OT: Any reccomendations for good fanatasy books

[chrispedersen]

The Black Company - Cook. Simply amazing. Best since Donaldson/Tolkien
The Knight - Wolf.
Bone Doll Twin - Disturbing.
Stephen Weeks Assassin series.

[Raiel]

I'll second the Prince of Nothing series by Bakker. A very interesting read, if a bit wordy.

Brandon Sanderson is suprisingly good... his plot-, character- and world-developement have exceeded my expectations repeatedly. I found the Mistborn series to be particularly enjoyable.

My STRONGEST recommendation, however, is for Patrick Rothfuss' Name of the Wind. Absolute top-notch character developement and writing/storytelling. I have not enjoyed reading this much in more than a decade. In fact, it's the only book I've intentionally reread since Terry Goodkind's Stone of Tears.

Speaking of unintentional re-reads... C.S. Friedman is doing a new series that was worth re-reading, even if I thought I was buying a new book at the time.