David Gemmell

Can anyone recommend some good heroic/epic fantasy authors?

I’m a big fan of David Gemmell, David Eddings, and George R. R. Martin. I would like to find some other good authors that are in the genre. Not really interested in Brooks, Asimov, and Robert Jordan, but any other suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks

I’m a big fan of Martin and Eddings, too – and just learned about Gemmell from you. (Thanks) Martin’s books were the first epic fantasy series that I truly loved in years; so consider them the ‘A+’ on my rating scale below. Yes, I have been looking for the same heroic / epic fantasy authors You Are looking to find…

I recently read Robin Hobb’s Farseer Trilogy and really enjoyed it. It was a very good read until the last 1/4 of the third book. (B+/A-)

After that series, I bought Robin Hobb’s Liveship Traders books and found them to be very creative, but tedious in plotline development. Maybe my hopes were too high after the Farseer Trilogy (C)

I’ve enjoyed Paul S. Kemp’s work – especially the Erevis Cale Trilogy. Not super heavy reading, but creative enough that it kept me rolling along at a good reading clip. (B+)

R.A. Salvatore’s “War of the Spider Queen” series falls into the good clean semi-mindless fun category. The five books were written by five different authors; so the plotline takes off on some odd tangents. Regardless, I set my expectations lower than average and found it to be a good enough story. (B-)

R.A. Salvatore had a great series started with the Dark Elf Trilogy, but it all turned to corporate mush and egotistical rambling after that. (Like a lot of cr@p in the Forgotten Realms catalogue.) Grab the Dark Elf Trilogy if you have not read it yet. (B+)

I have Greg Keyes’ “The Briar King” sitting off to the side from another recommendation. I cannot give it a rating yet, but it is worth checking out his writings.

‘Hope this helps!

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