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Stephen R. Donaldson For what you're looking for I would highly suggest either the Thomas Covenant Trilogies... or the two books of Mordant's Need. Both sets of books are by Stephen R. Donaldson. Both contain magic... summonings... and non-magic fighting (between knights of a sort although...

I vote The Runes of the Earth by Stephen R. Donaldson... it's the first book of the Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant... it just came out... i bought it... i'm reading it... it's a fantastic continuation of the Thomas Covenant trilogies.

lets see... recent fantasy reads... these are the books i've started and finished in the last 2 or 3 weeks: American Gods by Neil Gaiman Idlewild by Nick Sagan Proteus Manifest by Charles Sheffield The Thief of Always by Clive Barker Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson (reread it)...

I love Alas, Babylon completely and totaly. I've read it probably 5 or 6 times and it never gets old. Another post-apocalyptic book you might want to check out is Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany. However, be warned, this book is VERY odd and doesn't really have what you'd call a "traditional...

i've never heard of him but... based on your description... it sounds like something i'd enjoy... i'll check it out

I read the first half of cryptonomicon... put it down for another book... and am in the process of starting it again... what i've read i love

sorry... there are 4 books... i meant to put... i've read the FIRST two books... my typo

I've never read Memory but i have read the two books in Otherland. Otherland is a strange mix of sci/fi and fantasy. I say strange, not because of what is mixed together, but because of how it's mixed together. It's mostly sci/fi for the first 3/4 of the first book. Williams then uses...

I agree with this. However, I, like you, read both genres. In fact, i read almost every genre there is. The only genres I haven't found a liking for so far are romance and westerns. Notice I say "so far," I'm always willing to read books from any genre. I don't always like them all, but how...

i just read a fantastic sci/fi book by Nick Sagan called Idlewild... it's his first novel (although he's been a screenwriter for 10 years) and i think that he has promise as a very very good sci/fi writer. His second book is a sequel to idlewild called Edenborn... i have yet to read that book...

I've read the Rama series, Dune series, and Cryptonomicon. I whole heartedly agree with you Oberon that these are very good "intelligent sci/fi" books.

if you like epic sci/fi than i would try the Rama series by Arthur C. Clark... it's very good and a "high" sci/fi series

you should try "I Am Dracula" by C. Dean Andersson... this is a version of Dracula that i found very interesting... it's written from the perspective of vlad the impaler himself and is sort of an autobiography... very entertaining and a quick read

The Wraiths of Will and Pleasure by Storm Constantine or Anthem by Ayn Rand or (i hope it's ok if i nominate more than two) Weave World by Clive Barker

top 5 fav. fantasy authors 1) Stephen R. Donaldson (Thomas Covenant trilogies rule all... at least in my book... no pun intended :-) 2) Storm Constantine (Wreaththu trilogy and later aditional book are fantastic)...(and for those of you who don't know who she is... Wreaththu is the correct...