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by kemayo 1498 days ago
Magician was the start of a reasonably entertaining sword and sorcery series. The RPG campaign roots are really visible once you pay attention, but (as far as I can remember) in a better way than, say, Dragonlance managed.

I always enjoyed the political fantasy spin-off series Daughter of the Empire by Janny Wurts more, though. :D
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TillE 1498 days ago
Feist gets a lot of flak for being yet another Tolkien ripoff, but I think he's by far the best of the ripoffs. The first trilogy, anyway.

And yeah, the Empire trilogy is probably the best of his (co-)work.

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xen0 1497 days ago
Both Silverthorn and A Darkness at Sethanon both feature a very literal party, gathering at a very literal tavern.
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