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by **achilles** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:40 am

I've mostly tried some free stuff from Project Gutenberg so far, Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and the like. I now want to try some stuff off Amazon itself.

What I'm looking for is some epic fantasy from entirely new authors, (that way I won't dupe anything I've already read), for cheap, (I'm thinking $.99 is my price point). Anything with dragons, martial arts, babes, that sort of thing. No sparkly vampires please.

If you've read it, fine, tell me why I should give it a try. If not, fine too, just list it if you think it meets my above criteria.

Thanks in advance guys!

by **misac** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:55 pm

http://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Thief-Lege ... 416&sr=8-1

Spirit Thief! It's more than a dollar but it's a really fun series..

Followed by Spirit Rebelion and Spirit Eater.

by **Keb** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:58 pm

Have you (or anyone else) heard of and/or read anything by Guy Gavriel Kay? I had a friend who used to read his novels in high school.

by **Chubbles** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:58 pm

I dl'd 'Other People's Heroes' and 'Confessions of a D-list Supervillian' over the weekend...they got really good reviews and high praise and were really cheap...i'll be reading them soon

by **achilles** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:07 pm

misac wrote:http://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Thief-Legend-Monpress-ebook/dp/B003YFIUSM/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&qid=1327942416&sr=8-1

Spirit Thief! It's more than a dollar but it's a really fun series..

Followed by Spirit Rebelion and Spirit Eater.

This sounds like the kind of thing I like; with the only things being the price, (I'm a bit tapped right now), and the new author thing, (I want to support the guys who need it most). But the story itself sounds good to me.

by **Allen** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:15 pm

Keb wrote:Have you (or anyone else) heard of and/or read anything by Guy Gavriel Kay? I had a friend who used to read his novels in high school.

I'm a fan.

by **achilles** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:15 pm

Chubbles wrote:I dl'd 'Other People's Heroes' and 'Confessions of a D-list Supervillian' over the weekend...they got really good reviews and high praise and were really cheap...i'll be reading them soon

They do sound interesting, and I may give them a try sometime, (I've marked them for that down the road), but they're really not epic fantasy, nor by a new author, and are a bit more than I wanted to pay.

What I'm looking for is are more traditional epic fantasies, (I could go with half a dozen or more), priced at $.99 for Kindle, and by a first-time author. I'm willing to take a chance on someone with no or only a few reviews at that price point, since I view it as giving me more entertainment time spent than a comic book regardless, (though I haven't stopped with those either).

This is separate from my forays into steampunk and sci-fi. Just good traditional epic fantasy with maybe a twist or so is all I'm looking for.

by **Chubbles** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:20 pm

Here is a list of fantasy books from cheapest price (free in some cases)..I would scan thru that list and check out ones with high star ratings...that's what I do most of the time

http://www.amazon.com/Epic-Fantasy-eBoo ... sort=price

by **MistaT** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:30 pm

Anything by Neil Gaiman. :wink:

by **Timbales** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:46 pm

you might like Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince books

by **achilles** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:47 pm

Chubbles wrote:Here is a list of fantasy books from cheapest price (free in some cases)..I would scan thru that list and check out ones with high star ratings...that's what I do most of the time

http://www.amazon.com/Epic-Fantasy-eBoo ... sort=price

Cool, but any of them that you guys have read and liked? I'd give greater weight to those...

Believe it or not, I mostly trust all you guys, at least with mattes like that. :-D

by **Rockman** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:11 pm

the Patrick Rothfuss series is pretty high fantasy, with a really well built world. But it's kind of slow.

Karen Miller's The innocent Mage and The awakened mage were pretty good too.