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good mature fantasy books?

Name: Anonymous 2008-06-20 9:12

i am tired of reading the fantasy books with little kid main chars.
so is there anything good? :3

Name: Anonymous 2008-06-20 9:56

Sigh.  A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin.  Although that actually does have a few child POVs, most of them are at least as hard core as any of the adults.  Also, The Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson.  Those are the best, read them and come back.

Name: Anonymous 2008-06-20 12:53

tired of reading the fantasy books with little kid main chars.
so is there anything good? :3
>>  :3

Try Harry Potter.

Name: Anonymous 2008-06-20 13:14

>>  :3
didn`t he say he doesn`t want little children?How old is harry Potter in the firts bokk?I think it was 11 for me that´s sounds like a kid.

Name: Anonymous 2008-06-20 21:53

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Name: Anonymous 2008-06-21 4:52

Joe Abercrombie - The First Law trilogy, starting with The Blade Itself.
I think I might like it even more than ASOIAF/MBOTF atm, although that might change when/if those series ever get finished.

But if you're an Amerikkkan, the series isn't completely published there yet and you'll have to wait some months for the last book.

Maybe try The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, although they're more like caper novels instead of epic fantasy (if that is what you're looking for, just "fantasy" fits way too much stuff to  more than guess).

Also look forward to Richard Morgans The Steel Remains, it has gotten really good reviews from those fuckers lucky enough to get an ARC. (also, fuck yeah Richard Morgan, go read his scifi)

Name: Anonymous 2008-06-21 5:41

>>4
But he sure put a smiley that is contrary to his whole post, so I thought that perhaps he just wants something popular to read.

Name: Anonymous 2008-06-21 23:28

Stephen King's The Dark Tower series. Some consider it to be in the fantasy genre.

Name: Anonymous 2008-06-22 0:17

I just read Neil Gaiman's Stardust. Great book from the best.

Name: Anonymous 2008-06-22 11:23

Stardust was one of the shittiest books i`ve ever read

Name: Anonymous 2008-06-22 15:56

>>10
Read more books.

Name: Anonymous 2008-06-22 19:18

>>8
Really? I always considered it to be in the shit genre.

Name: Anonymous 2008-06-22 19:21

mature
fantasy book

DOES NOT COMPUTE

Name: Anonymous 2008-06-22 19:30

>>13
He means fantasy with sex in it.

Name: Anonymous 2008-06-29 3:34

neverwhere is an adult fantasy book. that's exactly what it is. and it is fucking amazing so read it right now.

Name: Anonymous 2008-06-30 8:44

Roger Zelazny

Name: Anonymous 2008-07-02 4:43

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

Name: Anonymous 2008-07-02 19:55

>>17

I love Mistborn but I think its probably not hard core enough for OP.  Although there arent really any little kids in it.

Name: Anonymous 2008-07-03 0:53

>>18
There aren't any kids in The Hobbit, the protagonist is like 50. It's still a children's book.

Name: Anonymous 2008-07-05 13:28

good mature fantasy books? <- oxymoron

Name: Anonymous 2008-07-14 5:04

The Fafhrd and Grey Mouse ones, Michel Moorcock Erlic and Runic Staff ones, Roger Zelazny, Tanith Lee, Old Lord Dunsany, if you want a good challenge read Beowulf/the Nibelungs in classical version.

Probably you have enoug of little kids messing it everywhere so dont read the Black Cauldron even if is a good series

Name: Anonymous 2008-07-14 19:28

Surely Discworld is fantasy? Jesus christ.

Name: Anonymous 2008-07-16 2:38

Gardens of the Moon by Stephen Erickson.

Name: Anonymous 2008-07-18 8:40

>>23
This

The Malazan books of the Fallen are awesome. Although the first time I read Gardens of the Moon I didn't really like it that much because the author just sort of throws you into this giant world with no landmarks. By the time I finished reading the second book I was hooked. By far my favorite series.

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