Fantasy books for grown-ups?
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Fantasy books for grown-ups?
Can anyone recommend any fantasy books that aren't written for the 'young adult' market? Apart from LOTR and the Gunslinger series.
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06-03-2011, 11:58
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Re: Fantasy books for grown-ups?
You could try The Wheel of Time. I'm not sure who that's written for though.
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06-03-2011, 12:03
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Re: Fantasy books for grown-ups?
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Re: Fantasy books for grown-ups?
Michael Moorcock The Eternal Champion series.
Or most of his other books, more than enough to keep anyone busy reading for a long time.
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06-03-2011, 12:29
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Re: Fantasy books for grown-ups?
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Yep i have the Thomas covenant chronicles ,found them a touch hard going the last time i read them but worth a look
I would always recommend Terry pratchet a lot of his books especially the disc world series are aimed at both adult and younger readers .I always get the feeling each book has a underlying message that takes a bit of working out
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06-03-2011, 12:31
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Re: Fantasy books for grown-ups?
Richard Morgan - The Steel Remains
Joe Abercrombie - The Blade Itself
George R R Martin - A Game Of Thrones
And as above, Terry Pratchett.
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Re: Fantasy books for grown-ups?
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i believe "a game of thrones" has been turned into a tv series starring sean bean  comming soon on sky
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/fullcredits#cast
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Re: Fantasy books for grown-ups?
Thanks guys. Links too!
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Re: Fantasy books for grown-ups?
Simon R Green - the man is a genius!
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06-03-2011, 17:12
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Re: Fantasy books for grown-ups?
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It's also the first book in "A Song of Ice and Fire" series
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Re: Fantasy books for grown-ups?
I can also recommend the Thomas Covenant novels as per above,
but current favorite for me is, Daughter, Servant, and Mistress of the Empire, by R.E.Feist and Janny Wurtz
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Re: Fantasy books for grown-ups?
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Yep
Sky Atlantic, though, as it's from HBO 
UK airdate is the 18th of April, only one day after the US
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07-03-2011, 17:22
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Re: Fantasy books for grown-ups?
Dragons of pern by anne mc Carthy, thats some 12 books or so, fantastic series, she's done other stuff too, notably the primes, tower & the hive etc, worth looking into .
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07-03-2011, 17:46
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Re: Fantasy books for grown-ups?
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Dragons of pern by anne mc Carthy, thats some 12 books or so, fantastic series, she's done other stuff too, notably the primes, tower & the hive etc, worth looking into .
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Not really fantasy, though.
All based on genetics and fall of civilisation, rather than swords and sorcery...
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