie — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:16:05 +0000

Try the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. They are the freakin best. There is 11 books in the series plus a prequel (Debt of Bones) and a after words novel (Law of Nines). The books are amazing and I wish there were more in the series.