I'm looking at getting into some fantasy books and I think there's a fair few people here on QGL that read them.

I'm not much of a reader, so something relatively short and reasonably easy to read.

Thanks in advance.

David Eddings - The Belgariad series. 5 books, first is called Pawn of Prophecy. Each book is only a couple hundred pages.

Nice, simple, fun, easy to read, good story. There's another series called the Mallorean (another 5 booker) which follows it if you like the first one.

Yeah, a good starting series that.

One of the ones i read when i first started reading.

That name actually rings a bell back from highschool, one of my mates was obsessed with those books.

Cheers guys, I will give the first book a crack.

The bible?

I went to a Catholic school Rev... I've had enough of that for a lifetime.

Magician by Raymond E. Feist. 600 or so pages but an awsome read. Fiona McIntosh books are pretty good too, as well as Robin Hobb. Robin Hobb tells her stories in first person so it feels a bit strange when reading it at first.

asif the bible is easy to read

The bible?

lola

i see what you did there

anyone that says robert jordan better prepare for a smiting

Robert Jordan is awesome the Wheel of Time is awesome he is so awesome that they should call him the Michael Jordan of writing books just so much awesome talent there.

Awesome.

The Silmarillion was by far the most difficult fantasy book I have ever read.

Derail hoo

wheel of time (well book1 on its own :D)

most of everything feist writes while longer than eddings is nice and easy.

How simple are we looking at here?

The Hobbit comes to mind in very simple fantasy literature but be prepared to be treated like you are about 8 years old.
That said though it is still a short, fun story with lots of interesting things going on in the small amount of pages in the book.

I also second The Riftwar saga from Raymond E Feist since it is written in a very basic, easy to read manner and has a fairly epic scope to the story that is well worth the read of those first few books.

David eddings should have been burned for writing the belgariad and many other crappy books that he and his wife worked on.
The heroes are far to powerful and luck always seems to drop in their favour with the villians constantly overpowered with very little suspence to the story whatsoever.

Check out "The old gods" for an extreme personification of my point on the subject, f***ing drivel...

very true xy, but they're still easy to read, and you can finish most off in a weekend.

another vote for magician and the belgariad.

Thanks for the suggestion ravn0s, been reading a bit about it... seems right up my alley.

I've actually read the first 3 Wheel of time books, they're what threw me off fantasy in the first place.

I might give the hobbit a read, since I've read the LOTR books.

how about harry potter series on audio cassette

David eddings should have been burned for writing the belgariad and many other crappy books that he and his wife worked on.

Agree about the other ones, but I still think Belgariad/Mallorean are good

I've started the Harry Potter series, just got the first book from the Warehouse for $5 :D

*chuckles* Stop reading them after book five if you dont want to be inundated by akward teenage romances.

Books three, four and five were quite good though for her style of writing with the big battle at the end of book five being the most interesting thing that goes on in the entire series. :)

(Book five starts in on that nonsense but is still worth it due to the other things that happen).

Start of by readng Raymond E Feist books. Start with the magician and then work your way through the series. It will will have you hooked.

anything by robert e. howard. small paperbacks that usually aren't part of a series.

reading 'gates of fire' by steven pressfield atm.. more background for 300 when it comes out :D

Go for the adolescent fantasy series for easy to read Harry Potter for one, anything by Diana Wynne Jones or even the Eragon series?

if you dont want to be inundated by akward teenage romances

But moving in on teens is the only way I can get action, giggety! :P

Another vote for Feist's stuff here if you're after a nice easy read. Very simple plot and writing style but with a nice overall story.

Have to suggest anything by David Gemmell, awesome writer of heroic fantasy, extremely easy to read. Start with anything in the Drenai Series (They are all set in the same area but can be read in basically any order.)

I thought there were 2 of the drenai books that followed on from each other.

There are a few of the Drenai books that are beter read in a sequence - the Druss series is best started with Legend IMO.

The Silmarillion was by far the most difficult fantasy book I have ever read started.

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Also, Terry Pratchett

David Gemmels early and middle works are awesome, and then he went to crap with his later books. Although he redeemed himself before his death with the 2/3 books on the War of Troy.

Luckly his Wife and Son are taking over the final Troy book.

The best thing about Eddings, is that after you read his first trilogy, you've read them all.

