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Looking for "R-rated", gritty, gorey high fantasy books (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.world
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I wanna read something that's fucking brutal with fighting and sex and all the things, but also WELL WRITTEN (so NOT George R.R. Martin, I can't stand his shit). I want Lord of the Rings on crack and steroids.

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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Thomas_Covenant

Cenotaph Road series by Robert E. Vardeman. More sci fi than fantasy, but fantasy adjacent sci-fi.

https://www.goodreads.com/series/74984-cenotaph-road

[-] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I'll look into it. I'm a little sc-fi'd out at the moment, but if it's adjacent, it might do. Thanks for the recommendation!

[-] swab148@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Covenant is fantasy, so that might be the ticket

[-] higgsboson@dubvee.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Gap Cycle is SciFi, though. Its fairly fuckin dark.

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