Hi,
By Poul Anderson The King of YS pretty much meets all your criteria. Also good by him in this genre are Hrolf Kraki's Saga and Three Hearts and Three Lions.
By Roger Zelazny the first Amber series is good, but a little light. The second series is so-so. The Last Defender of Camelot is an interesting twist on the whole concept.
Then there is Barnes and Niven's Dream Park, a detective novel inside a fantasy novel inside a science fiction novel -- brilliant and fun. Another good one (with Pournelle) is The Legacy of Heorot.
Give me some examples (authors, titles, series) of what you enjoyed, and I might be able to add to this list.
--Pete
(01-21-2011, 04:52 AM)MEAT Wrote: I need something with a little more substance, where the characters have more depth, peoples actions have serious consequences, love is something more than just a peck on the cheek. I want something more adult in nature! Having said that, I'm interested in a fantasy setting novel, perhaps even historic in nature, perhaps a bit dark, definitely more on the realistic side, although a bit of magic is always welcomed as long as it adheres to its own rules (no Fizban type characters). Finally, if it had a bit of, Thriller in it, like a horror novel might, that would be grand.
By Poul Anderson The King of YS pretty much meets all your criteria. Also good by him in this genre are Hrolf Kraki's Saga and Three Hearts and Three Lions.
By Roger Zelazny the first Amber series is good, but a little light. The second series is so-so. The Last Defender of Camelot is an interesting twist on the whole concept.
Then there is Barnes and Niven's Dream Park, a detective novel inside a fantasy novel inside a science fiction novel -- brilliant and fun. Another good one (with Pournelle) is The Legacy of Heorot.
Give me some examples (authors, titles, series) of what you enjoyed, and I might be able to add to this list.
--Pete
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