Yeah a few of the Drenai novels can be put in order (Waylander, Waylander II - In the realm of the wolf) Legend is the last book with Druss in it, so shouldnt really be read first, but in saying that it is written in a way so it doesnt matter if it is (After all, it was his first novel.)

Typo which of his books do you consider crap? Ive enjoyed every book ive read of his yet.

10 points for the bible call

the koran (can I get an lol hear?)

Fritz Leiber Novels are great!!

His legacy appears to have been consolidated by the most famous of his creations, the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories, written over a span of 50 years. The first of these, "Two Sought Adventure", appeared in Unknown in 1939. They are concerned with an unlikely pair of heroes found in and around the city of Lankhmar. (Fafhrd was based on Leiber himself and the Mouser on his friend Harry Fischer.) These stories were among the progenitors of many of the tropes of the sword and sorcery genre (a term coined by Leiber). They are also notable among sword and sorcery stories in that, over the course of the stories, his two heroes mature, take on more responsibilities, and eventually settle down into marriage.

If any of you get the chance, read George RR Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire'

I cannot begin to say how freaking good it is!

Eddings makes the characters very real and enjoyable, and while his books may have a 'deja vu' feel to them they're still great reads. I have the Belgariad, Mallorean, Elinium & Tamuli series as well as a couple of the associated one-off novels. I've read them all at least 3 or 4 times over, and I'll probably go them all again in 12 months or so. Highly recommended.

Another series that I enjoy reading over and again are the Dragonlance books. Start with Chronicles (Dragons of; Autumn Twilight, Winter Night & Spring Dawning). Fantastic stories & characters.

TOP THREAD~!!

MASSIVE ups to David Eddings "Belgariad" and "Mallorean" (the follow on series, same characters).

My brother bought me Pawn of Prophecy (belgariad book 1) when I was 14. I never read books really. I left it on my shelf for 6 months, then family went on holiday so i took it with me. Oh my god. my life changed lol, that weekend I read 3 of the 5 books, then bought the other 2. Then the next series.

I have read the entire series 16 times through now. Just the other day I got the companion books Belgarath and Polgara. ABSOLUTLEY loving them.

You will love it forever :)

Also raymond e feist is the other favorite. Magician series, total around 20books now i think? absolutley awesome.

Robert Jordan is ass, got to the 4th book and it just took toooo long.

Anyway,

Eddings got me into fantasy/D&D/WoW etc the whole medieval setting 100%

my 2 cents

The bible?

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Like batman when he sees the bat signal. Whitewolf is called urgently to this thread.

If any of you get the chance, read George RR Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire

yer they are good but get a bit boring. plus it has so many different characters it gets hard to follow them all.

Also, Terry Pratchett

Was wondering when Discworld would pop up. Trog speaks the truth - fun, good humoured, light fantasy reading. Make sure you read the first 10 or so books in order so you get the starting points for all the different storylines and a good background about the Discworld and its inhabitants. Then you can choose which group of characters you like the best and follow the leads forward. Suggested reading order here. It looks daunting, but makes sense once you understand how Pratchett works.

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Also, Terry Pratchett

I wouldn't recommend Pratchett for easy fantasy. It is more a satire of the real world for adolescents, that just happens to be in a fantasy environment.

Seconded on Gemmell and Eddings, perhaps the Eragon series?

The Magician series is a must read for any fantasy aficionado.

But if you want the good stuff, check out:
Katherine Kerr's Devery Series
or if you want a bit more substance:
Steven Erikson's Malazan Books of the Fallen

I have to say Erikson's books are the best fantasy books I have ever read.

As opposed to the standard, a child is born and becomes the key part of prophecy/legend, to find the sword/dragon/gem to defeat the evil/save the world etc etc etc... I must admit I quickly tired of WoT and didn't bother reading past the 4th book.




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Another one here who could never bring himself to finish the Silmarillion.
There are just far too many characters with similar names.

Legend is the last book with Druss in it, so shouldnt really be read first, but in saying that it is written in a way so it doesnt matter if it is (After all, it was his first novel.)

Disagree!

Legend is the best book for being introduced to the character of Druss the Legend (and the entire Drenai series TBH). As someone else mentioned, the early books were better than the later.

