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Looking for "R-rated", gritty, gorey high fantasy books (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.world
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I wanna read something that's fucking brutal with fighting and sex and all the things, but also WELL WRITTEN (so NOT George R.R. Martin, I can't stand his shit). I want Lord of the Rings on crack and steroids.

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[โ€“] musky_occultist@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hah, I did mean it in the spirit of good discussion. (Though maybe I also feel like I have a sacred mission to keep the unwary from inadvertently Goodkinding themselves!)

I've actually been having a hard time getting into anything new lately for some reason, but I recently reread C. S. Friedman's Coldfire and Magister series (serieses? trilogies), which are kind of dark, but not so "gritty, gorey" that I thought they'd be a good recommendation for this thread. The former in particular is excellent, and they're both fairly unusual takes on fantasy.

[โ€“] glitchdx@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

And those are getting added to my list, I'll see if they hold up