What Are You Reading When You Aren't Reading Me? (Recommend a Book)

[merlinscribe]

In another thread, Terry had a great idea: recs for books that readers who are enjoying the World of Obsidian might also like. I'm looking forward to your ideas and suggestions for reading material, and I may be back with some of my own ideas later on.

Post your ideas below.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Trudi Canavan's Black Magician Trilogy, the sequel trilogy Traitor Spy, and the prequel novel The Magicians Apprentice.

Just a little background. Books from this universe/series were what I read immediately after reading all of the Obsidian Universe books available at the time. I actually read Crown Of Vengeance first (only about a year after release) after finding it in my local library and reading it blind based solely off the dust jacket. My horror when I realized the other books in the trilogy weren't out, after which I went back and read all the other Obsidian books in order. In a similar manner I picked up the Magicians Apprentice (the prequel novel) in a BAM! book sale based off the jacket description and loved it, only then realizing it was part of a much larger world and reading all the books in the proper order (Black Magician Trilogy -> Traitor Spy Trilogy -> Magicians Apprentice). It really filled the itch I had had after immediately finishing off all of the Obsidian Mountain books, especially since it also had a very interesting magical system with dualing philosophies and a class based/xenophobic/sexist society. There were actually a ton of really interesting parallels between the Obsidian Universe and the Black Magician Universe.

[(Anonymous)]

Additionally anything written by Piers Anthony, especially his Incarnations of Immortality series of books.