Funny how Discworld got a mention right after I posted :p Is very good stuff, especially if you understand the basic cliches of fantasy literature and have a well developed sense of humour :)

No i agree completely i was just saying if your going to try and read them in chronological order Legend is the 7th (i think) book into the Drenai series.

yer they are good but get a bit boring. plus it has so many different characters it gets hard to follow them all.

Really? I never found it boring in the slightest
Also, I thought he had an amazing cast of characters!
Best villains since Darth Vader

Also, Terry Goodkind is a pretty decent author as well.
Robert A Salvatore (Drizzt Do'Urden an Artemis Entreri ftw)

lone wolf

or if you want a bit more substance:
Steven Erikson's Malazan Books of the Fallen

I have to say Erikson's books are the best fantasy books I have ever read.

Hell yes. Although it probably doesn't suit the original poster's wants of a straightforward read, I'd definitely recommend this series to anyone who's looking for something a little more involved.

Yeh I got a bit into the Malazan stuff more rceently. Not bad but I picked it up at the 2nd book (someone bought me it) so I was a bit lost.

Why do people always buy Book 2 or 3 and never 1?

There are just far too many characters with similar names.

I feel the same way whenever a tv show has more than one black person in it.

Gemmell, Eddings and Hobb FTW. Although I wouldn't exactly call Hobb easy to read.

I thought the Shannara and Landover series by Terry Brooks were pretty cool. If I can read them anybody can.

A Shannara Trilogy Prequel
· First King of Shannara

The Original Shannara Trilogy
· The Sword of Shannara
· The Elfstones of Shannara
· The Wishsong of Shannara

A Shannara Short Story
· Indomitable

The Heritage of Shannara
· The Scions of Shannara
· The Druid of Shannara
· The Elf Queen of Shannara
· The Talismans of Shannara

The Magic Kingdom of Landover
· Magic Kingdom For Sale - Sold!
· The Black Unicorn
· Wizard At Large
· The Tangle Box
· Witches' Brew

Legend is the last book with Druss in it, so shouldnt really be read first, but in saying that it is written in a way so it doesnt matter if it is (After all, it was his first novel.)

Legend should be read first.

No i agree completely i was just saying if your going to try and read them in chronological order Legend is the 7th (i think) book into the Drenai series.

It doesn’t look that way when you read your post.

Typo which of his books do you consider crap? Ive enjoyed every book ive read of his yet.

I especially loath “The Swords of Night and Day”. “White Wolf” was ok, but a big chunk of it felt like cashing in on past glories.

and while his books may have a 'deja vu' feel to them they're still great reads

Deja vu? I predicted 2/3 of the sparhawk series almost exactly and I’d only ever read the first one. I couldn’t finish the Belariad series because it felt like I was reading the same play over again.

Apparently he has actually written something that isn’t essentially “the same s*** repackaged”. I haven’t read it, but I’m considering giving it a go.

perhaps the Eragon series?

f***, why don’t you recommend Harry Potter, or a Care Bear novel?

Funny how Discworld got a mention right after I posted

Heh I actually saw your name as the last poster and thought that you must've posted Discworld :)

f***, why don’t you recommend Harry Potter, or a Care Bear novel?

s*** I'd happily recommend Eragon over Wheel of Time!

s*** I'd happily recommend Eragon over Wheel of Time!

Hell I haven't read Eragon and I'd agree with that. Sad fact about WoT though: I'm invested now.

I have to read the stupid series until its done. Its a bit like WoW; I know its tragic, and a waste of time, and the same f***ing s*** all over again, but as soon as 'new content' is released I'll line up like the next addict.

/sigh

Trog's still part of Ashaman, he's just putting on a show.

I'm told the "His Dark Materials" books are worth a look, if you want 'simple'

for something light and easy but also a great unique story.. Abhorsen trilogy by garth nix. Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen are the books in order.

another vote for eddings and fiest...

the new eddings series was... lacking.. comapred to his earlier works.

but belgariad & mallorean and elenium & tamuli are all awesome series (must have read them half a dozen times each). Feist is also excellent, maybe just a smidge harder to read, but nothing too extravagant.

One author i havent seen mentioned yet is Sara Douglas.... The Battle Axe series and the Wayfarer Redemption (follow on series) are both good reads and quite easy going.

