Topic: Golden Compass Books/Fantasy Recommendations

[indie180]

The Riftwar series of books by Raymond E. Feist. I have enjoyed the one's I have read.

[Robin-Graves]

The Orion series was fascinating,,It caused me to think about alotof subjects we all take for granted

[goldshirt*9]

The Riftwar series of books by Raymond E. Feist. I have enjoyed the one's I have read.

try his other books
daughter / servant / mistress of the empire there good.

[tarascon]

New fantasy novels are a dangerous turf to go wandering into these days as there seems so many--and so many bad ones--so I'm thrilled when I find one that I enjoy. The most recent series I read that I can recommend would be the "Acacia Trilogy" by David Anthony Durham.
http://nethspace.blogspot.com/2012/03/review-acacia-trilogy-by-david-anthony.html

My next book (on order now) will be an old one I had when I was 15 and never managed to read:  The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison, published in 1922. I'll let you all know about it when I get my new copy and read it.

[6pairsofshoes]

Did he write A Fish Dinner in Memison?  I remember those titles in the bookstore when I was younger.  The covers were strange and beautiful.  Somehow I never read them, perhaps because I was reading a bunch of Greek drama and philosophy.

[tarascon]

^ Yep, that's the guy 6. Good memory. 
In the early 70's Ballantine Books came out with a slew of older fantasy stuff (capitalizing on the 60's Tolkien revival, I guess) by folks like William Morris (yes, that William Morris), Lord Dunsany, Robert W.Chambers, etc. The covers were bizarre, sometime "trippy," and fun to look at. I tried the Worm novel back then but it was tough going for a 15 year old... almost Elizabethan in style, ornate Victorian stuff. E. R. Eddison, like Morris, was part of the Pre-Raphaelite writer crowd.