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Hamer
08-18-2006, 02:39 PM
Anyone know of some good medieval military
fantasy/fiction thats not on this list:Song of fire and ice series,Gardens of the moon and sequels,Black company,Ash,Archers tale and sequels and anything by gemmel.
Inkthinker
08-19-2006, 12:24 AM
Well... you got me, then.

Black Company is my favorite, though I think it got a little weak after they went South. I preferred Croaker as a "man in the middle" character.
Arvandor
08-19-2006, 04:06 AM
The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E Feist.
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08-19-2006, 07:59 AM
Mary Gentle's GRUNTS gives us a fantasy war from the perspective of a couple orc troopers in the villain's army. It's flawed, but fun.
Karl J. Barnes
08-19-2006, 09:32 AM
Try Chris Bunch's The Seer King trilogy. It's very detailed in the fighting and it shows how the "evil wizard" becomes the evil wizard. Not the greatest series, but some very interesting ideas and the premise for the series is pretty wild.
Gordon Smith
08-19-2006, 12:03 PM
Mary Gentle's GRUNTS gives us a fantasy war from the perspective of a couple orc troopers in the villain's army. It's flawed, but fun.

Agreed. And of course, there is the The Deed of Paksenarrion: A Novel , which Elizabeth Moon penned.
Gordon Smith
08-19-2006, 12:03 PM
Try Chris Bunch's The Seer King trilogy. It's very detailed in the fighting and it shows how the "evil wizard" becomes the evil wizard. Not the greatest series, but some very interesting ideas and the premise for the series is pretty wild.

Yeah, that one wasn't too shabby.
Subotai
08-19-2006, 04:10 PM
Very well-written, and an excellent read: Mitchell Smith's Snowfall trilogy - Snowfall, Kingdom River, and Moonrise. Set some 700 years after a minor change in Jupiter's orbit has caused an ice age to descend on the world, an enormous glacier bisects the northern hemisphere. Surviving tribes and families try to survive while a new Khan is leading an army down the Pacific Coast. In Boston, surviving scientists have developed strange new powers and created incredible new races.

It was critically praised and is highly recommended.
Blueferret
08-19-2006, 08:06 PM
Try John Marco's Jackal of Nar. It's the first book of a trilogy (name escapes me now) and well worth the read.