IMO The Riftwar saga (other then the magician) is not an easy read.
They frequently read as a gaming session report rather then a true novel and while they are good books they do need an active imagination. (ps. my understanding of them is they were a series of books written around their gaming sessions)

Terry Pratchett is a great read, particularly the Discworld series. They are usually found in the young adult section but that's mainly because they have colourful covers, they work on many levels. Its a bunch of interconnected serieses (spelling?) and stand alone books that can be read in pretty much any order.
Hobbit (LOTR is a long slow read)
Trog's suggestion of the first 2 Edding's series (the rest suck)
The Dragonriders of Pern Series and Crystal Singers Series by Anne McCaffrey are ok too.

The Dune series is a great Sci-FI/Fantasy read, and despite their size aren't too much of a drama to read.

I also didn't mind the Earth Children series by Jean M Auel, but purests might argue the lack of dragons means its not true fantasy. (Clan of the Cavebear, Valley of the horses, Mammoth Hunters etc etc).

Personally, I found the Potter series less interesting then a refidex. But they get people to read so that's a good thing.

I didn't really enjoy Magician that much, especially given its hype

I've found magician daunting to start, just because each book is so long, and as it's never ending, if you stop reading you forget all 100 names from the past 10 books.

It's still a decent story, but a bit repetitive in places.

Magician is slow and a bit predictable. I found the Tomas story arc much more entertaining and interesting than the protagonist Pug / Milamber. The whole young boy with a destiny grows up with adversity and adventures, has super awesome magic powers and saves the world thing is a f***ing cliche, and it was when Magician was written. f***, I was writing s*** like that as a 14 year old for English class.

Fiest (Feist? I can never remember) grew as an author as he developed the Riftwar stuff and his later work was much more mature. The books about the career of the rogue-boy (forget his name) were better. The Empire series with Janny Wurts is IMO some of the best stuff to come out of Riftwar, although a very long read.

One that hasn't been mentioned is Melanie Rawn. Her Dragon Prince series was one I loved as a youngun, although I don't know how well it dated. She writes big fat books with s***loads of characters and plot arcs though.

One author i havent seen mentioned yet is Sara Douglas.... The Battle Axe series and the Wayfarer Redemption (follow on series) are both good reads and quite easy going.

I read almost all of her s*** but there's something I find very annoying about her - all of the flawed characters in her stories that I've read are are male, and the virtuous ones are female. Think Axis and the other males in the SunSoar family - almost all the characters are flawed for no good reason really. They all have the benefit of good upbringings and environments, but are at best very rough arouond the edges.

By comparison Faraday is virtuous and gets pwned all over the place unfairly, Azure is a bit on the edge but has a long history of abuse - almost every one of the female characters is without flaw, or has a clear 'excuse' for any odd behaviour. Once it was pointed out to me it was kind of annoying.

I also think that the ending of the Axis series was uninspiring, but that's just me. Trying not to spoil it here, many people find the unusual finish refreshing but it seemed like a copout to me.

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mmm, in the wayfarer redemption, some of the female charecters become a little more tainted. Starlaughter / Noah for example... ive never really thought about it like that before. Still worth a read imo. I also didnt mind one of her other standalone boooks, Threshold i think it was.

s*** i never realised that about the battleaxe trilogy hog but now you mention it that does make a lot of sense.

the 2nd trilogy set in that universe is pretty good too though i had to force myself to keep reading at some points.

by far sara douglass' best books are the crucible trilogy. it's a religous fantasy based in medieval times about the struggles between the angels and demons taking place in a historical context. its all kinds of awesome.

My fantasy publications are all very easy to read, cause of the large glossy pics of nekid chicks :p

s*** i never realised that about the battleaxe trilogy hog but now you mention it that does make a lot of sense.

Yeh its entirely possible though that this was deliberate in the 'Axe trilogy, some sort of a literary statement about gender roles or something. Buggered if I know ;)

Haha E.T.

The Warcraft novels aren't too bad either. Nice, simple plots written in an easy to read manner. I found them a bit on the lame side of things, but I'm pretty jaded.

My fantasy publications are all very easy to read, cause of the large glossy pics of nekid chicks

Its a fantasy because we all know you like the naked male form.

^^^ only in your dreams Obes :p

I agree with pARODY the Garth Nix "Abhorsen" series read is easy and fun

Raymond E Feist's The Magician was good..

