The Nameless Thing wrote:The Amber series by Roger Zelazny is lighter reading but similar.
As is The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephan Donaldson. Unlike Amber this is a little dark, but very good.
FrodoTook wrote:Some tales disappointed me but I did find joy in The Gormenghast series which comprises three novels by Mervyn Peake.
Denethor wrote:FrodoTook wrote:Some tales disappointed me but I did find joy in The Gormenghast series which comprises three novels by Mervyn Peake.
Gormenghast is an interesting one in the sense that it too is an accidental fantasy trilogy, written in the mid-twentieth century by an English author. Except that whereas LOTR has spawned endless imitations, Gormenghast represents a sort of literary dead-end: not only is there nothing like it, no-one has ever tried to write anything like it.
Morwenna wrote:Denethor wrote:FrodoTook wrote:Some tales disappointed me but I did find joy in The Gormenghast series which comprises three novels by Mervyn Peake.
Gormenghast is an interesting one in the sense that it too is an accidental fantasy trilogy, written in the mid-twentieth century by an English author. Except that whereas LOTR has spawned endless imitations, Gormenghast represents a sort of literary dead-end: not only is there nothing like it, no-one has ever tried to write anything like it.
No one's ever tried to write anything like James Joyce's Finnegans WakeorUlysses either.
Treagol wrote:I agree that there are no other books like "Lord of the Rings". The only other book series that affected me in a similar way is Frank Herbert's "Dune" books. Both of the these really touched something deep inside me and I haven't been the same after reading them.
Of course, "Dune" is considered more science fiction than fantasy.
Gungnir wrote:Treagol wrote:And reading the first Shannara book made me want to gnaw my own eyes out. Bargain basement stuff at best.
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