Jul-05-2010, 05:29 PM (UTC)
(This post was last modified: Jul-05-2010, 05:29 PM (UTC) by NeverBeenWise.)
I have a few:
Fire Bringer, The Sight, and Fell by David Clement-Davies. They might be Young Adult fiction, but are very well-written. The first is about a red deer named Rannoch, the second is about a white wolf named Larka, and the third is about her brother Fell. Very good. And you never forget that you're reading about animals, not humans in animal shapes. Fire Bringer can be read alone, but you have to read The Sight before reading Fell.
The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear, Rumo and his Miraculous Adventures, and The City of Dreaming Books by German author Walter Moers. The English translation is amazing, done by John Brownjohn. They're off-the-walls insanity. One review says that Moers writes like J. K. Rowling on heroin. Oh, and they can all be read individually. The characters are a little bit flat, but that's kind of necessary and almost a relief for the insanity going on around them.
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. It's AMAZING, and mostly told in first person. It blew me away. The main character is a bit arrogant, but the writing is wonderful. It's the first book of the Kingkiller Chronicles, and the second one isn't coming out until 2011, so you might want to wait for this one...
Fire Bringer, The Sight, and Fell by David Clement-Davies. They might be Young Adult fiction, but are very well-written. The first is about a red deer named Rannoch, the second is about a white wolf named Larka, and the third is about her brother Fell. Very good. And you never forget that you're reading about animals, not humans in animal shapes. Fire Bringer can be read alone, but you have to read The Sight before reading Fell.
The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear, Rumo and his Miraculous Adventures, and The City of Dreaming Books by German author Walter Moers. The English translation is amazing, done by John Brownjohn. They're off-the-walls insanity. One review says that Moers writes like J. K. Rowling on heroin. Oh, and they can all be read individually. The characters are a little bit flat, but that's kind of necessary and almost a relief for the insanity going on around them.
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. It's AMAZING, and mostly told in first person. It blew me away. The main character is a bit arrogant, but the writing is wonderful. It's the first book of the Kingkiller Chronicles, and the second one isn't coming out until 2011, so you might want to wait for this one...
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