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Originally Posted by ShermanJoe2
I'm looking for new books to try while on my knee surgery rehab. I'll try something in Fantasy, my vicodin addled brain determined a few weeks ago as I clicked the BUY button for "Game of Thrones". After a few chapters I moved on to something else.
So I guess I'm asking if anyone has any suggestions for fantasy novels for someone who never reads that genre? I just couldn't get into "Thrones" at all....so maybe this just isn't my thing? I do like magical realism (for ex. G.G. Marquez).
Thanks for any ideas. And does EVERYONE like Game of Thrones? It seems I'm out in left field based on reviews I've read.
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If you like Márquez the way I like him then I think you would appreciate Murakami, the writing style I must warn you is different, though both very much in the realm of
surrealism.
And yes I like A Song of Ice and Fire, which is different from Márquez or Murakami or what I would categorized as "surrealism". ASoIaF is olde fashion fantasy with some post-modernism mixed in, comparatively speaking. Also there have been complaints that some readers are not able to keep up with it (with so many characters: primary, secondary, or tertiary, Martin gives them back stories which may make it all more hard to follow), I can keep up with it just fine.
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