• nxdefiant@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    10 months ago

    old school: Forgotten Realms

    More games of thrones-ey, but less so: Wheel of Time

    Grand but well paced: Stormlight Archive (Brandon Sanderson)

    scifi one-shot: Sea of Rust

  • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I have no idea if it’s actually similar, but I googled it and there seems to be an overlap of fans between Farseer and Gentlemen Bastards.

    So I’m suggesting The Lies of Locke Lamora! The narrator adds a whole extra layer to the disguises, if you’re into reading by ear

    • renard_roux@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      10 months ago

      So I’m suggesting The Lies of Locke Lamora!

      Is there some sort of twist that makes it more fun further in? Got halfway through the first Gentleman Bastard and had to give up because I just couldn’t care less.

      I didn’t loathe it like I did with the Kingslayer Chronicle (also DNF), but it’s one of a select trio of books that I just couldn’t finish, out of some 200 books I’ve read the post 4 years (Jo Nesbø’s “The Bat” bring the third).

  • renard_roux@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Some slightly off-track suggestions (because genres are a bit misaligned with what you’re asking for):

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    Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb series)

    Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. But her childhood nemesis won’t set her free without a service.

    Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will be become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier. Without Gideon’s sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die.

    I must admit that Charles Stross’ pitch is what got me to pick up the book in the first place, it’s just too funny:

    “Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space!” —Charles Stross

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    The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn Trilogy)

    OK, maybe not so far off the path …

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    Storm Front by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files series)

  • bear_delune@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Have you read Discworld? It’s a bit more fun than The Witcher but has similar twists on traditional fantasy and magic ideas