I consider the Forgotten Realms (FR) novels the Mills and Boon of fantasy reading... Not a bad thing really... just short and sweet reads... over in a 4 - 6 hour session... So any of novels are an easy read...

With the notable exception of any FR book written by R A Salvatore... He is most famous for writing great sword fighting scenes...

(
Possible Interesting Author Side Notes

Note #1: Salvatore was approached by George Locus to write the novelization of the Star Wars movie with the awesome Yoda fight in it because of his ability to bring a fight scene to life with just words.

Note #2 He wrote a Star Wars Young Jedi novel where, for the first time, a surviving main character from the original star wars film series was killed, one of the good guys that is...
)

R A Salvatore's "Cyrstal Shard", "Streams of Silver" and "The Halflings Gem" where his first novels which introduced "Drizzt do'Urden" a major character of the Forgotten Realms mythology (pops up in several Computer Games Nverwinter Nights, Eye of the beholder for example) )...

Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series starting with "Wizrd's First Rule" tiz good, but it is up to like, book 15 or something silly... stopped at about book 8.

Wheel of time lost me at book 9 :)

Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman "The Death Gate Cycle" is awesome...

Robin Hobb's Farseer trilogy is well done, but as stated before, written in First Person, and does take a little to get use too.. The Madship trilogy is also good, the finger being cut off made me nauseous tho and i had to go get fresh air ;) was on a train in the UK :)

I suspect that was a little too long a post

Sorry :)

I'm told the "His Dark Materials" books are worth a look, if you want 'simple'

Philip Pullamn wrote that. i got that for Christmas and i really enjoyed it. its a 3 part book. very good.

agreed Raymond E Feist - Riftwar saga is a must.

The Axis trilogy was good. havn't read the second series but. speaking of sara douglas The Troy Game series was pretty addictive too. i enjoyed that a lot.

George Martin - Song of Ice and Fire series (it's still in writing - up to its 5th book) absolutly LOVE it. honestly its an excellent series so far.

something easy? how about the dragonlance novels? Chronicles of Narnia? ummmmm

yeah i cant think now ...

Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series starting with "Wizrd's First Rule" tiz good, but it is up to like, book 15 or something silly... stopped at about book 8.

The 11th book just came out.

Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman "The Death Gate Cycle" is awesome...

Oh yeh I forgot about Weis and Hickman! Say what you want, I still think the Dragonlance saga is awesome fun to read :)

most of my prefs have been mentioned
i'll just add

anne rice, servant of the bones

david eddings is just as simplistic as harry potter

i was right into robert jordan when younger but now am strictly non-fiction

i was right into robert jordan when younger but now am strictly non-fiction

"Strictly non-fiction"?

Sheesh, You either gave up or lost your imagination somewhere along the line - or take life (and likely yourself) entirely too seriously.

nah all that fantasy crap is so repetitive.

prelude - world emerges from a long period of peace to have a dark overlord of some sort terrorising innocent people, including hellish spawn spewing forth from the evil bastion. doom is imminent.

1. young child thrust into a position of weighty responsibility due to his rare talent/birthmark/ability to program a vcr.

2. young central character struggles with developing rare talent, funny stories ensue as he broaches adolescence.

(insert love interest here, quite often a female whom he has grown up with)

3. faces temptation to join the dark forces of whatever funnily named world he lives on.

4. each volume reaches a crescendo of earth shattering proportions, with the hope that peace will ensure, (and that we will be relieved from reading any more Days of our Magical Lives)

5. friends splinter away from main character as they go their separate ways, excellent opportunities to develop sub-plots wholly unrelated to the main plot arise so that each volume can be padded out.

6. each volume finally intertwines the sub-plots back to maintain some basic relevance, at the aforementioned crescendo event.

7. no foreseeable end in sight.

repeat, profit.

The books about the career of the rogue-boy (forget his name)

jimmy the hand

Glad someone threw in Weis and Hickman. The Dragonlance Chronicles and Legends trilogies are excellent and very easy to read.

Out of left field I'd recommend Lloyd Alexander's Prydain series. It's target audience is probably a bit on the young side but I remember them being very enjoyable.

Most of the other author's works have been mentioned already - Eddings, Feist, Brooks... don't like Sara Douglass myself but meh. Mainly her take on male characters and their motivations gets my goat. At least she's Australian.

