Hey, Fantasy Readers -- Looking for a Recommendation!

[the_gneech]

So let me describe the flavor of fantasy I'm looking for, maybe you can suggest a good story/author/series along those lines.

First off, it's broad fantasy. It's got elves, dragons, wizards, etc.; it's fairly light, but it's not strictly parody. Preferably, it should have a city of some variety. Skyships or other quasi-modern trappings are okay, as long as they are magical in nature and not technological. NOTE: Not looking for steampunk, here! So no "Victoria's Royal Sorcerer Corps" or anything of that sort. Think more like Dungeons and Dragons, except I don't actually want D&D tie-in works, I want stand-alone things.

Oh, and of course, it has to actually be in print, or at least available as an ePub.

Whatcha got for me, internet brain trust?

-The Gneech

Comments

[daemionfox.livejournal.com]

Early works of Patricia Briggs are a hoot (Tho I'm also a big fan of her current urban fantasy stuff)

Masques has recently made it back into print, along with it's sequel Wolvesbane
Steal the Dragon (My first introduction to Briggs), and When Demons Walk

The other thing she did I found enjoyable was the Raven's books. Raven's Shadow and Raven's Strike, and the standalone Hob's Bargin

Beyond that, I've kind of lost my taste for high fantasy, moving more into the Urban side of the fantastic. I'll keep my ear out tho.