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Care to offer any recommendations? I'm in the market for new sci-fi / fantasy lit.

    Wheel of Time (Robert Jordan)
    Stormlight Archive; Mistborn (Brandon Sanderson)
    Belgariad and Malloreon (David Eddings)
    Discworld (Terry Pratchett)
    Sword of Shannara (Terry Brooks)

    The Liveship Traders trilogy (Robin Hobb)
    The Earthsea tri(penta)logy (Ursula LeGuin)
    Tigana (Guy Gavriel Kay)
    Gentlemen Bastards (aka Locke Lamora) series (Scott Lynch)
    Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)

If you're in the mood for something more modern, I'm highly recommending the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch.

I found the Runelords series by David Farland really enjoyable and cinematic. Great exploration of a fascinating magic system, with some very memorable characters to boot.

For Sci Fi, Netflix is currently making a series based on Altered Carbon which I'm very excited for - I love that series to death (Richard K Morgan, author).

I've been digging the Frontiers Saga.

http://www.frontierssaga.com

Too many of the books/episodes had me going: well i can start reading the first chapter of the next book and it'll be fine at 1am.

r scott bakker; brandon sanderson; steven brust; alastair reynolds; max gladstone; neal asher; harry connolly; joel shepherd.

Try Sapkowski if you didn't read The Witcher yet.

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