Raymond E Feist - similar recommendations?

[The[cookie]Doctor]

Anth is a die hard Feist fan, but we're kind of running out of books...
And because we're cheapskated who refuse to pay full price he's going to have to wait for #3 of the Darkwar Saga to come down in price.
I think we're also missing two from Serpentwar so I guess there's two books I need to get.

I just bought The Elenium Trilogy by Robert Jordan (I think) and someone else has recommended Sarah Douglass??

RAYRAY I saw you talking about Mr. Feist in chat one night, do you have any recs?

[Sally2]

I loved Raymond E Feist ( Magician is a great book )and really enjoyed moving onto Robin Hobb.
Any of her books have been great, but earlier series seem to be better.
Similar sort of writing style, although I like her more than Ray
Didn't like Robert Jordans Wheel of Time series but haven't tried the one you mentioned....
Also, just finished Brisingr, the new book in the Eragon series by Christopher Paolini and LOVED it, great books. They made a kids movie about it, but don't let that put you off, it's a great series, not too young at all.
My favourite fantasty writer of all time is, without doubt, David Eddings. Loved his earlier books ( The Tamuli, The Belgariad and The Mallorean ) much more than the Elder Gods series though. Very funny books, but with such rich characters and story lines to go with them.
Aaaah, fantasy,.......my favourite genre of all time........

P.S. very jealous of your iPhone......

[The[cookie]Doctor]

Thanks Sally, wooohoooo on Boy Squishy!!! Congrats!!

The Elenium trilogy is actually David Eddings, got them mixed up again , so definitely am happy that I got them - we also recently bought Eragon and Eldest, which is great as it sounds like he should enjoy them too! Will just have to get Brisinger.

Hopefully one day i will remember to sit down and finally read The Magician... Anthony has been begging me to for months!!

[butterfly_warrior]

I have to say... love Eddings, love Douglas, love Hobb, kinda lukewarm on Jordan... This is giving me some added motivation to finally get my act together and read Magician, which is sitting around here. And Eragon, which is also sitting around unread.

As for other authors I've enjoyed (there was a huge thread I started along similar lines a while ago) - Jennifer Fallon, Katherine Kerr, Isobelle Carmody (although I am annoyed that she caught me out - I got so sick of waiting for the next book in the wheel of time series that I refuse to start a series until it's finished, but she got me!). Currently reading through a series by Ian Irvine - found it hard to get into at first, but I'm quite enjoying it now.

I've got many more, but they require getting up and checking bookshelves (who am I kidding! The bookshelf is overflowing! Checking the random piles of books scattered about the house!) to remind me of the authors names. They are just the recent ones, there's a lot more that I read and enjoyed years ago.

BW

[Pandora]

oooh I love Raymond Feist, he is my favourite. Do you have the single books too (i.e the ones that are not part of a series) "faerie tale" was great.
I had to get the newest one wile it was still in hardcover, so it would be the same size as the others (lol cant have them not liniing up in the bookcase!) So I normally get them at Target or BigW as there cheaper.

David Eddings I like, not so much Robert Jordan though i think thats cos the WOT series was just too long for me.

Terry Brooks is another one I've read reasonable recently so I havent read much but like the "genesis of Shannara" series.

Ian Irvine too, the "View from the Mirror" series. There were 4 books in all I think, and it took me about a third of the first one to get in to it, but after that I read all four in a weekend. Not so much similar in style to Feist though, just a good series.

[butterfly_warrior]

Rayray, that's the series I'm reading through. Knowing that someone else has found the same thing makes me think it's more the book than me. I was ready to give up at one point, but I'm glad I kept with it until it grabbed me.

BW

[~Aveta~]

Anth is a die hard Feist fan, but we're kind of running out of books...
And because we're cheapskated who refuse to pay full price he's going to have to wait for #3 of the Darkwar Saga to come down in price.
I think we're also missing two from Serpentwar so I guess there's two books I need to get.

I just bought The Elenium Trilogy by Robert Jordan (I think) and someone else has recommended Sarah Douglass??

RAYRAY I saw you talking about Mr. Feist in chat one night, do you have any recs?

Katharine Kerr has a brilliant Deverry series i've been collecting since 1990 (she has a website, just google her name)

Sheri S Tepper writes feminist eco-fiction ...she's brilliant too. and Mary Gentle, great fantasy/sword and sorcery writers. for SF with a hard edge, try Orson Scott Card and Peter F Hamilton