great fantasy novels

[Aaron Contreras]

You're already reading the two best big series. Most genre work is crap.
You probably already know these, but you'd probably enjoy:
Glen Cook - Black Company series
Steven Brust - Vlad Taltos series
Zelazny - Amber series

[adam]

Best I ever read was The Sarantine Mosaic by Guy Gavriel Kay. Two book series called Sailing to Sarantium and The Lord of Emperors.

Extraordinary books. I re-read them every few years.

They're a fantastic re-imagining of history; the story of a mosaicist in what would have been the tail end of the roman empire around the time that the portrayal of god becomes outlawed. There are moments in those books that give me goose bumps simply recollecting them.

His trilogy, The Fionavar Tapestry, is more typical fantasy fare, and it's also extremely good.

[winjer]

Originally Posted by adam

Best I ever read was The Sarantine Mosaic by Guy Gavriel Kay. Two book series called Sailing to Sarantium and The Lord of Emperors.

Extraordinary books. I re-read them every few years.

They're a fantastic re-imagining of history; the story of a mosaicist in what would have been the tail end of the roman empire around the time that the portrayal of god becomes outlawed. There are moments in those books that give me goose bumps simply recollecting them.

His trilogy, The Fionavar Tapestry, is more typical fantasy fare, and it's also extremely good.

Gotta second this reccomendation, though I definatley prefer the Fionovar Tapestry over the Sarantine Mosaic. Kay helped edit the Simarillion, and Tolkien's influence is pretty evident...

Not a big fantasy fan, but definatley love the Kay.

[Tom]

Halfway through A Clash of Kings, superb read so far.

[adam]

I could argue why I think The Sarantine Mosaic is better than The Fionavar Tapestry but, really, I'd be pretty happy if we got anyone to read either of them.