Hello 4-ch, I am looking to read a fantasy novel, do you have any suggestions? Of course, I'm interested in less mainstream works, no lord of the rings or narnia.
Other than that, feel free to use this thread to discuss fantasy novels.
What about the Hobbit?
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The Hobbit is dark? Was there a hidden child sex orgy beheading scene I missed in the censored version?
I'd love to read a literature equivalent to the dark fantasy world of Berserk. All the "dark fantasy" novels I have read are about racism and sex and bloodlines and monarchies, and I don't have the attention span for CK2 shit like that. But I'm not very storied, so also hoping for some recommendations.
Chronicles of the Black Company by Glenn Cook
Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erickson
> Chronicles of the Black Company by Glenn Cook
This was the first thing that came to mind but then I wasn't sure if it was a bit too much empires and machinations. I guess it is more focused on the down-in-the-trenches "we're mercenaries and we do the job, even if we're hired by fem-Sauron" with the politics taking more of a backseat.
As far as things that haven't been brought up I think Angus Wells' "Kingdoms" trilogy starting with "Wrath of Ashar" can get my mention if not necessarily my full recommendation (the third book I found a bit of a letdown, but not enough to ruin the whole thing for me). It has a villain who's pretty graphically grisly at times but still leans overall more towards the classic fantasy "chosen hero must battle the evil" sort of plot rather than Game of Thrones type stuff. Wells is also kind of interesting in that apparently when he's not writing fantasy shit he writes westerns (under a different pseudonym) and that shows through in his fantasy writing a bit.