The best thing about Eddings is you can read the belgariad and mallorean and you've actually read elenium/tamuli .. because ITS THE SAME f***ING STORY!

guy gets blue gem, kills bad god. guy discovered bad red gem, destroys bad red gem.

and WTF was with sparhawk saying no to power without limit? what a fag! and of all excuses 'nah, coz then my friends would ask me to do stuff for them'.. I mean f*** if jesus will turn water to wine for his mates, then this motherf***er is a selfish prick.

that being said, they're a great starter series. I started reading them in like grade 3 and I remember having to wait for Murgos to be released, and then going a year at a time for the next books and frantically re-reading the last few just before the next came out.

Also High Hunt and The Losers were pretty good books, but most of the stuff since the Tamuli has been s***e. Pretty much the time he started crediting his wife.

Say what you want, I still think the Dragonlance saga is awesome fun to read :)

When I was 13 I loved the Dragonlance saga. I tried to read it again when I was around 18 and I had to put it down so it didn’t ruin my memory of it.

Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series starting with "Wizrd's First Rule" tiz good, but it is up to like, book 15 or something silly... stopped at about book 8.



The 11th book just came out.

FYI, just found out that Sam Raimi has scored the film rights to a mini series for teh "Sword Of Truth" series!

Having been approached by Hollywood a number of times over the past decade, Goodkind was never convinced that his 400,000 word bestselling novels could be successfully compressed into worthwhile feature films. In a meeting at the author’s home, the renowned director and producer instead conceived of a groundbreaking mini-series. Within two hours Goodkind was sold on the concept and negotiations commenced. Ten months later the deal was finally concluded.

Holy sweet cool crap (etc etc etc)!!

Sheesh, You either gave up or lost your imagination somewhere along the line - or take life (and likely yourself) entirely too seriously.

To me it makes no sense that you attack him personally because he no longer enjoys fiction. Some of the most bizarre, amazing, breathtaking, and practically unreal moments I’ve ever read, have been in non-fiction and I’ve read a lot of books.

Robin Hobb - The Farseer Trilogy, The Liveship Traders Trilogy, The Tawny Man Trilogy. All set in the same world, The Farseer Trilogy and The Tawny Man trilogy both follow the same set of characters, and all 6 books are written in first person. They are larger sized books, however I found them very easy to read and incredibly engrossing. I have never been so attached to a set of characters ever. Just a brilliant read.

The Liveship Traders trilogy takes place in a different part of the world, following a different set of characters. Written in third person, I didn't find it quite as engrossing as the others, however it was still fantastic.

Like I said, lengthy - yes. Difficult? No. If you *do* want to step up into more difficult territory, I can't recommend George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series enough. As far as epic goes, it puts LOTR to shame. It's very hard to follow in places, but it's well worth the effort. I haven't yet finished it, but I love it so far.

If you space out the reading with some Discworld for some short, light hearted reading, it works out pretty well :)

George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire"

Damm thats it!! I've been racking my brain for about a year after my old neighbour lent me a couple books in the series. These were truely fantastic, gonna hit the book store tomorrow!

Edit - Just checking, this is the series where the kids all get wolves in the beginning?

Like batman when he sees the bat signal. Whitewolf is called urgently to this thread.

You called?

Edit - Just checking, this is the series where the kids all get wolves in the beginning?

That's the one mate :)

Have fun.

Robin Hobb - The Farseer Trilogy, The Liveship Traders Trilogy, The Tawny Man Trilogy. All set in the same world, The Farseer Trilogy and The Tawny Man trilogy both follow the same set of characters, and all 6 books are written in first person. They are larger sized books, however I found them very easy to read and incredibly engrossing. I have never been so attached to a set of characters ever. Just a brilliant read.

The first two books of the Farseer trilogy are among the best fantasy I've read. The third book however gives head for crack money. Biggest let-down to a series ever.

yer i really like the farseer trilogy. its very easy to read but also different because its in first person. im up to the second novel of the tawny man trilogy. the first book took a while to get into the action, hopefully the next 2 wont.

Some of the most bizarre, amazing, breathtaking, and practically unreal moments I’ve ever read, have been in non-fiction and I’ve read a lot of books.

That's my point exactly. Fiction is very predictable. However real life always comes up with something out of left field - plus it's real!

"the difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense"

- tom clancy

thats a nice one