Suggestions on what to read?

Hi!

The House on the Borderland , The Ghost Pirates or The Night Land written by William Hope Hodgson .

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hop...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_o...

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10002

"In 1877, two gentlemen, Messrs Tonnison and Berreggnog, head into Ireland to spend a week fishing in the village of Kraighten. While there, they discover in the ruins of a very curious house a diary of the man who had once owned it. Its torn pages seem to hint at an evil beyond anything that existed on this side of the curtains of impossibility. This is a classic novel that worked to slowly bridge the gap between the British fantastic and supernatural authors of the later 19th century and modern horror fiction. Classic American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft lists this and other works by Hodgson among his greatest influences."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_P...

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10966

"The Ghost Pirates . . . is a powerful account of a doomed and haunted ship on its last voyage, and of the terrible sea-devils (of quasi-human aspect, and perhaps the spirits of bygone buccaneers) that besiege it and finally drag it down to an unknown fate. With its command of maritime knowledge, and its clever selection of hints and incidents suggestive of latent horrors in nature, this book at times reaches enviable peaks of power." — H.P. Lovecraft

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_L...

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10662

The Night Land

by William Hope Hodgson

[O]ne of the strangest visions ever published in science fiction or fantasy is presented. The Sun has gone out: the Earth is lit only by the glow of residual vulcanism. The last few millions of the human race are gathered together in a gigantic metal pyramid, the Last Redoubt, probably the first arcology in literature, under siege from unknown forces and Powers outside in the dark. These are held back by a Circle of energy, known as the "air clog," powered from the Earth's internal energy. For millennia, vast living shapes - the Watchers - have waited in the darkness near the pyramid: it is thought they are waiting for the inevitable time when the Circle's power finally weakens and dies. Other living things have been seen in the darkness beyond, some of unknown origins, and others that may once have been human.¡ª Excerpted from The Night Land on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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If you have read dragonlance novels and enjoyed the best of them it sounds like you are into heroic fantasy here is a bunch of authors and series that I am sure you will enjoy.

David Gemmel; The Drenai novels, start with Legend (one of the best first novels ever)

David Eddings; His earlier stuff like The Belgariad and The Mallorean are great series, easy read but really enjoyable.

Raymond e Feist; The original Riftwar Saga starting with Magician, another amazing first book.

I agree with you about Sword of Truth series, seemed bloody painful, I never got past book 2.

If you can face it give G R R Martin another go, after the first 250 pages you will be hooked.

I also love Sci-fi if you are interested can give you a great starting list of these.

Here are some older fantasy authors worth checking out:

Jack Vance

Fritz Leiber

Clark Ashton Smith

James Branch Cabell

H. Rider Haggard

Robert E. Howard

L. Sprague de Camp

Talbot Mundy

Mervyn Peake

E.R. Eddison

William Hope Hodgson

You can try Cry of the Icemark, Blade of Fire, and Last Battle of the Icemark.

They are written by Stuart Hill. (They go in that order)

Wicked: Witch and Curse

Wicked 2: Legacy and Spellbound

by claudia gray

(sorcery, witches, warlocks, death, killing, backstabbing,demons, evil, feuding families, undiscovered talents)