Looking for fantasy based on medieval Asia

[Mark]

Anyone have suggestions for fantasy based on ancient or medieval Asia? Perhaps something like Guy G. Kay's recent novels?
Thank you for your suggestions.

[Geoff]

Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was might fit the bill. It was a S&L pick a couple of years ago.

[Dharmakirti]

Check out the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West.

[Sky]

Ken Liu's The Grace of Kings is coming out April 7.

Besides Journey to the West you might also enjoy Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Vol. 1. It's more historical epic than fantasy though

[Michele]

The Initiate Brother Duology by Sean Russell is very good.

And The Complete Empire Trilogy: Daughter of the Empire, Mistress of the Empire, Servant of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts is also

[Ben]

richard parks Yamada Monogatari: Demon Hunter or Yamada Monogatari: To Break the Demon Gate is well worth checking out.

[Sean]

The Lord of the Sands of Time by Issui Ogawa
Dragon Sword and Wind Child by Noriko Ogiwara
The Book of Heroes by Miyuki Miyabe

And if you're willing to try manga, there's

Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic by Shinobu Ohtaka
A Bride's Story by Kaoru Mori (okay, it's not fantasy or medieval, but 19th Century Central Asia definitely isn't the modern world)

[Keidy]

The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo. It's not set in ancient China but it is set in the seventeenth century.

[Ben]

Geoff wrote: "Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was might fit the bill. It was a S&L pick a couple of years ago."

The latest Humble Book Bundle (Subterranean Press Bundle) has The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, the omnibus which contains Bridge of Birds.

Looks like it goes for about three more days.

[terpkristin]

Sky wrote: "Ken Liu's The Grace of Kings is coming out April 7."

This is a good one.

[Sky]

terpkristin wrote: "Sky wrote: "Ken Liu's The Grace of Kings is coming out April 7."

This is a good one."

I got my signed ARC in the mail today (won it by emailing him when he said he was handing out ARCs!)..Just need to finish Gardens of the Moon so I can start.

[terpkristin]

I'm about halfway through my ARC. Enjoying it a lot. I hope they make an audiobook of it, I think it lends itself well to an audiobook.

[Kevin]

The Eternal Sky trilogy (Range of Ghosts) by Elizabeth Bear is a fantasy based on the Mongol Empire.

[Mark]

Sky wrote: "Ken Liu's The Grace of Kings is coming out April 7.

Besides Journey to the West you might also enjoy Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Vol. 1. It's mor..."

I read several hundred pages of RoTK, but stalled under the weight of so many characters and events. I've read that the various translations vary in readability, and it's certainly a fascinating story, but I might need something more reader friendly. I appreciate the suggestion, though.

[Mark]

The tricky part will be setting Erikson's epic aside to read something else. I found myself a citizen of the Malazan Empire for a while, and his world building can really absorb you.

[Mark]

Thanks to everyone for all these suggestion. My Kindle is about to get flooded with samples. I'm especially excited because I haven't heard of several of the authors/works y'all mentioned.

Thanks!

[Sky]

Mark wrote: "The tricky part will be setting Erikson's epic aside to read something else. I found myself a citizen of the Malazan Empire for a while, and his world building can really absorb you."

Yeah, I've decided to do Malazan completely in print and forgo audio, so that means i'll have a few hours a day while commuting to listen to something else. But I know what you mean...I just finished GotM an hour ago, and am ready to jump into Deadhouse Gates, but my ARC of Grace of Kings is also print only!

[[deleted user]]

Ernest Bramah wrote some books of stories set in classical China. Wallet of Kai Lung, Kai Lung's Golden Hours, and Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat should get you started. There are three more in the series.

[Mark]

David wrote: "Ernest Bramah wrote some books of stories set in classical China. Wallet of Kai Lung, Kai Lung's Golden Hours, and Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat should get you started. There are three more in the series."

Thanks, David! The first one is going right to my Kindle. I recall a college buddy of mine read stories about a doctor/kung fu artist in China. I don't recall the author, but Bramah's works sounds like similar fun.

[John]

The Tales of the Otori series is really good. "Across the Nightingale Floor" is the first one I believe.

[Mark]

John wrote: "The Tales of the Otori series is really good. "Across the Nightingale Floor" is the first one I believe."

Those do look cool. I remember when they first came out, but I forgot about them. Thanks.