Unusual fantasy recommendations?
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- Wordforawhile
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Re: Unusual fantasy recommendations?
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Thanks for this recommendation! I've heard of this author. I'd also like to read more fantasy, but wanted something beyond the cliches. These books look like just the thing.Wordforawhile wrote: ↑18 Feb 2018, 12:38 I will always respond to this kind of request with 2 series, both by Brandon Sanderson. The first is the Mistborn Trilogy, this series has magic but it is cast by drawing on certain types of metal,and while it is a fantasy series it hits on many other genres as well. The first book, for instance, can more accurately be described as a political thriller. The other series is called the Stormlight Archives, and is more military/dystopian then anything else. Hope this helps!
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Another unusual one I read recently and enjoyed was Ian Tregellis' "Mechanical" trilogy, which takes place in an alternate 1920s where the Netherlands are a global superpower and use clockwork servants for pretty much everything. France is the only nation left to fight back against them (the United States never existed in this timeline, which I thought was interesting). The story follows an escaped clockwork servant, and every time you think he couldn't possibly get into deeper trouble, he does. It's thrilling, and brutally violent at times.