I was helping someone yesterday who said they really enjoyed fantasy, really like the Inheritance Cycle, Rangers Apprentice, Ender's Game (not the compromised Shadow series though) etc. Did not like Harry Potter. what he wanted was a good fantasy that didnt involve wizards or magic... there could be wizards just not as part of the major action... had already read the Pern books,
eventually i was able to get Fever Crumb into his hands and he thought that looked interesting but literally nothing else i gave him worked for him...
does anyone have any suggestions in case something like this comes up again?
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Shit... RWHN wins the thread, before it even got started.
The Hunger Games trilogy is pretty good YA stuff.
The Earthsea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Wizard_of_Earthsea) books were alright.
Also, The Westmark Trilogy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmark_(novel)#Series).
Oh, and one shouldn't forget The His Dark Materials (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Dark_Materials) trilogy.
Terry Pratchett, especially the Sam Vimes stuff.
Mmmm. Yes. I was considering Discworld, but there's a lot of Magicky stuff. Although, it never works right.
...OK, yes. Absolutely. And Granny Weatherwax's "headology" is pretty sweet, too.
A young man finds out everyone on the planet except for him is a wizard.
Harry Potter in reverse meets the Truman Show. It'd be great.
Quote from: Harper on February 08, 2012, 06:45:34 PM
I was helping someone yesterday who said they really enjoyed fantasy[...] that didnt involve wizards or magic...
I think they call that science fiction
Quote from: Cramulus on February 08, 2012, 09:56:08 PM
Quote from: Harper on February 08, 2012, 06:45:34 PM
I was helping someone yesterday who said they really enjoyed fantasy[...] that didnt involve wizards or magic...
I think they call that science fiction
:lulz:
On that note, I recommend
The Darkness that Comes Before and the rest of The Prince of Nothing Trilogy (and the not-yet-finished second trilogy, The Aspect-Emperor).
There are sorcerers, but they play a relatively minor role compared to the major political actors. And the "real" threat looming over everything is quite a fascinating twist, once you "get it."
And, of course,
A Game of Thrones.