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I've read almost all of the things mentioned in this thread including dragon lance, terry pratchet, terry brooks, wheel of time, dune series, eddings, lord of the rings, martin, and many others so you might want to pay attention here.
The stuff people suggested
Dune - first of all, its science fiction. Second of all its hard to read in the sense that you have to really think about what youre reading to understand and really get into it. Opressive, especially the later books in the series like children of dune and so on. Saying that, the first Dune book I really enjoyed.
Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time - First book rocks,the rest are stretched too thin over too many pages with too many annoying aspects to be worth your time. You wont regret reading the first one though, Ive read it 3 times so far.
Terry Brooks - pass on it, theres much better books by better writers.
Eddings - same
Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar Saga - the man is a terrible writer, I liked him when I was 14, reading him 8 years later is like reading something a kid wrote. Story is too predictable, too formulaic.
Tolkien - Too britishy and cold. Im a huuuge lotr fanboy btw, but objectively its true about his writing.
Dragonlance - basest. fantasy. crap. ever. This is coming from a guy that read probably about 20 books from it. Forgotten realms is much better.
My recomendations:
Gardens of the Moon
This series will kick your ass. I've read more fantasy than most people, and reading this series I was just amazed at the complexity of the world and brilliance of the author. I honest to god read some of the books in the series in under a week, and these ones are 600+ pages long. If you have to choose one series, pick this up. Just don't blame me if you get the urge to burn/wipe your ass with any of dragonlance books you might have foolishly bought once you get into this one.
Oh and the author doesnt like to directly explain his world, so dont get discouraged if you dont get what the hell is going on when you start reading it. If you stick to it, you'll thank me later.
A game of Thrones
Very nice, draws you in, great characters, atmospheric. The author has the balls to kill off characters, and it fully works. Also highly recommended, 2nd on my list.
Terry Pratchett His Discworld series is not in the same category as the above two because its a humour fantasy series, while the other two are dramatic. Its a light enjoyable read where you dont have to think, with most books standalones.
My favourite so far is "The Times" - (from the back cover) "William de Worde is the accidental editor of the Discworld's first newspaper. Now he must cope with the traditional perils of a journalist's life - people who want him dead, a recovering vampire with a suicidal fascination for flash photography, some more people who want him dead in a different way and, worst of all, the man who keeps begging him to publish pictures of his humorously shaped potatoes."
Also, "Monstrous Regiment" - " Polly Oliver has disguised herself as a boy to join the army of Borogravia, which is always at war and bursting with patriotism, though the Borogravians are often less than clear on why they are fighting. But then, as followers of a god who believes that cats, babies, and cheese are abominations, they are used to contradictions; they mostly pray to their duchess, who may be dead. Their latest war has interfered with the commerce of Ankh-Morpork, which has dispatched Sam Vimes to bring matters to a "satisfactory" conclusion."
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