Brad
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Michael J. Sullivan:
Hey Michael, do you have any recommendations for other good fantasy series you've enjoyed? I really like yours, and most of the other series I've tried since yours have seemed too dark. Thanks!
Michael J. Sullivan
Hey Brad, I'm so glad you have enjoyed the stories...and you are correct the world of fantasy has gone pretty dark as of late, which does it make it difficult to find books like mine around. I'm going to give you a list of things I've enjoyed (some of which will fall into sci-fi as well. Here goes:
• The Legend of Eli Monpress by Rachel Aaron
• Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
• City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
• Blood Song by Anthony Ryan
• The Golem and the Jinni by Helen Weckler
• Uprooted by Naomi Novik
• Red Rising by Pierce Brown
• Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
• Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
• Watership Down by Douglas Adams
• Princess Bride by William Goldman
• The Stand by Stephen King
• The Girl with all the Gifts by M.R. Carey
•The Martian by Andy Wier
• Red Rising by Pierce Brown
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
•The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
Some of these have some dark aspects but enough "good things" going for them that I still enjoyed the reads.
• The Legend of Eli Monpress by Rachel Aaron
• Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
• City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
• Blood Song by Anthony Ryan
• The Golem and the Jinni by Helen Weckler
• Uprooted by Naomi Novik
• Red Rising by Pierce Brown
• Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
• Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
• Watership Down by Douglas Adams
• Princess Bride by William Goldman
• The Stand by Stephen King
• The Girl with all the Gifts by M.R. Carey
•The Martian by Andy Wier
• Red Rising by Pierce Brown
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
•The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
Some of these have some dark aspects but enough "good things" going for them that I still enjoyed the reads.
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Jacobo Ballester
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Michael J. Sullivan:
Hello Michael, I am a young reader from Spain, and I only wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed "Theft of Swords", and how I am willing to read as much as you publish about Royce, Hadrian and the world of Elan. Your book made fall in love with reading again, and it was the first one in a long time that I enjoyed to such a point, so thank you! By the way, will The First Empire be very related to Riyira? Thanks already
A Goodreads user
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Michael J. Sullivan:
Hi Michael, I would love to start reading your work, but was wondering where to start. Are the Riyria books best read in publication order?
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